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432 St. Croix Co. [Crawford?]

the least wind. About half way up the lake is the Maiden's Rock, a bluff four hundred and fifty feet high much celebrated in Indian story. [The] Mount Trempealeau also adorns this interesting portion of the river. At Prairie du Chien the river has attained a width of half a mile which continues to increase as we pass towards the ocean. The valley is usually from one and a half to two miles in width, and bounded on both sides [by] with bluffs several hundred feet high. Above Lake Pepin the bluffs are less steep, and attain a less elevation than below, where they are usually estimated at from four hundred to five hundred feet high.

The distances along the Mississippi are estimated as follows:

[Table of Distances-OMIT].