The Northern Expeditions of Stephen H. Long. The Journals of 1817 and 1823 and Related Documents. Edited by Lucile M. Kane, et al.
St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1978. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Very Good plus dust jacket with sunning to the spine and edges of the rear panel. Stephen Long was one of the most prolific explorers of the early 1800s. This volume describes two expeditions: one in 1817 up the Mississippi River to the Falls of St. Anthony; and a second in 1823 westward from Philadelphia to the Red River of the North, down the Red, and east along the old Canadian canoe route, the Great Lakes, and portions of the Erie Canal. Long's journals are especially valuable for their firsthand observations of the Midwest and its people in the early 1800s, with references to many Indian peoples, including the Assiniboine, Dakota, Iroquois, Menominee, Ojibway, Osage, Ottawa, Potawatomi, Sauk, Winnebago, and Yanktonai. Includes journals, maps, and correspondence pertaining to Long’s upper Mississippi explorations. Item #28136
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