PLATE II. 



PART OF FRANQUELIN 's MAP OF NORTH AMERICA, 1688. 



This plate, with the exception of the rude map by Hennepin, Plates V and VI, 

 shows the earliest known map of the territory now included within the state of 

 Minnesota. This is a portion of the map of Franquelin, made in 1688 for King Louis 

 XIV. It is from a tracing obtained by the late E. D. Neill from a map in the 

 Archives des Mines, at Paris. Were the natural features represented on this map 

 properly adjusted geographically, it would be found to extend from the northern 

 boundary of the state to the mouth of the Ohio river. 



Lac Buade is Mille Lacs, and lakes Assinibouils and Christinaux are on the 

 international boundary. Lac Alepimigon is lake Nipigon. Riviere des Francois 

 (Rum) is represented as the principal course of the Mississippi, the outlet of. 

 lac Buade. The Mississippi was evidently unknown above the mouth of the Rum 

 river. It is designated " Les Poualacs," indicating that it is the route to the Indian 

 tribe known by that name (see Plate I). This map also shows approximately the 

 position of the falls of St. Anthony (Sault St. Antoine), proving that Hennepin's 

 map had been seen, or that Hennepin's narrative had been read, by Franquelin. 

 Messisipi is the name here given to the Mississippi. About the same time, but a little 

 earlier, Hennepin had called it St. Louis river, and La Salle Colbert river. The river 

 named "des Arounouacs" is probably meant for the Root river, which then passed 

 through the region of the lowas. The river " Jaune" is the Vermilion river below 

 Hastings. The St. Croix river is named " de la Magdelaine." Of the streams entering 

 lake Superior from Minnesota, the Pigeon river is called " R. Grossillers." The St. 

 Louis is called "R. du Fond du Lac," and. the Nemadji is named "St. Jacques." It is 

 interesting to note that here is also a river called "Peouabic," or Iron river, indi- 

 cating that the iron range of Wisconsin had already been discovered as early as 1688. 

 It is the first river east of the Bois Brule river. 



Lake Pepin is represented, but not named. Fort St. Antoine is shown at the 

 mouth of the river "des Sauteurs," i. e., the Chippewa river, and " la butte d'hyverne- 

 ment" at the mouth of Black river. The R. aux Raisins is probably the Zumbro 

 river. The Minnesota river is called " des Mascoutens Nadouscioux," i. e., the river 

 of the Mascoutens, a well known tribe of the Sioux Indians who remained in that 

 part of Minnesota until removed by government after the outbreak of 1862. 



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