Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-12-22

hCssis. Graham ana Phillips commits s,OneIs on The
par OF the United States, and az. Sullivan surveyor,
baveset out to lake Michigan to niark the boundary
lines OF the lands ceded the Unis States by the
lava Chippewa and Potowattima Indians in the sum.
tner OF the year 1916.
They viii run line from the southern extremity of
THIS lake. tn the mississippi.
The Indians have ceded To the United States, what
lies 10 the south Of this line.
Inc commissioners will run two other lines from the
souhW part Of Lake Michigan the Illinois rv.
er. The lines will I've parallel to each other, aud 20
miles apart. They Will begm in the shore of the lake.
a. points ten miles north aud south of Chicago, and
viii embrace the little rivers Chicago and plein, and
the carrying place bew.eR them, which form the chan.
mel efcommuncalion between Lake Michigan aud the
hiiilos fibei The Indians have Ceded ia the United
states this important pass With Ten miles OF country
each side of it, ana II 10 the business ofthe
marx out the limits Of tile grant that the Amer
can government may reducs II To possession.
The communication between the Lake aud the Iii.
nois is point whch will Tia the attention ofthe mcr
chant aud The statesman. They will see in IL tie gate
which Is To open the northern into The valley the
Mississippi, aud which is TO connect New York aud NJ
orleans by water line which tie combined nayies OF
the world cannot of. Never did the WORK nature
require So little from The hand Of art, 10 complete
great design
The lakes superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, lay
from west east, in the direction of the ST. Lawrence
paniiesaJ seeking their outlet through the valley OF
mat river. Bu Tie Michigan departs from that direc
ton She laws from north TO south. United 10 the
other lakes Ivy strait, she stretches the body of er
water don towards head Of the Illinois river as if
Intending to discharge herself through that cbanne.
The Mississippi And no bills mountains intervene
prevent the conjunction. on the contrary The sronu
winch tHrn ihsT waters partly 10 the lake and partly
the river The Chicago aud the Plein are the drains
from these ponds. They have neither falls nor shoals
hey have not The character of streams, but Of canals
I lie water hardly III their deep aud narrow chan
nels. The Illinois itself is a canal than river
having hardly enough bend The lofty grasses
when grows in IFS he'd. The French Of and Of
tie VALLEY OF the Mississippi have communicated tho
ths channel since the settlement OF the countries.
high water, boats of ten dozen tons pass without
obstruction. In the dry seasons, they uuloGded
placed on vehicles, and drawn by oxen a portage
O lew miles and launched into thg lax
as the course OF The voyage may require. Hundreds
which had made this passage.
II may be hoped that tile government will not limit
itself to the barren work OF marking The lines this
psrage.-While the state Of New York opens canal of
three hundred miles, the federal should not
be appalled, at undertaking of three hundred rods
II might be dug in the time that long winded member
OF congress would make speech against its cohstitu
tionaty. no
Erpe0itioR TO the YeItolU Store River
Advices tom Fort Usage inform that the eXped
ton had arrived at that place, without accident and
wond proceed or two hundred miles further mp the
Missouri this winter Fort Usage is three hundred miles
by wafer above the mouth of the Missouri and The
present limit OF our population the The safety
with which the expedition consisting Of beats has
assembled this stream, evidence that the danger OF
navigating that river imaginary than real -Sev
eTal boats carrying provisions 10 the YsIL0u Stone
have passed 81. Lons Within few weeks past one OF
which has been lost III the Missouri between ST. Charles
and Belle Foniaine. fB