 | United States. Army. Department of the Columbia, Henry Tureman Allen - 1887 - 256 strani
...expedition, and he collected a few skulls of the natives and some botanical specimens, but no maps or notes were made of the trip, and it was afterward...for all possible error, I think the river is from 800 to 900 miles long, not a single portion of whicii can be said to have been mapped. This would probably... | |
 | United States. Army. Department of the Columbia, Henry Tureman Allen - 1887 - 274 strani
...expedition, and he collected a few skulls of the natives and some botanical specimens, but no maps or notes were made of the trip, and it was afterward...for all possible error, I think the river is from 800 to 900 miles long, not a single portion of which can be said to have been mapped. This would probably... | |
 | Henry Tureman Allen - 1887 - 248 strani
...expedition, and he collected a few skulls of thenativesand some botanical specimens, but no maps or notes were made of the trip, and it was afterward said by the Alaska Company's employee that the explorer was an envoy of the "opposition,' as the old traders called the new company,... | |
 | Frederick Schwatka - 1898 - 466 strani
...at from ninety to a hundred miles a day ; or from nine hundred to a thousand miles along the Tananu. He estimates the whole length of the river by combining...a trading district. Allowing a fair margin for all possible-error, I think the river is from eight hundred to nine hundred miles long, not a single portion... | |
 | Frederick Schwatka - 1900 - 454 strani
...companion had suggested and promoted the journey as a quasi scientific expedition, and he collected at few skulls of the natives and some botanical specimens,...the trip, and it was afterward said by the Alaska Company' s employes that the explorer was an envoy of the "opposition," as the old traders called the... | |
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... the rapid rate of travel through their country, and although in general a very friendly tribe to encounter away from home, they have always opposed any exploration of their country. The trader's companion had suggested and promoted the journey as... 