Part 2 — INDEX
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Aborigines, warlike, of the early history of the Lakes, 163
Adams, Mayor, of Buffalo, 127
Aillon, Father Joseph de la Roche d’, mission formed by, 168
Algonquin, a tribe of Indians, 164
Alpena, the, of Lake Michigan, 102
American Fur Company, the, 220
American Shipbuilding Company, the, 15, 16
Argosy, the huge, of the Lakes, 26
Ariel, the battle-ship, 217
Assiniboines, the, of Minnesota, 176
Astor, John Jacob, 220
Atlanta, the loss of the, 102
Atlantic, loss of, with valuable cargo, 110
B
Bannockburn, the mystery of the, 103
Barre, Governor De la, of Canada, 177
Beauharnois, Governor, of Canada, 1727, 180
Beaver Island, 88
Belle Isle, a great pleasure ground, 85
B. F. Jones, the cargo of, 60
“Bread Basket of the World,” the future, 60
Brock, General, the death of, 84
Brule, Stephen, discovers Lake Superior, 166
Buffalo, shipyards at, 10
Burnett, Governor, of New York, 180
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Cabins on a freighter, 138
Calbick, James A., President of the Lumber Carriers’ Association, 51
Caledonia, the capture of, 198
Canada, the fertile regions of western, 63
Canadian Niagara Falls Company, the, 133
Canals, the, at Sault Ste. Marie, 27
Cargoes of the Great Lakes, 1
Caron, Joseph Le, discovers Lake Ontario, 166
“Carriers,” the, of the Great Lakes, 24
Cayuga Indians, the, 165
Cheapness of travel on the Lakes, 75
Chicago, shipyards at, 10
Chicora, the passenger steamer, 42
“City of the Five Great Lakes,” the, 48
City of St. Ignace, the, a passenger steamer, 74
Cleveland, shipyards at, 10
Cliff stamp mill, the, 32
Coal, immense amount consumed, 27
Cole, Thomas F., President of the Oliver Mining Company, 32
Collisions, danger of, 94
Commerce, the, on the Lakes, 11, 49
Construction of a Lake ship, 23
Cordurus, the freighter, 100
Coulby, Harry, President of the Pittsburg Steamship Company, 12
Cruise of a Lonely Heart, The, 93
Cuyler, Lieutenant, defeat of, 187
D
Dacotah, the loss of the, 104
Dakotas, the powerful tribe of the, 164
Daumont, Simon Francis, takes possession of the Lakes, 175
Davidson, James, mentioned, 40
Dean Richmond, the treasure ship, 108
Deluth, Daniel, a fort erected by, 1761, 176
Denonville, Marquis, 178
Detroit, shipyards at, 10;
great industry at, 15;
tonnage passing, 27;
the defence of, 188
Detroit Journal, the, 42
Detroit River, the, 27
Detroit Shipbuilding Company, the, 17
Detroit Tribune, the, 42
Development, the, of the region, 6
Devil’s Hole, the massacre at, 189
Dining-room on a freighter, 144
Dividends on an investment in a Lake freighter, 61
Douglas, G. L., 14
Duluth, the “highway” to, 3;
the great future of, 123
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Earle, Commodore, on Lake Ontario, 195
Earling, the loading of the, 43
Early history of the Lakes, 159 ff.
Electrical Development Company, the, 133
Elevators, the building of, 63
Elliott, Commander Jesse D., 197
Elwood, H. C., of the Chamber of Commerce in Buffalo, 116
English, settlements of the olden time on the Lakes, 177;
traders, 179
Erie Basin, the, 131
Erie Canal, transportation on, 7;
the widening of, 63;
the new era for, 132
Escarpments, the worn, of the Lakes, 162
Extent of the ore deposits, 36
F
Five Nations, the Indian tribes known as the, 165
Flagg, a cargo of copper on the, 66
Flour, amount carried on the Lakes, 50
Flying Dutchman, the, of the Lakes, 103
Food, the various kinds of, on a freighter, 153
Forests of Minnesota, the, 53
Fort Niagara, the remains of, 84
Foxes, the extermination of the, 165
Freight, amount of, on the Great Lakes, 25
Freighters, the largest fleet of, iii;
the luxuriance of the, 20
Fresh-water seas, iii
Frontenac, Fort, built, 1673, 170;
taken by English, 1758, 182
“Frozen Ship,” the mystery of the, 111
Fuel, the loading of, 65
Fur trade, the increase of the, 194
G
George W. Perkins, the record of the, 45
Georgian Bay, a trip past, 86
Gilcher, the loss of the, 102
Gilchrist, J. C., the head of the Gilchrist Transportation Company, 13
Glacial Age, the, in North America, 162
Gladwin, Major, defends Fort Detroit, 186
G. P. Griffin, the burning of the, 105
“Grain Age,” the beginning of the, 63
“Grand Army,” the, of the Lakes, 52
Great Lakes, the (see Inland Seas)
Griffin, the, 84;
the romantic loss of, 111;
the history of the, 171 ff.
“Groves” as pleasure resorts, 81
“Guests’ quarters,” the, on a freighter, 139
H
Harry Berwind, a private room on the, 139
Hatch-bag, playing of, 150
Hazard, Captain Oliver, 205
Hudson, the loss of the, 102
Hull, General, invades Canada, 195;
cowardice of, 196
Huron, Lake, a trip up, 3
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Ice Age, the waning of the, 162
“Ice devils,” the damage done by, 99
Indian canoes, fleets of, 165
Industrial supremacy, 5
Inland Seas, the, commercial life of, iv;
the leviathans of, 3;
the spirit of, 4;
normal condition, 7;
shipbuilding on, 11;
the wonders of, 12;
fortune-making on, 18;
cargoes on, 26;
commerce of, 48;
death of the lumber fleets of, 52;
cheap transportation on, 62;
transportation of copper on, 66;
passenger traffic on, 68;
summer life, 68 ff.;
Admiral Dewey visits, 73;
marine tragedies of, 77;
the spring rush on, 89;
dangers of navigation, 91;
danger of ice, 96;
mysteries of, 103;
struggle for supremacy of, 117;
greatest ship on the, 137;
early history of, 159 ff.;
missions established on, 169;
change of masters, 175;
England supreme, 183;
peace on, 193;
naval battle of Lake Erie, 206
“Inner life,” the, of a great freighter, 137
Iron, the prominence of, 28
Iron ore, the transportation of, 8
Ironsides, the steamer, 104
Iroquois, the, of Lake Ontario, 165
J
Jackson, Captain James, the heroism of, 95
Jesuits, the missions established by the, 169
K
Kent, the wreck of the, 109
King Strang, the Mormon, 88
L
Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company, the, 125
Lady Elgin, the sinking of the, 104
Lake Carriers’ Association, the, 46
Lakeside inns, life at the, 82
Laurentian River, the, 161
Lawrence, the attack on the, 207
Lexington, lost with a cargo of whisky, 110
Life of the Great Lakes, iii
Little Venice, mentioned, 85
Livingston, William, President of the Lake Carriers’ Association, 40, 46
Lorain, shipyards at, 10
Loyalty, the, of the Indians, 183
Lumber Carriers’ Association, the, 50
Lumber industry, the extinction of, 52
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Mackinaw Island, 78
Maid of the Mist, the, 83
Manitou Island, a wreck near, 110
Manitowoc, shipyards at, 10
Mapleson Opera Company, the, 42
Mason, F. Howard, 126
Mataafa, the steel ship, 105
Matchedash Bay, 166
McKenzie, Captain, peculiar situation of, 100
Mesaba, the, as a wilderness, 34
Mesaba range, the richness of the, 40
Mess-room, the, on a freighter, 154
Mexican mahogany woodwork, 73
Miami Indians, the, 197
Michilimackinac, the fort at, 176;
the destruction of the garrison at, 185
Mines, the working of, 37
Mitchell, Captain John, 14
Mohawks, the, 165
Montreal, the fall of, 1760, 183
N
Nashua, the disappearance of, 102
Neuters, a tribe of Indians, 165
New York Steel Company, the, 125
Niagara Falls, money expended above, 9
Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Company, 133
Niagara Falls Power Company, the, 133
Nicolet, Jean, 167
North Tonawanda, the growth of, 130
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“Observation room,” the, of a freighter, 142
Ohio River, the country north of, 8
Ojibwas, the, 164
Oliver Mining Company, the, 32
Oneida Indians, the, 165
Onondaga Indians, the, 165
Ontario, the battle-ship, 192
Ontario Power Company, the, 134
Ore beds, the, of Minnesota, 4
Ore docks, the, at Duluth, 43
Origin, the, of the Great Lakes, 161 ff.
Ostrich, the resting place of the, 110
Oswego, a trading-post at, 180
Ottawas, the tribe of the, 164
Owners, the ship, 1
P
Palatinate, the War of the, 179
Passenger steamers, the, 69
Passenger traffic, the, 68 ff.
Pay-rolls, the, of Buffalo, 126
Perry, Commodore, the victory of, 211
Pessano, Antonio C., 15
Pewabic, the, in Thunder Bay, 106;
the finding of, 109
Phœnix mine, an accident in the, 32
Pike, Brigadier-General, 201
Pilot-house, the, on a Lake steamer, 149
Pine wood, the total amount from Michigan, 57
“Pittsburg of the North,” the, 124. (See Duluth)
Pittsburg Steamship Company, the, 12
“Plate department,” the, of a shipyard, 22
Point Pelee, the battle of, 187
Pontiac, the Indian chief, 85
Port Arthur, the shipping of, 62
Porter, Moses, 193
Pottawatomies, a tribe of Indians, 164
Purre, Don Eugenio, departure of, 192
Put-in-Bay, historical events at, 84;
the great naval battle of, 210
Q
Queen Anne’s War, 180
Queen of the West, the loss of the, 99 ff.
Queenston, the attack on, 198
Queenston Heights, the battle of, 84
R
Richardson, W. C., 40
Riveting machines, the, 24
Roberts, Captain, at St. Joseph, 195
Rocky River, the change of position of, 191
Romans of the Wilderness, the, 180
Roosevelt, President Theodore, account by, 206
Ruggles’ Grove, overlooking the Lake, 79
S
Sacketts Harbour, operations at, 213
Sacs, a tribe of Indians, 165
Sailors on the Lakes, 1
Sandusky, Port, the capture of, 184
Sault Ste. Marie canals, the, 27
Savages, the first, near the Lakes, 164
Schantz, A. A., General Manager, 72
Scorpion, the battle-ship, 218
Sellwood, Captain Joseph, 29
Seneca Indians, the, 165
Seven Years’ War, the beginning of the, 181
Shattuck’s Grove, an inexpensive resort, 79
Sheadle, J. H., 14
Ship-builders, the, of the Lakes, vi
Ships, the, of the Great Lakes, 1
Shuffle-board, the playing of, 150
Signals in code used on the Lakes, 156
Silver-ware on a freighter, 144
Sinclair, Captain, on Lake Huron, 217
Sioux Indians, the, 165
Snyder, W. P., 30
Social equality on the Lakes, the, 70
“Soo,” records of tonnage at the, 27
St. Clair, Lake, a summer at, 83
Steam shovels, the work of, 38
Steel Corporation, the, 122
St. Mary’s River, the, 87
“Stripping,” the work of, 39
Suez Canal, the, in 1908, 6
Summer life on the Lakes, the, 68 ff.
Superior, the steamer, 98
Superior, Lake, commerce on, 10
Supremacy, the struggle for, 114
T
Taxes in Michigan, the lapse of, 58
Te Deum Laudamus, the singing of, 171
Thames, the battle of the, 85
Thomas F. Cole, the steamer, 19
“Thousand-mile highway,” the, 3, 13
Toledo, shipyards at, 10
Toledo Shipbuilding Company, the, 18
Tomlinson, G. Ashley, 14;
an opinion of, 36
Tonawandas, the twin, 46
Tower, Charlemagne, Ambassador to Germany, 1884, 34
Tragedies, the, of the Lakes, 95
“Twin Cities,” the, 54
“Two Lost Tows,” the, 102
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United States, the emigrant ship, 220
Upper Peninsula, the, 87
Utes, the, of White River, 41
Utrecht, the Treaty of, 1713, 180
V
Van Rensselaer, Colonel, 199
Vermilion ranges, the, 29
Vessels of the Lakes, the construction of, 10 ff.
W
Walk-in-the-Water, the first steamboat of the upper Lakes, 219
Wallace, James C., of Cleveland, 16
War of 1812, the, 194 ff.
W. B. Kerr, capacity of the, 61
West Superior, shipyards at, 10
Western Reserve, the, 98
Westinghouse, George, an opinion by, 133
Westmoreland, loss of the, 110
W. F. Sauber, the, 96;
the sinking of, 97
Whisky, a valuable cargo, 110
White River Utes, the, 41
Wickwire Steel Company, the, 125
William H. Stevens, the treasure ship, 108
Wolvin, A. B., 40
Y
Yale, the steamer, 96
Yellow pine of Louisiana, the, 58
Yeo, Sir James Lucas, 203
Young Sion, the disappearance of the, 109