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Show • APPENDIX TO l'ART I. E. / . rJJt'tlortrd Rl'turn o men ' . in thr .,\~. l V. comjwny's d('j Jartment qf Pond d~ Lac, •with the amount of their 'ivagc,\· jter annum, ttc. • Women and chilrlrcn belonging to the cstabl ishmcut APPENDIX TO PART I. 4 1 [ No. 18. J OllSERV ATIONS ON THE son, SHORES, QlTARitiKS, TIMDEU, ISLANDS, RAPIDS, CON} ' LUENT STREAMS, HIGHLANDS, PRAIRH:S ; T H E SA VA G I': S AND SETTLEMENTS WJJI C II I Mlo~ T WITH ON MY VOYAG.b: lJP THE MlS· SISS1Pl'I, FROM ST. LOUIS TO ITS SOU R C&. Fl'om St. Louis to the m outh of the Missouri on the east, is a rich sa11cly soil, timbe red with buttonwood, ash, cottonwood, hac kbetTy, &c. The west side is hig hlands for a small distance above the town; then it is bordct·ecl by a small prairie, aftct· which is bottom land with the same timber as on the cast. The c utTent is t'apid, and the navigation, in low watc t·, obstructed by saud bars. Immediately on the peninsula formed by the confluence of the rivers Mississippi and Missouri is a small Kickapoo settlement, occupied in summer only. On the west shore a rich prait·ie, with small skirts of woods; and on the cast shore is generally high hil ls, from eighty to one hundred feet, extending to the mouth of the l lliJ1ois. The cur·t·ent of the Mi s~issippi, above the entrance of the Missotll"i is quite mild , until you arrive at the mouth of the Illinoh; where, owing to the large sand-bars and many islands, it is rende red extremely rapid. The Illinois river is about four hunclr·ed and fifty yards wide at its mouth, and bears from the Mississippi N. 7 5° \tV. The current appcat·s not to exceed two and a half miles per hour. The navigation and connecting streams of this river are too well known to require a desc ription at the p resent day. l;'rom the Il linois to the Duffalo rivet· the E. shore is hills, but of easy ascent. On the \\T. is cominned the prairie, !.Jut not always borckl'ing on the rivet·. Timber, on both ~ides, gener·ally hackbcrTy, colton wood, and ash. The Buffalo river comes in on the vV. !Shore, and appears to be ahout I 00 yards wide at its mouth. It bears from the Mississippi S. 3oo vV. From the Illinois to thi:\ river the navigation is Ly no means difficult, and the current mild. From then ce to Salt rivet· (or Oahahah) the east shor·c is either immedi<ltcly bounded by beautiful cedar cliffs, or the ridges may be.; seen at a distanct!. On the vV. shore there is a deb low soil, and two small rivers which inc t·ease the waters of the Mississippi. The first I cull ed Bar rivet·, about twt!nty yards iu width. The second is ahu-ut fifte 11 yar·d s. S It l'ivcr l>cat·s from the Missis»ippi N . 7 5e £ |