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Prairie du Chien, a P.O. town on the Mississippi river four or five miles above the mouth of the Wisconsin, one of the early French settlements; so called from an Indian who formerly resided there called "The Dog". It is on a beautiful plain or prairie about six miles in length and two miles wide, bordered on the one side by the Mississippi, and on the other by high rocky bluffs with scattered trees. Fort Crawford is located here, near the south part of the "New Town" or "St. Friole", as it is some times called to distinguish it from the more ancient or "old town" of Prairie du Chien, which lies a mile and a half above, and is separated from it by an arm of the Mississippi called the "Grand Maras de St. Friole". Below the Fort the "City of Prairie du Chien" has been laid out, but the city is as yet much smaller than the town. According to Maj. Long Fort Crawford is Latitude 43.3'.31" north and Longitude 90.52'8" west from Greenwich. It is one of the most
about 549 m. above St. Louis.