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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, October 25, 1805
Day 966 Day 968 Clark, October 25, 1805 October 25th Friday 1805 a cool morning Capt Lewis and my Self walked down to See the place the Indians pointed out as the worst place in passing…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: March 7, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark March 6, 1806March 8, 1806March 7, 1806 Friday March 7th 1806. The wind was so high that Comowol did not leave us untill late this evening.…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, March 28, 1806
Day 1288 Day 1290 Lewis, March 28, 1806 Friday March 28th 1806. This morning we set out very early and at 9 A.M. arrived at the old Indian Village on Lard side of Deer Island where we found…Corinthian order
(Encyclopedia) Corinthian order, most ornate of the classic orders of architecture. It was also the latest, not arriving at full development until the middle of the 4th cent. b.c. The oldest known…materialism
(Encyclopedia) materialism, in philosophy, a widely held system of thought that explains the nature of the world as entirely dependent on matter, the fundamental and final reality beyond which…Ionic order
(Encyclopedia) Ionic orderIonic orderīŏnˈĭk [key], one of the early orders of architecture. The spreading scroll-shaped capital is the distinctive feature of the Ionic order; it was primarily a…Epirus
(Encyclopedia) EpirusEpirusĕpīˈrəs [key], ancient country of Greece, on the Ionian Sea and W of Macedon and Thessaly, a region now occupied by NW Greece and S Albania. At the time of Homer, Epirus…Euclid, Greek mathematician
(Encyclopedia) EuclidEuclidy&oomacr;ˈklĭd [key], fl. 300 b.c., Greek mathematician. Little is known of his life other than the fact that he taught at Alexandria, being associated with the school…Petra
(Encyclopedia) PetraPetrapēˈtrə [key], ancient city, in present-day Jordan, known to the Arabs as Wadi Musa for the stream that flows through it. A narrow, winding pass between towering walls leads…U.S. News: Voters Reject Conservative-Backed Measures
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