Official Journal, 1820: Expedition with Cass and Schoolcraft
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- 1820-05; 1820-06; 1820-07; 1820-08
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James Duane Doty, future governor of Territorial Wisconsin, was selected by Gov. Lewis Cass to be the official secretary of this U.S. exploring expedition. Doty, then 21 and serving as the secretary to the Territorial legislature in Michigan, carefully noted the details of their northwest course toward Lake Superior. As the War of 1812 had shifted control of the region from the British to the Americans, the expedition was charged with collecting information on the attitudes of the Indians in the northern Great Lakes region toward the Americans. They also sought to examine the natural and mineral resources of the area, to find appropriate sites for American forts, and, potentially, to locate the source of the Mississippi River.
- Creator
Doty, James Duane, 1799-1865
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Collection
- Main Stacks; Reading Room
- Publisher
- State Historical Society of Wisconsin
- Subjects
- Native Americans
Birds
Insects
Mammals
Storms
Weather
Explorers
Judges
Legislators
Indians of North America Government relations
Politicians
Geology
Race relations
Caves
Forests
Formations (Geology)
Islands
Lakes
Landforms
Mines and mineral resources
Rivers
Canoes and canoeing
Copper mines and mining
Fur trade
Dakota (Sioux)
Ojibwe - Location
- Ashland County; Bayfield County; Buffalo County; Douglas County; Iron County; La Crosse County; Pepin County; Pierce County; Trempealeau County
Wisconsin; Michigan; Minnesota - Type
- text
- Language
- English
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- Doty, James Duane, 1799-1865. Official Journal, 1820: Expedition with Cass and Schoolcraft. 1820-05; 1820-06; 1820-07; 1820-08. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/30882. (Accessed April 20, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Doty, James Duane, 1799-1865, (1820-05; 1820-06; 1820-07; 1820-08) Official Journal, 1820: Expedition with Cass and Schoolcraft. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/30882
- MLA citation style
- Doty, James Duane, 1799-1865. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/30882>.