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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457388803321

Autore

Schoolcraft Henry Rowe <1793-1864.>

Titolo

Schoolcraft's expedition to lake itasca [[electronic resource] ] : the discovery of the source of the Mississippi / / edited by Philip P. Mason

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, 1993

ISBN

1-60917-276-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (421 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MasonPhilip P <1927-> (Philip Parker)

Soggetti

Ojibwa Indians

Dakota Indians

Indians of North America - Government relations

Electronic books.

Mississippi River

Northwest, Old Description and travel

United States Discovery and exploration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Romanized.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Editor's Introduction; Schoolcraft's Narrative of an Expedition Through the Upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake; Exploratory Trip Through the St. Croix and Burntwood (or BruleĢ) Rivers; Appendices; A. Letters and Reports Relating to the Organization of the Expedition in 1831 and 1832; B. Reports and Letters of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft on the Expedition of 1832; C. Journal and Letters of Lieutenant James Allen; D. Journal, Letters and Reports of Dr. Douglas Houghton; E. Journal and Letters of the Reverend William Thurston Boutwell

F. Newspaper Reports of Expedition of 1832Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Scientist, explorer, historian, and Indian agent Henry Rowe Schoolcraft's name must be included in the pantheon of early nineteenth-century adventurers who were in the vanguard of American expansion into the heart of the continent. While some, individuals like William Clark, Meriwether Lewis, John C. Fremont, and Kit Carson did not stop until they reached the Pacific Ocean, others took it as their task to explore the cast, unknown interior; chief among this group was Henry Rowe



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