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hundred miles. These falls were first visited by 

 Father Louis Hennipin, a French Missionary, 

 about the year 1680, who was the first European 

 ever seen by the natives, and who gave them the 

 name of Saint Anthony's falls. The country 

 adjacent approaches to a plain, with some swell- 

 ing hills. At the falls the river is two hundred 

 and fifty yards wide, and the perpendicular 

 descent of the water about thirty feet. Near the 

 falls the prospect is said to be highly picturesque 

 and delightful. This widely expanded sheet of 

 water may be seen several miles below, where 

 the eye of the beholder is struck with pleasing- 

 admiration, and views, with rapture, this roman- 

 tic scene. At these falls a large factory is estab- 

 lished, where many of the western bands of In- 

 dians bring their furs and peltry, to exchange for 

 various kinds of merchandise. 



About ten miles below the falls enters the large 

 river Saint Peters, from the westward. The 

 mouth of this river is one hundred yards wide, 

 and the current deep. It is said that it holds its 

 depth and width very nearly for two hundred 

 miles. Further up, several branches come in ; 

 the head waters of some of which are said to take 

 their rise near the streams which run into the 

 Missouri. On this river and its branches are 

 several trading posts, where Indians who reside 

 on the Missouri frequently resort for commerce. 



At a small distance above the mouth of the 

 river Chippeway, is a lake, about twenty miles in 



