Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-11-14

face are to be found the granite boulder
rock from the size of the pebble 10 that of
the Mill stone, and many Of them in the
Burr, would make good substitutes for the
country mill. AT the falls Of the Chippewa
and for some distance above, stratum of
reddish brown Sand Stone appears in the
banks Of the river, with plenty Of boulder
rocks in the beds Of the streams. These
boulder rocks as above described surmount
this strata Of sand stone, as you seccde from
the rivers and on the route Travelled there
were but two places where the sand stone
showed itsclfbetween the Chippewa and the
Lake. On the Lake shore and in the beds
of the rivers emptying into it. the strata of
red sand stone shows itself again, but is much
deeper colored than on the Chippewa.
Water power is abundantin all the coun-
try; and on the waters emptying into the
Mississippi, and in many places near the
Lake there is plenty Of pine timber suffi-
cheney at least fort the settlement Of the coun-
try on the Lake land an abundance 10 spare
on the rivers leading south.
The road from Prairie du Chem to th S
place, and which we opened is over a good
country for road. All the swamps( which
are not very numerous for new country
can be avoided or bridged. The distance
we made about 400 miles, but when the
country is examined and the route straight
ened, think it will not exceed 800. In all
this distance there are but two streams too
large to ford the Chippewa and Black River.
But as the road crosses them a: the Mills,
they can be ferried with ease. The land be-
tween St. Croix and III S place, being most
ly Prairie, is said to be even better than
that just mentioned FOR a road and from St.
Peters to Fond du I.ac,a distance Of about
$50 miles, the land IS nearly all rolling
Prairie.
The facilities for connecting this Lake
with the Mississippi by water commun-
cation are numerous and very ieasble.--
The Antinogan and Chippewa in,erlock
their branches with numerous little lakes
on the summit between them. Within our
Territory there are several others. AS
cend Ball River by its west branch to its
source, about 800 feet above the level of
the lake, and youarrive at Long lake, nine
miles in length and averaging halfa mile
wide. From the south end OF this lake, by
cutting about three miles, not over fifty
feet deep at any point, you will pass thro'
a seriess Of small lakes into the Mama
quagan, a branch Of the st. Croix. You
may descend that river to its mouth, or by
cutting a mile or so, pass into Ottawa,
(CourterieD and thence down the Chippe-
wa river: or by cutting about two miles
twenty or thirty feet deep part Of the
way, you can reach Lac Chetae, which
empties by chain Of small lakes into Red
Cedar Lake and forms the Red Cedar
{Manomane) branch of the Chippewa, lat the
mouth Of which steamboats, could meet ca
canal. On this route from the head OF
Ball river TO the outlet Ct Red Cedar lake,
about 100 miles, there would not be to ex-
coed six miles Of cauallng and two or three
dams, TO form what, from the eye, should
think dead level, and one continuous, al
most natural canal, passing through some
twenty lakes Of different sizes
As you go west up the lake the next
place for canal is by connecting the
Brule with the ST. Croix, where now is the
most usual canoe route, and where a mile
and half cut would let the waters Of the
two rivers run together. And as you go
west and up the St. Louis river, after as
cending the fall, estimated by Schoolcralt
at 80 feet, you could pass up the Savan-
nah Of that river. and by cut through a
swamp and thirty feet ridge three miles,
descend the Savannah Of Sandy lake, into
that lake and down the Mississippi. On
either Of the routes the rivers must be i'm
proved BY dams and locks or by canalng
along their banks. But as this can always
be done, if water can be had on the sum-
NIT, think there will be no lack of the
latter by either of the routes named
In the settlement Of country bordering
on sea or lako, it is question of some
And in ansMer 10 this can say that ma
ture has done full as we'll by this lake, in
that particular, as by Lake Erie, and bet.
ter than by Lake Michigan. Between St
Marys and Fohd du Lac, Grand Island
Cape kewewenon, the La Point Island and
Isle Royal afford good shelters from storms
end the mouths Of almost all the rivers
emptying into the Lake, by the same inn
provements which have been made on the
lower lakes, can be made good and safe
harbors for shipping. ST. Louis river which
empties into the lake at Fond du Lac, has
mouth half q mile wide, ond this summer
when | was there, there was twenty or
thirty feet water through the sand bar Blu,
at no time has it been known TO be less
than eight feet. The channel sometimes
is little crooked, but by buoys or stakes
can be easily naviga,ed. And the bay
within the two Peninsuas between which
the rivers mouth is found, being abou, if-
teen miles long and from one 10 three
wide, affords one of the best harbors for
shipping in the world. The best place in
my judgment, for a Fort on this frontier, is
on the Peninsula on the north side of the
mouth Of this river, under the guns of
which every thing ascending or descend
ing the river must pass. And from the
importance of the subject | can but hope
Government will build one there before an
other season closes. Here is lake coast
of $50 miles, and Indian frontier OF some
200 more, without the least means of de.