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 |
|---|---|
| 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-# |
His beard and hair were snow-white, his complexion a fine colour, and unwrinkled.
He had in extreme the American trait of sympathy and of deference to the young.
It is a curse that all our American boys and girls are taught so much.
He had a belief that Shakespeare's sonnets were theological discussions.
The letters were written in the summer of 1877 and the winter of 1878.
But the city was not so large then, nor so cosmopolitan as now.
These two houses were pleasant to look upon.
Two of the leaders of this company were then next door neighbors of Mr.
Our lives were deepened. A MORE INTIMATE ACQUAINTANCE.
In the course of our walk there were long intervals of silence between us, and altogether his words were
Thomas Proctor of this city, giving some personal recollections of Walt Whitman.
Proctor resided in the same house with Whitman, and their relations were somewhat intimate.