Abbot, Judge, 23.

Act to establish St. Mary's Falls Canal, 121.
passed was entitled as, 121.

permitting contractor to assign con-
tract, 122.

Adams, Hon. R. N., 168.

Admiralty courts, 102, 103.
Africa, market in, 66.

trade with, 67.

Baldwin, Governor, Henry P., information
to President Grant concerning
Canadian troops, 159, 160.
concerning treaty with Great Britain,

161.

Baltimore Convention, 131.

Baltimore platform, 120, 134.

Baltimore, steamer, 23, 24, 126.
Bankok, 68.

Barbeau, Peter, speaks on name of Sault
Ste. Marie, 25, 117, 141.

Barrett, Hon. John, 68.

Bates, Col. Robt. J., 9.

Bayard, Secretary of State, concerning dis-
criminating tolls, 162.

Benjamin, Senator Judah P., 136.

Benton, Senator, 110.

Biddle, John, 106.

Bill to donate land, 108.

passed Senate, 113.

passed, 135.

passes Senate and House, 137.

Bingham, Gov. Kinsley S., inaugural

message of, 126.

China, 68.

route to New York via Great Lakes,
107.

Chippewa, 115.

Chippewa Indians at celebration, 6, 9, 98.
Chippewa House at Sault Ste. Marie, 24.
Chippewa, County of, 94.

Chippewa language, 10.

Chippewa Portage Co., 115, 116, 117.
Chocolate river, 80.

Cholera, attacks of, 124.

City of Cleveland, first steamer through
lock, 143.

Citizens' Improvement Association, mem-
bers of at convention, 168.

Chocolate river, 80.

John T., 124.

Clay, Henry, 56, 63, 102.

sarcastic speech of, 26

reply of Senator Norvell, 108.
opposes bill, 108.

Clergue, B. J., 6.

Clergue, Francis H., 12, 92, 177.

enterprise of, 47.

Cleveland, President, 162, 166.

proclamation of concerning aid to
wrecked vessels, 166.

Cliff Mine, 81.

Coal traffic of lakes, 202.

Coburn, John, letter from to Peter White,

81.

Cofferdam, 143.

leak in, 171.

Collector, appointment of, 150.

Collingwood, 159, 160, 161.

Collins and Farwell, contract of, 171.

Commerce, progress of on lakes, 185.

Committee on Commerce of the House of

Representatives, report of, 107.

on Public Lands, 96.

on Rivers and Harbors, 154.
Commissioner of Navigation, 162.
Commissioners on Internal Improvements,

95.

prepare plan for construction, 122.
to procure lands, etc., 139.
Conditions of admission into Union, 98.
Conger, James L., supports bill, 120.
Connecticut Cession, 98.

Congress, constitutional power of to im-
prove rivers and harbors, 82.
called upon for donation of land, 95.
land granted by, 124.
requires survey, 129.

Act of, concerning tolls and use of

canal as public highway for Gov-.
ernment, 148.

failing to pass appropriations, 154.
memorial to, 168.

appropriations of, 247; for semi-centen-
nial celebration, iii.

Constitution, the, 101, 103.

Constitutional Convention, 106.

Country Club, of Detroit, 209.

Craig, John F., 213, 214.

Craig Ship Building Co., 204.
Craighill, Lieut. W. E., 249.

Cram, Brig.-Gen. T. J., 79, 248.
Crane, Clinton H., 214.

Crittenden, John C., opposes bill, 108.
Crittenden, Senator, remark of concerning
navigable streams, 134.

Crosby, Lieut. Spencer, 249.

Croswell, Gov., message concerning canal
debt, 146.

Cumberland River bill, 131.

Cummings, Thomas, 79.

Curtis, Representative N. Martin, bill of,

164.

"Curtis Act," the, 164.

Dablon, Claude, 45.

Dakota, the, Pacific steamer, 186.

Dandurand, Hon. Raoul, 4, 12, 75.

"Dark hole," the, 157.

Davis, Col. Charles E. L. B., 58, 62, 248, 249.
statistical report of, 158.

Davis, Senator John, 112.

Davis, Jefferson, report of, 129.
Davis, Senator Cushman K., bill of, 163.
Dawson, Senator, 111.

thought of internal improvement, 120.
Democratic party, attitude toward develop-
ment of rivers and harbors, 82.
convention of at Baltimore, 103.
Democrats, 104.

Department of Commerce to promote trade,