Lewis and Clark Gifts of the Mandan
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"Journals of the Expedition Under the Command of Capts. Lewis and Clark to the Sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean, performed during the years1804-5-6 by Order of the Government of the United States," edited by Nicholas Biddle with an introduction by John Bakeless and illustrated with water colors and drawings by Karl Bodmer and other Contemporary artists. (The Heritage Press, New York, 1962).  Biddle worked with Captain Clark on this, the first publication of the Journals.

"The Journals of Lewis and Clark", edited by Bernard DeVoto, forward by Stephen E. Ambrose (Houghton-Mifflin, New York 1997). First copyrighted 1953.

"The Journals of Lewis and Clark: An American Epic of Discovery,"  edited by Gary E Moulton. (University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 2003). This is an abridgement of The Definitive Nebraska Edition

"George Catlin and the Old Frontier", Harold McCracken. (Bonanza Books, New York, 1959). Catlin was a long time admirer of the Indians and wanted to record their way of life before their cultures were destroyed by European civilization. In 1831 he traveled down the Missouri and stayed with the Mandans during the summer. His paintings provide an important record of these people as do his journals.

"People of the First Man: Life Among the Plains Indians in Their Final Days of Glory: The Firsthand Account of Prince Maximilian's Expedition Up the Missouri River" Text by Prince Maximilian zu Wied, Watercolors by Karl Bodmer, edited by Davis Thomas and Karin Ronnefeldt (Promontory Press, New York 1982). Maximilian traveled the Missouri in 1833 and stayed with the Mandans during the winter of 1833-4. He kept extensive journals that provide one of our most important records of these people. He was accompanied by Karl Bodmer a Swiss artist whose paintings provide a visual record of the people of the Missouri River and its landscape, now much of which is underwater.

"Undaunted Courage", Stephen E. Ambrose (Simon and Schuster, New York, 1996)

"Lewis and Clark: Voyage of Discovery", Stephen E. Ambrose (National Geographic Society, 1998)