Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852:

Date:

1853.

Author:

United States. War Department.

Collecting Area:

Rare Books

Call Number:

F 377 R3 U5 LOCAL

Publisher:

R. Armstrong, public printer

Physical Description:

xv, 320 pages plates, folded maps 23 cm

Series:

F32d Congress, 2d session. Senate. Executive [document] ; no. 54 and Senate executive document (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 32nd Congress, 2nd session, no. 54.

Notes:

Appendixes: A. Meteorology observations.--B. Tables of courses and distances.--C. Mineralogy: Report on the minerals collected, by C.U. Shepard.--D. Geology: Notes upon the specimens of rocks and minerals, by Edward Hitchcock. Remarks upon the general geology of the country traversed, by George G. Shumard.--E. Palæontology: Description of the species of Carboniferous and Cretaceous fossils, by B.F. Shumard.--F. Zoology: Mammals, by R.B. Marcy. Reptiles [and] fishes, by S.F. Baird and C. Girard. Shells, by C.B. Adams and G.G. Shumard. Orthopterous insects, arachnidians, myriapods, by C. Girard.--G. Botany: Description of the plants, by John Torrey.--H. Ethnology: Vocabulary of the Comanches and Wichitas, by R.B. Marcy, with some general remarks by W.W. Turner. LOCAL

Subjects:

Indians of North America Southwestern States, Natural history Red River (Tex.-La.), Natural history Southwestern States, Geology Southwestern States, Paleontology Southwestern States, Paleontology, Indians of North America, Geology, Discoveries in geography, and Natural history

Topics:

LOCAL

Geographic Terms:

Red River (Tex.-La.), United States Discovery and exploration, Louisiana, Texas, United States, and United States Red River