Schoolcrafts Expedition to Lake Itasca

by Mason, Philip

• ISBN13: 9780870133343
• ISBN10: 0870133349
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-01-01
• Publisher: Michigan State Univ Pr
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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 Lake Itascacontains a semi-official report of his 1832 trip to the upper Mississippi region. His purposes for exploring the area, now part of Minnesota, were to quell a feud between warring Chippewa and Sioux factions and to locate the Mississippi headwaters. Although he did not stop the fighting, Schoolcraft did discover the river's true source and left us an unsurpassed account of life in the region in the 1830s. Anyone interested in the early white exploration of the upper Midwest should own a copy of this valuable resource.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Editor's Introduction
Schoolcraft's Narrative of an Expedition Through the Upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake	p. 1
Exploratory Trip Through the St. Croix and Burntwood (or Brule) Rivers	p. 77
App A. Letters and Reports Relating to the Organization of the Expedition in 1831 and 1832	p. 107
App B. Reports and Letters of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft on the Expedition of 1832	p. 144
App C. Journal and Letters of Lieutenant James Allen	p. 163
App D. Journal, Letters and Reports of Dr. Douglass Houghton	p. 242
App E. Journal and Letters of the Reverend William Thurston Boutwell	p. 306
App F. Newspaper Reports of Expedition of 1832	p. 352
Bibliography	p. 370
Index	p. 375
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