CHAPTER I.
FROM CHICAGO TO MINNEAPOLIS.
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| Cutting loose from Care.—Map of the Northwest.—Leaving Chicago.—Fourth of July.—At La Crosse.—Dance on a Steamboat.—Up the Mississippi.—The Boundaries of Minnesota.—Winona.—St. Paul.—Minneapolis.—The Father of Waters in Harness | [1] |
CHAPTER II.
ST. CLOUD AND BEYOND.
| St. Cloud.—Our Party.—First Night in Camp.—A Midnight Thunder-Storm.—Sunday in Camp.—Up the Sauk Valley.—White Bear Lake.—Catching a Turtle.—Lightning Lake.—Second Sabbath in Camp.—The River Systems of the Northwest—Elevations across the Continent.—The Future | [25] |
CHAPTER III.
THE RED RIVER COUNTRY.
| Down the Valley of the Red River.—Breckenridge.—Fort Abercrombie.—Climate.—Winters at Winnipeg.—Burlington.—The Emigrant.—Father Genin.—Mackenzie.—Harman.—Sir John Richardson.—Captain Palliser.—Father De Smet.—Winters | [51] |