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051 Headwaters of the Mississippi River Map 1887 Paper Products:36"x45" Hand Painted Original Under the direction of WilliamDiscovering the Mississippi River As expeditions led by Lt. Zebulon Pike and 1805, and General Lewis Cass in 1820, had arrived in Minnesota as far north too late in the season to reach the Mississippi River headwaters, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft was commissioned by the American Government to treaty with natives in the area and to determine the true source of the Mississippi River. Guided by the Chippewa natives, he was the first person of European descent