Notice of the Peninsula of Michigan: 813 
corallata, the Virginia thyme, with many of the sunflowers 
weeds, 
and 
Panthers have been rarely seen in Michigan. Wolves are 
numerous ; bears and deer are not abundant. Otters, minks, 
foxes, muskrats, raccoons, opossums, and black squirrels, are 
in 
catfish, 
abound in the lakes and streams; white fish and salmon are 
taken in the rivers Detroit and St. Clair. 
from the east. 
In character, the aborigines of Michigan differ little from 
other northern tribes. By intercourse with traders and set- 
tlers, they have contracted habits of intemperance. Within a 
recent period, numbers from remote tribes of the north-west 
territory, visiting the settlement at Green Bay, have refused 
ardent spirits, as it had not been rendered agreeable by use. 
The Indians of the Peninsula exhibit a little of the vivacity 
observed among the tribes of Lower Canada, probably derived 
from the French population. They are indolent, impros 
vident, and uncleanly, and have a great aversion to agricul- 
tural pursuits. Occupying the richest part of the territory, 
they are much of the time dependent on traders for supplies 
Vor. X.—No. 2. 39 
