Chapter IX: Page

AMONG THE WONDERS OF THE BLACK HILLS.—Beautiful Dells of the
St. Croix—Scenes of the last Indian uprising—The scenery
about Deadwood—Tumultuous wonders of Custer Park—Marvels
of Elk Creek Cañon—Harney’s Peak and Wedge Rock—Horseshoe
Curve—Keith’s Crystal Cave—A trip to the Belle Fourche—
Astounding wonder of the Devil’s Tower—A basaltic column
higher than the Eiffel Tower—Speculations concerning its
formation—Crow Butte and Signal Rock—A story of Indian
heroism—St. Anthony’s Falls—Charming beauty of Minnehaha—
Dells of the St. Croix—The Devil’s Fishing Place—Customs
of the Wisconsin Indians—Making a Medicine Man—Witchery of
the Wisconsin Dells—Cleavages of extraordinary curiosity—
Funeral ceremonies of the Ojibways—Wonders of Devil’s Lake
and Camp Douglas—Through the Straits of Mackinaw—
Picturesqueness of Superior’s Shores—Pictured palisades
and frozen waterfalls—Scenery along the north shore—A trip
down the Mississippi, 289-344

CHAPTER X.

SCENIC MARVELS OF THE GREAT NORTHEAST.—Mountain scenes in
the vicinity of Eureka Springs—Legend of the Starved Rock
in Illinois—Sublime glories and immensity of Niagara
Falls—Utilization of the waters—Some interesting
scientific facts—The Mohawk Valley and Leather Stocking
Stories—Magnificence of Watkin’s and Havana Glens—The
poetry of idyllic retreats—Down through the Thousand
Islands—Chateaugay Chasm—Cañons of the Ausable and
bewildering glories of the Adirondacks—Hunting grounds of
the great North wilderness—Scenes of incomparable
grandeur—Story of our tramp through the Catskills—A trip
down the Hudson—Places famous in American history—West
Point and its noted surroundings, 345-382