CONTENTS. XVll 



, CHAPTER XT. 



Physical traits of the Mississippi — The elevation of its sources — Its velocity and 

 mean desceht — Etymology of the name Mississippi — Descent of the river to Sandy 

 Lake, and thence to the Falls of St. Anthony — Recross the great Bitobi Sa- 

 vanna — Pakagama formation — Description of the voyage from Sandy Lake to 

 Pine Pdver — Brief notices of the natural history ..... 137 



CHAPTER XII. 



Description of the descent from Pine River — Pine tracts — Confluence of the Crow- 

 wing River — Enter a sylvan region — prairies and groves, occupied by deer, elk, 

 and buffalo — Sport of buffalo hunting — Reach elevations of sienitic and meta- 

 morphic rocks — Discover a pictographic inscription of the Sioux, by which they 

 denote a desire for peace — Pass the Osaukes, St. Francis's, Cornielle, and Rum 

 Rivers — St. Anthony's Falls — Etymology of the name — Geographical considera- 

 tions 145 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Position of the military post established at the mouth of the St. Peter's — Beauty, 

 sali^brity, and fertility of the country — Pictographic letter — Indian treaty — The 

 appearance of the oifer of frankincense in the burning of tobacco — Opwagonite — 

 native pigments — Salt ; native copper — The pouched or prairie rat — Minnesota 

 squirrel — Etymology of the Indian name of St. Peter's River — Antiquities — 

 Sketch of the Dacota — Descent of the Mississippi to Little Crow's village — Feast 

 of green corn 153 



CHAPTER XIY. 



Descent of the river from the site of Little Crow's Village to Prairie du Chien — In- 

 cidents of the voyage, and notices of the scenery and natural history . 162 



CHAPTER XY. 



Mr. Schoolcraft makes a visit to the lead mines of Dubuque — Incidents of the trip 

 — Description of the mines — The title of occupancy, and the mode of the mines 

 being worked by the Fox tribe of Indians — Who are the Foxes ? . . 169 



CHAPTER XVI. 



The expedition proceeds from Prairie du Chien up the Wisconsin "Valley — Incidents 

 of the ascent— Etymology of the name— The low state of its waters favorable to 

 the observation of its fresh-water conchology — Cross the Wisconsin summit, and 



descend the Fox River to Winnebago Lake 178 



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