|
<br />Oi)1 ., 'j 5
<br />
<br />The "ISWUlI RI\L'1 Basin has Iud a .:ol,)rful hIstory
<br />packed wilh a..:liol1 leading (0 its rn"'~llt Ut'\l.'!"pmcllt...\
<br />bud IllSlOry of tillS dcn'Jopmcn! IS present,'J helt' fur J
<br />bellt"r undl'lslandlng of lb.' ne.'u" ,,1' liS people 1'01
<br />further Je~doprnCI1l or 111(' Wall'! and rdJlcd land
<br />rcsourn's. TIl" Ilhlllr)' was prepared b} J spedal lask
<br />forel' dcsign:J.IcJ by the St;lIlJing ClIllllllillcc for COlli'
<br />prchensJv(' !'Ianlllng,. lIs memhcrsdrcw Up01l1l1l1l1l.'rt11lS
<br />sources of in,.Hrllatillrl. all of whio.:h Jrc ~rall'full}
<br />ad'llowlcdgcd. iuduJing the uS(' (If photographs. figures.
<br />and plaIt's aprx'Jflng throughtlUllhc Appcru.li:c
<br />Since lIlt' OJ}'s when the fiN Sp;mish. Freudl. and
<br />English adventurers slowly lIude lh.'lf WJY 1111<) rh,'
<br />unlal1led 'nrlll Aml;'ri.:;m wilderness. fivers of lhe
<br />continent Ila\c lllarkl"J Iinl"~ IlJ ~''\rlorJtiuJ1 and com-
<br />nll"rcc, Jnd boundJrics ,II ~'ol1que~t. ('crlalllly 1I11~ h;I'
<br />b~'en tru,' oj th.' \lLssuull KlVCI.
<br />Durlllg thc 17th and I."th .'('rllIHlC~. bolh hallc.... i1nJ
<br />Spilin CbllTlt'd The LouiSiana T ernlllry, wlll.:h lrl.:lul.kd
<br />;111 the .\lt~~ouri Klwr llaslll. Europe,ill e\plor~'r' had
<br />penetral('d lhe hinges Ilf lhe bJ,in. Aft...r pUf.-Ju,e of
<br />TillS land 111 IXUJ by lhe lTnired Stal.',. the L,'wis i1J1J
<br />Clar!.: ExpeJITiol1. S!..'llt ,'lit by J>fl'~iJcllr Ihllllla,
<br />Jeffefs..'Il. C"ll1rl<'I~'J lhe firsl cn>sslIIg of Ihe COlllll1,'nl.
<br />via lhe \li~""\Hl and ColumbiJ riVl'rs_
<br />Sin.'e IlK' ba'ln first IIJS op,'neJ tll 'ellkmclIlll ha,
<br />Jewloped rilpldly. adval1cing lr"llI .1 land illhatllt...d
<br />f1latnly by nomaJi." InJlalls In J qat... 01 'cllkmerll
<br />~'nll1"my. and 'O':I,'ly cllrnparabk wiTh th~' fl',1 ,'tlh,'
<br />\;allnn. Th.' 11l'lnrlCal b"'glllnmg' IIf thc \\CSI appcaf
<br />hcre. ThlS l~ 11ll' coulllry "llh.' r,}ya!:,cuI'. fur tTaJ.'r'i.
<br />and pathfmJcls 1"<11 westl<Jld "Xpansl'ln. Iltt' hlslory 01
<br />
<br />'Mcml'>c,", "f Ihc 'rc'cial I...,~ f',r,;c ",du,le'oj l'aul l. lIarl,',
<br />I-ChaIrman). "~nnclh II. Sd"",'d<,r and lIun"n ..-. ("nal.... all
<br />uf III,' llcr>anm~"r ur Ih... Inl...n"" An..." l. ~,,~. lJer>arlnWnl
<br />"f A~rl,'ulll.lf,.. ..tld ("hJrI,'5 -\. ("u..-"" and R"""r1 fl. n"Tn'.
<br />n"rarlmc"r"frh.. -\rrn)-.
<br />
<br />FOREWORD
<br />
<br />Ihc reginll IS lI11l."r1aceJ with inl<'re~lill!1l'n'l1l) ;md rla~.l'~
<br />rclaling II' lh~' firsl ad\l'lltur.,u) lrarr"'r~. mint'f), lh,'
<br />tlr'>1 whuc mcn.lhe ('Iv'il War. ;.iIlJ Indi;m WJr~
<br />Thc nJm,' "\lts_'ouri" IS \II Indian ori!!ln, and lhcre
<br />ar,' sc\'eral h'hinns of its dCIl\JTI,)[l and lls 1I1cilning.
<br />Early h"n~'h Illajh showed an Indian InOl' ~'all1peJ along
<br />lhc banb lit th,' O>':lgc' Rlwr CJlkd till' "l:ll1issourllc~."
<br />L,'WIS Jnd Clark llllerpreted lhts as mcallinj! "!\luJdy
<br />KIV'el:. ..... slmil:n \er'lon IS Ihal \lJrquellc and Joliel
<br />namcd the rih'r \llsso11rl aller J Sinu., IndiJIl tribe
<br />camped i1long lhc banks. ThIS IlIbc "as t1r~1 calkd tilt'
<br />".\llLlOU." laler the "\!isSOUrHl's." Jnd finally
<br />"\llssoun,"
<br />SILIl Jllolh.'1 p"~'lbk Jl'rl\'JUon, Ill... Indian word fm
<br />all nations \l,C~1 \.f Ihe ~'I~SlSSippl KIWI. wa, "MisuUlis"
<br />01 ,.\\'..11I1'.\1.'..... inll."rpreleJ Ilh'fally as pl'llplc who me
<br />\\I'lIJCll ~.JnOl'S. Tlu, was Sllllllar l'llhe .-\Igl'nquin wl'fd
<br />"('alhlc.hJ~'l.'f" Whldl W:lS applied to a single lribe on the
<br />IIvcr.
<br />One illlagmall\'l' \'eT,illll IS J'SOC1JI~'d wilh the word
<br />u,,'J by Ill<' OjIbwa or Chippt'wa Indians wltidl meanl
<br />"thc gr,'at lilJlJ thai 1t;1' lis tarim 11ll' Ice :lnd 'now and
<br />lis mouth 1I1 llll' WJrm water I,} ,'arJ~ French
<br />,'\.p[,'rers. !ill> \l,\lrd Sllund,'d Ilk\.' "\IlsS\ltlri."
<br />:'n ('arl~ ~'lIn~'epl 01 the bJ'lll IS llJu,trllleJ by
<br />Ikh,k's map 'I! ,'mcTh:a. dJteJ I 71~, shown 111 plate I.
<br />It may bc llOI<,J lhallhl' hcndl \cr,ion of \h~soun was
<br />m.:1udt'd lit Ill<.' Ilamc ftlr thc IlWI al this carly Ja1r.'. A
<br />'tudy oj IhlS map "Ill also sht>\\ lhilt Ihe nanll" of
<br />"4'I'<'rJ.[ II\Crs, pia..:,.,. and IndlJII 1I1he' pwbably wert'
<br />Liken froll1l"Jrly l'r('n.:11 Ill'IllCn..:lalurc
<br />
<br />'"
<br />
|