Excerpt from New Mexico Historical Review, Vol. 9 Emory kept a journal of the expedition. His account, accompanied by an excellent map, and numerous sketches and drawings, proved highly valuable. It contained a good description of the country, its inhabitants, its plant, and animal life. The relics of the ancient inhabitants, the ruins, pottery, and rock inscriptions of mastodons, horses, dogs, and men, examined by Emory for the first time, attracted much attention. The data Obtained by the Topographical Engineers proved ...
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Excerpt from New Mexico Historical Review, Vol. 9 Emory kept a journal of the expedition. His account, accompanied by an excellent map, and numerous sketches and drawings, proved highly valuable. It contained a good description of the country, its inhabitants, its plant, and animal life. The relics of the ancient inhabitants, the ruins, pottery, and rock inscriptions of mastodons, horses, dogs, and men, examined by Emory for the first time, attracted much attention. The data Obtained by the Topographical Engineers proved Of great value to those who were to fol low. Emory and his men made astronomical Observations, measured distances, located mountains, plains, cations, and streams; they collected many plants and examined rocks which threw considerable light on the botany and geology Of the country; they added materially to the knowledge about the habits and character Of the Apache, the Pima, and the coco-maricopa Indians. This expedition was the first in the series Of scientific transcontinental surveys Of the Far Southwest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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