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, performed as a member of the expedition under Governor Cass in the year 1820
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
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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.
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Dakota language, Description and travel, Glossaries, vocabularies, Great Lake, Mississippi River, Old Northwest, Descriptions et voyages, Lewis Cass Expedition, 1820, Description & travel, TravelPeople
Lewis Cass, Henry SchoolcraftPlaces
Great Lakes (North America), Mississippi River, Old Northwest, West (U.S.), Sault Ste. Marie (Mich.) Michilimackinac (Mich.)Times
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"Embellished with a map and eight copper plate engravings."
Includes index.
Filmed from a copy of the original publication held by the Library of the Public Archives of Canada. Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions, 1986.
419, [6] p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
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