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tlcmen; they however declined this kind ofler, having as- 

 certained that Mr. Schoolcraft had previously intended the 

 i nformation for Governor Cass, who, as they were pleased to 

 hear, is collecting materials towards a general account of 

 the Indians within the district of Michigan. From the in- 

 dustry with which these materials are collected, no doubt 

 can be entertained that whenever Governor Cass will pub- 

 lish his account of these interesting nations, it will contri- 

 bute much towards the history of the aboriginal tribes 

 of America. Indeed the certainty that this work will offer 

 a much more complete and satisfoctory account of the 

 Chippewas than we could have done was one of the mo- 

 tives which induced us to curtail our observations on thi» 

 subject. 



Having brought the history of our voyage to the Sault 

 de St. Marie, we deem it proper to conclude it there, be- 

 ing persuaded that the observations which we made after 

 that time, having been of a hasty and superficial nature, 

 could contribute but little to the history of a country which 

 has been so long known, upon which so much has been 

 written, and which, by becoming the seat of military ope- 

 rations, during the war of 1812, has acquired so great a de- 

 gree of celebrity. 



It will be sufficient for us to state that the party left the 

 Sault in their open boat, on the 3d of October, and reached 

 the island of Mackinaw on the next day. There they di- 

 vided. Lieuts. Scott and Denny proceeded with the ten 

 soldiers to Green Bay, thence to ascend the Fox river to 

 the portage, and descend the Wisconsan to the Mississippi. 

 We have heard with satisfaction, by a letter from Lieut. 

 Scott, that he reached Fort St. Anthony with his command 

 without any accident, though after having suffered much 

 from cold weather. At Mackinaw Major Long embarked 



