CONTENTS. XLjC 



EXPEDITION OF 1832. 



Discovery of the Source of the Mississippi River in Itasca Lake . . 221 

 CHAPTER XXL 



The search for the yeritable source of the Mississippi is resumed. — Ascent to Cass 

 Lake, the prior point of discovery — Pursue the river westerly, through the An- 

 drusian Lakes and up the Metoswa Rapids, forty-five miles — Queen Anne's Lake 



223 



CHLiPTER XXII. 



Ascent of the Mississippi above Queen Anne's Lake — Reach the primary forks of 

 the river — Ascend the left-hand, or minor branch — Lake Irving — Lake Marquette 

 — Lake La Salle — Lake Plantagenet — Encamp at the Naiwa rapids at the base of 

 the Height of Land, or Itasca Summit ....... 231 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



The Expedition having reached the source of the east fork in Assawa Lake, crosses 

 the highlands of the Hauteurs de Terre to the source of the main or west fork in 

 Itasca Lake 239 



CHAPTER XXIY. 



Descent of the west, or Itascan branch — Kakabikons Falls — Junction of theChemaun, 

 Peniddiwin, or De Soto, and Allenoga Rivers — Return to Cass Lake . . 246 



CHAPTER XXY. 



The expedition proceeds to strike the source of the gTeat Crow-A?ing River, by the 

 Indian trail and line of interior portages, by way of Leech Lake, the seat of the 

 warlike tribe of the Pillagers, or Mukundwa ...... 251 



CHAPTER XXYI. 



Geographical account of Leech Lake — History of its Indians, the Mukundwas — 

 The expedition proceeds to the source of the Crow-Wing River, and descends 

 that stream, in its whole length, to the Mississippi ..... 258 



CHAPTER XXYII. 



Complete the exploration of the Crow-Wing River of Minnesota — Indian council — 

 Reach St. Anthony's Falls — Council with the Sioux — Ascent and exploration of 

 the River St. Croix and Misakoda, or Brould, of Lake Superior — Return of the 

 party to St. Mary's Falls, Michigan 265 



