GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TERRITORIES. 



287 



Table VI. — A miscellaneous list of elevations in various j^arts of Minne- 

 sota and Dakota, mostly barometrical. 



LOCALITIES IN MLNNESOTA. 



Leech Lake ... 1 



Around Lake Itaska 



Lake Peiuidji 



Lac qui Parle 



Plain near New Ulm 



Plain, latitude, 44° 15'; lougitude, 95° 



Near Lake Hhotek, latitude, 41° 10'; longitude, 95° 42' 



Bluiis east of Big Stone Lake 



Bottom- laud around Big Stone Lake 



LOCALITIES IN DAKOTA. 



Latitude, 47° 10' ; longitude, 97° 30' 



Latitude, 47° 42' ; longitude, 97° 30' 



Latitude, 44° 10'; longitude, 99° 40', (bend of the Missouri) 

 Latitude, 46° 30'; longitude, 97° 30', (Cheyenne River) .... 



Devil's Lake 



Mouth of Little Missouri 



Burnt Island, near the mouth of Heart River 



Fort Union, (two estimates) 



Upper plains, near the mouth of the Yellowstone , 



Fort VVadsworth 



Surface of the Coteau des Prairies 



Table VII. — A list of elevations and distances along two lines running 

 northward; one up the Mississiji^n, from /Saint Paid to Brainard, the 

 other along the Red River Valley, from Glyndon, on the Northern Pacific 

 Railroad, to Pembina.* 



UP THE MISSISSIPPI. 



Saint Anthony, (water-level) . 



Rice Creek, (water-level) 



Rum River, (water-level) 



Elk River, (water-level) 



Saint Cloud, (water-level) 



Sauk Rapids, (water-level) .. 

 Platte River, (water-level)... 

 Nokay River, (water-level) . . . 

 Buti'alo Creek, (water-level).. 

 Braiuard, (water-level) 



Distance from 

 Saint Paul. 



Height above 

 the sea. 



Feet. 



791 



807 



831 



881 



953 



982 



1,054 



1,134 



1,167 



1,184 



* In this table low water at Saint Paul is estimated at 676 feet above the sea-level. 



