460 PARTIAL RESULTS OF EXPLORATION. 
Table of Barometrical Observations and of Heights and Distances 
Station. 
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Howard's Landing-...---- ----..---- ---- 
Right bank, eleven miles below Brunswick. 
Left bank, eight miles above Miami... ---. 
Left bank. six miles above Dover Landing- 
Wexington:.cicesrnuncccvals soe macl secur 
Right bank, twelve miles above the mouth 
ofithe Kanzasseso.cn ects cee em aimee 
Two miles below Fort Leavenworth...--. 
Right bank, one mile above Weston....-. 
Five miles below Columbus Landing. .-...- 
Sha dU G) ith soos onoceotesese sageca 5656 
Two miles below the Little Nemaha...--- 
Sixteen miles above the Little Nemaha. .- 
Five miles below Weeping Water river- -- 
Belleviesscas. sees eee cae eee oe ee 
Two miles below the Little Sioux river - -- 
Bleckbyoise i) ee eee me et nm nce once 
. . | 
Cedar island, two miles above the foot..-..| 
First range of bluffs, right bank opposite, 
one-quarter of a mile from river.-..--- 
Second range, three-quarters of a mile 
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Third range, one and a half mile from river. 
Old Port George: ==>. ---- ---- sess esos 
Fort Pierre at the landing...---..--..-.- 
Bluffs, tw. miles west of Fort Pierre. .... 
Northes;: corner of Fort Pierre, three- | 
quarters of a mile from landing. .----- 
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WOorsessee (Wos.508.c5 (So smcweeas 
Big Cheyenne river. -.-......----------- 
Right bank, thirty miles above Big Chey- 
GDNG MOI oace saeccciecetsccisccconsase 
Graud riser cc ccseceds oosneus-s eee es 
Werarhoo river..---. - hoe Sentences : 
Cannon: Wal MiVer tee eee os ewes caee 
Right bank, two miles below Eagle Butte. . 
Heart itivers-onceojtete thes von ccm cere 
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KniferCLeble so coch aerate american se ceenes 
Three miles above La Fontaine Rouge---. 
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Right bank, three miles below Little Mis- 
BOUL EL anno eepkiicemoesibecs mars 
IMINO CNROS Scar acclccmecete cccccecscce 
Seven miles above Muddy creek .......-- 
Mouth of the Yellowstone..-------...... 
Fort Union. .-- (mean of 62 observations). 
Great Muddy river 
Poplar wiverese« seas ade cs sees enqeass 
Fifteen miles above the mouth of the Poplar 
Distances. 
| 
Date—1853. 
Hour. 
10.10 a. 
| 2.15p 
1.50 p. 
7.50 p. 
10.20 a 
1.15p. 
11.10 p. 
9.10 a. 
12.30 p. 
9.30 p. 
2.55 p. 
3.45 p.m. 
12 p.m.. 
8.16 p. 
10.15 p. 
11.40 a, 
12.15 a. 
6.15 p. 
9p. m..- 
9.30 p.m. 
10.15 p.m. 
1.45 p. m. 
5.30 p.m. 
4p. m..-. 
3 p.m... 
10 a. m... 
10.5 a.m. 
10.15 a.m. 
From place to place. 
From St. Louis. 
1, 5004 
1,519 
1,541 
1,589 
1,619 
1, 639 
1, 676 
1, 694 
1,697 
1, 762 
1, 836 
1, 843 
1, 8434 
1, 887 
1, 937 
1,989 
2, 004 
29.760 
29, 
29. 
29, 
29, 
29. 5: 
29, 
29, 
29, : 
29.2 
28, 
28. 
Qe. 
28. 335 
28, 240 
28, 200 
28. 140 
28. 155 
Barometer readings. 
72 
67 
60 
54 
8. 536 
. 502 
- 450 
494 
Attached thermometer. 
| Open air thermometer. 
55 
72 
54 
63 
72 
Corrected barometer. 
| 29.573 
2%), 582 
29, 508 
| 29. 444 | 
| 29, 341 
29. 324 
| 29, 249 
29. 199 
| 29. 023 | 
28. 841 
| 28.734 
28. 654 
28. 584 
98, 455 | 
28. 300 
28. 260 
27. 764 
22. 417 
| 28, 106 
28. 390 
28. 296 
28. 294 
28. 296 
28, 214 
28. 121 
28.114 
28. 044 
28. 005 
27. 932 
on the Missouri river. 
| 
| 
Elevation above the Gulf of | 
Mexico. 
436.4 (20) 
424.6 (6) 
501 
560 (20) 
659 
630 (20) 
713 
749 
802 
967 
| 1150.2 
1245 
1323.5 (20) 
1402 
1556 (10) 
1636 
1723 
2226 
1566.7 (9) 
1880 
1662 
1757 
1834 (9) 
1873 
1907 (10) 
1974 
2055 = (40) 
