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Show APPENDIX TO PART I. when I viewed it, on one of the islands below, appeared the spotted Jocl ~rs of the H ~ cl \Ving's hand of Sioux. The white tent!) of the tt\Hlcrs and rny soldiet·s and three fla J.!:S of the United Stutes wavin!~ on the \\-ater, which guvc a conu ast to the still and lifeless wildeme::> s :.~rou nd, and increased the pleasure of the pt·ospect. I rom the Cmmon rivet· to the ~t. Croix, the Mississippi evidently hcconH's narrower, and the navigation less Ou!ltructcd by islands. The St. Croix river joins the l\li!)si'3sippi on the L and bears from th~ latter ,\ltiiOSt clue N. lt is only 80 yards wide at its mouth, and '100 yards up commenc sLake St. Ct oix which is from one and a hal!" to three miles wide, .md 36 long. This river communicates witl Lake Sllperior by the llurnt river, by a portage of half a mile only, .111d in its whole extent has not one fall or 1'Gflid worthy of notice. This, \vith the mildness of its current, ancl its other acl\'anta P·(·s, render it by far the most pt·eferable communication which can bt had with the N. \V. ft·om this part of our tcnitories. Its upper w ~H t' rs .trc inhabited hy the J'ol A'oins and 'auteaux, who arc supplied by the a~en ts of the nonh west company; and its lower clivisiotl by the Sioux and their traders. The .Mississippi from the Cannon river is bounded on the E. by hiJ.!:h ridges, but the left is low ground. The timber is generally a~h ,\JicJ maple. except the cedar of the cliO's. From the St. Croix to the river St. Peters the Mis~issippi is collected into a nanow compass (I crossed it at one pLtce with forty strokes of my o-tt's) and tl'll.! navi g.ttion \' ry good. The E. bank gentrally bounded by the 1·iver rid~cs, but the \V. sometimes timbered bottom or prairie. The timber is generally maple, sugar-tree, and ash. About twenty miles below the entrance of the river St. P eters, on the E. shore, at a 1)\acc called the C rand Morais, is situated the Petit Corbeau's villaJ,!; c of eleven log- houses. For a description of the river St. Peters, se(· the chart herewith. From the river St. Peters to the falls of St. Anthony, the rivet· is contracted between high hills, and is one continual 1 apid or fall, the bottom being co\'ered with rocks which (in low \\' <\ter) arc some feet above the Sl!rface, leaving narrow channels between them. The rapidity of the current is likewise much au~mcntcd hy the numerous ~mall t·ocky island~, which ou~u·uct the nuvi~ation. The shore~ h.tvc many large and beautiful sprin~s issuing forth, which form small cascades as they tumble over the cl ill's into the 1\Iissi.,sippi. Th timber is genemlly maple. This place we noted lot· the great quantity of wild fowl. As I ascended tl1t \li~·· !'sippi. the falls of St. Anthony did not strike mt· with that majestic nppcarancc which I had been taught to expect from APPENDIX TO PAHT I. the description of fot·mct· tt·avellcrs. On an actual surHy, I fincl the portage to be 260 poles; hut when the river i" not vcrv low, boats ascending may he put in 31 pule helO \\ , at a I. r·~·e cedar tt·Gc, which would reduce it to 229 poles. Th hill ov ·r wlticl· the pr 1 - tage is made, is 69 feet ascent, with an elevation .. t th · pui11 of debarkation of 45°. The fall of the water beL\\ ecn the place c;t' debarkation and re-loadin ~ is 58 feet; the perpendicu lar !'.til of' the shoot 16 l-2 feet. The width of the rive t· above the shoot G27 y~.rd.., .; b~low 209 .. For the form of the shoot, sec a t'CHtg-11 dr.lll~;IIL h 'l'l'· with. In !ugh water, the appearance is much nw1·c· ~ulJ!inll' , u~l the great quantity of wat t' t!u·n forms a spt'<ly, which in cleat· wcathe1· I'eflects from some positions the colors of tile 1\\inbo\\', a 11d ~vhcn the sky is o'ercast, cover the falls in ~~l oom and r ll'toti 111 .,~ esty. From the Falls of St. Anthony to Hmn river, the 1\li..,si ~;ippi ls. al~ost one continual ch~un of rapi d~, with the eddies ft lrtncd by wmdwg channels. Both sides arc prairie, ancl ~carccly any ti ,. IJe.r bu~ small gt·oves of scrub o:1k. Rum river is about 50 yard.., wide at Its.mouth, and takes its source in Lc Mille Lac, which is hllt 35 miles S. of Lower Heel Cedar Lake. The small Indian ca11ocs ascend this river C}Uite to the lake, which is consid red as one of ~he best fut· huntin~ grounds for some hundreds of n1ilcs; ;IJ)cl hac; ~en long a scene of rcncountcrs between the hunting- parti sol' tl1e Swu7. and Sauteaux. The last winter a number of the Fols Avoins and St?ux, and some Suuteaux, winter d in that qu:u·ter. From ~urn nvet· to Leaf rivet·, (called by father Hennipin and Carver lhe l'Iver. St · Francis • •a nc 1 wast 11 e extent o {' thet· r travels ) the pra'i t·ies contmue with a few intclTuptions. The timhc1· scrub oak, with now and then •'l Ion e 1Y pm• e. J> rcvt•o us to your arn•v a l at Leaf ri\·cr, f you pass Crow r-iver on the \V. about 30 }'a rds wide wl1 ich l>c· ·11·" nto·otm tl tc M' · · · ' • " lSSlSSipJH S. ,V, I ,eaf rivet· i ~ only a small stream of' more than 15 }'ards OYer, and bears N. by \V. I The elk lJegin to be very plenty; some buflalo, quanti ties of < ecr, racoons and o ti · · 1· I~ ' ' n 1c pr::une a cw of the animals called by· tho rcnch bJ•elaws. From thence to S· · r • 1 .tc nver, a tttlc above the Gmnd Rapids both St( es of the rivet· '\rc 11 • . . . ' TJ . . . • genera Y prall'lc, wllh skirts of scrub 0 •1k. si Jen;mf g-ntJOn still ob s· t t·u cteu.• · 1 · · Wll'l l'lpples, but with some intcrm is~ · ons 0 a few miles. mile·A t th. e Gt"lncl R· . · 1 I . 1 < <~pHs t le nvci' expands itself to about 3-4 of a 111 WH th its rre · 1 · 1 1 · and t bl ' .., nci a WH t l not betng more than 3-!> of a nlilc) thro llll\ es over ·m 1 b 1 1 . ' uncqua e( of rock~ for about two lllilcs, ug 1 which there cannot b c stu'd to be any chmmcl : for not with-t |