Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847,
By D. APPLETON & COMPANY,
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York.

TO
JAMES F. MELINE, ESQ.,
OF
CINCINNATI, OHIO,
THIS VOLUME
IS,
WITH FEELINGS OF THE HIGHEST RESPECT,
AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED,
BY HIS FRIEND,THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

PAGE

Saint Louis—a Western Artist—Twilight in a Cathedral, 13

CHAPTER II.

The Lower Mississippi—Entrance to the Upper Mississippi—The Lower Rapids—Scenery—Rock Island, 20

CHAPTER III.

Starved Rock on the Illinois—Legend of the Illinois Indians, 26

CHAPTER IV.

Nauvoo—Temple of Nauvoo—A Mormon, and his story—Superb Panorama, 30

CHAPTER V.

The Upper Rapids—Scenery—Prairie Du Chien—Battle of Bad Axe—The Winnebagoe Indians—Winneshic, Chief of the Winnebagoes—A Visit to his Wigwam, 34

CHAPTER VI.

The Lead Region—Anecdote of a noted Western Character, 41

CHAPTER VII.

The Alpine Region of the Mississippi—Lake Pepin—Wabashaw, Chief of the Sioux—An Old Woman, and her story—Legend of Winona, 45

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CHAPTER VIII.

Red-Wing Village—Lake Saint Croix—Little Crow, a Sioux Chief—Scenery, 51

CHAPTER IX.

Mouth of the Saint Peter’s—Dog Feast—Playing Ball—The Sioux Indians—The Soldier Artist—A Naturalist—Carver’s Cave—Beautiful Waterfall—Falls of St. Anthony—Legend connected with them, 56

CHAPTER X.

A Ride on Horseback—Grouse Shooting—A Wilderness Supper—A Race with a Pack of Wolves, 64

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