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TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE ROAD... 7 Sheets. 1846.
TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE ROAD... 7 Sheets. 1846.
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[United States/Exploration]. TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE ROAD FROM MISSOURI TO OREGON… Commencing at the Mouth of the Kansas in the Missouri River and Ending at the Mouth of the Wallah-Wallah in the Columbia In VII Sections… From the field notes and journal of Capt. J. C. Fremont, and from sketches and notes made on the ground by his assistant Charles Preuss. Below title: “Lithogr. By E. Weber & Co. Baltimore.” Preuss, 1846. 15 ¾” x 26”. All sheets joined together with a narrow paper strip in right margin. Gentle vertical storage crease to center of first 6 sheets; Sheet 7 has several vertical creases. Marginal crease at upper left of sheets. Mostly moderate foxing. Fairly light edge discoloration. Slight dampstain mostly at upper right (slightly overlapping a journal excerpt on Sheet 7, but marginal on the other 6 sheets). Detailed depiction of the topography of the area around the road, which roughly follows the Kansas, Little Blue, Nebraska, Platte, Green, Columbia, and Snake Rivers. Several Native American tribes are labeled, including the Pawnee, Sioux, Nez Perce, and Snake Indians. In the empty area of any given map is a meteorological table, providing temperature and altitude, with brief commentary that was jotted down when taking the measurements. Most interesting are the lengthy quotes from Fremont’s journal, such as: “Grand Island…These Pawnee are the most troublesome Indians on the route, and need the presence of a garrison…” (Sec. II, upper right). “June 30th First view of buffalo…” (Sec. II, center bottom); a proposal for a new fort near Fort Laramie (both against the “most troublesome” Native Americans and against the Spanish, Sec. III, upper right). Detailed description of the topography around the Continental Divide. “We mounted the barometer in the snow of the summit… giving 13,570 feet for the elevation above the Gulf of Mexico. Fields of snow lay far below us: boundless mountains stretched before us. A stillness the most profound, and a terrible solitude, forced themselves constantly on the mind as the great features of this place (Sec. IV, upper right). Discussion of the fertile soil, “Sept. 14. Taking leave at the point of the waters of the Bear River… A military post, and a civilized settlement, would be of great value here, and cattle and horses would do well where grass and salt so much abound. The lake will furnish exhaustless supplies of salt. All the mountain sides here are covered with valuable nutritious grass, called bunch grass... truly bucolic region.” –Sec. V, far right. The last journal excerpt on Sec. VII notes that Native Americans had used fire to remove dead grass, and (unsurprisingly) that there was a difference in soil composition. At the far right, the note’s 2nd paragraph discusses Native Americans—not from a military perspective (as they are discussed elsewhere in Fremont's journals) but as “miserable… starving out the winter... according to general belief, reduced to cannibalism… every insect, every creeping thing, however repulsive- snails, lizards, ants…” Wheat (TM), 523. Streeter Sale 3100.
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TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE ROAD... 7 Sheets. 1846.

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