Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-10-21

The question Is no longer asked whrre IS this
west to find permanent frauiirfl Il will never
cease Us onward march while there is land up.
os which.L travel. aud it will fnd It's frat
permanent frontier where IL finds lis last up
on The wave beaten shore Of Oregon. Star
"fIer star will b. added 10 The national emblem;
river after river and range after range Of noun
from The Atlantic to The Pacific. from the Tro
pic to the the Polar sea thai Toes no, bear the
Impress Of Anglo-Amsrican enterprise.
| ruE COUNTRY NORTH Of THE WIS
CoNalN, AND ADJACENT THE KICK
APOO.
We propose 10 give in the following sketch a
descr piion oil that portion Of this Territory lying
north If the Wisconsin, and adjacent the kickapoo
river, extending from The junction Of the latter with
the north, ahi to the extent source of its tr d.
taries on the west; comprising a tract of country
measuring twelve miles in width, nr from east to
west, aud thusy miles in length.
This section forms pant OF the country purchas-
ed Of the Winnebago Indians in 1887, aud though
possessing enough oigrandeur and romance 10 rende,
it fit subject for poe, copy Tor painter, itsgen
eral features are oil character forever excupatng
the purchasers, Or int Government, from the charge
Of avarIce. The k,ckapoo from its entrance into the
w al a. m il -6ve b,
meandeTs, and only thirty miles upon right line.
II has been returned na,igabIe TO the Surveyor
Generals Office iof The folnes distance, from lis
mouth to its folks. Wiih,n tins distance its aver
age width IS forty yards, and as depth about three
'eei, moving alta very moderate current The wa
ter is clea ana cold, passing owes sandy bed
Aside from IT'S sharp angles, short bends, its
eeptihiiiy OF navigation nnis proper comparison
in Fevfe river, from Galent 10 the Mississippi.
IL winds throlgh low, marsny valley oil haii
mile in width, tum,ag ,ap,diy from one bluff to
the other, always touching II in one Of the h CHEST
points or at the perpendicular termination OF
ridge. The tributaries of the kiekapoo mostly
o,ig mate either IN that summit which divides the
wa,e,s OF the same nom those OF the Mississippi,
upon the west, and the one between the kickapoo
and the Wisconsin upon ths east--summiW or
ridges which ietm the extremties of the region
are describing These tributaries are about SIX
miles in length upon a right line, aud OF about ~
leet in width at their mouths. they originate IN,
and a,e led rs, springs unequal.d in purity ami
Number, and ARE peopled with speckied or moun-
tain iroul--pelhaps the greatest drl,cacy OF the
fish kind--so wed known aud highly esteemed ny
all who have enjoyed the pure AR Of New r.ug,aaa
.. nayei.ed oser int rugged h,ils OF New iok
and Pennsylvania. The valleys OF tnrse streams
are narrow until within a mile Of their opening
mo the valley OF the hIckapoo, wneTe they
npen to a half miie in width, and their bluffs be-
come towering and p.eripi,ou. Inc Lateral rrdse.,
or those between the snesm@, OF mh,ch We nave
just spoken, are very shial upon both sdes oi the
rivei. For the INST mile, aIte, max ng OH ttom
me mann divide, they appear 10 preserve an exact
level, but loss hall their neisht in the remaintr,
distance to the riyeI -dsscending IN i've miles
from rec 10 lour hundred feet, the summit ley
be ing l.om six TO eight hundred of elevation Upon
the east size oil the liver these ridges possess thin
soil aud covered, especially Tor the tst twenty
m,les up the ,iver, with heavy growth OF timber,
principally OF sugar maple Amos, every section,
that distance, contains capital sugar orchard.
The wet side of the nver has very ponr soil,
covered y it'll On, and other qIsuzy formations,
aud vssy th'sy numbered with poor qualify OF
oak
Pine hssi makes It's appearance about three miles
below the tncks Of the river-lhe point where
Black iIawk aud pussuets crossed ia 1882, and
who're mineral, az lead ore. was found by the SOL
dicTs. Whether this mineral was the product of
the ne, gborhood where itwss found, OF was por-
ton OF that whirh the Indians packing from
The mines upon this side Of the Wisconsin, and
which they scattered mere for purpose known 10
themselves, 10 still a subject OF conjeciole.
The geology ofthis region possesses but one fes-
viTe, AID that owe rs opeaed to invesi'sa,'sa in
thousand pninIs The third stratum Of this eoIn-
Try, o. the SIND stone formation. and the one which
s"sils TO sch majestic SIZE at the bluff oi the
Wisconsin, the nnly rick oi the section We are
describing. This rorS comes to the sITisee OF the
lateral ridges as We approach the kiekapoo, where
il genersliy terminates in perpendicular pTsei-
pice Of eolsmnar appearance, and, from its tx
teme whi'sasss, presents hishiy imposing PFC
tIre.
y Dor figures msse statement les,
week. in the ar,irle on the Mines. which prove.
10 us. al least. Ihs, ig,r,s viii he We were
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