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Show APPENDIX TO PAHT I. nucs about the same width ; ancl the banks. soil and productiOn are entirely si anilar. The Tu1'kcy river cmpticc; i11 on the ~V . hc:~rs from the Mississippi ubout S. ,V. and is nbottt 100 pmls wHlc atll<; mouth. Half a league up this river, on the right hank, is the thil'd ,·iJlage of the Hcynanls, at which place th ~y r~i se sufftricnt con~ ~o supply all the pe1·mc.ment and transir>l:t inlu~bitants of. the :ramc des Chicns. From thence to the Ou1scousmg, the h lf~h lulls arc perceptible on both sides, hut on the "'·almost hord.cr the river t~1c whole distance. The Olaiscousing- at the cntr<wc<: 1s nc.trly hall a mile wide, and bears from the Mississippi n<'arly N. E . *This • The voyage from Michilimackinac to the Pr:airie des Chiens, by the Ouis~ causing and Fox rivers is as follnws :--'Vi:r.. The distance between Michilimackinac and the settlement at the bottom of Green bav is calculated to be 8o leagues. On leaving Michilimackinac there i$ a traverse of five miles to point St Ignace, which is the entrance into Lake Michigan Four leagues from Michilimackin:ac is an island of considerable cxtwt, named St. Helens, and may be seen from that place in a cle:ar day. The shore from Michilimackinac to the Point du Chene, which is a league distant from the island, is rocky; and from this to the island of Epouvette, which is a very bmall one, nnd t1tands neJr the bank~ of the ),1ke, is high and covered with pine-the soil very bar· ren. From this island co the river Mino Cockien is five leag-ues. Two small islands on the way, and a river where boats and canoes may take !>hclter from a storm. The river Mino Coc.kien is large anu deep, and takes its rise near Lake :-iupcrior. From this to Shouchoir is ten leagues. The shore i~ dange1ous, from the number of shoals that extend a great w1.y into the lake. Tim rock, called .">houchoir, is an excellent harbor for canoes, but its entrance, when the winc.l blows from the lake, is difficult; but when once in, canoes and bo:ats may by during any storms without unlading. A custom prevails here among the voyager~ for r.vcry one to have his name c:arved on the rocks the firbt time he passes, and pay something- to the canoe-men. From this to the river Manist1que is five leagues: it is a large river. The eutrance is diQicult, from a sand-b.mk at its mouth, and the waves arc very high when the wind blows from the !.1ke. At certain seasOili is found here sturgeon in great numbers. The bauks of this river are high :~nd sandy, covered with pine. It takes its rise from a l trge lal· e, and nc.arly communicates with Lake.: Superior. From this to the Detour is ten leagues. The shore is rocky, flat, and dangerous. Here begins the Travcr~e at the mouth of t;reen bay. The fir~t island is distant from the main land ubout a league, and is called the Isle au Detour, and is at lea~t three leagues in cir cumference There are gencraliy a few S:auteaux lodges of fndi:ws on thi5 island during the summer months. From this to Isle Brule is three leagues. There are two small islands from these w Isle Vcrte, and two leagues to hlc de Pou, called so from the Poutowatomies having once a village here, but now aban• doned. In the month~ of \.l ay and June there is a fishery of trout, and they are taken in great quantities by troJiiug. And there are also white fish in vast num· hers. The ship chnnnel is betwet.n this island and Isle V erte. From thence to l>etit D'.Etroit to the main land is three leagues, where some lodges of Otcowas and Sauteaux rli~e amall quantities of corn; but their subsistence, during the swmmcr APPENDIX TO PAHT I. 1'1\'Cl' 1s the f;l'and sourc<: of conmHmication between the Iukes and the i.\li~sissippi, and the rou~c by which all the uadcr'> of ,·ichilimackillac conn:y their goods, for the trade ol the :\li<;::;is~ippi, from St. Loui:. to the river de Corue:.1u, a11cl the ccmlJta 11t 5trcams whicl1 months, chiefly depends upon the quantities of sturgeon and other fish, with which the lake here abounds. From Pct1t l>' r~troit to tht maiu l.u1d ~~three leagues, and is caiJed the Port de Mort, from a nurnbl.!r of Reynard c:~ uot·s having been wrecked at thi:; place, where every onl.! pcr ish~d. I hi.! ehorc.: i..; bold anti rocky. From thia is four leagues to the hit Rncro, which is a safe harbm, lllilcccssible to all wind". From this to Sturgc0n h:ty is eight kag ucs. The shor(.; is bold and r ocl.y, ancl~>t: verallarge i!ilauds lie a few mdcs da~tant. A few So.~utcaux f,1milies ,,,j~~ com here anti reside during the summer season. Trout and sturgt.:on arc hcrc.: in great numbers. Sturgeon's bay is two miles across and about four kagues in length, and communicates by a portage with Lake.: .Michigo.~n, near J\.lichilimackiuac. Di~tdnt from the lake about two l<!agucs is the lsk Vermillion licrc Wtrc, .1 ftw yean ago, a number of Fol.> Avoin inhabitant:;, who were accustomed to raise corn; hut from what reasons they have left thi~ pl.tce l cannot learn. From thr~ is thirteen leap:ue:. to the entrance of the Fox river. On ktving lRit- Vermillion, the woode and general appearance of the COUIJtry l>cgins to ch.mgc, :md has a vuy dilfcn.nt aspect from the more northern pare~ of thill lake. A small r iver calh:d R1v1tre Rouge falls iuto the lake, ahout half way between hie Vami\lion and La B.1ye. On approaching La Baye, the water of the latter :assumes a whiter appcara11ce, and becomes less deep. A channel which wimb a good deal may be found for Vessels of 50 and 6o tons burden; :and lo:aded vessc.:ls of these drmcnsions h.rve gone up the Fox river to the French settlement, opposite to which is the Fols Avoin village, which consist!> of ten or twdve hark lodg'tS. 1\. g-reat number of Sauteaux,and some Ottow.1s, come here in tht- ~pring and fall. Three leag ues from La Baye is a small village of the same nation, :and anothl r three lc.:agues hig her, at the portage of Kakalin. This portage is <I mile long;: the ground even and rocky. 'l:here is a fall of about ten feet, which olmruct~ the navigation for thr~.e leagues higher, and almost continual rapids until the fall of Grand Konimee. About five feet high, ahove this, the river opens into a small bkc, :at the end of whit h is a strong rapid, called Puauc's r 1pid, which i~su t:!> from a l.1ke of that name. Th:s lake is ten leagucw long, and from two to tluee wide. i\t its cntr:anct: ·~the fir<;~ Puant village, of ten or twelve lodges. 1\t the upper end of tht• lake is another Puant vilbge, of about the same number of lodges, and at this end is a :;mall rivet which, with the interval of a few portages communicates With rock nvl'r. Ahou: midway between the two Puant vill.age is a Fols .\voin village, nn the south $ide of the lake, of 50 or 6o men. Fivt' leagues from the entrance of the bke, on the north side, the h>x river fall<~ i11, anJ i., about zoo yards wide. A~ccnding two leagues higher, is ::1 ~m:all Fols Avoiu village, where is .l lake of more thJ.n two l~agues long-; and about a league above thi<J lake the ri va de Loup joius the Fox n~cr, ncar a hill called the J3ut de Mort, where the Fnx nation Wt' re nearly extitnlmated hy the l'rcnch anrl confederate Indians. The rivers and lakes :~re, at cer~ tain seasons, full of wild rice. The country on the borders of thi'l river is finely diversified with woods and prairies. Any quantity of h.ly nny be made, and is a<; fine a country for raising stock as any in the iame !.1titude through all America. |