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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: January 8, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark January 7, 1806January 9, 1806January 8, 1806 Tuesday January 8th 1806. Our meat is begining to become scarse; sent Drewyer and Collins to hunt…

La Trémoille, Louis de

(Encyclopedia) La Trémoille or La Trimouille, Louis deLa Trémoille or La Trimouille, Louis delwē [key]La Trémoille or La Trimouille, Louis de də lä trāmoiˈyə or trēm&oomacr;ˈyə [key], 1460–1525,…

La Hire, Laurent de

(Encyclopedia) La Hire or La Hyre, Laurent deLa Hire or La Hyre, Laurent deboth: lōräNˈ də [key]La Hire or La Hyre, Laurent de lä ēr [key], 1606–56, French painter. He produced many portraits and…

Hogue, La

(Encyclopedia) Hogue, LaHogue, Lalä ôg [key], or La HougueHogue, Lalä &oomacr;g [key], cape on the northeast coast of the Cotentin peninsula, France, on the English Channel. Off the cape, during…

La, in proper names

(Encyclopedia) La. For names beginning thus and not listed here, see second element; e.g., for La Ceiba, see Ceiba, La.

Sagua la Grande

(Encyclopedia) Sagua la GrandeSagua la Grandesäˈgwä lä gränˈdā [key], city (1984 pop. 50,000), Villa Clara prov., central Cuba, on the Sagua la Grande River. It is a road and rail hub and the…

La Boétie, Étienne de

(Encyclopedia) La Boétie, Étienne deLa Boétie, Étienne deātyĕnˈ də lä bôāsēˈ [key], 1530–63, French judge and writer. He served with Montaigne in the Bordeaux parlement and is immortalized in…