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Early western travels, 1748-1846, a series of annotated reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive of the aborigines and social and economic conditions in the middle and far West, during the period of early American settlement, edited with notes, introductions, index, etc. by Reuben Gold Thwaites

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Early western travels, 1748-1846

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edited with notes, introductions, index, etc. by Reuben Gold Thwaites

a series of annotated reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive of the aborigines and social and economic conditions in the middle and far West, during the period of early American settlement

v. 1. Journals of Conrad Weiser (1748), George Croghan (1750-1765), Christian Frederick Post (1758), and Thomas Morris (1764) -- v. 2. John Long's journal, 1768-1782 -- v. 3. André Michaux's travels into Kentucky, 1792-96. François André Michaux's Travels west of Alleghany Mountains, 1802. Thaddeus Mason Harris's Journal of a tour northwest of Alleghany Mountains, 1803 -- v. 4. Cuming's tour to the western country (1807-1809) -- v. 5. Bradbury's Travels in the interior of America, 1809-1811 -- v. 6. Brackenridge's Journal up the Missouri, 1811. Franchère's voyage to Northwest coast, 1811-1814 -- v. 7. Ross's Adventures of the first settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River. 1810-1813 -- v. 8. Butterick's Voyages, 1812-1819. Evan's Pestrious tour, 1818 -- v. 9. Flint's Letters from America, 1818-1820 -- v. 10 Hulme's Journal, 1818-19; Flower's Letters from Lexington and the Illinois, 1819; Flower's Letters from the Illinois, 1820-21; and Wood's Two years' residence. 1820-21v. 11. Part I (1819) of Faux's Memorable days in America. 1819-1820 -- v. 12. Part II (1820) of Faux's Memorable days in America, 1819-20; and Welby's Visit to North America. 1819-20 -- v. 13. Nuttall's travels into the Arkansas territory, 1819 -- v. 14-17. Part I-IV of James's Account of S.H. Long's expedition. 1819-1820 -- v. 18. Pattie's Personal narrative, 1824-1830; Willard's Inland trade with New Mexico,1825, and Downfall of the Fredonian republic; and Malte-Brun's account of Mexicov. 19. Ogden's letters from the West, 1821-1823; Bullocks journey from New Orleans to New York, 1827; and Part I of Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 -- v. 20. Part II of Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 -- v. 21. Wyeth's Oregon, or A short history of a long journey, 1832; and Townsend's Narrative of a journey across the Rocky mountains, 1834 -- v. 22. Part I of Maximilian, prince of Wied's Travels in the interior of North America, 1832-1834 -- v. 23. Part II of Maximilian, prince of Wied's Travels in the interior of North America, 1832-1834 -- v. 24. Part III of Maximilian, prince of Wied's Travels in the interior of North America, 1832-1834 -- v. 25. Comprising the series of original paintings by Charles Bodmer, to illustrate Maximilian, prince of Wied's Travels in the interior of North America, 1832-34 -- v. 26. Part I of Flagg's The far West, 1836-1837v. 27. Part II of Flagg's The far West, 1836-1837; and De Smet's Letters and sketches, 1841-1842 -- v. 28. Part I of Farnham's Travels in the great western prairies, etc., May 21-October 16, 1839 -- v. 29. Part II of Farnham's Travels in the great western prairies, etc., October 21-December 4, 1839; and De Smet's Oregon missions and travels over theRocky mountains, 1845-1846 -- v. 31-32. Analytical index to the series