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A canoe voyage up the Minnay Sotor : with an account of the lead and copper deposits in Wisconsin, of the gold region in the Cherokee country, and sketches of the popular manners, &c. /

This detailed travelogue, the concluding part of a two-volume work written primarily for a British readership, discusses the United States' geological resources and offers critical observations about the manners and customs of its different peoples. It was written over a decade after the author...

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Main Author:	Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780-1866
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Richard Bentley, 1847.
Subjects:	United States > Description and travel. Mississippi River Valley > Description and travel. Minnesota River (S.D. and Minn.) > Description and travel. Cherokee Indians. United States > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.

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