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INTRODUCTION. 
Throughout this vast district, all the principal streams which water it have been 
explored, to the number of ninety-one, and more than a fourth of these have been 
navigated from their mouth almost to their source, in bark canoes. 
are : 
*W isconsin. 
Kickapoo. 
Barraboo. 
Muscle. 
Bad Axe. 
Raccoon. 
*Prairie 4 la Crosse. 
Black. 
*Mountain Island. 
Buffalo (Beef). 
*Chippewa. 
L’ Eau Gallée. 
*Miskwagokag (Red Cedar 
of the Chippewa). 
L’Eau Claire. 
*Manidowish. 
*Courtoreilles. 
Lac du Flambeau. 
*Rush. 
*St. Croix. 
Kinnikinick. 
Willow. 
Apple. 
Sunrise. 
*Snake. 
*Kettle. 
*Nemakagon. 
*Rum. 
Mud. 
West Savannah. 
*Turtle. 
Wabizipinican. 
Des Moines. 
Raccoon Fork. 
Skunk. 
Towa. 
*Red Cedar. 
Otter. 
Lime. 
Shell Rock. 
Turkey. 
Upper Iowa. 
Hokah (Root). 
Miniska. 
Wazi-oju. 
La Hontan (Cannon). 
Vermilion (of the Sioux). 
Minnesota. 
Mankato (Blue Earth). 
Lesueur. 
Waraju. 
Crow Wing. 
*Leaf. 
*Red River of the North. 
Ondadawanonan. 
*Rainy Lake. 
*Big Fork. 
*Vermilion (of the Chippe- 
wa). 
SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE 
SUPERIOR. 
Montreal. 
Mashkeg. 
*Mauvais (Bad). 
Miskwimin (Raspberry). 
Mishkegomineka (Cran- 
berry). 
Poplar. 
Aminekan. 
The streams 
*St. Louis. 
Left Hand. 
Muckodé (Black). 
*Kast Savannah. 
Embarras. 
NORTH SHORE OF LAKE 
SUPERIOR. 
*Kinechigakwag. 
Passabika. 
Mokoman (Knife). 
Manissisug (Riviere des 
Frangais). 
Menissingk (Encampment 
Island). 
Passabikissingk. 
Kanokikopag. 
Kagishkensikag. 
Palisade (Baptism). 
Manitowashiwi. 
Kinewabik. 
Nizhwakwindeg (Two 
Island). 
Inaonani. 
Kawimbash. 
Kamanosisatikag (Aspen). 
Oquinekan (Roseberry). 
Kagishkingwa (Cut Face). 
Wisacodé (Burnt Wood). 
Omimi (Pigeon). 
Namobin. 
Three Rivers. 
Nishnabatona. 
Missouri. 
An inspection of the Map will give a better idea of the relative size and position 
of the various formations throughout the district, than could any description by 
* All those marked with an asterisk have been navigated from their mouth to their source, or nearly so. 
