Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-11-26
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Sslset ted MiscsjIssy.
RED PIPE MOUNTAIN.
-. allowing letter, says the Buffalo Jour.
- - received hy agentleman Of this city,
~. ~ falented American artist, Mr.. George
Os p..m,x Du CmxN, Oct. LIST, 1886.
G-Since ] left you ! have been
a~saa variety Of scenes of tolls and hard
~ a. q pleasure and satisfaction. The
- foe Mountain, which told you was
- ths principal objects Of my summers
e~caien. have seen. and from it j am now
se1iipe my way back again; and, with good
ir.i. shall be aDle to reach your beautiful
~ . q few days after the receipt Of this
ttsrr. At that time can give more OF de-
20. but At present, in brief, few ideas OF
~ strange anomaly in nature, and the mode
: which we approached it. l mean the
he Stone Quarry, it is the only locality OF
mineral known Of. and located on the
Unit Of the Couteau du Prairie-one OF
- sublimest scenes in nature-a. distance
= about hundred and eighty miles north
vest Of the Fails Of st. Anthony; which
distance is one Of Utmost entire prairie, and
,he richest soil. We commenced rising the
mad swells Of the Couteau-and, for the
distance Of forty miles, We gradually rose,
swell above swell, and terrace above terrace,
where, for the whole distance, not tree, nor
! bush. nor weed, was to be seen. A beau
: .x;r ,..., turf covered the whole distance,
~ gs,.. re which Is not more than three or
f..,I ;r.hss IN eight. ar as soft to the eyes
:. ..l~s. Wh.,lifted to its very extremity
-. ..em. n stand Utmost in the clouds, and
behold around him tic most EXTENDED ana
msgni6cent panorama Of foonuess mus. anu
mounds, and plains, that d|uc,P'y anu a.r. IN
ish in distance, to infinity. ne w"c'e ~ ''le
vast landscape is without TREE or neIo1ge'
ave the grass which covers every "''"e' '~e
carpet Of green velvet.
On the very top Of this :; Iee, wn,cn o'v'o:s
lhs waters Of 81. Peters CON inc M'ss'uI''
sissated, (by some freaL OF nature, swn'cn =
6kcult to understand, sne qua!ly OF inc neS
IL rre,,v and =; :turesque in the appear
~ Of ,he place iaseIf, that It cannot be de-
ec,;hed. ,.h:ch. together with the exquisite
S,.nsv ~ ~. .,tone, and the interesting tales,
nv,,:r;e.. and traditions relating to it, will
= r;ch .nh;e) cts, both Of my brush and pen,
vh;ch ny hereafter use for the instruction
a enter ainmcnt of the world. The guam
DIV Of .rone which might be produced is al
most without limits; and its exceeding beau
Il eun only be known by the examination of
~ linens which shall bring with me. That
~ which the Indians use, (and which only
key will use) is deep red, entirely inferior in
ieanty and richness to those parts ~ hich are
yariega:ed with almost the cOlors Of the rain
bow.
=, The singular appearance of precipice,
=. !, miles in length and thirty feet high, IN
/. - middle Of this smooth and stOneless re.
sh.r Of green fields, is Of itself 4 striking OBJ
fsv:t 10 look upon; and when that perPendlc-
lar ledge is contemplated and viewed as 1t IS.
y d Ill colors, and polished by the action of
Tie ar upon it, as il liquid glazing had been
poured over it, one stands filled with wonder
and admiration.
The Indians have an idea that this red
stoas Is part OF their flesh, that they were
created from it, and that it would be sacrise'
gpusand mpious to convert it to any other use
nac the pipe, which is used for peace-makin9
- conciliating to the Great Spirit.
These feelings 50 wrought upon them. that
vaen we were passing through village Of
&eFs, and near the Traverse des Sioux, 15C
nae: from the quarry. they assembled In
11nbers around US. and made Us prisoners
nsnhiog their threats upon Us in every pos
~ fosm-telling Us that the Sioux had al
tsesher. in council, resolved. that no white
IN should ever 60 there. They threatened
= kll our horses, and even ourselves, It We
9fertock to 90 on, We persisted, however
the determination to 60 on even at thu
m Of our lives, which we did, (af;er being
sessmed for some time) though they sent ex
lsesees ahead Of US, and gathered around us
oehmg Us trouble and vexation by theil
ofssts, and cries, and groons, at every vii
.4s through which we passed. They con
esder Il an invasion Of their religious priv
-, and consequently were greatly dis