Narrative of an expedition to the source of St. Peter's river, lake Winnepeek, lake of the Woods, &c. &c. performed in the year 1823, by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, secretary of war, under the command of Stephen H. Long, major, U.S.T.E. / compiled from the notes of Major Long, Messrs. Say, Keating, and Calhoun, by William H. Keating ...

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Keating, William Hypolitus, 1799-1840.

Contributor:

• Long, Stephen Harriman, 1784-1864.
• Say, Thomas, 1787-1834.
• Schweinitz, Lewis David von, 1780-1834.
• Colhoun, James E. (James Edward), 1796-1889.
• Lovell, Joseph.

Series:

• Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
• Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Dakota Indians.
• Ojibwa Indians.
• Indians of North America--Languages--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
• Northwest, Old--Description and travel.
• Minnesota--Description and travel.
• Minnesota river.
• Manitoba--Description and travel.
• United States--Exploring expeditions.

Local Subjects:

• Indians of North America--Languages--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
• Minnesota river.
• United States--Exploring expeditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 v. ) fronts, 15 pl. (incl. plan, music) fold. map, tables ;

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1824.

Notes:

• Appendix (v. 2, p. [253]-459): pt. I. Natural history: Zoology, by Thomas Say; Botany; a catalogue of plants collected in the north western territory by Mr. Thomas Say, in the year 1823, by L.D. de Schweinitz -- pt. II. Astronomy; astronomical observations and calculations made in 1823, during the expedition to the source of St. Peter's river, &c. by J.E. Colhoun, astronomer, &c. to the expedition -- pt. III. Meteorology; meteorological register for the year 1822; exhibiting the daily mean temperature of the weather from observations taken at several of the military posts of the United States, by Joseph Lovell, M.D., surgeon general of the United States' army -- pt. IV. Vocabularies of Indian languages [Sauk, Sioux, Chippewa and Cree]
• Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
• Sabin no. 37137.

Cited in:

RLIN, CTRG10417322-B

OCLC:

85889442