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estimated to be two thousand three hundred and eight miles. I 

 have now the honor to report to you the route pursued, the means 

 employed to accomplish the object, and such further measures as 

 appear to me to be necessary to give effect to what has been 

 done, and to ensure a lasting peace between the two tribes. 



Reasons existed for not extending the visit to the Chippewa 

 bands on the extreme Upper Mississippi, on Red Lake, and Red 

 River, and the river De Corbeau. After entering Lake Supe- 

 rior, and traversing its southern shores to Point Chegoimegon and 

 the adjacent cluster of islands, I ascended the Mauvaise River to 

 a portage of 8£ miles into the Kaginogumac or Long Water 

 Lake. This lake is about eight miles long, and of very irregu- 

 lar width. Thence, by a portage of 280 yards, into Turtle Lake ; 

 thence, by a portage of 1,075 yards, into Clary's Lake, so called ; 

 thence, by a portage of 425 yards, into Lake Polyganum ; and 

 thence, by a portage of 1,050 yards, into the Namakagon River, 

 a branch of the river St. Croix of the Upper Mississippi. The 

 distance from Lake Superior to this spot is, by estimation, 124 

 miles. 



We descended the Namakagon to the Pukwaewa, a rice lake, 

 and a Chippewa village of eight permanent lodges, containing a 

 population of 53 persons, under a local chief called Odabossa. 

 We found here gardens of corn, potatoes, and pumpkins, in a 

 very neat state of cultivation. The low state of the water, and 

 the consequent difficulty of the navigation, induced me to leave the 

 provisions and stores at this place, in charge of Mr. Woolsey, 

 with directions to proceed (with part of the men, and the aid of 

 the Indians) to Lac Courtorielle or Ottowa Lake, and there await 

 ray arrival. I then descended the Namakagon in a light canoe, 

 to its discharge into the St. Croix, and down the latter to Yellow 

 River, the site of a trading-post and an Indian village, where I 

 had, by runners, appointed a council. In this trip I was accom- 

 panied by Mr. Johnson, sub-agent, acting as interpreter, and by 

 Dr. Houghton, adjunct professor of the Rensselaer school. We 

 reached Yellow River on the 1st of August, and found the In- 

 dians assembled. After terminating the business of the council 

 (of which I shall presently mention the results), I reascended 

 the St. Croix and the Namakagon to the portage which inter- 



