Title: Narrative journal of travels through the northwestern regions of the United States, extending from Detroit through the great chain of American lakes to the sources of the Mississippi River, in the year 1820
First published: 1953
Description: The book covers journeys from Detroit to Michilimackinac, on to Sault Ste. Marie, to copper mines at Ontonagon river, through various areas in Wisconsin, to Chicago, back to Michilimackinac by boat, then back to Detroit. It contains geographical and geological notes along with observations about Native Americans in the region.
Subjects: Description and travel, Dakota language, Glossaries, vocabularies, Great Lake, Mississippi River, Old Northwest, Descriptions et voyages, Lewis Cass Expedition, 1820, Description & travel, Travel
Places: Old Northwest, Great Lakes, Mississippi River, Great Lakes (North America), West (U.S.), Sault Ste. Marie (Mich.) Michilimackinac (Mich.)
People: Lewis Cass, Henry Schoolcraft
Time periods: 1820
LC classification: F484.3 .S37 1953