TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schoolcraft,Henry Rowe
TI  - Narrative of an Expedition Through the Upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake, the Actual Source of This River: Embracing an Exploratory Trip Through the St. Croix and Burntwood (or Broule) Rivers
AV  - F590.3 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Dakota Indians
KW  - Minnesota -- Description and travel
KW  - Ojibwa Indians
KW  - Indians of North America -- Government relations
KW  - United States -- Discovery and exploration
KW  - Mississippi River -- Discovery and exploration
KW  - Natural history -- Minnesota
KW  - Ojibwa language
KW  - Saint Croix River (Wis. and Minn.)
N1  - Release date is 2021-03-22; E-text prepared by MFR, Robert Tonsing, K Nordquist, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org); Original publication data not identified
N2  - "Narrative of an Expedition Through the Upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake" by Henry R. Schoolcraft is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The work details Schoolcraft's explorative journey aimed at uncovering the source of the Mississippi River. The expedition focuses on interactions with Native American tribes, geographic observations, and the pressing need for peace between warring factions, particularly the Chippewa and Sioux nations.  The opening of the narrative sets the stage for the expedition, describing the governmental directives leading up to the journey and the important tasks assigned to Schoolcraft, such as pacifying conflicts between the Chippewa and Sioux and gathering statistical information regarding the tribes. Schoolcraft reflects on previous expeditions aimed at exploring the Mississippi and highlights the significance of this journey in furthering understanding of the region and its indigenous inhabitants. He shares his intentions and outlines the exploration’s objectives, all while emphasizing the importance of establishing communication and peace among the tribes he encounters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64866
ER  -