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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

Chapter 1: 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.
By Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
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The narrative recounts a government-authorized expedition into the upper Mississippi watershed and surrounding country, describing routes through Lake Superior, rivers, lakes, and portages to the river's source at Itasca Lake. It records councils with Chippewa and Sioux leaders aimed at peace, observations on trade, and a vaccination program among Indigenous communities, while documenting landscape, travel hardships, and encounters at trading posts. Topographical descriptions alternate with ethnographic and statistical reports on population and customs, and the account notes violent incidents and local conflicts encountered during the journey.

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Title: Narrative of an Expedition Through the Upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake, the Actual Source of This River

Author: Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Release date: March 22, 2021 [eBook #64866]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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SKETCH OF THE SOURCES
OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
Drawn from Lieut. Allen’s observations
in 1832, to illustrate
SCHOOLCRAFT’S INLAND JOURNEY
TO ITASCA LAKE.
De Count & Hammond Sc.

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.
NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS,
NO. 82 CLIFF-STREET.
1834.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1833,
By Henry R. Schoolcraft,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District of Michigan.
    Geo. L. Whitney, Printer, Detroit.    
TO GEN. HUGH BRADY,
OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
Sir:

In prefixing your name to this volume, I am reminded that, while indulging the gratification of personal friendship, I am addressing a soldier, who early entered the field of western warfare under the veteran Wayne; and who, for a period of upwards of forty years, during the changing circumstances of war and of peace, has ever been found faithfully, bravely, and honorably serving his country.

With sentiments of respect,
HENRY ROWE SCHOOLCRAFT.