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siliceous marl. Although the numerous islands and bars tend to complicate the 

 navigation somewhat, for larger vessels, yet the rushes which spring up at every 

 spot where the water is sufficiently shallow, form obvious marks for the guidance 

 of a pilot unacquainted with the channel. 



The trading-house of the Fur Company is situated on the north shore of the 

 river, and immediately opposite is the corner, not only of the Chippewa Land Dis- 

 trict, but also of the State of Wisconsin. It is also the corner of the boundary lines, 

 running south and east, between the lands ceded to the General Government by 

 the Chippewas, in 1842, and those still held by that tribe east of the Mississippi. 



The village, represented in this cut, from a sketch by Major Owen, is well situated, 

 in Minnesota, on a rich alluvial bottom, which contains sufficient area for the site 

 ol a large city ; and will become a place of great importance when steam naviga- 

 tion comes to be extended up the Northern Mississippi as far as Sandy Lake, which 

 will undoubtedly be done as soon as the Indian title to that portion of country is 

 extinguished. 



Opposite the village, on the south bank, in Wisconsin, and for some distance 

 below, three ancient lake terraces show themselves, rising in succession from the 

 present level of the river banks. The highest one, which is best defined on the 

 Minnesota side, immediately behind the village, is one hundred and twenty-five 

 feet high ; the lowest one, on the south side, on which Landry's house stands, is 

 about fifteen feet above the present banks ; and the next terrace above, which is 

 the middle one, rises to the height of twenty feet. 



There is every indication that the waters of the Lake basin once bad their 



