Bend of the Missouri River


Bend of the Missouri River
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Item Information

Title:
Bend of the Missouri River
Date:
[1798]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local):
Library of Congress Collection
Subjects:
Missouri River--Maps, Manuscript
Places:
Missouri River
Extent:
1 map ms. ; 42 x 50 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Scale:
Scale not given
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://lccn.loc.gov/98687182
Notes:
Pen-and-ink.
Annotated in pencil: Bend of the Missouri, Long. 101 25ʺ-Lat. 47 32ʺ by Mr. Thomson, astronmer to the N.W. Company in 1798.
On verso: A sketch of the north bend of the Missourie River.
Gives number of warriors, houses and tents of six Mandan and Pawnee Indian villages in the vicinity of the junction of the Missouri and Knife Rivers.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
ct000151