Schoolcraft's Expedition to Lake Itasca

Philip P. Mason (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

431 Seiten

1993
Michigan State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-87013-335-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Scientist, explorer, historian, and Indian agent Henry Rowe Schoolcraft's name must be included in the pantheon of early nineteenth-century adventurers who were in the vanguard of American expansion into the heart of the continent. While some, individuals like William Clark, Meriwether Lewis, John C. Fremont, and Kit Carson did not stop until they reached the Pacific Ocean, others took it as their task to explore the cast, unknown interior; chief among this group was Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. Originally issued by Michigan State University Press in 1958, Schoolcraft's Expedition to Lake Itasca contains a semi-official report of his 1832 trip to the upper Mississippi region. His purposes for exploring the area, now part of Minnesota, were to quell a feud between warring Chippewa and Sioux factions and to locate the Mississippi headwaters. Although he did not stop the fighting, Schoolcraft did discover the river's true source and left us an unsurpassed account of life in the region in the 1830s. Anyone interested in the early white exploration of the upper Midwest should own a copy of this valuable resource.

Autor

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793–1864) was an American ethnologist who gave enormous impetus to the study of American Indian culture and may be regarded as the foremost pioneer in American Indian studies. Philip P. Mason is Distinguished Professor of History at Wayne State University. Mason is the recipient of the 2009 Historical Society of Michigan Lifetime Achievement Award.

Inhalt

CONTENTS Foreword Preface Editor's Introduction Schoolcraft's Narrative of an Expedition Through the Upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake Exploratory Trip Through the St. Croix and Burntwood (or Brulé) Rivers Appendices A. Letters and Reports Relating to the Organization of the Expedition in 1831 and 1832 B. Reports and Letters of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft on the Expedition of 1832 C. Journal and Letters of Lieutenant James Allen D. Journal, Letters and Reports of Dr. Douglas Houghton E. Journal and Letters of the Reverend William Thurston Boutwell F. Newspaper Reports of Expedition of 1832 Bibliography Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.12.2005
• Verlagsort: East Lansing, MI
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• ISBN-10: 0-87013-335-7 / 0870133357
• ISBN-13: 978-0-87013-335-0 / 9780870133350
• Zustand: Neuware