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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
CHAPTER IV.
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
CHAPTER V.
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
CHAPTER VI.
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
CHAPTER VII.
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
CHAPTER VIII.
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
CHAPTER IX.
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
CHAPTER X.
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