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ges, which connect it with the Mushkee or Mauvais River of Lake Su- 

 perior. The latter river was delineated in its entire length. These 

 topographical observations, were commenced at the most eastealy point 

 of the route. They remain in manuscript. Duplicates of them have 

 been communicated to the government. 



The route of the St. Croix and Brule, describes a shorter line be- 

 tween Lake Superior and the Mississippi, than the preceeding ; and it 

 is one, that has been, and continues to be, much used by the traders and 

 by the resident Indian population. We cannot refer, however, to any 

 accurate delineation of it, or to any printed account of the country. 

 Carver, in his way to the Kiministiquoia, or Grand Portage, visited the 

 upper forks of the St. Croix, and descended the Burntwood, or Brule, 

 to which he gave the name of Goddard's River. 



The channel of communication which exists through the Savanne 

 and St. Louis Rivers, was delineated by Capt. D. B. Douglass, as a 

 member of the expedition sent into that quarter by the govarnment in 

 1820. But the result of his observations, has not been given to the 

 public. The route has been again delineated with care, in its whole 

 extent, from Fond du Lac to Sandy Lake, during the present year, by 

 Lieut. James Allen, of the U. S. Army, and will with his other delinea- 

 tions, be transmitted for the use of the Topographical Bureau at Wash- 

 ington. 



Lieut. Allen's delineations, also, embrace the St. Croix and Burnt- 

 wood Rivers, in their whole length ; and exhibit the first actual survey 

 of these streams, which the topographical history of the region, presents. 



Portions of these surveys have been prepared by the officer making 

 them, to illustrate the present volume, together with the octavo sketches, 

 which accqmpany the Narrative to Itasca, Cass and Leech Lakes. 



