Joseph N. Nicollet on the Plains and Prairies; The Expeditions of 1838-39 With Journals, Letters, and Notes on the Dakota Indians (INSCRIBED COPY)
by: Bray, Martha Col

Hardcover. St. Paul MN, Minnesota Historical Society, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 294 pages. Lightly illustrated with a few full-page and in-text photographs. The journals of Joseph N. Nicollet, an important explorer who documented the geography of the Coteau plains and large parts of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers (and of course, Minnesota). Nicollet was well-known for recording the Native American names of the places he explored. INSCRIBED BY BOTH BRAYS on the title page. Clean copy.