XVI CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER Y. 



Embark at the head of the portage at St. Mary's — Entrance into Lake Superior — 



Journey and incidents along its coasts — Great Sand Dunes — Pictured Rocks — 



' Grand Island — Keweena peninsula and portage — Incidents thence to Ontonagon 



River 83 



CHAPTER YI. 



Chippeiva Tillage at the mouth of the Ontonagon — Organize an expedition to ex- 

 plore its mineralogy — Incidents of the trip — Rough nature of the country — 

 ' Reach the Copper Rock — Misadventure — Kill a bear — Discoveries of copper — 

 General remarks on the mineral affluence of the basin of Lake Superior . 94 



CHAPTER Yir. 



Proceed along the southern coast of Lake Superior from the Ontonagon, to Fond 

 du Lac — Porcupine range of mountains — Streams that run fi-om it, at parallel 

 distances, into the lake — La Pointe — Group of the Federation Islands — River 

 St. Louis — Physical geography of Lake Superior 102 



CHAPTER YIII. 



Proceed up the St. Louis River, and around its falls and rapids to Sandy Lake in 

 the valley of the Upper Mississippi — Grand Portage — Portage aux Coteaux — A 

 main exploring party — Cross the great morass of Akeek Scepi to Sandy Lake — 

 Indian mode of pictographic writing — Site of an Indian jonglery — Post of Sandy 

 Lake 110 



CHAPTER IX. 



Eeunion of the expedition on the Savanna Portage — Elevation of this summit — 

 Descent to Sandy Lake — Council with the Chippewa tribe — Who are they? — 

 Traits of their history, language, and customs — Enter the Mississippi, with the 

 main exploring party, and proceed in search of its source — Physical characteristics 

 of the stream at this place — Character of the Canadian voyageur . . 118 



CHAPTER X. 



Proceed iip the Mississippi River — Its velocity and character — Swan River — Trout 

 River, and Mushcoda or Prairie River — Rapids ascended — Reach, and make a 

 portage around Pakagama Falls — Enter a vast lacustrine region — Its character 

 and productions, vegetable and animal — Tortuous channel — Vermilion and Deer 

 Rivers — Leech Lake branch — Lake Winnipek — Ascent of the river to Upper Red 

 Cedar, or Cass Lake — Physical character of the Mississippi River . . 126 



