Arkansas History Flashcards
The party took on a man that was familiar with land were heading into?
Samuel Blazier
Dutch Hunter lead Hunter-Dunbar to supplies of what valuable commonty_____
Salt
Tree carving were found near_____
Camden AR
How many Louisiana Purchases were there?
4
What one of the four explored this important river?
The Red River
Latitudinal calculator?
Circle of Reflection
medicinal properties
boiling springs
Hunters background:
Apothecary
Hunters and Indians met along the way and respected their____
Skins and hunts (rights)
Hunter and Dunbar crossed into Arkansas in what month of Arkansas in 1804
November
Three reasons why the Hunter-Dunbar expedition was important?
- First expedition to report back to Jefferson
- Provided the president with the first mapping, scientific info about wildlife, vegetation, and the minerals.
- Hunters and disproved notion no one was there and that it was an isolated wilderness
The town where Dunbar lived near and started the journey in ______ Mississippi
Natchez
The name of the Arkansas river they mostly traveled was the _______
Ouachita
The ______ of the boat they began with was not for shallow water
Draft
Who explored the Rockies?
Zebulon Pike (Pikes Peak)
Dunbar and Hunter’s first rivercraft:
Chinese Junk
Arkadelphia resource
Salt (saline deposit)
Rocking the boat
cordelling
A change in boats was made at _____ Mississippi
Fort Myroe
Lewis and Clark into the ___________Regions of Louisiana Purchase
Northern
The President spoke publicly to congress about the expedition in?
1806
One of the greatest obstacles was the river rapids, the chutes in?
Malvern
What was the _______ expedition?
The GRand Expedition
Hieroglyphics
Indian carving
The water temp of the hot springs was?
148-150
One of the reasons that Hunter-Dunbar journey was cut short was because of?
Spanish resistance
Mississippi Mansion
“The Forest”
William Dunbar’s training included what science?
Astronomy
Who authorized the Louisiana Purchase?
Jefferson
Besides themselves how many other people were with them on that boat?
19 in all, 17 without Hunter and Dunbar
