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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: February 18, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark February 17, 1806February 19, 1806February 18, 1806 Tuesday February 18th 1806. This morning we dispatched a party to the Saltworks with Sergt.…lynx
(Encyclopedia) lynx, name given to several related small, ferocious members of the cat family. All have small heads, tufted ears, and heavy bodies with long legs and short tails. All are primarily…boa
(Encyclopedia) boaboabōˈə [key], name for live-bearing constrictor snakes of the family Boidae, found mostly in the Americas. This family, which also comprises the egg-laying pythons of the Old World…saxifrage
(Encyclopedia) saxifragesaxifragesăkˈsĭfrĭj [key], common name for several members of the Saxifragaceae, a family of widely varying herbs, shrubs, and small trees of cosmopolitan distribution. They…Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Letter from Wendell Phillips, Esq.
Letter from Wendell Phillips, Esq. Boston, April 22, 1845. My Dear Friend: You remember the old fable of "The Man and the Lion," where the lion complained that he should not be so misrepresented "…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, February 15, 1806
Day 1207 Day 1209 Clark, February 15, 1806 Saturday February 15th 1806 Drewyer and Whitehouse Set out on a hunting excurtion towards the mountains Southwest of us. we have heard our…crocodile
(Encyclopedia) crocodile, large, carnivorous reptile of the order Crocodilia, found in tropical and subtropical regions. Crocodiles live in swamps or on river banks and catch their prey in the water…Himalayas
(Encyclopedia) HimalayasHimalayashĭmälˈəyəz, hĭməlāˈəz [key] [Sanskrit,=abode of snow], great Asian mountain system, extending c.1,500 mi (2,410 km) E from the Indus River in Pakistan through India,…fold
(Encyclopedia) fold, in geology, bent or deformed arrangement of stratified rocks. These rocks may be of sedimentary or volcanic origin. Although stratified rocks are normally deposited on the earth'…Niger, river, Africa
(Encyclopedia) NigerNigernīˈjər [key], great river of W Africa, c.2,600 mi (4,180 km) long, rising on the Fouta Djallon plateau, SW Guinea, and flowing NE through Guinea and into Mali. In central…Trending
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