xviii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XYIL 



Descent of the Fox River from Winnebago Lake to Green Bay — Incidents — 

 Etymology, couchology, mineralogy — Falls of the Konomic and Kakala — Popula- 

 tion and antiquity of the settlement of Green Bay — Appearances of a tide, not 

 sustained 186 



CHAPTER XYIII. 



The expedition ti-aces the west shores of Lake Michigan southerly to Chicago — 

 Outline of the journey along this coast — Sites of Manitoowoc, Sheboigan, Mil- 

 •waukie, Racine, and Chicago, being the present chief towns and cities of Wis- 

 consin and Illinois on the west shores of that Lake — Final reorganization of 

 the party and departure from Chicago 193 



CHAPTER XIX. 



South and Eastern borders of Lake Michigan — Their Flora and Fauna — Incidents 

 of the journey — Topography — Geology, Botany, and Mineralogy — Indian Tribes 

 — Burial-place of Marquette — Ruins of the post of old Mackinac — Reach Michi- 

 limackinac after a canoe journey north of four hundred miles . . . 200 



CHAPTER XX. 



Topographical survey of the northern shores of Green Bay and of the entire basin of 

 Lake Michigan — Geological and Mineralogical indicia of the coast line — Era of 

 sailing vessels and of the steamboat on the lakes — Route along the Huron coast, 

 and return of the expedition to Detroit ....... 210 



