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Show APPENDIX TO PAHT I. \'V. nnd is about 100 or 120 yards wide at its entrance, and, \Vhcn { pa'i.,cd, app(·ared to be p e rrectly mild, wi th st:a rccly any C\ll'rcnt. About cmc day's sail up the river there arc salt !-.prill f~S, which han. been worked for four years ; but I am not inf'ormt•d as to their qna lilies or productions. ln this (\istance the na \' i ~at ion of the Mis!-.issippi is very much obstructed hy IMl's and i~LuHls; indeed. to such ~ dc~;rcc as to rende r it diJTicultto liud (in llltlll}' places) the propc1• channel. The s hores are generally a sandy soi l, til'llhcrec\ with sugar maple, ash, pecan, locust, and black walnut. The E. side has g<'ner,dly the prrf<' l'ence as to ~i tnatioll ti fnr building·. From this to the river Jamtinni (which is ou r boundary between the Sac nation and t 1e L'nitrd States, on the west side of the 1\lississippi) we have the hills on the " '.shore, and low lalld 'i on the E. the latter of which is tin,bncd \\ith hickory. o•\k, ash, 111 .1pic, pecan, &c. The former tlw same. wi· h an increase of oak. The E. is a rich sandy soil, and h;ls many vC'ry ' i t~·iblc situations fo1· culliviltion. About seven miles lwlnw dw J au:-.t ioni a Frcnd1n1a11 is sl'tl l(•d on the \V. shore. lie is m . ~nict: w a wo11H\I\ of the Sac nation, and liv<~., by a little cultiva1i011 and tilt• l 11dian tratk. The river before mentiolH.:cl is about 30 yard!-. \\ide at its nloulh, and bears from the l\l i ~!>i ~i ppi ~1bout S. \V. In. this p,1rt of tlH rivet' the na' i ~;a tion is goocl . Fl'flm this to the \Vy;-cond,1 ri vet· th<' navi ;~at i on i<> easy, wit! ' 'f'I'Y few impcd11nent<>; and the soi l on I oth sides pretty ~ood. T his ri\C'J' p·1ys its tribute to the ~li si~sippi hy a mo11th 100 )arcls wirl (', iH~d bear-. from the latte r neal'ly due \V. Jl!o.;t hl'low its entrance is a smull Slrt an1 15 yards\\ ide. whirh cli 'ichaq~c<> itself into the ~li%is si p p i . Between this river and the ri,·cr de l\ loycn, there is one sm,dl1 ivcr emptrin;; it self i11to the 1\l b;sis::.ip pi. on the \ V. of a\)()1\t s::, yards in\\ idt h, and bc.11''> S. hy \V. Tllc first part of the dista•,cc i c.; oh'>t nlctcd by islands, and tht: rircr <:xpands itself to a grc.tl width, so as to n't'der the navi~ati on extreme-ly dill'lcttlt; but the latter part all'urd!1 more water and is k l>s di fli r ult. 'l he tit11bcr is principally oak and pecan. The !;oil as t l1e ri\'cr below ; lor a dcsct iption or c:e Moy('ll St'C the chart herewith, und for dwt ol the rapids my diary of the 20th or Au~u s t. Above th1~ rapid clc Moyen, on the\\. hank of the l\l issis-..ip pi, i ~ sittt.ttcd the lirsl s~IC \ illag-c, co n ~i !>tin g· of I ;) l otl~cs; anc1 inllHCdi atl: ly oppo-.ite is the c~tabl i s hm L' nt of l\lr. g,\ in g·, tit · A111 crican ag-e11t ut that pl u!'c. Fro111 whence to a la r~c prairie 011 the E. ~i dc, 0 11 wl1id1 is situ ,,t<·cl the 5.ccond Sac , ill n~~c, the E. side of the ri,·cr is hca11til'ul land , h11t pri11cipally prai1·ie. The \ V. is in sonw pan high hind, both sitlcs timbered '' ith oak, a&h, &c. T he Jla\i ,r:t APPENDIX TO PAHT 1. liOn i~ IJy no m(':tlls diflicult. From tbeJH'C to the Iowa river the na\ igatiou i-, 11111< It obstructed with islands. * T ho Io•va ri1 ct· beat'S fl'Om the :\I i s!>lb~ippi S. \ V. and i'l I 50 yar·ds wick: at its mouth. The E. shore of the 1\li.,sis!-.iJ>l,j is high prail'ic, with yellow c lay b;mks, and in so111e place~ red sand. On the \\ .. shore is pr.1iric, :11-.o, hut bonndrd on the sho1·e by ~;kins of \\Oods. Al>o11t 10 miles up the Iow.1 river, on it · right b:Hlk, i!l a villag·c of the l uwas. Fmm thi'l place to l{ock rivt:r,'t we gen e rally had IH:autiful prairies 011 the " . · OUt in Sullle places \ e ry ncb 1.\nd, wi th blacJ \~alr~ut and hi c kor~ ti~11b~·r. Stony river is a larg-e ri' Cl' '" ltich <'lllpll~ s 11Ho .the ~V1 J !>'H!:!~lpp t on the E. shurc, ancl is about :>oo } ams w1dc at Jts moutl1. Jt hear~ from the l\Jis'iis~ippi altno~t due L. About three miles up this ri\C~ r, on the S . b.111k, is ~ituatccl the third town of the Sac nation, '"ltich (I was i1lformecl hy a J\h. Jarnes Aird) was blll'llt in the year 17S 1 or 2, uy about 300 A mel ic<.~n . althou~·h the Indiaus had ass<.:utblccl 700 warrior-. to giH; thc 111 bat~ tlc. For a description or the rapids of Stony l'i\' CJ' ~('t: Ul't di.t ry or the 28th August. I · A little above the t\lp.id<; of Hock rive r, o11 the \ V. ~ide of the Mississippi, is situat(:cl the litM Heyna1·d ,j llage: it con'i io.;t:, of <~ l lll t l8 lodRCS. From this pl,tce to the lead n1illt:S tl 1e :\tli'i~is'>il pi <' ' idcntly becomes IHII'J'O\vc r ; hut the m\\i ""ltion i tl 1e 1·cl 1 • , !>' 1 ' I) l'( ll! tCI'l t ~1lUCh l~ss chfllcult. T he shores arc gr11c:r.dly p1-.1iric, whi t h, 1r •ot Jmm cd~atc.;ly l.>Orclning· on the river, can he s~ l'll 1 hro11 t;h 1 11..: ~kll'ts of forests wlurh border the river. The timhn i!; ·~t.'l<'l''tlly 1 • 1, 1 . '·I . . • ' ' I ld I' l: ' Ht c 1 ,mel oak ancl the sotl H'l'J excellent 'J' tl · 1 ' ' 0 II !> j> .ICC \V(.' lt,lcl sc~r~ on]~ a few ttl.rkies nnd deer, the latter of wl1i<'h .lr1• (>I <.:tty uu-m~ tOus Irorn the n vc r de Moyen up. For ad ''ic 1·i 1,uon oi tltc le.~tl ~~.~~nes, sec my rep~l't fl'O ill the prairie d s Chiell 'i, of the 5th~~ pl. ll ltom the lead llllllcs unto Turkey river, the Missi'i-.i pt <'Oilti- ., ln :1 I' 1 · . . scene 111g owa nvrr Jfi mil,•~: ym1 comr to a fork, the ri~ht branrh of wh~ch IS called Red Cetl.tr riva ~ from the quant1ty of th tt wootl on its 1.. k wluch 1· 5 · 11 f "'n s , nav1g-a > c or batt~.:aux ncar 300 miles, where it hranchc, our 1 forks calbl th T k ' r mto t 1rcc I I • c ur ey s ~out. Those forks shortlr after lose them dvts in Rice a res. t Rock riv~ r t al c cs ·1 t~ source ncar Green bay of 1 alec M' h' than 450 miles f . . , . . ' 'c lg'ln more 1 Otn •t~ mourh, nnd lS lllvlg-ahlc upwards of .\ClO m il~.:s. . t Bet.w een the Iowa u. . vcr ancI ' I' u1·k cy n.v t-r, on the \V. you find the W· J · · Plllekan 1'1 Ve l· I I a >1~1- . t coasts a ong the R ~.:d Cedar riv~.:r in u J>aralkl dir··ct' l ~cnrccly an w d . • , ... 10n, ::llll ketl d y oo on It~ b::~nks. I he ncx.t water met with WJI\ the CrcJt ,\JJaco- 1, an zc l~.::wues I . I . I )' I . o lig" 1cr IS t 1c 1tt c nvcr of the ~amt. n-1mt 'J'h(•• t · appear to a roa J , • • ' ' nC W O nvcrs 'Whicl p~ c l c~ch ot~cr, .llld have nothmg rcmarl able excepting lead mine l are said to be m their banks. , 1'I Sc e .A j>pendix to part 1. [No. :z.] page z. |