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Montcalm, Louis Joseph de
(Encyclopedia) Montcalm, Louis Joseph deMontcalm, Louis Joseph demŏntkämˈ, Fr. lwē zhôzĕfˈ də môNkälmˈ [key], 1712–59, French general. His name in fuller form was Louis Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon,…Gilgamesh
(Encyclopedia) GilgameshGilgameshgĭlˈgəmĕsh [key], in Babylonian legend, king of Uruk. He is the hero of the Gilgamesh epic, written on 12 tablets c.2000 b.c. and discovered among the ruins at…Walpole, Horace, 4th earl of Orford
(Encyclopedia) Walpole, Horace or Horatio, 4th earl of Orford, 1717–97, English author; youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole. Educated at Eton and Cambridge, he toured the Continent with his friend…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, November 29, 1805
Day 1036 Day 1038 Lewis, November 29, 1805 November 29th 1805. the wind being so high the party were unable to proceed with the perogues. I determined therefore to proceed down the river…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, November 30, 1805
Day 1039 Day 1041 Lewis, November 30, 1805 November 30th 1805. cloudy morning set out before sun rise and continued our rout up the bey Sent out three men to examin the country to the S…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, December 1, 1805
Day 1042 Day 1044 Lewis, December 1, 1805 December 1st 1805 Cloudy morning wind from the S. E. sent out the men to hunt and examin the country, they soon returned all except Drewyer and…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, December 18, 1805
Day 1079 Day 1081 Lewis, December 18, 1805 Fort Clatsop, December 18th 1805. This day one of the men shot a bird of the Corvus genus, which was feeding on some fragments of meat near the…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, December 19, 1805
Day 1080 Day 1082 Lewis, December 19, 1805 Discription of the blue Crested corvus bird common to the woody and western side of the Rockey mountains, and all the woody country from thence to…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, January 1, 1806
Day 1110 Day 1112 Lewis, January 1, 1806 Fort Clatsop, January 1st 1806 The fort being now completed, the Commanding officers think proper to direct that the guard shall as usual consist…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, January 2, 1806
Day 1111 Day 1113 Lewis, January 2, 1806 Thursday, January 2nd 1806 Sent out a party of men and brought in the two Elk which were killed yesterday. Willard and Wiser have not yet returned…Trending
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