SCIENTIFIC INDEX. 



697 



Drift and contour, 478. 

 Third terminal moraine, 478. 

 Chains of lakes, 479. 

 Boulders and gravel, 485. 

 Wells, 486. 



Material resources, 488. 

 Water-powers, 489. 

 Stone, bricks, peat, 489. 

 Aboriginal mounds, 489. 

 ' Weathering, 169, 174, 176, 226, 233, 286, 655. 



See .Erosion and Till. 

 Well, salt, at Belle Plaine, 104. 

 Wells: Owatonna, 398; Mankato,-423; Heron 

 Lake, 503; Houston county, 230; Fillmore, 

 315; Olmsted, 345; Mower, 363; Freeborn, 

 389; Steele, 398, 401; Waseca, 411; Blue 

 Earth, 442; Faribault, 465; Watonwan, 486; 

 Martin, 486; Cottonwood,510; Jackson, 511! 

 Murray, 528; Nobles, 529; Pipestone, 550; 

 Rock, 551; Brown, 583; Redwood, 585; 

 Yellow Medicine, 607; Lyon, 608; Lincoln, 

 609; Big Stone, 629; Lac qui Parle, 629; 

 Le Sueur, 643; Rice, 670. 



See Artesian wells and Flowing wells. 

 Wells, curbing for, 610. 

 Wheat, 498, 610. 

 White-fish, 78, 89. 

 White pine, 138. 



White Rock bluff. 59, 637. [671. 



Winds, effects of, 66 f. n.,226, 535, 541, 623, 641, 

 Winnipeg, limestone boulders from near, 509, 

 533, 620, 643. 



basin, drainage from, during recession of 

 ice-sheet, 101, 134, 615, 622. 

 Winona & St. Peter division of the Chicago & 

 Northwestern railway, elevations, 245, 329, 

 369, 396, 408, 419, 565, 593, 635. 

 Winona county, chapter on, 236. 

 Situation and area, 236. 

 Surface features, 236. 

 Natural drainage, 236. 

 Water-power mills, 237. 

 Topography, 238. 

 Elevations, 242. 

 Soil and timber. 245. 

 Trees and shrubs, 247. 

 Geological structure, 249. 

 Trenton rocks, 249. 

 St. Peter sandstone, 251. 

 Shakopee limestone, 252. 

 Jordan sandstone, 252. 

 St. Lawrence limestone, 253. 

 Drift, 260. 



High alluvial terrace, 261. 

 Loess loam, 262. 



Fossils in alluvium, 264. 

 Springs, 264. 

 Material resources, 265. 

 Stone quarries, 265. 

 Quicklime, 265. 

 Brick, 266. 

 Archaeology, 266. 

 Minerals, 267. 



Wisconsin, Minnesota & Pacific railway, ele- 

 vations, 652. 

 Wood. See Timber and Trees; also Silicijied 



wood. 



Wood in drift deposits, 314, 345, 363, 375, 390, 

 402, 413,487, 511, 530,552,553,584,586, 630, 

 671. 



Wooden well-curbing, 510, 554, 608, 670. 

 Woodstock branch, Chicago, St. Paul, Minne- 

 apolis & Omaha railway, elevations, 536. 



Yellow Medicine, Lyon and Lincoln counties, 

 chapter on, 589. 

 Situation and area, 589. 

 Surface features, 590. 



Natural drainage, 590. 



Lakes. 591. 



Topography, 591. 



Coteau des Prairies, 593, 601. 



Elevations, 593. 



Soil and timber, 595. 

 Geological structure, 596. 



Eozoic rocks, 596. 



Cretaceous beds, 598. 



Glacial and modified drift, 600. 



Outer or western terminal moraine, 602. 



Channels through the outer moraine, 603. 



Second terminal moraine, 605. 



Third terminal moraine, 605. 



Antelope valley, 605. 



Ancient water-courses, 606. 



Fourth, fifth and sixth moraines, 606. 

 . Modified drift, 606. 



Boulders, 607. 



Wells, 607. 



Travertine, 610. 



Springs, 610. 

 Material resources. 610. 



Water-powers, 611. 



Building stone, 611. 



Lime, 611. 



Bricks, 612. 



Aboriginal earthworks, 612. 

 Yew, American, 139. 



Zoology of the state, 21-3,28-30, 32f.n.,37, 

 52 f. n., 78-80, 87, 89, 106, 498, 524-5. 



