. Mackinac Island. The wave-washed tourists' paradise of the unsalted seas . American Indians,and The Legend ofHiawatha, which Americas lamented poet-laureate, Long-fellow, who visited Schoolcraft here, afterward expanded into amost nonsensical alleged poem, that is always suggestive of atwo-tailed dog with an empty oyster-can to each. Three flagshave waved over this Island domain. France virtually held it,in conjunction part of the time with her Huron allies, from 1610to 1761, when it was surrendered to Great Britain. It wasyielded to the United States in 1796; retaken by the British in1812;

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. Mackinac Island. The wave-washed tourists' paradise of the unsalted seas . American Indians,and The Legend ofHiawatha, which Americas lamented poet-laureate, Long-fellow, who visited Schoolcraft here, afterward expanded into amost nonsensical alleged poem, that is always suggestive of atwo-tailed dog with an empty oyster-can to each. Three flagshave waved over this Island domain. France virtually held it,in conjunction part of the time with her Huron allies, from 1610to 1761, when it was surrendered to Great Britain. It wasyielded to the United States in 1796; retaken by the British in1812; and again relinquished to the government of YankeeDoodle, under the treaty of Ghent, which was signed in Novem- MACKINAC ISLAND. ber, 1814, though possession was not given until the spring of 1815. The whole region abounds inhistoric, legendary and poetic memories and associations, an elaborate compilation of which has recentlybeen made by Lieutenant D. H. Kelton, of the United States Army, in a charming little volume entitledAnnals of Fort Mackinac; an invaluable book of

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