INDEX
- A
- 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
- C
- 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
- E
- 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
- 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
- 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
- O
- “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
- U
- 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