. Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country . in a sheer precipice, one thousand feet from the water, and on its summitstands a rock like a monument, which on one side shows the profile of a man, and onthe other the distinct outline of an otters head. The Indians never passed this pointwithout stopping to make their offerings to its manitou. Still farther south is the broadbay of Michipicoten, or the Bay of Hills; and here is
. Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country . in a sheer precipice, one thousand feet from the water, and on its summitstands a rock like a monument, which on one side shows the profile of a man, and onthe other the distinct outline of an otters head. The Indians never passed this pointwithout stopping to make their offerings to its manitou. Still farther south is the broadbay of Michipicoten, or the Bay of Hills; and here is another post of the HudsonsBay Company. From here to the Sault, all along the shore, minerals of various kindshave been found; and, as the country is opened, it is probable that this half of thenorth coast of the lake will yield as many treasures as the United States side. Thereare a number of islands in the lake, many of them unnamed and unnoticed, but worthyof description on canvas, so full are they of wild beauty. Their time will yet the large islands are Michipicoten, Saint-Ignace, and rugged Pic (Pie);and farther west is Isle Royale, the largest in the lake, forty-five miles in length, and 52. LAKE SUPERIOR. 411 attached, by some legislative freak, to Houghton County, Michigan. If any thing canbe called old in the mining history of Lake Superior, this island deserves the name;and since, in the rapid progress of the New World, twenty-five years should be consid-ered as an equivalent for a century or two of the old, Royale may well be called anancient settlement; for, as far back as 1847, miners, geologists, capitalists, and vessels, wereall there; enthusiasm waxed high, fortunes shone in the air, and the whole lake-countryrang with the name and praises of the wonderful island. Royal, however, it did notprove, in spite of its name; and, one by one, the capitalists came back to civilizationwith empty purses, and all faith in Lake Superior gone forever. Copper exis
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