Sketches of a tour to the Lakes, of the character and customs of the Chippeway Indians, and of incidents connected with the treaty of Fond du Lac ... Also, a vocabulary of the Algic, or Chippeway language formed ... upon the basis of one ... by the Hon. A. Gallatin

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TOUR TO THE LAKES. SHir-J-GrA- BA-WO S § I M, SKETCHES OF A TOUR TO THE LAKES, OP THE CHARACTER AND CUSTOMS OF THE CHIPPEWAY INDIANS. AND OF INCIDENTS CONNECTED WITH THE TREATY OF FOND DU LAC. BY THOMAS L. McKENNEY, OF THE INDIAN DEPARTMENT, .ind joint Commissioner with his Excellency Gov. Cass, in negotiating the Treaty- ALSO, S Uotafmlarg OF THE ALGIC, OR CHIPPEWAY LANGUAGE, FORMED IN PART, AND AS FAR AS IT GOES, UPON THE BASIS OF ONE FURNISHED BV THE HON. ALBERT GALLATIN. "Thus fare the shiv'ring natives of the north, And thus the rangers of the western world." Coioper. ORNAMENTED WITH TWENTY-NINE ENGRAVINGS, OF LAKE SUPERIOR, AND OTHER SCENERY, INDIAN LIKENESSES, COSTUMES, &C. BALTIMORE: PUBLISHED BY FIELDING LUCAS, JUN'R 1827. DISTRICT OF MARYLAND, TO WIT: BE II REMEMBERED, That on this eighteenth day of April, in the fifty-first year of the Independence of the United States of America, Fielding Lucas, Jun'r, of the said District, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, ta wit: •'Sketches of a I our to the Lakes, of the Character and Customs ot the Chippeway Indians, and oi incidents connected with the Treaty of Fond Du Lac.

By Ihomas L. McKenney, of the Indian Department, and joint Commissioner with his Excellency Oov. Cass, in negotiating the Treaty. Also, a Vocabularj of the Algic, or Chippeway Language, formed in part, and as far as it goes, upon the basis of one furnished In the Hon. Albert Gal latin. 'Thus fare the sbiv'ring natives of the north. And thus the rangers of the.western world.'... Coivper, Ornamented with twenty-nine engravings, of Lake Superior, and other scenery, Indian Likenesses, Costumes, &.c." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned;1* and also to the Act, entitled -An Act supplementary t.» the Act, entitled an Act for the encouragement ol learning, by securing the copiesof Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical und other prints " PHILIP MOORE.

Clerk of the District of Mary land- J. D. TOY, PRINT. TO THE HONOURABLE JAMES BARBOUR, SECRETARY OF WAR. Dear Sir, The high opinion I entertain of your worth as a Citizen, and Patriot, and as a public functionary, would authorize an expression of it, upon all proper occasions — but when to this is superadded the obligation binder which I am laid, not only by the temporary absence which, in a season of indisposition, you so kindly granted me from the public duties of my office, but in joining me in a commission of importance, and with a distinguished Citizen, with whom it could not be otherwise than a pleasure to be associated, I feel anxious to testify this obligation by some acknowledgment of it, and in a manner the least exceptionable to yourself. Having been solicited to publish the gleanings of my Tour, and which I undertook to collect, and transmit, from time to time, in compliance with the request of a friend, I have yielded, chiefly for the sake of the opportunity which the occasion furnishes for a gratification of my feelings, by in scribing them to you.