52 THE GEOLOGY OF MINNESOTA. 



[Allen, 1832. 



represented on the map accompanying his Narrative, published in 1834. 

 Like nearly all pioneer travelers he over-estimates distances. The following 

 names he applies to lakes between Leech lake and the mouth of Shell river, 

 and they should be perpetuated on the settlement of the country, viz.: 

 Warpool, Little Long, lake of the Mountain, lake of the Isle, Longwater 

 lake (the source of this branch of Crow Wing river), Little Vermilion, Birch, 

 Lac Pie, Assowa, Lac Vieux Desert, Long Rice, Allen, llligan and Douglass. 

 Schoolcraft descended the Crow Wing river to its union with the Missis- 

 sippi, being the first to explore it, and to render an account of its course.* 



LIEUT. JAMES ALLEN'S REPORT OF SCHOOLCRAFT's EXPEDITION OF 1832 TO THE 



SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. 



Lieut. Allen's reportf is accompanied by a map of the country from the 

 Red river of the North to the Bois Brule river of Wisconsin, extending from 

 lake Pepin to Red lake. On this map the Cloquet river is named Rapid river. 

 The principal sources of the St. Louis river are represented to come from 

 Vermilion lake and White Wood lake, the latter probably being intended 

 for what is now known as Basswood lake. The branches of the St. Croix 

 river from the west, in descending order, are Pine river, Nenandag river, 

 Fowle river, Kettle river, Snake river, and three others above St. Croix lake. 

 One also joins St. Croix lake from the west. Ascending the Mississippi river 

 above the falls of St. Anthony, the following are represented as its eastern 

 tributaries, Raccoon river (now Coon creek in Anoka county), Rum river, 

 Leaf or St. Francis river, Elk river, Clear river, Long river (having its source 

 in Long lake situated west of Mille Lacs), Muddy creek, West Savanna 

 river, Swan, Trout, Prairie and Deer rivers; the last being the first stream 

 above Pokegama falls. The western branches above the falls of St. Anthony, 



* Resulting from this expedition were the following scientific papers: 



1. Limits of the range of the Cervus tylvestris, in the northwestern part of the United States. By Henry K. School- 

 craft. [Northwest Journal.] 



2. Description of the Fringilia vespertina, discovered by Mr. Schoolcraft in the Northwest, By William Cooper. 

 [An. N. Y. Lye Nat. Hist.] 



3. List of shells collected by Mr. Schoolcraft in the western and northwestern territory. By William Cooper. 



4. List of species and localities of plants collected in the northwestern expeditions of Mr. Schoolcraft, of 1831 and 

 1833. By Douglass Houghtor.. M. D. 



5. A report on the existence of deposits of copper in the geological basin of lake Superior By Dr. D. Houghton. 



6. Remarks on the occurrence of native silver and ores of silver in the stratification of the basins of lakes Huron 

 and Superior. ByHeniyR Schoolcraft. 



7. A general summary of the localities of minerals observed in the Northwest in 1831 and 1832. By Henry R. 

 Sehoolcraft. 



8. Geological outline of the Taquiinenon valley of Jake Superior. By Henry R. Schoolcraft. 



9 Suggestions respecting the geological epoch of the deposit of sandstone rock at St. Mary's falls. Ry Henry R. 

 Schoolcralt. 



Of the above, those not otherwise noted, are in the appendix to Schoolcraft's work, Discovery of the Sources of the 

 Mississippi. 



fAmerican State Papers Vol. V. Military Affairs p. 312. 



