Canals, Welland, 5, 283; Hennepin, 6; Rock River, 224; Pennsylvania and Erie, 272, 284; Ohio and Erie, 273, 283, 284; Wabash and Erie, 276, 284; Miami, 284; Erie, _see under_ Erie; “Soo,” _see under_ Sault Ste. Marie. Cass, Lewis, in War of 1812, 170; governor of Michigan territory, 191–200; early life, 192; management of the territory, 193–196; dealings with Indians, 196–200; at Duluth, 200, 224, 225. Champlain, Samuel de, on Lake Huron, 10, 14; early career, 12, 13; among the Hurons, 14–23; his writings, 23, 24. Chicago, military post, 166; massacre at, 172–177; under Governor Cass, 193, 198, 200; town begun, 222, 223; in 1840, 266, 275–279; Lincoln and Douglas in, 299–316; in Civil War, 318–322, 327–329; first steamboat to, 361; grain elevators, 369, 370; the modern city, 379–383; _see also_ Chicago River, _and_ Fort Dearborn. Chicago University, 319, 381. Cleveland, founded, 164, 165, 219, 220; in 1840, 272, 273; coming of the first train, 289–291; commerce, 291, 350, 351; shipyards, 372, 373; rapid growth, 374, 375, 377, 378. Cleveland, Moses, 164, 219. Clinton, De Witt, and the Erie Canal, 237, 238, 251, 254–260. Confederate operations on the lakes, 317–329. Connecticut, land cession, 219. Conventions, National Republican of 1860, 300, 311–314; National Democratic of 1864, 321, 322. Coureurs de bois, 41, 47, 107, 333, 334. Dablon, Father Claude, 41. Dalyell, Capt., at siege of Detroit, 128, 129; killed, 130. Davis, Jefferson, in Black Hawk War, 207; sends commissioners to Canada, 317. Davison, Gideon, his Travellers’ Guides, 267–269. Denonville, governor of New France, 87, 104. Detroit, founded by French, 87–100; taken by British, 116; blockaded by Pontiac, 118–134; in 1776, 151–153; an American post, 154, 163, 164; taken by British, 166–172; under Gov. Cass, 194, 195; fire at, 221; in 1840, 274, 275; terminus of Michigan Central, 288; rapid growth, 374, 375. Detroit River, visited by La Salle, 62, 63; first recorded passage of, 63; importance of, 88–91; beauty of, 91–93; military operations on, 125–131, 167–170, 187, 190, 323, 325; commerce of, 371–373. Douglas, Stephen A., 299–316; early career, 302–306; debates with Lincoln, 300, 309–311; Senator, 305, 311, 314, 315; supporter of Lincoln, 314–316; death, 316. Druilletes, Gabriel, 41. Du Luth, Daniel G., 224, 334, 335. Duluth, Indian trading station, 224, 225, 334; becomes a town, 225; commerce of, 344, 354, 369. Dunkirk, railroad celebration at, 291–293.