Narrative of an Expedition Through the Upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake: The Actual Source of ..

by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

1834 333 pages eng

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 office…