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Title: Narrative of an expedition to the source of St. Peter's river, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &c., performed in the year 1823, ... under the command of Stephen H. Long
Year: 1824 (1820s)
Authors: Keating, William Hypolitus, 1799-1840 Long, Stephen Harriman, 1784-1864 Schweinitz, Lewis David von, 1780-1834
Subjects: Plants
Publisher: Philadelphia, H. C. Carey & I. Lea
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden

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nstructive views of veins ofthe latter rock shooting through the gneiss; they werejudged to be, for the most part, of contemporaneous for-mation. The river, as we proceeded, lost altogether the usual cha-racters of a stream; it appeared to be a series of lakes offrom one hundred yards to three or four miles in diameter,which were united by rapids. These lakes were encom-passed by an iron-bound coast, which the current had in-dented into bays. A difference of level of several feet, se-parated these lakes, and gave rise to the rapids; in one casewhere the portage did not exceed fifteen yards in length,there was a fall of six feet. In these small lakes nume-rous islands are seen, all resting upon a rocky foundation.On the 23d, after proceeding eight miles, we arrived atthe falls, called by the Chippewas Awakane Pawetik,which has been translated Slave Fall. It is related thata slave of the Chippewas, having escaped from his master,was travelling down the river with all possible speed in a
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SOURCE OF ST. PETER^S RIVER. 99 canoe, and that being very closely pursued, he, either ac-cidentally or intentionally, it is not known which, sufferedhis canoe to approach so close to the fall, that it was car-ried down by the torrent, and never afterwards seen. Theriver at this place is about eighty yards wide, and the fall,in the course of one hundred yards, is computed at twentyfeet. At the upper part of it there is a fine cascade, belowwhich the rapids continue for a short distance, presentinga beautiful landscape. This was sketched by Mr. Seymour,and is represented in plate 9. Notwithstanding the realbeauty of this spot, we experienced some disappointment.It had been represented to us as the finest on the river,and finding it inferior in wildness and effect to that ofthe moving waters, the pleasure which it would other-wise have afforded was checked. The navigation of this stream is frequently attended withfatal accidents, and the number of wooden crosses whichwe observed at some

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