CONTENTS OF VOL. II. 



CHAPTER I. 



Page. 



The party leave Lake Travers. They fall in with large herds of 

 buffalo. Observations upon the rovings of this animal. Meeting 

 with a war party of the Wahkpakotas who manifest hostile dis- 

 positions. Arrival at Pembina - - . - 5 



CHAPTER II. 



Fort Douglas, and Lord Selkirk's colony. Bark canoes. Lake 

 Winnepeek. Fort Alexander. River Winnepeek. Rapids. 

 Portages. Fine falls. Lake of the Woods. North-westernmost 

 point of the boundary line. Rainy Lake river and lake. Fort. 

 Series of rapids and lakes. Dividing ridge. Falls of Kamana- 

 tekwoya. Arrival at Fort William - - - 58 



CHAPTER III. 



Account of the Chippewa Indians. Their usages, manners, and 

 customs ...-.-, 151 



CHAPTER IV. 



Departure from Fort William. Trap formations on Lake Supe- 

 rior. Michipicotton house. Arrival at the Sault de St. Marie. 

 Conclusioo of the Journey .... 174 



CHAPTER V. 



Gtneral description of the country traversed by the Expedition, 

 designed as a topographical report to the War Department, by 

 S. H. Long, Major United Slates' Topographical Engineers. 

 I. Of the country between Philadelphia and the Ohio river • 207 

 IT. Of the country between the Ohio river and Lake Michigan 209 



III. Of the country and navigable communications between Lake 

 Michigan and the Mississippi river ... 212 



IV. Of the St. Peter river and adjacent country. Also of the Co- 

 teaii des Prairies .--.-. 220 



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