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Show APPENDIX TO PAHT 1. vV. and is about 100 or 120 yards wide at its entrance, ancl, when I pao.;scd, appeared to be perfectly mild, with sca rcely any current. About one day's sail up the ri ver there arc salt s prin ~s, which have bccu worked for· four years; bul 1 am not informed as to their qualities o1· prod uction~s . In this distance the navi~<ltion of the Mississippi is very much obstructed by bars ami islands ; indeed, to such a degree as to render it difficult to lind (in many places) the pt'oper channel. The shores arc generally a sandy soil, timbered with sugar maple, ash, pecan, loc ust, and black walnnt. The E. side has gcncndly the preference n.s to si tuations fot· building. From th is to the rivet· J austioni (which is our boundary between the Sac nation and the Cnited States; on the west side of the Mississippi) we have the hills on the "'vV. shore, and low lands on the E. the latter of which is timbered with hickory. oak, ash, maple, pecan, &c. The former the same, with an increase of oak. The E. is a ri ch sandy soil, and has many very c ~ igible situations fot· cultivation. About seven miles uclow the Jaustioni a Frenchman is settled on the W. shore. lie is maniecl to a woman of the Sac nation, and lives by a little cultivation and the Indian trade. The river before mentioned is about 30 yards 'vide at its mouth, and bears from the Mississippi about S. \V. In this part of the river the n avi~ation is good. From this to the \Vyaconcla rivc1· the n avi ~ation is cao;y, with ,·cry l'ew impediments ; and the soil on hoth sides pretty ~ood. This river pays its tribute to the Mississippi by a mouth !00 yards wide, ar:cl beat·s h·om the latte r· nearly due W. J ust below its en· trance is a small stream 15 yards wide. which discharges itsel f into the Mississippi. Between this river and the river de !.\loycn, thct·c is one small river emptying itself into the Mississippi, on the \V. of HIJout 55 yardg in '~idth, and bears S. by \V. The first part of the distance i-; obc.;tructecJ by isl<mds, ancl the river expands itself ton gn.';lt \'vicllh, so as to rc ndet· the nav ig-at ion c:xtrcm<.:ly cliJiicult i but the btH' I' part affords more water, :md is J,!~s dillicul t. The timber i ·; principally oak and pecan. The soil a ~; tile rivc1· below; fo t· a description of c.:c Moyen sec the chart herewith, and for that of the rapitls my diary uf the 20th of Aul!USt. Q • Auovc the rapid de Moyen, on the \·V . bank of the Mis~is~i ppi, i~ &i ~uu ted the first Sac village, consisting of 13 loclgcs ; and in11rtc• di atcly opposite is the establishment of l\Ir. Ewing-, the Autcrican agent at that place. From whence to a lar ~c prairie on the E. side, on which is &ituatcd the second Sac village, the E. side of the river is beauti ful lund, but pl'incipally prairie. TheW. is in some part hi~h hmd, ooth sides timbcre~ wilh o•llt, ash, Stc. The navir;a· APPENDIX TO PART I. tion is by no means difficult. From thence to the Iowa river the navigation is much obst1·uctcd with islands. • T he Iowa ri\ et· bcc.1rs from the Mis~i s&ippi S. VV. and is ; 50 yards wide at its mouth. The E. shore of the Misl:iissippi is high p1·airie, with yellow clay banks, and in some places red sand. On the \\". shore is prait·ic, abo, out bounded on the shore by skirts of woods. About 10 miles up the low<~ river, on its right bank, is a village of the Iowas. F1·om this place to Hock l'ivcr,t we generally had beautifnl prail'ies on the W. but in some places very rich b nd, wi th black '~a!r~ut and hickor~ ti~1b~r. Stony river is a laq;e river which cmp. tl~s wto .the MisSisstppl on the E. shore, and is about 300 yards w1de nt Its mouth. It beats from the Mississippi almost doe E. About three miles up this ri.,er, on the S. bunk, is t: ituatecl the third town of the Sac nation, which (I was infot·mcd by n l\11·. James Air·d) 'Was bumt in the year 178 1 ot· 2, by about 300 Americans, although the Indians had assembled 700 warriors to give th c rn battle. Vor a desr.ription of the rapid:; of Stony ri,·er, sec my ditli'Y of the 28 ~h August.t A little abo\'e the rapids of Rock river, on ths \V. side of the 'Mississippi, is situated the first Heynard village : it consists of About 18 lodges. From this place to the lead miu s t he Mi s!lissippi evidently bcco~es narrower· ; out the navig-ation is thereby rendered ~uch l~ss <htlicult. The shores Jre gellerally prairie, which, if not Immediately bordering- on the ri ve r, can be seen through the skirts 0~ forests which border the river. 'fhe timbe1· is ~<>nerally maple, lmch and oak, antl the soil very excellent. To this place we had seen only a few turkics und deer, the latter of which aJ'<' pretty num~ rous from the river de Moyen up. Fo1· a description of the Je~Ld mines, see my repo1·t from the prairie des Chicns, of the 5th Sl'pt. ll From the lead mines unto Turkey river, the Mississippi conti· • It .lh ascending Io\va river 36 miles you come to a fork, the right branch of wh~ch ~s called Red Cedar r iver (from the quantity of that wood on its banks) "(, 'h•ch I'S naviga b1 c f or b attcaux ncar 300 miles, where it branche11 out into three' l orks, called the Turltc:y's foot. Those forks shortly after lose themselves in Rice akes. t. Rock river takes its source ncar Green bay of Lake Michig:m more than 450 nulcs frotn ·r h d · 0 1 s mout , nn 1s nlvJgablc upwards of 300 miles. . k* Bc~ween the fowa river and Turkey river, on the W. you find the Wahi~i. pmc an n vcr It 1 I · coasts a cmg t 1e R ed Cedar river in a parallel direction and scarcely any w d . b ' k h 00 on •ts anks. The ne" t water met with waR the Gre:~t 1vfaco· et 'and 20 1ea"u h' h . l I' I . «> e!' •g er •e t 1e Jtt e nver of the same name. These two rivers appear to appro h 1 1 . ....,hi 0 ac eac 1 ot ler , and have nothtng remarkable excepting lead mines, ch are saul to be in their banks. 0 ~ce Appendix to part I. lNo. ~.J page z. |