Members of The Expedition
The expedition consisted of 42 men as follows:
- Lewis Cass, Governor of Michigan Territory
- Captain David Bates Douglass, Corps of Engineers, Professor of Mathematics at the United States Military Academy at West Point, served as topographer with additional responsibility for surveying plants and animals
- Henry Schoolcraft, mineralogist and geologist
- Dr. Alexander Wolcott Jr., physician, Indian Agent at Chicago
- James Duane Doty, secretary to the expedition
- Lieutenant Aeneus Mackay, artillery
- Robert A. Forsyth, private secretary to Governor Cass
- Charles C. Trowbridge, assistant to Captain Douglass
- Alexander R. Chase, assistant to Captain Douglass
- James Riley, interpreter
- Roy, a Frenchman, served as pilot on Lake Superior
- Baptiste, a soldier, served as cook
- 10 Canadian voyageurs managed the canoes
- 10 United States soldiers served as escort
- 10 native Americans served as hunters, their names and tribes as follows:
- Joseph Parks, Shawnee, served as interpreter
- Kewaychoskum, an Ottawa chief
- Manitouwaba (the devil's view), Ottawa
- Haepsanze, Ottawa
- Wyangding (source of the winds), Ojibway
- Oshashebaquato (many openings in the clouds), Ojibway
- Wyamgboyeausha (scattered by the wind), Ojibway
- Waubonequet (pale cloud), Ojibway
- Omezekekezchie (the rays of light striking the earth), Ojibway
- Macatawasim (black dog), Potawatomi, discharged at Grosse Pointe
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