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Codex N. — Oue of the thiiteen red morocco cover books. Biddle de- 

 posit. Biddle's No. 14, and last. In perfect order inside and out, only 

 brass clasp gone. Folios 76, but pages 154, one side of both flyleaves be- 

 ing written over. Clark's Journal, complete, Auy;. 15 to Sept. 26, 1806, 

 and his last, bringing tlie reunited party down the Missouri to St. Louis ; 

 also varions other matter (see contents). 



ContentH. — A. Reading forward : (1) Memorandum of articles for- 

 warded from St. Louis to Louisville, Ky., pp. 1, 3 (one side of front fly 

 and next page). (3) Journal as above said, pp. 3-78. (3) Blank, pp. 79, 

 80. (4) Sketch of the "Ancient fortificaiion on Bon Homme i:sland," 

 pp. 81, 83 ; text to the same, pp. 83-85. (5) Blank, pp. 86-12L B. Read- 

 ing backward : (6) Certain natural history notes, pp. 154, 155. (7) Wea- 

 ther diary, Sept., 1806, pp. 153, 151. (8) Important sket(;h map of the 

 "River of the Road to Buffalo," locating "Lewis and Clark'sPass," etc., 

 pp. 150, 149 ; never engraved. (9) Courses and distances from Traveler's 

 Rest creek to the Great Falls of the .Missouri, pp. 14S-144. (10) Sum- 

 mary Statement of the Rivers, etq., "by Capts. Lewis and Clark," pp. 

 143-133. (11) Summary Statement of the Yellowstone distances, etc., 

 pp. 133, 131. (13) Portage from the Yellowstone to the Three Forks of 

 the Missouri, pp. 130, 139. (13) Various notes, pp. 138-133. 



Note. — An important codex. As Lewis kept no Journal after Aug. 13, 

 1806, when he had been shot, the remiinder of Biddle's Vol. ii is based on 

 this codex, as far as p. 433, end of the History. "The Summary State- 

 ment," item (10) above, in Clark's hand, forms pp. 463-470 of Biddle's 

 appendix ; it is printed almost word for word. Items (11), (18) and (13), 

 however, were never printed. 



Codex O. — One of the thirteen red morocco books. No Biddle number. 

 Not deposited by Biddle ; perhaps by Jeff"erson ; by whom unknown ; 

 not one of the regular series of Journals. In perfect order inside and out ; 

 brass clasp intact. Folios 64 onl3', pages 128 only, exclusive of the two 

 flyleaves, probably up to the usual 73 folios, cut out of end. Text as far 

 as it goes perfect and signed "Meriwether Lewis, " showing end there. 

 Whole MS. is in Lewis' hand. Tiie gone leaves were probably taken to 

 be used for other writing, and their absence in no way afiects what is in 

 the book (see contents). 



Contents. — (I) Entry "Camp ten miles above the mouth of the river 

 Platte, July 22, 1804," p. 1, and following to p. 5 is description of the 

 astronomical instruments used on the Expedition. (3; Astronomical obser- 

 vations for latitude and longitude. May 18, 1804, to March 30, 1805, pp. 

 6-53. (3) Blank, pp. 53-58. (4) Torn out, 4 folios, pp. 59-66, but no 

 text broken. (5) Blank, pp. 67, 68. (6) Description of the Missouri and 

 other rivers, etc , from the mouth of the Missouri to the Mandans, accord- 

 ing to the observations of the Expedition, and beyond the Mandans upon 

 Indian and other information, jip. 69-128. Tliis is a connected general 

 account, the original draft of which was doubtless written at Fort Man- 

 dan, winter of 1804-5, as text to accompany the map which was sent 



