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Michigan Pictured Rocks
applied to these cliffs, according to our voyagers, is Schknee-arcliilis-leung, or "The end of the rocks,' which seems to refer to the fact that, in descending the lake, after having passed them, no more rocks are seen along the shore. Our voyagers, had many legends to relate of the pranks of the Menni-boujou in these caverns; and in answer to our inquiries, seemed disposed to fabricate stories without end of the achievements of this Indian deity.
"We will describe the most interesting points in the series, proceeding from west to east. On leaving Grand Island harbor, high cliffs are seen to the east, which form the commencement of the series of rocky promontories, which rise vertically from the water to the height of from one hundred to one hundred and twenty-five feet, covered with a dense canopy of foliage. Occasionally a small cascade may be seen falling from the verge to the base in an unbroken curve, or gliding down the inclined face of the cliff in a sheet of white foam. The rocks at this point begin to assume fantastic shapes;
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