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Dee Plaines river Cook connty 



Salt Creek Cook couriiy 



East Des Plaines river Dea Plainee county . 



Indian Creek Dee Plaines county. 



Fox river Kane county ". . 



Soinonaiik Creek Ue K alb county 



Bureau Creek Bureau county 



Henderejon river Henderson coiinly. . 



Fox Kendall county 



Illinois river La Salle county 



Indian (jreek La Salle county 



DuPage river D.il'age county 



Green river Lee county 



Kock river !V\'hitet?idf county ... 



Eock Creek Whiie^idpciiui.ty... 



Bureau county. 

 Stark conr.ty.. 

 Knox county. 



Coal Creek. 

 Spoon river. 

 Spoon river. 



Edwards river jvippcer county . 



Sny Ecarte Pike county 



Kock river Rock Island county. 



Edwards river Henry county 



Illinois river Cass connty 



Indian Creek ''ass county 



Wood river Madison county 



Kankakee river Will county 



Mackinaw river McLean county 



Salt Creek Logan county 



Sangamon river Sangamon couniy. . 



Wood river Madison couniy. 



Vermilion river Livingston county. . 



Little Wabash river Wayne county 



Lowe Cache river Pulaski county 



Upper Cactie river Pulaski county 



Big Muddy river Jackson couniy 



East Fork Kankakee river Marion county 



Kaiikakee river Fayette couniy 



Sangamon river Macon county 



Sugar Creek .McLean county 



Kock river Lee couniy 



Galena river .lo Daviess county.. . 



Menominee river Jo Daviess couniy . . 



Vermilion river loDaviess county .. . 



E in bar ras river Coles county 



Little Waha>h river Jasper county 



Wabash river Clark county 



Fox Lake McUenry county. .. 



Lake Glad>tone 



Lake i-iiilesb irg 



Lake Bt'lleviiie 



Lake Waterloo 



Lake Longbury 



Lake Lakeview 



Lakes Chicasro parks 



Lake I'ittsfield 



Lake Chester 



We ejive herewith a list of streams tributary to the Mississippi 

 river, wholly or partly within the State of Illinois. The result of 

 obstructing any one of these streams so as to prevent the free 

 passage of fish from the Mississippi river, the great source of sup- 

 ply, can readily be seen ; were it permanent, it would result in 

 the total depletion of, not only the stream obstructed, but of all 

 smaller streams tributary to that, in a comp iratively short time, 

 unless the fish were properly protected in their local habitatious. 

 Illinois is one of the best watered states in the Union, atfording 

 greater opportunities for the increase of th3 ditferent varieties of 

 native food fishes than many of the other states, and tieserves that 

 her fish products be not only increased, but properly protected. 



