A Brief Narrative Of The Journeys Of David Thompson In North Western America

Author : Joseph Burr Tyrrell
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282562588
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book A Brief Narrative of the Journeys of David Thompson, in North-Western America (Classic Reprint) written by Joseph Burr Tyrrell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Brief Narrative of the Journeys of David Thompson, in North-Western America An excellent account of the early expeditions to the head waters of the Mississippi is given by Mr. N. H. Winchell, in his Historical Introduction in the Final Report on the Geology of Minnesota, 1884. In giving an account of Lieut. Pike's journey to Red Cedar (cass) Lake in 1806, he there states that Mr. Thompson's maps and papers never having been pub lished, Lieut. Pike is to be accredited with the first authenticated examination of the Mississippi valley from the St. Francis River to Red Cedar Lake. The first who is stated to have travelled through the country north of Red Cedar Lake was J. C. Beltrami, an Italian gentleman, who accompanied Major Long's expedition as far as Pembina. He ascended Bloody (red Lake) River to Red Lake and from thence followed Thompson's route to Turtle Lake, whence he descended the Mississippi to its mouth. This was in the summer of 1823, nine years after Thompson had recorded his discoveries on the above mentioned map, and twenty-five years after he had made the survey of his course. In a note at the end of this Historical Introduction however, it is stated that Neil in the 4th edition of his History of Minnesota gives a short account of Thompson's journey across the State in A. D. 1798, which appears to be approximately correct. I have not been able to see a copy of this edition of Neil's History and cannot speak further of it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.