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Brown County
209

Many of the Small Lakes of Brown County have not yet been noticed and received names by which they may be designated in this work. The [that] only one which any thing is definitely known is

Lake Katakiffekon or "Lac Vieux Desert" at the head of the Wisconsin river (and not of the Montreal as was supposed) which it is [supposed] probable may fall within the county of Brown. The Middle of this lake was made a point in the boundary of the Territory and hence it becomes important to ascertain its exact situation. It was visited in 1840 by Capt. Cram, who reports it [to be] as a beautiful lake, containing three islands called North, Middle, and South Islands; upon the south island there was an old deserted planting ground of the Indians-hence its name-with the French, Lac Vieux Desert. Lake of the Desert as this is sometimes translated is an improper name [in] the country about it being not a desert but one of great fertility. It occupies a high level

Brown County
209

Many of the Small Lakes of Brown County have not yet been noticed and received names by which they may be designated in this work. The [that] only one which any thing is definitely known is

Lake Katakiffekon or "Lac Vieux Desert" at the head of the Wisconsin river (and not of the Montreal as was supposed) which it is [supposed] probable may fall within the county of Brown. The Middle of this lake was made a point in the boundary of the Territory and hence it becomes important to ascertain its exact situation. It was visited in 1840 by Capt. Cram, who reports it [to be] as a beautiful lake, containing three islands called North, Middle, and South Islands; upon the south island there was an old deserted planting ground of the Indians-hence its name-with the French, Lac Vieux Desert. Lake of the Desert as this is sometimes translated is an improper name [in] the country about it being not a desert but one of great fertility. It occupies a high level