03187cam a22004091 4500 6786706 821206s1834 nyub 000 0 eng 20260518134517.2 01008794 (DLC) 01008794 DLC CarP DLC n-us--- n-us-mn n-usm-- F597 .S36 1834 Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864. 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 ... , 1834. 307 p. maps (part fold.) 22 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 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. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Ojibwa Indians. Dakota Indians. Indians of North America Government relations. Natural history Minnesota. Ojibwa language. Mississippi River Discovery and exploration. Saint Croix River (Wis. and Minn.) Minnesota Description and travel. United States Discovery and exploration. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/lhbum.08794 View online content for this title. 7 cbc premver u ncip 19 y-gencatlg LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-644 gc/lhbum ammem pmpull c-GenColl F597 .S36 1834 00011498619 Copy 1 PREM