"The Narrative Journal Of Travels From Detroit Northwest by Henry R. Schoolcraft was published in 1821. Schoolcraft accompanied the Cass expedition of 1820 which explored the southern shore of Lake Superior and water communications to the Mississippi River. Information supplied by Schoolcraft's journal hastened the flow of settlers into this region. His journal showed that the United States government could establish order among the Indians and that...

"John Filson's The Discovery, Settlement, And present State of Kentucke:.. To which is added, An Appendix, Containing, The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boon ..., published at Wilmington, Delaware, in 1784, is the first descriptive account of Kentucky and the first narrative of Daniel Boone"--Foreword