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    Frederick Gustavus Schwatka (29 September 1849 – 2 November 1892) was a United States Army lieutenant with degrees in medicine and law, and was a noted...
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    the city its name, are now under the lake. The lake was named after Frederick Schwatka, a US Army Lieutenant who was first to explore the total length of...
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    OCLC 41565005. Schwatka, Frederick (1965). Edouard A. Stackpole (ed.). The Long Arctic Search; the Narrative of Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka, U.S.A., 1878–1880...
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    Nunavut in 1871 and South Georgia in 1877. He served as a part of Frederick Schwatka's 1878–1880 Arctic expedition to uncover information about the lost...
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    would occasionally explore on their own. In a four-month journey, Lt. Frederick Schwatka and his party rafted the Yukon from Lake Lindeman in Canada to Saint...
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    Tetlin Lake and unto the Tanana River via Miles Pass. Six years later, Frederick Schwatka and Charles W. Hayes crossed the extreme eastern end of the range...
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    assisted several Arctic explorers, among them Charles Francis Hall and Frederick Schwatka. He and his wife Taqulittuq were the best-known and most widely-travelled...
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    River near Whitehorse, Yukon, was named after him in 1883 by Lt. Frederick Schwatka during his exploration of the river system. A steamship, General Miles...
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    Franklin Expedition. Skeletal remains found by the 1879 expedition of Frederick Schwatka in a shallow grave on Cape Jane Franklin on the west coast of King...
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    first recorded exploration of the Tanana River. In 1883, Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka and his party had entered the Yukon watershed by way of Canada and...
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    thousand years. The surrounding area had seasonal fish camps and Frederick Schwatka, in 1883, observed the presence of a portage trail used to bypass...
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    were built in these areas over the next few weeks. Named in 1883 by Frederick Schwatka, US Army officer and explorer, after James Gordon Bennett Jr (1841–1918)...
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  • Frederick Schwatka, William Henry Gilder, Heinrich Klutschak, Frank E. Melms, and Ipirvik ("Joe Ebierbing") explored the same area in 1879. Schwatka buried...
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    to climb the mountains. An 1891 expedition led by Yukon explorer Frederick Schwatka descended the Nizina, Chitina and Copper Rivers from the north. The...
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  • retraced some of the steps of Sir Francis McClintock in 1859 and Frederick Schwatka in 1878–79. Discoveries during this expedition included the remains...
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    Cavalry launched an attack on Chief American Horse's village, LT Frederick Schwatka led a charge to scatter the Indians' horses and LT Emmet Crawford...
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  • explorers had little contact with the indigenous population, although Frederick Schwatka, in 1883, made note of a First Nations portage trail bypassing Miles...
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    the original on August 25, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2017. "Lieutenant Schwatka's Death Accidental" (PDF). The New York Times. November 4, 1892. Archived...
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    December 1886, Haynes was selected to accompany arctic explorer, Frederick Schwatka on a winter tour through the park. The expedition was sponsored by...
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  • Marsh Lake by Frederick Schwatka, after the Yale University Professor Othniel Charles Marsh, who contributed financially to Schwatka's mapping and exploration...
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    initial gold discoveries were being made, the US Army sent lieutenant Frederick Schwatka to reconnoiter the Yukon River. Going over the Chilkoot Pass, his...
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    linebacker 1992–98, mayor of Palatine Ed Schwartz, radio personality Frederick Schwatka, U.S. Army lieutenant, noted explorer of northern Canada and Alaska...
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    1909. Boyce financed an expedition of the explorer Frederick Schwatka to Alaska in 1896. Schwatka discovered gold near Nome and Boyce reported this success...
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    Richards (1849–1912), fourth Governor of Wyoming; educated in Galena Frederick Schwatka (1849–1892), army lieutenant; explorer of northern Canada and Alaska...
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    Mills, First Lieutenant Augustus Choutea Paul, Second Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka 4th United States Infantry Regiment, Company D, Captain Avery Billings...
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    a mile or so back, holding the horses and pack train. Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka would lead twenty-five mounted soldiers in a cavalry charge through...
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    than 60 miles (97 km) up the river. Following the expeditions of Frederick Schwatka, which covered a lot of Alaskan land but did not contribute much to...
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  • John Irving, originally found in 1879 by Heinrich Klutschak of the Frederick Schwatka arctic expedition, which Woodman laid down in to ascertain its size...
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  • Canada. The lake from which the range name comes was named in 1883 by Frederick Schwatka, US Army officer and explorer, after James Gordon Bennett Jr (1841–1918)...
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  • Intelligence Wire. Davis, Richard C. (September 1984). "Arctic Profiles: Frederick Schwatka. (1849–1892)" (PDF). Arctic. 37 (3): 302. doi:10.14430/arctic2209...
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