THE 
AMERICAN GEOLOGIST 
Vol. V. JANUARY, 1890. No. 1. 
HENRY ROWE SCHOOLCRAFT. 
From observations and researches by J. V. Brower, Commissioner in charge of an 
expeditionary examination of the Itasca Basin, on behalf of the Minnesota Histor- 
ical Society, and manuscript prepared by Mrs. Jane S. Howard, only surviving 
member of deceased's family.* 
The Peace of Utrecht, 1713, controlled the destinies of an 
English gentleman of education and refinement, who came to 
America during the reign of Queen Anne. Ife settled in 
Albany county, New York, opening an English scliool, and his 
descendants continued their residence there for a hundred 
years. One of the descendants of this family was Col. Law- 
rence Schoolcraft, a revolutionary soldier, commanding in the 
war of 1812 the first regiment contributed by his locality. He 
married Miss Barbara Rowe, of noble character and German- 
parentage. 
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, the subject of this brief sketch, 
was the seventh of a large family, the issue of this union, enjoy- 
ing the advantages of an early education. He pursued an 
advanced course at Union college, Schenectady, and at Middle- 
* There is a biographical sketch of Mr. Schoolcraft in his Personal 
MevioirH, with a portrait, and another in the National Macjazlne, vol. vi 
(18().')), accompanied by a portrait. There is a sketch also in the 
Annah of Iowa, Jnly, 1«()5. Rev. W. T. Boutwell has also a sketch of 
his expedition of 1832 in the Minn. Hist, Col. vol. i, p. 153. The remarks 
of Dr. G. W. Samson, president of Colmnbia College, at Schoolcraft's 
funeral, have also been published in pamphlet form. — [Ed.] 
