CHAPTER XXVIII.
IN THE NORTHWEST.
From Chicago to Minnesota .-- Curiosities of Low-Water Navigation .-- St.
Paul and its Sufferings in Earlier Days .-- The Indian War .-- A Brief History of our Troubles in that Region .-- General Pope's Expeditions to Chastise the Red Man .-- Honesty in the Indian Department .-- The End of the Warfare .-- The Pacific Railway .-- A Bold Undertaking .-- Penetrating British Territory .-- The Hudson Bay Company .-- Peculiarities of a Trapper's Life..