Red River Expedition

Red River Expedition can refer to different historical events:

  • Wolseley Expedition, in Canada (1870)
  • Red River Expedition (1806), by the United States to explore the American West
  • Red River Campaign, during the American Civil War

Famous quotes containing the words red, river and/or expedition:

    From behind the red gates comes the stink of wine and meat, while along the road sides lie the bones of the frozen dead.
    Chinese proverb.

    A reaction: a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.
    Victor Hugo (1802–1885)

    Writing a novel is not merely going on a shopping expedition across the border to an unreal land: it is hours and years spent in the factories, the streets, the cathedrals of the imagination.
    Janet Frame (b. 1924)