Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-08-10

ven ' 1 ~ i'plt Oil inc SI;lc oil tue Company :
Works. MIR. +. Is also directed to ascertain
with certainty whether current sets down
the coast from chesapeake at the proposed
Roanoke inlet; and il il does, what is lis We
iocity and how far out il runs from the point
OF the proposed Inlet.
The Board adjourned to "Wednesday the
fourteenth of November next
[3aieigh Register
INTELLIGENCE FROM THE WEST.
On Wednesday morning last, we had the
satisfaction Of receiving very interesting let
ter from Henry II. Schoocra;t, author of a
+" .NnnGitrc Journal Of Iraceis from Detroit
.North'ceSi, through the great chain of .qme,1can
LoSes 10 ne sources cfds Mississippi Ieiuel,'
lately published in this city. Mr. s. is now
trarcrsng the immense region lying between
Detroit and the Mississippi, south of his for
mer route. Ills letter has afforded lis so
much pleasure, tlat we cannot forbear to pub
ilsh an extraci
Fort Hayne (btiuna) Juiy 3Ih, 1891.
81 reached Detroit on the 3rd of Iuly in the
inoining, and found Gov. Cass ready to pro-
ceedo on the iourney-We embarked attwclye
clock tine same day, in birch canoe tone of
ne same used an the former 20 peCiitionl man
ed hy SIX voyagcurs, and dropping down the
Detroit river into Lake Erir, coasted along
lis southern shore 60 the Maunce Bay, which
receives The river o.! the same name (some-
times called the Miami of the Lake. at It's
mead. VIC are now az the source of the Maui
NEE river, which is formed by the junction OF
st Mary and st. Joseph, the former of which
lnteriocks with the Wabash and the latter
with the 81. JOSEPH Of Lake Michigan. and
the kanlEakce ofthe Illinois, Inascendins the
haumce. we have passed successfully Fort
Maumse, Fort Airigs, Fort Deposit. Fort Ne
cessty, Wayncs Battle Ground, and Fort De
iiance-sccEcs which recall one of the most
interesting erents q! three wars. The Maui
NEE u large and hcautiiul stream, meander-
ioS through country oil eXuherant ferIilit Y
and The most delightful appearance ;and the
tumult of war which has so often resounded
Through Its lofty forests, is now succeeded by
tne peaceful SQUADS Of agricultural industry.
Already number of little detached settle
mems ana villages are found upon lis banks.
"iu emigration Is progressing with a slow pace
along lis borders. 4 country which has been
Tue theatre OF the operations of the armies of
Hammer, St. Clair, Wayne, Harrison. and
Winchester, cannot be passed without exciting
Tie most lively recollcctons in the bosom 81
every American citIzeI and when to these
we superadd, the natural appearances of a fine
country, WHOSE botanical, geological and other
tfa's are highly interesting, you will readily
im"9me That ha', found it ii rich field for re-
mark. We are to proceed from this place, by
portage of miles into one of the highest
naIisahle tributaries OF the Wabash, descend
that by lippacanoc, Fort Harrison s. Vincenncs
10 the Oh"-ilencc to the junction of the
latter with the hississippi-up this by ST. Ge-
ne'ie'e, st Louis, Sc. TO the Illinois, and turn
ing up ile latter, follow it cut TO IFS sources
IN the plains, from which we shall cross the
celebrated portage TO Chicago, where the trra-
~ is arpointed to be held on the ith of Au-
gust. IL IS probable that greater collection of
Indians will be drawn together at this place.
than have ever been summoned under fl he a,,-
ihoriiy of the United States. expect to see
the principal part OF the Potsowaitomies.
hianis, kickapooS, Sacs, Foxes, Ottoways,
ana Menomo:aes, with fragments of OTHER