Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

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      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664561145

Table of Contents

       CHAPTER I.

       CHAPTER II.

       CHAPTER III.

       CHAPTER IV.

       CHAPTER V.

       CHAPTER VI.

       CHAPTER VII.

       CHAPTER VIII.

       CHAPTER IX.

       CHAPTER X.

       CHAPTER XI.

       CHAPTER XII.

       CHAPTER XIII.

       CHAPTER XIV.

       CHAPTER XV.

       CHAPTER XVI.

       CHAPTER XVII.

       CHAPTER XVIII.

       CHAPTER XIX.

       CHAPTER XX.

       DISCOVERY OF THE ACTUAL SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN ITASCA LAKE, BY AN EXPEDITION, AUTHORIZED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, IN 1832.

       CHAPTER XXI.

       CHAPTER XXII.

       CHAPTER XXIII.

       CHAPTER XXIV.

       CHAPTER XXV.

       CHAPTER XXVI.

       CHAPTER XXVII.

       APPENDIX.

       1. DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS.

       2. TOPOGRAPHY AND ASTRONOMY.

       3. MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY.

       4. BOTANY.

       5. ZOOLOGY.

       6. METEOROLOGY.

       7. INDIAN HIEROGLYPHICS, OR PICTURE WRITING, LANGUAGES, AND HISTORY.

       APPENDIX.

       INDIAN LANGUAGES

       2. NATURAL HISTORY.

       3. INDIAN TRIBES.

       4. TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY.

       5. SCENERY.

       INDEX

CHAPTER I.

       Table of Contents

      Departure—Considerations on visiting the northern summits early in the season—Cross the Highlands of the Hudson—Incidents of the journey from Albany to Buffalo—Visit Niagara Falls—Their grandeur the effect of magnitude—Embark on board the steamer Walk-in-the-Water—Passage up Lake Erie—Reach СКАЧАТЬ