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east of Fort Snelling, nearly north to the head of the lower falls of the St. Louis River, head of Lake Superior, & north of that Lake. Such a line, if run soon would leave all the white settlements east of it. But if delayed long, the whites will be west of it. It would leave nearly or quite the entire waters of the St. Croix within this Tery. & the wates of Rum River within the Ind. Tery. It would give the whites access to the harbor at Fon du Lac (the head of L. Superior) & the water fall on the St. Louis river which empties into it. Whether this plan be adopted or not, I respectfully suggest the importance of a Fort at Fon du Lac, & a military road from it to Fort Snelling, a distance, not to excede 150 miles over good ground & near or on the proposed line most of the way. If, then, the Chippewas should be moved into the country west & north of Lake Superior, the country bordering & south of that Lake would soon settle by the whites. There are many inducements for its settlement. The soil is very rich & abounds in mineral resoures, timber, &c, and the fisheries would soon be of equil if not superior value to those of Newfoundland: and what is a fact, but little know, the climate is equil to that of New England two degrees farther south, owing, probably, to its being less elevated above the levil of the sea.