Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-05-25

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$, u, uears 1906 and 1906. lompi.sa
fran dar. PIKE's Journals
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i. a, nocr, on the 10Th Of September,
,hevreached the grand encamPmens, below
lake Pepin and in the evening passed me
Sau,iaux river, which auwssip from the
ear :, the entrance otahr lake. They con-.
,inned Is sail 10 the evening, with the ~.
Sten.ion of crossing the lake. Ahe intel's
{ prefer (Rosseau) said he had passed THIS.
lake twenty times, bat never Ia me cay
time aliedging as . reason, that inc WING
FIRE ouen.ly rose ADD detained ,lhsn 10 inc
day lime on.the lake. tits more probe bic,
however, that the true reason why inc
traders generally sail through i IN the n'ghs
IS, their fear of the Sautenrs. as they nave
made several war strokes at The mouth o.
this river, without Distinguishing pslWssh
the Sioux and their traders.
/" The exploring party entered lac lake
with music playing; but, the SKY soon cloud
ed, and, from The agitation OF the water,
they had TO seek aharbor ter the nignt on
the. east side. The next morning they were
assailed by tremendous storm the per-
pendicnlarsiieh,ning seemed to roll 10 balls
; Of FIRE down the steep hills which border
the lake, and it required great exsriions 20
weather the point de Sable. Here they
found Mr.. Cameron, with one WOODEN
and three bark canses, who had sailed on
The 6t:h f,ona the prairie. His 6 nses were
unIadrn, and turned up for the habtations
ofthe men His party exhibited allthe m
difference Of Indian traders. Here they
were sAewn pom. OF. rocks from which
Sioux woman precipi.a.ed herself, and was
dashed 10 pieces on the stones below her
friends had refused her the husband OF her
choice. aud intended 10 marry her TO one
whom she despised. She sung her death
song, ascended the hill. ard, before her
f.iends came up with her, took the lovers
leap; and ,ended her distress and Lie tage.
Their.
\" They reached the St. Croix river at
neon on the 10Th, and in the eyenipg en-.
camped on a-prairie on the east side OF the
river, where stands = large painted stone.
On the morning Of the 21st, they arrived
a, tac Sioux. village, situated at the head ct
an island and JUS, below ledge OF rocks.
I, was unpe opled, the Indians being absen..
Two miles higher, they saw three bears
cross the river. Here was another campsf
Sioux. consisting of four lodges they saw
bu, one .map, named the Black. Soldier.
The garulity of the women was astonish
ing, since at all the other camps shey had
been silent; here they Aocked round the
strangers, all talking together, which coud
only. be accounted for. by the absence OF
the men.
6 Three mikes below the mouth of St.
Peters's river, they passed the encamp,
ment of Mr.. Fsrrebault, who mad broken
his perogue. The Mississippi was 50 mar
row in this days course, tina. they crossed
i.ip bal,eaux with forty strokes OF oars
The water Of the Mississippi, above lake
Pepin, appears red, and where deep, near.
" as black as ink. The waicr flowing in
from the St. Peters 'aud ST. Croix rivers,
give it blue appearance for a considsra.
Bile distance below their confluence.
4 8 Observing white flag on shore, they
landed and found il to be of white silk
IL was suspended over a seafold, onwhich
: lay four dead bodies: two were lDclosed
10 boards, and TWO IN bark. They w-re
wrapped up 10 blankets Which appeared yet
new.. Ehry were the bodies OF Siosx wo-e
men, child Of one Of them, and some o.
Their yela,iyess Some had died on the St.
Peters, others onthe ST. Croix, ba. were
brought and deposited on this scaffold to.
gethsr. It's the mode 10 which the Sioax,
bury these of their people who die q na.u.
raj 'deaihs; but those that are killed are.
suffered 20 lie unbusied. As corrobora-
ton of this information Mr.. Pike relates,
that on the hills below the ST. Croix he