Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

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- Bois de Sioux River
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Bois de Sioux River (Minn.)
- The Bois de Sioux River. The drawing shows two wagons with horses on the bank. Plate VII.
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- Crossing the Bitter Root
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Bitterroot River; Fords (Stream crossings)
- The expedition crossing the ford to the left bank of the Bitter Root River from the northern bank on which they had been traveling. Plate XXXIV.
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- Bitter Root River, near Fort Owen
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Bitterroot River (Mont.)
- The Bitter Root River near Fort Owen. The drawing shows an Indian fishing from the bank. Plate LXVI.
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- Herd of bison, near Lake Jessie
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Bison; Cheyenne River; Lake Jessie
- Ascending a high hill after crossing the Sheyenne (Cheyenne) River, the expedition looked out upon an estimated 200,000 buffalo inhabiting the plains separating them from Lake Jessie. Plate X.
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- Big Hole Prairie, from the north
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Big Hole Prairie (Mont.); Mountains; Rivers
- Approximately "fifty miles long and fifteen miles wide," Big Hole Prairie "is hemmed in by high mountains on every side except the southeast where Wisdom River passes out from it." Plate XLIX.
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- Bears Paw
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Bears Paw Mountains
- "A broad and rugged mountain upheaval, intersected with valleys that stretch from Milk River to the Missouri." Plate XXIII.
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- Distribution of goods to the Assiniboines
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Assiniboine Indians; Gifts; Rites & ceremonies
- Assiniboines at the expedition encampment "arranged to receive their presents. They were seated around in the form of three sides of a square, the open side being opposite to the places occupied by the expedition party, the chief, and the...
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- Fort Union, and distribution of goods to the Assinniboines (Assiniboines)
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Assiniboine Indians; Gifts; Fort Union (Mont.)
- "Fort Union is situated on the eastern bank of the Missouri River, about 2 ¾ miles above the mouth of the Yellowstone. It was built by the American Fur Company in 1830, and has from that time been the principal supply store or depot of that...
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- Approach to Cadotte's Pass
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys
- Exploration party moving up the Sun River valley "in the direction of the pass between the Crown Butte and the Rattlers, prominent landmarks west of Sun River and visible at a great distance." Plate XXIX.
- Pacific Railroad Survey Prints