CONTENTS OF VOL. I. 



CHAPTER I. 



Page. 



Depai'ture from Philadelphia. Geolog-y of the AUeghanies. Cum- 

 berland Road. Wheeling . . . - . 9 



CHAPTER H, 



Zanesville. Salt and Iron Works. Columbus. Piqua. Indian 

 Antiquities. Ohio Canals. Fort Wayne - - - 34 



CHAPTER III. 



Description of Fort Wayne and its vicinity. Fur trade. Pota- 

 watomis ....... 79 



CHAPTER IV. 



Carey mission-house. Lake Michigan. Chicago - - 139 



CHAPTER V. 



Rock rirer. Menomones. Geology of the country west of Lake 

 Michigan. Prairie du Chien. Sauks and Foxes - - 172 



CHAPTER VI. 



Prairie du Chien. Indian remains. Division of tlie pai-ty. Missis- 

 sippi. Dacota villages. Fort St. Anthony. Falls. River St. Peter 235 



CHAPTER Vn. 



Geology of the Mississippi. The Expedition ascends the St. 

 Peter. Character of the Country. Arrival at Lake Travers 302 



CHAPTER Vin. 



Account of the Dacotas or Sioux Indians. Their divisions into 

 tribes. Their numbers, language, manners and customs. Notice 

 of Wanotan, principal chief of the Yanktoanan tribe. Descrip- 

 tion of the Columbia Fur Company's estabhshment on Lake 

 Travers ....... 375 



