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

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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

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CHAPTER IV.

THE EMPIRE OF THE NORTHWEST.

Winnipeggers.—Ride over the Prairie.—Dakota City.—Georgetown.—Hudson Bay Company Teams.—Parting with our Friends.—The 43d Parallel.—Dakota.—Wyoming.—Montana.—Idaho.—Oregon.—Washington.—British Columbia.—Distances.—Fisheries of the Pacific.—Mr. Seward's Speech

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CHAPTER V.

THE FRONTIER.

Bottineau.—The Leaf Hills.—A Ride over the Plain.—The Park Region.—Settlers.—How they kept the Fourth of July.—Chippewa Indians.—Rush Lake.—A Serenade on the Prairie.—German Pioneers.—Otter-Tail Lake

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CHAPTER VI.

ROUND THE CAMP-FIRE.

Noon Lunch.—Toasting Pork.—A Montana Dutchman.—Emigrant Trains.—Camping at Night—Wheat of Minnesota.—The State in 1849.—A Word to Young Men.—Boys once more.—Our Last Camp-Fire

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CHAPTER VII.

IN THE FOREST.

Down-Easters.—The Eden of Lumbermen.—Country East of the Mississippi.—The Climate of the Forest Region.—White Bear Lake.—Travellers from Duluth.—A Maine Farmer in Minnesota.—Chengwatona.—Pitching of the Mud-Wagon.— Grindstone.—Kettle River.—Superior

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CHAPTER VIII.

DULUTH.

Duluth.—Minnesota Point.—The Projected Breakwater.—Comparison with the Suez Canal.—The Town.—Period of Navigation.—The Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad.— Transportation.—Elevators.—St. Louis River.—Minnesota Slate Quarry.—An Indian Chief and his Followers.—Railroad Lands.—Manufacturing Industry.—Terms of the Railroad Company

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CHAPTER IX.

THE MINING REGION.

The Apostle Islands.—Bayfield.—The Harbor.—Breakfast with Captain Vaughn.—Ashland.—Big Trout.—Ontonagon.—Approach to Marquette.—The Harbor.—The Town.—Discovery of Iron Ore.—Mining Companies.—Varieties of Ore.—The Miners.—The Coming Years

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CHAPTER X.

A FAMILIAR TALK.

A Talk about the Northwest.—Mr. Blotter.—He wants a Farm.—Government Lands.—Homestead Law of Minnesota.—Exemption Laws.—The St. Paul and Pacific Railroad.—Liberal Terms of Payment.—Stock-Raising.—Robbing Mother Earth.—Native Grasses.—Fruit.—Small Grains.—Productions of the State, 1869.—Schools.—When to Emigrate.—Prospective Development.—The Tide of Emigration

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CHAPTER XI.

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.

How Communities grow.—Humboldt.—What I saw in 1846.—The Pacific Coast.—River-Systems.—Lewis and Clark.—Jeff Davis.—Charter of the Company.—The Projectors.—The Line.—From Lake Superior to the Mississippi.—To the Rocky Mountains.—Deer Lodge Pass.—The Western Slope.—Mr. Roberts's Report.—Snow Blockades.—Elevations.—Power of Locomotives.—Bureau of Emigration.—Portable Houses.—Help to Emigrants.—The Future

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