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Excerpt from Journal of Stephen Watts Kearny, Vol. 1: The Council Bluff St. Peter's Exploration (1820)From the opening statement in Kearny's journal it ap pears that the task was entrusted to Captain Magee, of the Ri¿e Regiment, Lieutenant Talcott, of the Engineers, and fifteen soldiers. Lieutenant - Colonel Willoughby Morgan, of the Ri¿e. Regiment, Captain Kearny, of the Second Infantry, and two junior officers accompanied the party. Four ser...

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Excerpt from Journal of Stephen Watts Kearny, Vol. 1: The Council Bluff St. Peter's Exploration (1820) During last night, we had some rain, with Thunder Lightning, the mosquitoes we found so excessively annoying as almost to exhaust all our patience. Left camp, at 6 a.m., passed over some high hills, well covered with granite and limestone, the scattered groves of box alder on the Leve Grave give to the scenery a hand some effect - saw a gan...

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A narrative of the first overIand crossing by white persons between the upper Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, in an effort to open a route for the passage of United States troops betmeen Camp Missouri, later known as Fort Atkinson, near the present city of Omaha, and Camp Cold Water, the predecessor of Fort Gnelling, near the present cities of St. Paul and minneopolis.This journal of the famous soldier, Stephen Watts ICearny, now printed for ...