Oregon and Eldorado; or, Romance of the Rivers
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Bulfinch Thomas. Oregon and Eldorado; or, Romance of the Rivers
PREFACE
OREGON
CHAPTER I. DISCOVERY OF COLUMBIA RIVER
CHAPTER II. LEWIS AND CLARKE
CHAPTER III. THE SIOUX
CHAPTER IV. SUMMARY OF TRAVEL TO WINTER-QUARTERS
CHAPTER V. INDIAN TRIBES
CHAPTER VI. THE MARCH RESUMED
CHAPTER VII. JOURNEY CONTINUED
CHAPTER VIII. THE SOURCES OF THE MISSOURI AND COLUMBIA
CHAPTER IX. THE PARTY IN THE BOATS
CHAPTER X. THE DESCENT OF THE COLUMBIA
CHAPTER XI. CLARKE'S RIVER
CHAPTER XII. FROM THE JUNCTION OF THE KOOSKOOSKEE WITH. LEWIS'S RIVER TO THE COLUMBIA
CHAPTER XIII. WINTER-QUARTERS
CHAPTER XIV. A NEW YEAR
CHAPTER XV. WINTER LIFE
CHAPTER XVI. THE RETURN
CHAPTER XVII. THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
CHAPTER XVIII. CAPT. CLARKE'S ROUTE DOWN THE YELLOWSTONE
ELDORADO
CHAPTER I. THE DISCOVERY
CHAPTER II. ORELLANA DESCENDS THE RIVER
CHAPTER III. ORELLANA'S ADVENTURE CONTINUED
CHAPTER IV. SIR WALTER RALEIGH
CHAPTER V. RALEIGH'S FIRST EXPEDITION
CHAPTER VI. RALEIGH'S ADVENTURES CONTINUED
CHAPTER VII. RALEIGH'S SECOND EXPEDITION
CHAPTER VIII. THE FRENCH PHILOSOPHERS
CHAPTER IX. MADAME GODIN'S VOYAGE DOWN THE AMAZON
CHAPTER X. MADAME GODIN'S VOYAGE CONTINUED
CHAPTER XI. HERNDON'S EXPEDITION
CHAPTER XII. HERNDON'S EXPEDITION CONTINUED
CHAPTER XIII. HERNDON'S EXPEDITION CONTINUED
CHAPTER XIV. HERNDON'S EXPEDITION CONCLUDED
CHAPTER XV. LATEST EXPLORATIONS
CHAPTER XVI. THE NATURALIST ON THE AMAZON
CHAPTER XVII. ANIMATED NATURE
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A few years ago, there was still standing in Bowdoin Square, Boston, opposite the Revere House, an ancient mansion, since removed to make room for the granite range called the Coolidge Building. In that mansion, then neither old nor inelegant, but, on the contrary, having good pretensions to rank among the principal residences of the place, was assembled, in the year 1787, a group, consisting of the master of the mansion, Dr. Bulfinch, his only son Charles, and Joseph Barrell, their neighbor, an eminent merchant of Boston. The conversation turned upon the topic of the day, – the voyages and discoveries of Capt. Cook, the account of which had lately been published. The brilliant achievements of Capt. Cook, his admirable qualities, and his sad fate (slain by the chance stroke of a Sandwich-Islander, in a sudden brawl which arose between the sailors and the natives), – these formed the current of the conversation; till at last it changed, and turned more upon the commercial aspects of the subject. Mr. Barrell was particularly struck with what Cook relates of the abundance of valuable furs offered by the natives of the country in exchange for beads, knives, and other trifling commodities valued by them. The remark of Capt. Cook respecting the sea-otter was cited: —
"This animal abounds here: the fur is softer and finer than that of any other we know of; and therefore the discovery of this part of the continent, where so valuable an article of commerce may be met with, cannot be a matter of indifference." He adds in a note, "The sea-otter skins are sold by the Russians to the Chinese at from sixteen to twenty pounds each."
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"Sunday, March 3. – The men are all employed in preparing the boats. We are visited by a party of Indians with corn. A flock of ducks passed up the river to-day.
"Wednesday, 13. – We had a fine day, and a south-west wind. Many Indians came to see us, who are so anxious for battle-axes, that our smiths have not a moment's leisure, and procure us an abundance of corn."
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