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Atwater, Caleb. Remarks Made on a Tour to Prairie Du Chien; Thence to Washington City, in 1829 . Columbus, OH: Isaac N. Whiting, 1831. [format: book], [genre: history; narrative; travelogue]. Permission: Illinois State University
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Title Page.

Copyright Page.

Preface.

Remarks made on a Tour to Prairie du Chien. Introduction. Maysville. Cincinnati. Louisville. The Ohio River. The Mississippi River and Valley. The Union. St. Louis, Missouri The Mississippi. Galena. Indian Treaties. Indian Chiefs. Origin, Languages, Customs and Government of the North American Indians. Manners and Customs of the Indians. Polygamy. Character and Influence of Women. Bucktail Bachelor. Gambling. Indian Eloquence. Indian Poetry. The Life of a Civilized Man and a Savage Compared Together. Miscellanous Remarks. Civilization of the Indians. Dacota Indians. Rudiments of the Grammar of the Sioux Language. Etymology. A Vocabulary of the Sioux Langugage. Mode of counting used by the Sioux. Names of the Months. Old Maid of the Wisconsin.

Tour to Washington City. Introduction. Wisconsin River. Dodgeville. Gratiot's Grove. Mineral Region. Copper Ore. Vincennes. Kentucky. Miami Country. Prairies in Ohio. Climate. Atmospheric Phenomenon. Reliquiae Diluvianae. Primitive Rocks in Ohio. Cumberland Road and Alleghany Mountains. Visit to Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Water Works. Academy of Fine Arts. General Character of the People of Philadelphia. Senate of the United States. Dialogue in Gadsby's Common Room. John C. Calhoun. Edward Livingston.

Notes.