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 1832Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
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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
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
Great Lakes (North America); Mississippi River -- Sources; Northwest, Old -- Description and travel
Latitude of the gallais[203] on the Grand Portage of
St. Louis, July 6, 1820 46 39 34
Latitude of camp at head of Grand Portage, July
8, 1820 46 41 07
Latitude of camp at west end of Savanna Portage 46 51 47[204]
Mean latitude of Sandy Lake post, from observations,
July 16 and 25 46 45 35
Mean longitude of Sandy Lake post, from 4 sets
of observations, July 15 and 16 93 21 30
Latitude of Wolverine Camp, July 23, 1 day from
Sandy Lake 47 4 15
Latitude of halting-place above forks of Leech
River on the Mississippi, July 20 47 24 00[205]
Latitude of camp at Lake Winnipec, July 20 47 30 56
Latitude of halting-place near first return camp,
July 21 47 27 10
Latitude of return camp; near the above, same
day 47 26 40
Latitude of camp at Buffalo hunting-ground, above
Pe-can-de-quaw Lake, July 28 and 29 46 00 00
Breadth of river at camp on the Buffalo Plain,
148 yards
Latitude of halting-place between the Great Falls
and St. Francis River 45 25 43
Breadth of river at camp above Falls of St. Anthony,
200 yards
Mean latitude of Fort St. Anthony, new site, July
31, by 5 sets of observations 44 53 20
Mean longitude of Fort St. Anthony, new site, July
31, by 3 sets of observations 92 55 45
Latitude of Fort Prairie du Chien, Aug. 6 and 7. 43 03 19[206]
Latitude of Fox and Ouisconsin Portage, Aug.
14 and 15, 43° 42´ 36´´; say 43 42 00
Latitude of camp near mouth of River De Loup,
Aug. 17 44 6 44
Latitude of Fort Howard, Green Bay, Aug. 21 44 31 38
Longitude of Fort Howard (some error), probably
between 87° 45´ 30´´ and 87 46 00
Latitude of camp at Sturgeon Portage, Lake Michigan,
Aug. 23 44 47 43
Latitude of camp 3 miles north of the Manetowag,
Aug. 24 44 12 47
Latitude of camp south of the Sheboyegan, Aug. 25 43 41 26
Latitude of camp at Milwaukie, Aug. 26 43 01 35
Mean latitude of Fort Dearborn, Chicago, by 6 sets
of equal altitudes, Aug. 31, and meridian altitude
41 54 06
Mean longitude of Fort Dearborn, 3 sets of
observations. In time, 5 h. 50 m. 8 sec. In
degrees 87 32 30
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