Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 Resumed and Completed, by the Discovery of its Origin in Itasca Lake, in 1832

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Description of the descent from Pine River--Pine tracts--Confluence of the Crow-wing River--Enter a sylvan region--prairies and groves, occupied by deer, elk, and buffalo--Sport of buffalo hunting--Reach elevations of sienitic and metamorphic rocks--Discover a pictographic inscription of the Sioux, by which they denote a desire for peace--Pass the Osaukes, St. Francis's, Corneille, and Rum Rivers--St. Anthony's Falls--Etymology of the name--Geographical considerations 145