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Show APPENDIX TO PART I. nues ahout the same width; and the hanks, soil and prodnctions C\re cnti•·f•ly similar. The T11rkcy river empties i11 on the \V. bears from the Mississippi about S. \V. and i about 100 yards wide at itll mouth. l Ialf a Jcagtlc up this river, on the riJ:?;ht bank, is the thil'<l villa~e of the Rcynanls, at which place th\!y raise suff1cient corn to supply <tll th~ pcr·manent and o·ansicnt inhabitants of the Prail'ic des Chi ·ns. From thence to the Oniscousing-, the high hills nre perceptible on both sicks, hut on the \V. almost bor·der the rive t' the whole distance. The Oui ·comin ~ at the entrance is nearly half a mile wide, and bears f•·om the Mississippi nearly N. E. • This • The voyage from Michilimackinac to the ~rairie des Chiens, by the Ouia· cousing and Fox rive1s is as follows :-vi:r.. The distance between Michilim:1ckinac and the settlement at the bottom of Green bay is calculated to he 8o league~. On leaving Michilimackinac there i~ a travase of five mills to point St. Ig-nace, which is the entrance into Lake Michigan. Four leagues from Michilimackinac is an island of considerable extent, named St. H e l e n~ and may be seen from d1at place in a clear day. The shore from Mich ilimackinac to the Poiut <lu Chene, wh ich is a league clibtant from the i~land, is rocky; and from this to the island of Jt:pouvette, which is a very small one, and stands near the banks of the Jake, is high and covered with pine- the soil very barren. From this island to th<.. river Mino Coclcien is five leagues. Two small islands on the wt~ y, and a river when : boats and canoes may take shelter from a storm. The river Mino Codcien is large and deep, and talccH its rise near Lake Superior. Jlrom this to ~houchoir is ten leagues. The ~hon. is dangcrouq, from the number of shoals that extend a great WlY into the lake. Thi~ rock, called ~ houchoir, is an excellent harbor for canoes, but its entrance, when the wind blow~ from the bite, is difficult i but when once tn, canoes and boats may lay durinK any storms without unladi.ng. A custom prevails here among the voyagers for . very one to have his name carved on the roclcs the first time he pa ~11cs, anti pay something to the canoe-men. J'rom thi5 to the river Manist 1que is five league~: it is a largt• river. The entrance is diffi cult, from a sand-bank at its mouth, and the waves arc very high when the wind blows from the lake. At certain seasons is found here sturgeon in great nulllbers. 'J'hc banks of thi river arc high and aandy, covered with pine. It takes its rise from a l..rge lat-e, and nearly commuu icatcs with La let· Superior. From this to the Detour is ten leagues. The shore is rocky, flat, anrl dangerous. Here bejtins the Traverse at the mouth of l;recn hay. The fir~t island is di tant from the main land <~hout a league, and is c;d)ed the Isle au Detour, and is at ka~t three league!\ in cir cumference There are generally a few S<nlteaux lodges of lndiln& 00 thi~ island during the summer months. From thJs to l~lc 13rule is three leagues. There arc two 1111lall i~land~ from these to Isle V crtc, and two leagues to l!.lc de Pou, called so from the Voutowatomics having once a village here, but JIOW ahandout'd. In the month~ of May and June there is a fishery of trout, and they are taken in great quan titieq by trolling. And there are also white fi~h in vast nulllhera. The ~hip chann~/ is between this island and Isle Verte. From thence to J>etlt D'Etroit to the main land is three leagues, where some lodges of Ottowa~ and Sautcaux rai~e ~m all quantities of corn; b~t their subsistence, during the summ<'r APJ>ENDlX TO PAHT I. J'ivcr ic; the g-rand SO\II'CC' or C0llli11111Jication hctwcrn the Jakes and the Mississippi, and the rou te l>y H"hich u)J the tracln:) or l\lichilinliiCkinac convey their g-oods, for the trade ol' tl1e :\lis-;issippi, from St. Loui · to the river de Corbcau, and the ronflttl.:Ltt ~trc.m•s which months, chiefly depends upon the quantities of sturgeon and other fish, with which the lake here abounds. From Petit D'Etroit to the main land i~ three leagueR, and is called the Port de Mon, from a nurnba of Reynard canocs having been wrec.ked at t1ti~ place, where every one pcri ~h cd. The shore i~ hold anc! rocky. From this is four leagues to the Isle .Racro, which is a safe harbor, inacccsgible to nil winda. From this to Sturgeon b:1y is eig-ht ll!agues. The shore ig hnld and rocky, and ~evcral large i~lands lie a few miles cli~t.Jnt. A few S.1utcaux f,unilic:s raise corn here and re,ide during the summer $cason. 'f'rCiut and 11turgcon arc here in great numbers. Stur~orenn's bay is two milcq a(rml- and ahout four leagues in length, and communicates by a portag• with L;~kc Michigan, nr-ar Michilimarkinac. Distant from the lake about two leagues iq tlw Isle Vermillion. Hac wac, , few ye<:~n ago, a numher of 11ol.• Avoin inhahitantil, who wc:re accustomed to rai~e corn; hut from what r<'asom they have ll'ft this place I cannot learn . From this is thirteen league ' to tht• entrance of the Fox riva. On leaving Isle Vermillion, the WCiods and general :~ppcaranc~ of the cou ntry hq~ins to change, and has a very di fferent a~pCC't from the more JJorrhern p:~ rts of this lake. A small r iver c:dkd Riviere Rouge f.dls it1to till' lake', ahout half way between Isle Ver million and l .a B<tyc. On approaching La B.tye, the w.1ter of the latter assume' a whiter appearance, and hecomes lcijs dt•c:p. A channel which winds a good deal may be found f0r vessels of 50 and 6~ tons hurdt·rl; and loaded Vt'ssl'ls of the e dimensions hav~" gone up the Fox river to the French st>ttl ·ment, oppohite to which is the:: Fof~ Avoin village, which con~ist& of ten or twl'lvc h.1rk lodg-e~. A gn•at numh ·r of Sautcau'<,and ~orne Ottowas, rome here in the ~pr1ng anc.l fJII. Thn·c lrague~ frorn La Daye is a ~mall village of the same nation , and another three leagueR higher, aT the portaj?'c of Kakalin. Thi• portag-t• is a mile long: the ground ·vc:n and rorlty. 'I:here is a f.tll of about ten feet, which olmruct~ the nnvigation for thrc.e league.• higher, and almo~t continual rapid~ until rhc fall of Crand Kt)llimre. Ahout five feet high, above thi,•, the river op!'n~ into a small bkt·, at the end of which is 3 •trong rapid, called Puant's r tpicl, which i~suc from a lake of th,Jt namt'. This lake is ten league11 long, and from two to three wide. At ir~ t'ntrance is the fir'lt ~uant village, of teo or twelve lodges. .At the upper Cit<{ of the lake i~ another l u~nt villag-e, of about the same number of lodg•·s, :llHI at thi.; end is a sJn.dl river, W~llch, with the interval of a lew purtagcs communicatt·s with rock rtVl'r . .About nudway between the t·wo Puant villages is a Fo!~ .\voin vi ll:tg<', on the south ~id of the lake of /. .. 1 • so · or llO m<·n. l•Jve cnguC'~ !rom the entranct.: uf the lakt.:, on the north side th. F · 1. II · . b . · , c I)X nvt•r .1 q 111, and JS ::t out 200 yardA Wldt·. A~et·ndi n g twll leagues hi,rhe · II I' 1 • . I . · , r," a tlma •o s r\vom vd .tgc, where ~~ a laltc of mc~re than two le. agues loh,t.,r .• att<l ".. ho ut a Ie .tguc a bo vc I . l I I . t 11s a ce t 1c n vcr de Lnup jnins the Fox rtvcr,near a} 'II . II I I . II ca cc tIt' But de Mort, where thl' F0x nation Wc•r ·nearly extir- Jn~uatrd hy the French ~1nd <unfeclt•rate Indians. Tlw rivc1·~ aud lnJ,c., •tr~, at err-tam sea~on~ f II f ''ld . . • . . . . . · • u o "t nee. J he country on the hordt'r~ <>f th1~ nvcr Jf> finely divcrsifit·d w'th d d .. fi 1 woo san prames. Any quantity of hay m.ty he madt', and j, a~ nc: a co~ntry for raising stock as any in the 11anw laritude throu~~h all Amcrie:t. |
