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

[196] From mukuda, black, and penaisee, a bird, the name of the rail.

[197] From misk, red or colored, muscoda, a plain, and auk, a dead standing tree, as a tree burned by fire or lightning. From the French translation of the word, by the phrase Brulé; the Indian meaning is clearly shown to be burnt, scorched, or parched—a term which is applied to metifs of the mixed race.

[198] From mong, a loon, and ozid, his foot. The name is in allusion to the track of the bird on the sand.

[199] On passing through Lake Superior, I learned from an Indian the first breaking out of Asiatic cholera in the country, in 1832, and the wide alarm it had produced.

[200] This is the origin of Major Long's second expedition.

[201] Explored by the preceding narrative in 1831-1833.

[202] Explored by the preceding narrative in 1831-1833.

[203] Galet, in the Canadian patois, means a smooth, flat rock.—H. R. S.

[204] A little doubtful.

[205] A little doubtful.