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Routes of Passage

By Hamilton, Ruth Simms.
MSU Press 2007 .
414 9780870136320

Schoolcraft's Narrative Journal of Travels

By Marks, Howard.
MSU Press 1992 .
544 pages , This important Henry Rowe Schoolcraft work, first issued by Michigan State University Press in 1953, is now available as the second title in MSU Press's Schoolcraft Series. The book was originally published in 1821 under the long and pretentious title Narrative Journey 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, Performed as a Member of the expedition under Governor Cass, in the Year 1820; it recounts Schoolcraft's participation in the John C. Calhoun-sponsored 1820 expedition to explore the cast, uncharted territory stretching from the upper Great Lakes into what is now northern Minnesota. This volume, a marvelous blend of reportage, scientific findings, and the author's personal observations, contains a wealth of information about geography and topography woven together with vivid descriptions of scenic beauty, Native American culture, and day-to-day life as a member of an exploring expedition. 9780870133145

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Schoolcraft's Expedition to Lake Itasca

By Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe.
MSU Press 1958 .
424 pages , Contains a semi-official report of Henry Schoolcraft's 1832 trip to the upper Mississippi region. His purposes for exploring the area, which is now in Minnesota, were to quell a feud between the Chippewa and Sioux factions and to locate the Mississippi's headwaters. 9780870133350

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