Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1845-11-22
From the New York Tribune.
Sault de st. Marie.

primis, because it is the first we have
ever met with in the public prints, and
secondly, because it presents TO the
reader in condensed form--which
constitutes half the beauty and merit
Of a newspaper article--much interest
ing and available inform alton. Many
of our prominent merchants, who have
business transaction there know moth
ing whatever of the history or charac-
ter Of the place. beyond that furnished
them by the captains of vessels sailing
thence, and which must necessarily be
Of a very desultory and uncertain char
acter. We quote from the Cleayeland
(O.) Herald.
"The falls of st. Mary, or the $780,
as here called, are about eight hours of
steam sailing from Mackinaw, and a
steamer runs regularly between the
places.
1t is now i,oo hundred and four
gears since RaymbauH first saw the
falls Of St, Mary. In birch-bark Ca
noe, he led the first expedition WcSt-I
he passed ovcr'the beautifully clear wa
tiers, and between the thickly cluster
ing archipelagoes of Lake Huron and
ascending the river, reached the rapids
at the foot of Lake Superior, October
4, l64l. He found here 5000 Indi-
ans.
In 1868 Father Claude .allouze
reached the $780, lie admired the
beautiful river, with its woody isles and
inviting bays--and informs US that the
'savages' worshiped Lake Superior as
a Divinity. He sailed along the great
lake, passed the pictured rocks built
chapel, and we arc told the Indians,
who never before had seen white
man, came to gaze upon him, and on
his picture Of hell and the last Judge
ment,' and he taught them to chaunt
the pater and the are.
In 1871, Congress of The nations
assembled here-it was a most singular
and extraordinary Congress of native
Americans and brilliantly clad officers
from the veteran armies Of France
On this spot, one hundred and SeUen-
tyJ0nr gears ago, were congregated
the ENJOYS of the wild republicans,
from the head springs of the st. Law
renee, the Mississippi, and the Red Ri
yer, and formally acknowledged them
selves under the protection Of the
French king. The imposing ceremo-
ny is thus beautifully described: "a
cross Of cedar was raised, aud amid the
groves Of maple and pine, & hemlock
that are strangely intermingled on the
beautiful banks of the ST. Mary, where
the bounding river lashes its waters in
TO snowy whiteness, as they hurry past
the dark evergreen of the tufted islands
in the channel,' the Jealous mssiona-
ries and steel-clad soldiery, bowed
before the cross and chaunted to its
glory,
The banners Of Heavens King advance;
The mystery of the cross shines forth
AS early as loss, the 500 was
place Of great and favorlte resort by
the traders and UoyageurS on their
way to Mackinaw from Lake Supt ..or.
At this present time this ancient
Congress ground of the Aborgines, has
fort, fur trading establishment, a
small cluster of dwellings, and a mixed
population of Fren n, English and half
breeds-in all, not exceeding one hale
the number OF native Americans found
here 600 years ago.
As Mackinaw was the headquarters
and the 500 favorite stopping place,
for the fur traders, century ago so
now in ls45, is the, elsie of Beauty"
the rendezvous and st. Mary's the rest
ing place of muldtudes of eager, enter
prising, and scientific adventures.
II Hard Casa woman belong
ing TO party of Dutch emigrants, who
were coming up last night in the Rip
Van Wrinkle, died alter giving birth TO
a child. Capt. Abel, as soon as he
was made acquainted with the circum-
stances, generously Lad state-room
prepared for the accommodation of the
mother and infant, and did every thing
in his power for their comfort before
the mother died. The child is alive
and doing well.-A!bany Atlas.
Discovery Of Iron Ore In our last
we announced the discovery of Stone
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