Summary narrative of an exploratory expedition to the sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820
Subtitle: resumed and completed by the discovery of its origin in Itasca Lake in 1832.
By: By authority of the United States. With appendices, comprising the original report on the copper mines of Lake Superior, and observations on the geology of the lake basins, and the summit of the Mississippi; together with all the official reports and scientific papers of both expeditions. Philadelphia, Lippincott, Grambo, 1855.
Publisher: Kraus Reprint Co.
Published: 1973
Place of publication: Millwood, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 596
Subjects: Mississippi River -- Sources.; Northwest, Old -- Description and travel.; Great Lakes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
The 1st part, Narrative of the expedition of 1820 (p. [37]-220), is a revised edition of Schoolcraft's Narrative journal of travels through the northwestern regions of the United States, 1821. The 2d part, Discovery of the actual source of the Mississippi River (p. [221]-274), is an abridgement of his Narrative of an expedition through the Upper Mississippi Valley to Itasca Lake, 1834.