Position of the military post established at the mouth of the St. Peter's--Beauty, salubrity, and fertility of the country--Pictographic letter--Indian treaty--The appearance of the offer of frankincense in the burning of tobacco--Opwagonite--native pigments--Salt; native copper--The pouched or prairie rat--Minnesota squirrel--Etymology of the Indian name of St. Peter's River--Antiquities--Sketch of the Dacota--Descent of the Mississippi to Little Crow's village--Feast of green corn 153

Descent of the river from the site of Little Crow's Village to Prairie du Chien--Incidents of the voyage, and notices of the scenery and natural history 162

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Mr. Schoolcraft makes a visit to the lead mines of Dubuque--Incidents of the trip--Description of the mines--The title of occupancy, and the mode of the mines being worked by the Fox tribe of Indians--Who are the Foxes? 169

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The expedition proceeds from Prairie du Chien up the Wisconsin Valley--Incidents of the ascent--Etymology of the name--The low state of its waters favorable to the observation of its fresh-water conchology--Cross the Wisconsin summit, and descend the Fox River to Winnebago Lake 178

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Descent of the Fox River from Winnebago Lake to Green Bay--Incidents--Etymology, conchology, mineralogy--Falls of the Konomic and Kakala--Population and antiquity of the settlement of Green Bay--Appearances of a tide, not sustained 186

The expedition traces the west shores of Lake Michigan southerly to Chicago--Outline of the journey along this coast--Sites of Manitoowoc, Sheboigan, Milwaukie, Racine, and Chicago, being the present chief towns and cities of Wisconsin and Illinois on the west shores of that Lake--Final reorganization of the party and departure from Chicago 193

South and Eastern borders of Lake Michigan--Their Flora and Fauna--Incidents of the journey--Topography--Geology, Botany, and Mineralogy--Indian Tribes--Burial-place of Marquette--Ruins of the post of old Mackinac--Reach Michilimackinac after a canoe journey north of four hundred miles 200

Topographical survey of the northern shores of Green Bay and of the entire basin of Lake Michigan--Geological and Mineralogical indicia of the coast line--Era of sailing vessels and of the steamboat on the lakes--Route along the Huron coast, and return of the expedition to Detroit 210