Narrative Journal of Travels: Through the Northwestern Regions of the United States, Extending From Detroit Through the Great Chain of American Lakes, to the Source of the Mississippi River (Classic R

Excerpt from Narrative Journal of Travels: Through the Northwestern Regions of the United States, Extending From Detroit Through the Great Chain of American Lakes, to the Source of the Mississippi RiverI beg you will consider it, not only as a proof of my anxiety to be serviceable in the station occupied, but also, as a tribute of individual regard, for those exertions which have been made, during your admi nistration of the War Department, to develope the physical character and resources of all parts of our country, - to the patronage it has extended to the cause of science,-to' the protection it has afforded to a very extensive line of frontier settlements, by stretching our cordon of military posts, through the territories of the most remote and hostile tribes of savages, - and particularly, to the notice it has be stowed upon one of the humblest cultivators of natu ral science.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.