Minnesota and the Far West (Paperback)

Preface; Part I. Canada: 1. Across the frontier. Reciprocity; 2. Canadian politics; 3. Canadian society; 4. Canadian statistics; 5. Canadian backwoods; 6. A bark-canoe voyage down the Severn; 7. A ride to the Indian village of Saugeen; 8. The annual distribution of Indian presents at Manitoulin. Georgian Bay; Part II. Lake Superior: 9. The Sault Ste. Marie; 10. The Pictured Rocks. Father Marquette; 11. The mineral region of Lake Superior; 12. Ontonagon. The 'Sam Ward'; 13. The city of Superior. Land speculation; 14. Wisconsin. Bed and board in the far west; Part III. Minnesota: 15. Camping out on the St. Louis; 16. The Savannahs; 17. Sandy Lake; 18. Early traders. Coureurs des Bois. Chippeways; 19. The head waters of the Mississippi. Shooting the little falls in a bark canoe; 20. Winnebagoes. Indian affairs. The Sauk Rapids; 21. The falls of St. Anthony; 22. St. Paul. Locomotive doins in Minnesota; 23. Manners, customs, and political opinions of the St. Paul public; 24. Steamboat life on the Mississippi. The Bluffs; 25. Across the prairies. Chicago. Niagara.