2,52 SPRINGS, RIVERS, CANALS, LAKES, 



lake sixty miles, and is called Chegomegan. The Indians suppose 

 these islands to be the residence of the Great Spirit. 



This lake abounds with fishes, the principal of which are trout 

 and sturgeon. The country to the north and east is very moun. 

 taintius and barren. Whirtle.berries, of an uncommon size, and 

 mie flavour, grow in great quantities on the mountains, as do black 

 currants and gooseberries; but the most excellent fruit in these 

 parts is a berry resembling a raspberry in its manner of growth, 

 but of a lighter red, much larger, and in flavour more delicious. 

 It grows on a shrub of the nature of a vine, with leaves like the 

 grape. 



On the north-west border of lake Superior is what is called 

 " the grand portage ;" and there those who go on the north-west 

 trade, many of whom come from Micliillimackinac to the lakes 

 De Pluye, Du Bois, &c. carry over their canoes and goods for 

 about nine miles, when they again proceed by water carriage. 



There is likewise a great mart for trade about an hundred and 

 fifty miles to the south-west of lake Superior, near the banks of the 

 Mississippi, where that river forms what is called lake Pepin. As 

 this was settled to be a place of resort by the French traders, they 

 thought fit to give it a name, and it has ever since been known by 

 that of La Prairie du Chien^ or Dog Meadow. Hither all the 

 Indians who inhabit the adjacent countries resort, and it rather de 

 serves to be named the meadow of concord ; for whatever Indians 

 meet in this place, though the nations to which I hey belong are at 

 war with each other, arc obliged to restrain their enmity, and to 

 forbear all hostile acts whilst they continue here. The like conduct 

 is observed at the Red Mountain, which is in the same part of the 

 country, whence they procure the stone of which they make their 

 pipes. 



Of the SPANISH Possessions in North America, the province 

 of MEXICO PROPER greatly exceeds the rest, and contains the 

 Capital of the same name, which is seated in the lake of Tuscuco, or 

 Mexico, on the east side of a valley, at the foot of a range of hills 

 in 19 26 V north latitude, and 101 12' west longitude from Green- 

 wich, about a hundred and seventy miles west of the gulf of Mex- 

 ico, and a hundred and ninety north of Acapulca. Clavigero 

 calls it " the most renowned of all the cities of the new world/' and 

 says it is, like Venice, built on several islands. 



