Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-10-16
lLLltE FRnM 4. WHITNEY

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W. srrve1 here iss evening m the !
prlrnsI John Goiong, FROM For Les,en- |
worth al we'll Ny lsG va, dated ., Pui !
p. So Chen. about the lE July =, which
Place | Ipcc'cl guide TO 20 with U, 10
t., N ssouu--wss disappointed then CT
r~cted ooe 81 For, Atkinson. 50 mics west,
where ! ~a' nssm DISAPPOINTED the mao
WHO va, Sad 10 b. the only ,urAbIo guide,
seemed 60 have doutss snd iosfs Of hn nbil
~ ap3 would not 20 Col Wilson, Of the
Army q, l'fslfc du Ctien. snd MAJ l-sr
b3fu. a, Fori Atkinson, found very civil,
hghiy Intelligent, and ready 10 render any
sii "a thcit poNtt--ihey gave much NAlua
&c information, Which found useful, and
lof Which ! tel rnyscli under grca, obhea.
uon Thus situated without, guide srd
wnh bu, ono laborng man wrh US fch a
heavy responsibility, and no small rslue-
taneo "a leading the young gentlemen with
ne INTO probable dangers and sure hard
-Aips and lsugues bu, hoy to a man sad
so GA, We vail follow you, ne canno, turn
tack, and they have fully redeemed their
pledge ior they have gone through many
hArishIp. much fatigue aud hard labor
hunger and thftS | cannot say too much
Of them, nor con too nnch praise he award.
81 ihs" ~, .4.,. a.i conduct Unused 10
any labof hc.otc, feared It would be bard
upon thea, but they never filnehei they
veto ccady 10 wade through mud, water aud
grass 10 Their necks wih their provisions
on their heads, TO swim rivers, 10 fell trees
for brldga and other inugucs necessary
lot the pl,shmcn, Of our object
Before leaving Pott Atkinson, fixed on
route ! would like to follow to the Mrs
souu took my compass in hand, and
made Tor ! came on 10 the Missouri,
within miles from the point started for
BY Burn. map OF Wisconsin, embracing
Iowa, &c (which ! found more corrcc,
than any have seem we crossed the Iur'
key tIvcr al Fort Atkinson, IN north lat
- aud about Is thence we crossed the
dGcron, branches OF tho Codurs IN about
same lat to Clear Lake, in wcst Longitude
93 and about IS thence northwcScrly
ul we came TO a branch OF the ST. Peter
running south easierly; my object IN this
wa, TO ind 4 dividing ridge between the
C,dars which run north and those running
,ou,hcry. will here remark that we
Did not Ind the Cedars or the ST Peter,
braneh to correspond with Burns, or sny
map have seen thence due west TO the
Des MONIES IN lat i3 20 snd we., lon
about IS, which river we crossed by telling
,roc- Tor budge, thence due Yves, 10 4
number Of small beautiful lakes, which
form tho head waters OF the lnie Sioux
cmp,ving into The Missouri thence acros
Floyd's rvor thence duo west across ia,
branches OF the Calumet, and then the Cal
umet then the Whnes stone or VermIllion
then Jagues fvor, and thence 10 the great
ne grand Missouri, Is miles below thu
great bend making distance from the Mis-
s,sirp, 10 tho Missouri, OF more tbao 5O'
miles, over the finest country upon III
globe, capable OF sustaining more that
three times the population Of tho sam
space 10 any other part Of the globc--n
swamps no marshes, 10 flooding OF nver'
oIeop, IN the vicinity Of the Wabis ptwes
and tbs, only for small disaace, and ur
doubScdly the most healthy country in ID
world have never found M a,mo,phcr
30 pure--Iho surface IS generally rolling I
an almost level, always, however, cnoug
unduIa,ng 10 lt, OF oil the water Will
on the subject, wall remark that some
the rivers west Of the lakes arc natural ~
cu, but have formed themselves aud the
beds by the constant wash OF this vast an
almos, level prairie bu, more Of this here
after The soil Of this vast country is ais
AZ rich as il eau be. In the whole d,s,aac
d1 not see onc.hali acre Of useless ba
land All required OF the farmer will /
to plough, plant and gather his crops A
far as to The Celars are cons.dorable trsc
OF sool uuIor bu L,y ond, uono 10 I'll
Missouri, and ihcu very ialic liil neArl
down TO Fon Leavenwouh, and there onl
about three mile. VIDE, and sometimes nor
on The uVor bu, coal 10 abundant, sni III
growth OF lumber so natural, that wllhoi
fires (Which now spread over the who
pfaftics yearly, consuming every thing
IN 10 years The whole from riyor 10 nv,
would bo one dense forest 10 my last
informed you thai there are no d,iiieu
streams to eros. from the Lake to the NJ
,intppl, and that stream can b. brJgoi
the vicinity OF, and above pralrie du Che
without difficulty, bu, no, bcow-Gom Il
M'sls'l pp, to tho Missouri they eau
btdsod easily, with l,uIc comparative E
psase FRS, rate maleria, bong abundant
The bluffs which form their banks II
Missouri s very difficult stream to bird,
OF 70 navigate, hs wsseU ayi, mir
places shoAl, 5 to ~ lnches. rs beSi que
sanI ani channel constantly changing,
bou1m, bct~eca The bluffs, below who