Carver Jonathan 1732-1780 Born At Stillwater New York Joined The
company of rangers raised by John Burk of Northfield, 1756-1757. After
the treaty of Paris, 1763, conceived the idea of exploring the Western
territory acquired by England. Between 1766 and 1768, travelled from
Michilimackinac to the Mississippi, ascended the Minnesota River, and
returned by way of Grand Portage, Lake Superior. Went to England, 1769,
to secure government support for his plans of Western exploration, but
failed. Died there, Jan. 31, 1780. =Index=: (Sir James Douglas era) His River of Oregon, 19;
reference to Oregon, 56-57. =Bib.=: Travels through the Interior Parts
of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768. The best edition
is the third, published at London, 1781. For a bib. of the various
editions, and translations, see Lee, Bibliography of Carver's
Travels (Wisconsin State Hist. Soc. Proc., 1909). See also Durrie,
Jonathan Carver and "Carver's Grant" (Wisconsin Hist. Soc. Coll.,
vol. 6); Gregory, Jonathan Carver: His Travels in the North-West
(Parkman Club Pub., No. 5); Bourne, Travels of Jonathan Carver in
Amer. Hist. Review, 1906; Parkman, Conspiracy of Pontiac.