| Stephen Harriman Long - America - 1824 - 466 pages
...unsurveyed, northern boundary. Accordingly, it was determined in the spring of 1823, " by the Executive, that an expedition be immediately fitted out for exploring...Red River of Hudson's Bay and Lake Superior." The command of the expedition was intrusted to Major SH Long, and he received orders from the War Department,... | |
| Minnesota Historical Society - Minnesota - 1850 - 76 pages
...in 1823, -determined that an expedition be immediately fitted out for exploring the River St. Peters and the country situated on the northern boundary...The commander of the expedition was Major Stephen I5ong. The party left Philadelphia, and proceeded via Fort Dearborn, (the site of the city of Chicago,)... | |
| John Wells Foster, Josiah Dwight Whitney - Copper mines and mining - 1850 - 262 pages
...accompanied by several scientific gentlemen, started on an expedition, the object of which was to explore the river St. Peter's and the country situated on...between the Red river of Hudson's bay and Lake Superior. In returning, they coasted along the north shore of this lake. Professor Keating, in his nar-. ration... | |
| George Copway - Ojibwa Indians - 1858 - 284 pages
...after a residence of a few months among the Nation. After the explorations of General, then Lieut. Pike, the United States Government in 1823 determined...Chien, where they arrived on the 19th of June. On the 2d of July, the party passed the narrowest place of the Mississippi, and landed for a few moments six... | |
| Edward Duffield Neill - History - 1858 - 652 pages
...Minnesota, induced the United States government to send an expedition to explore the Minnesota river, and the country situated on the northern boundary...Red river of Hudson's Bay, and Lake Superior. The command of the expedition was intrusted to Major Stephen H. Long, and the scientific corps attached... | |
| Michigan. Geological Survey - Animals - 1861 - 354 pages
...scientific gentlemen, started on an expedition, the object of which was to explore the river St. Peters and the country situated on the northern boundary...the Red River of Hudson's Bay, and Lake Superior. In returning, they coasted along the north shore of this Lake. In 1831 an expedition was sent out by... | |
| Michigan. Geological Survey - Animals - 1861 - 356 pages
...scientific gentlemen, started on an expedition, the object of which was to explore the river St. Peters and the country situated on the northern boundary...the Red River of Hudson's Bay, and Lake Superior. In returning, they coasted along the north shore of this Lake. In 1831 an expedition was sent out by... | |
| Michigan. Geological Survey - Animals - 1861 - 346 pages
...scientific gentlemen, started on an expedition, the object of which was to explore the river St. Peters and the country situated on the northern boundary...the Red River of Hudson's Bay; and Lake Superior. In returning, they coasted along the north shore of this Lake. In 1831 an expedition was sent out by... | |
| Michigan. Geological Survey - Animals - 1861 - 362 pages
...gentlemen, 'started on an expedition, the object of which wan to explore the river St. Peters a-.d the country situated on the northern boundary of the...the Red River of Hudson's Bay, and Lake Superior. In returning, they coasted along the north shore of this Lake. In 1831 an expedition wa> sent out by... | |
| 1945 - 404 pages
...for his expedition to the Rocky Mountains, was placed in charge. This new expedition was to explore "the river St. Peter's and the country situated on...the Red River of Hudson's Bay and Lake Superior." As before, the object of the expedition was "to make a general survey of the country on the route pointed... | |
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