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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864.

Contributor:

Mason, Philip P. (Philip Parker), 1927-

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Ojibwa Indians.

Dakota Indians.

Indians of North America--Government relations.

Indians of North America.

Mississippi River.

Northwest, Old--Description and travel.

Northwest, Old.

United States--Discovery and exploration.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (421 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 1993.

Language Note:

Chinese

Summary:

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 Schoolcraft. Originally issued by Michigan State University Press in 1958, Schoolcraft's Expedition to

Contents:

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 Brulé) 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

Notes:

Romanized.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60917-276-0

OCLC:

835379929