Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 / Resumed and Completed, by the Discovery of its Origin in Itasca Lake, in 1832

by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

[62] Vide Appendix.

[63] The pouncing hawk.

[64] For heights and distances, vide Appendix.

[65] From ka, an affirmative particle; webeed, teeth; and eda, a transitive objective inflection.

[66] Ba, a repeating particle; besaw, fine, curly; and kundib, the human head.

[67] Cartier discovered the St. Lawrence in 1534.

[68] Expedition to Hasca Lake in 1832.

[69] Vide Appendix—Elevations.

[70] From ka, a particle affirmative of an adverse quality, aubik, rock, and ons, a diminutive inflection.

[71] Mr. Nicollet places the summit of the falls at 1,340 feet above the Gulf.