“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 I 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 M 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