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Book/Printed Material Narrative of an expedition through the upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake, the actual source of this river; embracing an exploratory trip through the St. Croix and Burntwood (or Broule) Rivers, in 1832, under the direction of Henry R. Schoolcraft

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Title

  • Narrative of an expedition through the upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake, the actual source of this river; embracing an exploratory trip through the St. Croix and Burntwood (or Broule) Rivers, in 1832, under the direction of Henry R. Schoolcraft

Summary

  • This is an account by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) of his discovery of the Mississippi River's source, Lake Itasca, in 1832. Schoolcraft was an Indian agent for the region, and he assembled an expeditionary party of thirty, including Ozawindib (an Ojibway guide and interpreter), an army officer, a surgeon, a geologist, and interpreter, and a missionary. They set out with instructions from Secretary of War Lewis Cass to effect a permanent peace among the region's Native Americans, persuade them to be vaccinated against smallpox, acquire demographic and scientific information, and establish definitively the origin of the Mississippi. Expedition Through the Upper Mississippi contains anecdotes and observations about the beliefs, customs, and history of the Chippewa [Ojibway] as well as the Sioux [Dakota], the Fox [Mesquakie], the Sauk, the Menominee, the Mandans, and various other Native American groups. The narrative proceeds chronologically along the route the expedition followed, with detailed descriptions of geographical features. This volume also includes a short account of a trip along the St. Croix and Burntwood (Brule) River, and has an appendix containing statistical and linguistic data, a list of shells collected by Schoolcraft in the West and Northwestern territories, official reports, a speech by six Chippewa chiefs about the war delivered at Michilimackinac in July 1833, and a discussion of the Upper Mississippi's lead mining country.

Names

  • Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864

Created / Published

  • New-York, Published by Harper & Brothers ... , 1834.

Headings

  • -  Mississippi River--Discovery and exploration
  • -  Saint Croix River (Wis. and Minn.)
  • -  Ojibwa Indians
  • -  Dakota Indians
  • -  Minnesota--Description and travel
  • -  United States--Discovery and exploration
  • -  Indians of North America--Government relations
  • -  Natural history--Minnesota
  • -  Ojibwa language

Medium

  • 307 p. maps (part fold.) 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F597 .S36 1834

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 01008794

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  • online text
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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe. Narrative of an expedition through the upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake, the actual source of this river; embracing an exploratory trip through the St. Croix and Burntwood or Broule Rivers, in , under the direction of Henry R. Schoolcraft. New-York, Published by Harper & Brothers, 1834. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/01008794/.

APA citation style:

Schoolcraft, H. R. (1834) Narrative of an expedition through the upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake, the actual source of this river; embracing an exploratory trip through the St. Croix and Burntwood or Broule Rivers, in , under the direction of Henry R. Schoolcraft. New-York, Published by Harper & Brothers. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/01008794/.

MLA citation style:

Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe. Narrative of an expedition through the upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake, the actual source of this river; embracing an exploratory trip through the St. Croix and Burntwood or Broule Rivers, in , under the direction of Henry R. Schoolcraft. New-York, Published by Harper & Brothers, 1834. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/01008794/>.