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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Proceed up the St. Louis River, and around its falls and rapids to Sandy Lake in the valley of the Upper Mississippi--Grand Portage--Portage aux Coteaux--A main exploring party--Cross the great morass of Akeek Scepi to Sandy Lake--Indian mode of pictographic writing--Site of an Indian jonglery--Post of Sandy Lake 110