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Document Type
Research
Abstract
As Iowa's master waterway, the Des Moines River rises beyond the extreme northwest corner of our State, and flows entirely across it to the southeast corner. The name is the oldest term applied by Europeans to any feature of the territory. As such the title is derived from the Moingona Indians whom Jolliet and Marquette, commonly ascribed discoverers of the Mississippi, found in the summer of 1673 located near the river's mouth.
Publication Date
1918
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
25
Issue
1
First Page
551
Last Page
559
Copyright
©1918 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Keyes, Charles
(1918)
"Pre-Glacial Moingona River,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 25(1), 551-559.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol25/iss1/52