This must mean seven days’ journey either from Mackinac or Green Bay, for Prairie du Chien is situated at the confluence of the Wisconsin with the Mississippi. On the early settlement of Prairie du Chien, which was named for a chief of the Fox tribe called “Chien,” see _Wisconsin Historical Collections_, ix, pp. 282–302.—ED. Footnote 99: Lake Temiscaming lies near the source of the Ottawa River, on the boundary between Quebec and Ontario. The savages near here were wandering tribes of rude Algonkins, who traded indifferently with Canada or Hudson Bay.—ED. Footnote 100: Tadoussac, at the entrance of the Saguenay River, is one of the oldest trading stations on the St. Lawrence, having been founded before Quebec. It was the site of an early Jesuit mission begun before 1642. A church built for the mission (1747–50), is still standing.—ED. Footnote 101: The mission colony of the Hurons at Lorette was established by the Jesuits on their seigniory in 1673. There is still a settlement of these Indians near this place.—ED. Footnote 102: For biographical sketch of Robert Rogers, see vol. i, Croghan’s _Journals_, note 61. Long here refers to his work, _Concise Account of North America_ (London, 1765).—ED. Footnote 103: Henry Home, Lord Kames, a famous Scotch jurist, published _Sketches of History of Man_ (Edinburgh, 1774).—ED. Footnote 104: The Montagnais Indians—so called from their habitat, the mountainous country north and east of Quebec—were an Algonquian tribe, much in contact with the French colonists. They still roam through their ancient territory, hunting and fishing, and acting as guides to scientific and sporting parties. They have a reservation on Lake St. John.—ED. Footnote 105: Chicoutimi, at the head of navigation of Saguenay River, was early settled, a mission church being built there in 1726. It has but recently become a place of importance, being not only the chief trading station for the entire Saguenay region, where settlement has commenced to be permanent, but the seat of large salmon fisheries and of extensive wood-pulp mills; small ocean vessels are now laden with pulp at Chicoutimi docks, carrying the product to English, French, and American ports.—ED. Footnote 106: After leaving Lake St. John, Long followed its sources westward, and portaged over the Height of Land into the present Northeast Territory—a region now nearly as unknown and unexplored as it was then. Modern maps are not helpful regarding Long’s route.—ED. Footnote 107: The true rattlesnake (_crotatus horridus_) is not found in Canada. The one here alluded to is the _caudisona tergemina_. The age is not indicated by the number of the rattles. The black water snake was probably the _tropidonatus sipedon_, which feeds on fish, and is an expert swimmer, although not a true water snake. The “turkey snake” cannot be identified.—ED. Footnote 108: