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 Michilimackinac--Prominent scenery--Geology--Arched Rock--Sugarloaf Rock--History--Statistics--Mineralogy--Skull Cave--Manners--Its fish, agriculture, moral wants--Ingenious manufactures of the Indians--Fur trade--Etymology of the word--Antique bones disclosed in the interior of the island 59