Simply enter the word you wish to find and the search engine will search for every instance of the word in the journals. For example: Fight. All instances of the use of the word fight will show up on the results page.
Using an asterisk (*) will increase the odds of finding the results you are seeking. For example: Fight*. The search results will display every instance of fight, fights, fighting, etc. More than one wildcard may be used. For example: *ricar*. This search will return most references to the Aricara tribe, including Ricara, Ricares, Aricaris, Ricaries, Ricaree, Ricareis, and Ricarra. Using a question mark (?) instead of an asterisk (*) will allow you to search for a single character. For example, r?n will find all instances of ran and run, but will not find rain or ruin.
Searches are not case sensitive. For example: george will come up with the same results as George.
Searching for a specific phrase may help narrow down the results. Rather long phrases are no problem. For example: "This white pudding we all esteem".
Because of the creative spellings used by the journalists, it may be necessary to try your search multiple times. For example: P?ro*. This search brings up numerous variant spellings of the French word pirogue, "a large dugout canoe or open boat." Searching for P?*r*og?* will bring up other variant spellings. Searching for canoe or boat also may be helpful.
| Entering in only one field | Searches |
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| Year, Month, & Day | Single day |
| Year & Month | Whole month |
| Year | Whole year |
| Month & Day | 1600-#-# to 2100-#-# |
| Month | 1600-#-1 to 2100-#-31 |
| Day | 1600-01-# to 2100-12-# |
Earth of shine and dark, mottling the tide of the river!
Let books take the place of trees, animals, rivers, clouds!
What rivers are these? What forests and fruits are these?
see the four great rivers of China, the Amour, the Yellow River, the Yiang-tse, and the Pearl; I see
O boating on the rivers! The voyage down the Niagara, (the St.
baffled, Not the path-finder, penetrating inland, weary and long, By deserts parched, snows chilled, rivers
Earth of shine and dark, mottling the tide of the river!
FROM PENT-UP ACHING RIVERS.
What rivers are these? what forests and fruits are these?
four great rivers of China, the Amour, the Yellow River, the Yiang-tse, and the Pearl; I see where the
Let books take the place of trees, animals, rivers, clouds!