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of several fine lakes. Among them are Lac Che Tac; which is about six miles in length, contains several islands, and discharges its waters through the L'eau Clare into the Chippewa fifty miles above the mouth; [of the mouth of the Chippewa]; Lac Couetorielle which has an outlet of the same name; Lac de Flambeau which is the largest in this region; Tomahawk Lake through which the Chippewa passes; and Trout Lake, a small lake near its source. The Red Cedar Fork is the main branch of this river entering from the west about 36 miles above the mouth. About sixty miles below Rice Lake on this river, according to Schoolcraft, commences a series of rapids over horizontal layers of sandstone rocks, which extend with short intervals down the river [with short] twenty four miles. The remainder of the distance (about fifty miles) to the junction is characterized by deep water with a strong current; and at the junction [there] the ground is commanding and elevated, affording a view of a noble expanse of waters. The Eau Gallais is another branch of the Chippewa entering from the west 18 miles above the mouth on which mills have been built.

Kickapoo river is a branch of the Wisconsin which runs for some distance nearly parallel with the Mississippi and enters the Wisconsin in range four west. Some of