Journal Of Stephen Watts Kearny - Part I (e-bog) af Kearny, Stephen Watts
Kearny, Stephen Watts (forfatter)

Journal Of Stephen Watts Kearny - Part I e-bog

54,41 DKK (inkl. moms 68,01 DKK)
A narrative of the first overIand crossing by white persons between the upper Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, in an effort to open a route for the passage of United States troops betmeen Camp Missouri, later known as Fort Atkinson, near the present city of Omaha, and Camp Cold Water, the predecessor of Fort Gnelling, near the present cities of St. Paul and minneopolis.This journal of the famou...
E-bog 54,41 DKK
Forfattere Kearny, Stephen Watts (forfatter)
Udgivet 31 maj 2013
Længde 68 sider
Genrer History
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781473385689
A narrative of the first overIand crossing by white persons between the upper Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, in an effort to open a route for the passage of United States troops betmeen Camp Missouri, later known as Fort Atkinson, near the present city of Omaha, and Camp Cold Water, the predecessor of Fort Gnelling, near the present cities of St. Paul and minneopolis.This journal of the famous soldier, Stephen Watts ICearny, now printed for the first time, has unusual interest in being the onIy known record or account it is believed, of an early military exploration that was an incidcnt of the pioneer movement of United States troops into the great trans- Mississippi region. Until 1818 no effort had been made to establish army posts beyond the Mississippi. Following the acquisition of the Louisiana Territory in 1803, the Americans had regarrisoned a few minor cantonments evacuated by the Spanih, and had planted a few new posts......