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Join George William Featherstonhaugh on a thrilling journey up the Minnay Sotor in this gripping travel narrative. Along the way, Featherstonhaugh offers readers a detailed look at the lead and copper deposits of Wisconsin, the gold mines of Cherokee Country, and the lives of the people he meets on his journey.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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In 1834-5 the English geologist George William Featherstonhaugh (1780-1866) travelled from the East Coast of the US to the Arkansas territory. Published in 1844, this two-volume travelogue vividly records the landscape, natural history and society of the southern slave states. Volume 1 covers Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri.