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Lake Katakittekon

above Lake Superior and Michigan and abounds in small lakes, which constitute the heads of several large rivers. The Menomonee of Lake Michigan, the Outonaga, and [of] Montreal of Lake Superior, and the Wisconsin and Chippewa of the Mississippi all take their rise on the summit in the Katakittekon country. The following extract from Capt. Gramm's report relative to this interesting country is the only information we have in relation to it. "The water of these small reservoirs & of the streams generally is cold and limpid; some of the lakes were observed to contain the speckled trout- such as are generally met with in high latitudes in the United States. The scenery of these Lakes is beautiful, and the land adjacent to them is better than is generally [known] believed by those who have not had an opportunity of personal examination. The country is not mountainous, but may be denominated "rolling". The growth of timber is tolerably heavy, consisting of white and yellow pine on the borders of

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