[Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft]@TWC D-Link bookPersonal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers
CHAPTER XII
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CHAPTER XII.
A pic-nic party at the foot of Lake Superior--Canoe--Scenery--Descent of St.Mary's Falls--Etymology of the Indian names of Sault Ste.
Marie, and Lake Superior--The wild rice plant--Indian trade--American Fur Company--Distribution of presents--Death of Sassaba--Epitaph--Indian capacity to count--Oral literature--Research--Self-reliance.
1822.
_August 20th_.
I Went with a pic-nic to Gross Cape, a romantic promontory at the foot of Lake Superior.
This elevation stands on the north shore of the straits, and consequently in Canada.
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