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Mackinaw and its surroundings -- Indian legends -- Hiawatha -- Ottawas and Ojibwas -- Pau-pau-ke-wis -- San-ge-man -- Kau-be-man -- An Indian custom -- Dedication to the spirits -- Au-se-gum-ugs -- Exploits of San-ge-man -- Point St. Ignatius -- Magic lance -- Council of peace -- Conquests of San-ge-man. 9

Indian spiritualists -- Medicine men -- Legends -- The spirit-world -- Difference between Indian and modern spiritualists -- Chusco the spiritualist -- Schoolcraft's testimony of -- Mode of communicating with spirits -- Belief in Satanic agency -- Interesting account of clairvoyance. 19

Marquette's visit to Iroquois Point -- Chapel and Fort -- Old Mackinaw -- The French settlement in the Northwest -- Erection of chapel and Fort -- The gateway of commerce -- The rendezvous of traders, trappers, soldiers, missionaries, and Indians -- Description of fort -- Courriers des Bois -- Expedition of Marquette and Joliet to explore the Mississippi -- Green Bay -- Fox River -- Wisconsin -- Mississippi -- Peoria Indians -- Return trip -- Kaskaskia Indians -- St. Xavier Missions -- Mission to "the Illinois" -- Marquette's health declines -- Starts out on return trip to Mackinaw -- Dies and is buried at mouth of Marquette River -- Indians remove his remains to Mackinaw -- Funeral cortege -- Ceremonies -- Burial in the chapel -- Changes of time -- Schoolcraft on the place of Marquette's burial -- Missilimackinac -- Name of Jesuit missions. 39

La Salle's visit to Mackinaw -- English traders -- La Hontan's visit -- Mackinaw an English fort -- Speech of a Chippewa chief -- Indian stratagem -- Massacre of the English at the fort -- Escape of Mr. Alexander Henry -- Early white settlement of Mackinaw -- Present description -- Relations of the Jesuits -- Remarkable Phenomena -- Parhelia -- Subterranean river. 61

Island of the giant fairies -- Possession by the English -- Erection of government house -- French remain at Old Mackinaw -- Finally abandoned -- Extent of the island -- History -- Description -- Natural curiosities -- Arch Rock -- Sugar Loaf Rock -- Scull Rock -- Dousman's farm -- Davenport's farm -- Robinson's folly -- The Devil's Punch Bowl -- Healthful atmosphere -- Transparency of the waters -- Compared with Saratoga, Cape May, and Mt. Washington as a point for health and recreation -- Description of a traveler in 1854 -- Arrival of steamers and sailing vessels at the port during the year -- Mr. Johnson's reminiscences -- Indian name of island -- Mythology -- Three brothers of the great genii -- Visit to the subterranean abode of the genii -- Vision -- Apostrophe of an old Indian chief -- Old buildings -- Door of Marquette's chapel -- John Jacob Astor and the fur trade -- Present support of the place -- Fort Mackinaw -- Fort Holmes -- Fine view -- Interesting localities -- War of 1812 -- Death of Major Holmes -- Soil of the island. 83

Lake Superior -- Scenery -- Transparency of its waters -- Climate -- Isle Royale -- Apostles' Islands -- La Point -- Thunder Cape -- Cariboo Point -- A wonderful lake -- Romantic scenery -- Pictured rocks -- Rock Castle -- The Grand Portal -- The chapel -- Fluctuations in the waters of Lake Superior -- Curious phenomena -- Retrocession of the waters -- Mirage -- Iron mountains and mines -- Description of -- Products -- Shipments -- Copper -- Immense boulders -- Produce of the mines for 1857 -- Shipment of copper from the Lake for 1858 -- Centre of the mining country -- Iron mountains -- Copper mines of Great Britain -- Coal -- Mackinaw a great manufacturing point -- Key to the Upper Lakes -- Commerce of lakes -- Growth of cities. 105

Lake Huron -- Eastern shore of Michigan -- Face of the country -- Picturesque view -- Rivers -- Grand -- Saginaw -- Cheboy-e-gun -- Natural scenery -- Fort Gratiot -- White Rock -- Saginaw Bay -- Thunder Bay -- Bois Blanc Island -- Drummond's Island -- British troops -- St. Helena Island -- Iroquois Woman's Point -- Point La Barbe -- Point aux Sable -- Point St. Vital -- Wreck of the Queen City -- St. Martin's Island -- Fox Point -- Moneto pa-maw -- Mille au Coquin -- Great fishing places -- Cross village -- Catholic convent. 127

Three epochs -- The romantic -- The military -- The agricultural and commercial -- An inviting region -- Jesuit and Protestant Missions -- First Protestant mission -- First missionary -- Islands of Mackinac and Green Bay -- La Pointe -- Saut St. Mary -- Presbyterians -- Baptists -- Methodists -- Revival at Fort Brady -- Ke-wee-naw -- Fon du Lac -- Shawnees -- Pottawatimies -- Eagle River -- Ontonagon -- Camp River -- Iroquois Point -- Saginaw Indians -- Melancholy reflections -- Number of Indians in the States and Territories. 143

Indian name of Michigan -- Islands -- Lanman's Summer in the Wilderness -- Plains -- Trees -- Rivers -- A traditionary land -- Beautiful description -- Official report in relation to the trade of the lakes -- Green Bay -- Grand Traverse Bay -- Beaver Islands -- L'Arbre Croche -- Boundaries of Lake Michigan -- Its connections -- Railroad from Fort Wayne to Mackinaw -- Recent report of -- Amount completed -- Land grants. 159

Mackinaw, the site for a great central city -- The Venice of the lakes -- Early importance as a central position -- Nicolet -- Compared geographically with other points -- Immense chain of coast -- Future prospects -- Temperature -- Testimony of the Jesuit fathers -- Healthfulness of the climate -- Dr. Drake on Mackinaw -- Resort for invalids -- Water currents of commerce -- Surface drained by them -- Soil of the northern and southern peninsulas of Michigan -- Physical resources -- Present proprietors of Mackinaw -- Plan of the city -- Streets -- Avenues -- Park -- Lots and blocks for churches and public purposes -- Institutions of learning and objects of benevolence -- Fortifications -- Docks and ferries -- Materials for building -- Harbors -- Natural beauty of the site for a city -- Mountain ranges -- Interior lakes -- Fish -- Game. 173

The entrepot of a vast commerce -- Surface drained -- Superiority of Mackinaw over Chicago as a commercial point -- Exports and imports -- Michigan the greatest lumber-growing region in the world -- Interminable forests of the choicest pine -- Facilities for market -- Annual product of the pineries -- Lumbering, mining, and fishing interests -- Independent of financial crises -- Mackinaw the centre of a great railroad system -- Lines terminating at this point -- North and South National Line -- Canada grants -- Growth of Northwestern cities -- Future growth and prosperity of Mackinaw -- Chicago -- Legislative provision for opening roads in Michigan -- The Forty Acre Homestead Bill -- Its provisions. 205

The Great Western Valley -- Its growth and population -- Comparison of Atlantic with interior cities -- Relative growth of river and lake cities -- Centre of population -- Lake tonnage -- Progress of the principal centres of population. 228

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