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OLD MACKINAW;
OR,
THE FORTRESS OF THE LAKES
AND
ITS SURROUNDINGS.
BY
W. P. STRICKLAND.
Philadelphia: James Challen & Son,
New York: CARLTON & PORTER. — Cincinnati: POE & HITCHCOCK.
Chicago: W. H. DOUGHTY. — Detroit: PUTNAM, SMITH & CO.
Nashville: J. B. McFERRIN.
1860.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year, 1860, by
JAMES CHALLEN & SON,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, inand for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA:
STEREOTYPED BY S. A. GEORGE,
607 SANSOM STREET.
(p. 003) PREFACE.
In the preparation of this volume a large number of works have beenconsulted, among which the author desires to acknowledge hisindebtedness to the following: "The Travels of Baron La Hontan,"published in English and French, 1705; "Relations des Jesuits," inthree vols., octavo; "Marquette's Journal;" Schoolcraft's works, inthree volumes; "Shea's Catholic Missions and Discovery of theMississippi" "American Annals;" "Lanman's History of Michigan;""Parkman's Siege of Pontiac;" "Annals of the West;" "Foster andWhitney's Geological Report;" "Ferris' Great West;" "Disturnell's Tripto the Lakes;" "Lanman's Summer in the Wilderness;" "Pietzell's Lightsand Shades of Missionary Life;" (p. 004) "Life of Rev. John Clark;""Lectures before the Historical Society of Michigan;" "Mansfield'sMackinaw City;" "Andrews' Report of Lake Trade;" "Heriot's Canada;""Presbyterian Missions," &c., &c. He desires particularly to mentionthe works of Schoolcraft, which have thrown more light on Indianhistory than the productions of any other author. He also desires toacknowledge his indebtedness to Wm. M. Johnson, Esq., of MackinacIsland, for his valuable contributions to the history of thatinteresting locality. The statistics in relation to that portion ofthe country embraced in the work are taken from the most recentsources, and are believed to be perfectly reliable.
We are indebted to J. W. Bradley, of Philadelphia, the publisher of"The North American Indians," for the beautiful frontispiece in thiswork. Mr. Catlin, the author, visited every noted tribe, and, byresiding among them, was initiated into many of their secret andhidden mysteries. It is a valuable work.