JOURNAL OF AN EXPLORING TOUR BEYOND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS, IN THE YEARS 1835, 36, AND '37; CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, CLIMATE, PRODUCTIONS OF THE COUNTRY, AND THE NUMBER, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF THE NATIVES: WITH A MAP OF OREGON TERRITORY. BY REV. SAMUEL PARKER, A. M. SECOND EDITION. ITHACA, N. Y. PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR. MACK, ANDRUS, & WOODRUFF, PRINTERS. Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1838, by SAMUEL PARKER, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Northern District of New York. Muscuma William V. Smith. 3-28-44 replace RECOMMENDATIONS. FROM H. HUMPHREY, D. D., PRESIDENT OF AMHERST COllege. I have read Mr. Parker's Exploring Tour beyond the Rocky Moun. tains, with uncommon interest. It embodies a great mass of facts and many valuable reflections, which cannot fail of making it highly instructive as well as entertaining to every class of readers. I am glad to learn that a second edition has been so soon called for. It is not a book of lofty pretensions, but of unadorned verity and high intrinsic merit. The friends of the missionary cause, and of the aboriginal tribes beyond the mountains, who have not yet seen this volume, have a rich reversion before them. H. HUMPHREY. Nov. 7, 1839. FROM REV. EDWARD HITCHCOCK, A. M., PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND NATURAL HISTORY, AMHERST COllege. I am happy to concur in the above views respecting the Exploring Tour of Mr. Parker. EDWARD HITCHCOCK. FROM NOAH WEBSTER, LL. D. NEW HAVEN. New Haven, Nov. 12th, 1839. DEAR SIR, I have read the account of your journey over the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific, with much satisfaction. It contains much valuable information respecting a part of our continent, which is imperfectly explored. I hope the publication of the book will amply reward your labors. N. WEBSTER. FROM JAMES RICHARDS, D. D. PROFESSOR IN AUBURN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. I have read the Tour of the Rev. Mr. Parker among the Western Indians, and was much gratified by his statements. His travels across the Rocky Mountains, and his visit to the far distant tribes beyond, are connected with many striking facts and incidents, which cannot fail to interest the inquisitive, and reflecting. In my judgment the work is calculated to benefit the cause of Science and of Missions. JAMES RICHARDS. Auburn, Nov. 14th, 1839. |