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KataKittekon, the Chippewa name of the Lac Vieux Desert at the head of the Wisconsin river, the midde of which is made a point in the boundary between Wisconsin and Michigan. It was visited in 1840 by Capt. Cram, who reports it as a beautiful lake, containing three islands, called North, Middle, and South islands; upon the South island there is an old deserted planting ground, hence its name "Lac Vieux Desert". The Lake of the Desert as it is sometimes called is an improper name, the country about it being not a desert, but one of great fertility. It occupies a high level above Lakes Superior and Michigan and abounds in small lakes, which constitute the heads of several large rivers. The Menomonee of Lake Michigan, the Ontonagon and 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 remarks in relation to this region is from the

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