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.



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