Chapter I: Front Matter

No. 666.

THE FALLS OF MINNEHAHA.]

WHAT NORMAN SAW IN THE WEST.

by the Author of “Four Days in July,” and “A Winter at Woodlawn.”

“Much is my life enriched by the images of the great Niagara, of the
vast lakes, and of the heavenly sweetness of the prairie
scenes.”—MARGARET FULLER.

Eight Illustrations.

New York: Published by Carlton & Porter, Sunday-School Union, 200 Mulberry-Street.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, by Carlton & Porter, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York.

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. ON THE RAILWAY 9

II. TWO DAYS AT NIAGARA 17

III. CHILDREN MADE HAPPY 27

IV. THE QUEEN CITY OF THE LAKE 40

V. ON THE ROCK RIVER 54

VI. INDIAN STORIES 65

VII. SECOND DAY UPON THE MISSISSIPPI 87

VIII. OWAH-MENAH; OR THE FALLING WATER 100

IX. DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI 115

X. FOURTH DAY UPON THE MISSISSIPPI 124

XI. A SUNDAY IN DUBUQUE 134

XII. DOWN THE RIVER 138

XIII. THE PICNIC 151

XIV. THE CAMP-MEETING 158

XV. A SABBATH-DAY 168

XVI. ON THE RAIL 178

XVII. THE PRAIRIES 190

XVIII. CHICAGO, AND THE RIDE THITHER 202

XIX. ON THE LAKES 208

XX. MACKINAW AND LAKE HURON 218

XXI. COLLINGWOOD 240

XXII. A SUNDAY IN TORONTO 247

XXIII. ONCE MORE AT NIAGARA 255

XXIV. HOME AGAIN 263

Illustrations.

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FALLS OF MINNEHAHA 2

NEW YORK CITY 12

PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 73

INDIANS KILLING A WHITE FAMILY 79

MAIDEN’S ROCK 93

FALLS OF ST. ANTHONY 103

WESTERN SETTLER’S FIRST HOME 175

COMMON GULL 237

WHAT NORMAN SAW

IN

THE WEST.