Chapter I: Front Matter

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

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

CHAPTER XI.
Crow-Wing—Famous Battle fought here—Legend of the White
Panther—Hole-in-the-Day, Chief of the Chippeway
Indians—The Scalpless Indian—Indian Swimmers—Begging
Dance—Torchlight Fishing, 68

CHAPTER XII.
The Indian Trader—The Fur Trade, 75

CHAPTER XIII.
Spirit Lake—Legends of the Mysterious Spirit—Story of
White-Fisher—Story of Elder-Brother—Outside Feather—Legend
of the Mole, 80

CHAPTER XIV.
The Mississippi—Lake Winnepeg—Bear Hunt—Bear Feast—A Dream, and
its Fulfillment—Manner of Treating the Dead—A Wilderness
Grave-Yard, 85

CHAPTER XV.
Red Cedar Lake—The Chippeway Indians—Their Country—Their Idea of
Creation—Their Religion—Their Heaven and Hell—Their Manner
of Winning the Title of Brave—Their Manner of Life—Their
Idea of Marriage, and Mode of Courtship—Their Hospitality, 91

CHAPTER XVI.
Elk Lake and Surrounding Region—Legend of the Mammoth Elk—Four
Wilderness Pictures, 98

CHAPTER XVII.
Leech Lake—The Pillagers—The Medicine Dance—The Medicine
Society—Virgin Dance—Red River Trappers—Legend of the Two
Women—Legend of Pelican Island—Legend of a Battle between
the Gods of the White and Red Men—Original Indian
Corn—Game of this Region, 104

CHAPTER XVIII.
Fish of the Mississippi—A Catfish Adventure—Spearing Muskalounge—A
Trouting Adventure, 110

CHAPTER XIX.
Sandy Lake—A queer way of making a Portage, 117

CHAPTER XX.
The Saint Louis River—The Chippeway Falls—Fon du Lac—Scenery of
the Lower Saint Louis, and Passage to Lake Superior, 121

CHAPTER XXI.
General Description of Lake Superior, 128

CHAPTER XXII.
American Shore of Lake Superior—Picturesque Cliffs—Isle
Royal—Apostle Islands—La Point—Indian Payment—Streams
Emptying into the Lake, 132

CHAPTER XXIII.
Canadian Shore of Lake Superior—Thunder Cape—Cariboo Point—The
Island Wonder, with its Watch-Tower and Beautiful
Lake—Menaboujou—His Death and Monument, 136

CHAPTER XXIV.
The Voyager—My Voyaging Companions—Our Mode of Travelling, with
its Pleasures and Miseries—Making Portages—Passing
Rapids—Narrow Escape—The Voyager’s Cheerfulness—Canadian
Songs—Voyaging on Superior—A Midnight Prospect, 141

CHAPTER XXV.
The Copper Region—Rich Discoveries—Copper Companies—Point
Keweenaw—Its Towns and People—Upstart Geologists—A
Conglomerate Paragraph, 152

CHAPTER XXVI.
Sault Saint Marie—Fish of Lake Superior—The Lake Trout—The Common
Trout—The White Fish—A Run down the Sault, 157

CHAPTER XXVII.
Mackinaw—Arched Rock—Robinson’s Folly—The Cave of Skulls—The
Needle—An Idler’s Confession—Mackinaw in the Summer and in
the Winter—Its Destiny, 162

CHAPTER XXVIII.
Recollections of Michigan, 167

SUMMER IN THE WILDERNESS.