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Show 4.0 APPENDIX TO PART r. E. • 1\f. TV cotlljlany'a dt•jwt·tmcJtf qf F ond n/J[Ottrcl m the . . ~"'. Return of mrn C7 . ,r I ... 'lllO!:JI'S fz c1· ammm, u c. l L C c 11 a , •wit/L t !Jl' (J/7/0llllt OJ f I(U Women and chilc\ ren hclon ~ in ~ tu the cstab li ~hm c nt . Sum of the wage!! per annum o r the a' ove 109 men, Average Wag(·o·' of each m;m, • ' Due by the N . W. company' :Oue to ditto, 6:;,913 li vrc •• s86 7 38,s66 8 ?.4,J7.6 !6 11 Indian~ , there not hc·m g ;t ~.·m g 1c white \\' 1 • N. B. The ,\hove womctl arc a , m:m N • nvr'. of Lake Superior. APPENDIX TO PART I. 41 [ No. 18. J OBSERVATIONS ' ~N THE SOIL1 SHORES, QUA n H If~ S , TIMDER1 ISLANDS, RAPJDS 1 CONw }'i..UENT STH I·: AJ11S1 II IG II LAN US, PHAJ RH:S j THE SAV AGES AND SETTLEME!'<TS WIIICII I MET WITH ON MY VOYAGE UP 'l'JlE MIS• SISSIPPI, I•'llOM ST. LOUIS TO ITS SOURCE. From St. Louis to the mouth of the Missouri on the cast, is a rich sandy soil, timbered wilh buttonwood, ash, cottonwood, hack· }, ,. ,,,.,, ~... ' l'ho ,.,,. .• ,..;,1,. ; .., h; ,... J,}.,nrlu ~r,,, ., <>rn<>lJ rli<ltllnrp nh()VP. See the map file for the chart that accompanies this page . It wilJ be filed under the same call numbe r as Lhe book . S. 30° \ V. From the Ill inois to this nver the navtgat1011 1s by no means difl'lcult, and the cuncnt mild. From thence to Salt river (or Oahahah) the cast shore is either immediately bounded by bt·amiful cedar cliff's, or the ridges m ay be seen at a di'>tance. On the W . shore the1·e is a rich low soil, and two small rivct·s which increase the waters of the Mississippi. The first I called Dat· river, about t wcnty yards in width. The second is about fifteen yards. Salt river bears from the Mississippi N. 7'ic 6 ,. |
