The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-08-27

falls of the Brulc, to fish for trout but H., %&
TO these reported difficulties, he shopld svsH J
directly TO Fond. du-Lac. Il seem. I'M, !, pnas
foundation OF the troubles on the 81 @sAs
the Chippewas, has grown out of the eir.a, VI |
Of grog-shops having been opened q, ' IVY
places along that stream SAY one Al The sIa'a +
Their at Wolf river, eighteen or twenty mill. @
and a third at the Rising Sun, twenty.sss 'oss
above the fals--by low and villanous v Se ma
or halt-breeds engaged in their service, l. as
thai, some years since, the Chippewas made I, ~
Of line running due south some 66v mss, sat /
the extreme west end of Lake Superor "aes ins
that southern point due west to the mouth ~
wing river on the Upper Mississippi. cnlo. Sos
through the centre OF Mile Late h ~ nsaif
There is a proviso In the treaty of cesso, w "
authorizes the Indians TO remain in the oera' saa
of the coded territory till il is wanted by ~
| eminent. understood Mr. HAYS az ~ Co.
agent at La Pointe) to say that he had No nm ,nua
stop the sale of ardent spirits to the Indians
white sguatters in the ceded country vi
drunken outrsgss, II not pu. stop 10 :. ~ meg
Crox, will, ere long, lead to serious and d;,.,, ~
! consequences. The Indians and whites Win ss
become embroiled IN border "guerrian wa, 10y
the poor savages, in the end, be butchered and a.
en- out Of the country-all, too growing on, ~ a
Ia a. /.
and rob the Indians Of their last blanket Lv ..a a
| them fhe hetiish poisoa Of tshisk.p VIVA, ~
massacre of innocent whites, with the ru;0 v
degradation of Indians, TO them, provided ths, -
turn penny by dealing out rlrpn Mr. Hay.'ss1
almost too remote from the 81. Croix Ia yn,+u
these outrages, even if he had the power ANY,
does seem 10 me, that the Indian agent at 81 p..at
who resides within day or two's Journey of ~
outrages, might do something to prevent Them
| With due vigilance and frmness on hs M,
would appear probable at least, that Indian NJ.
defs wottld tot transpIrc within gun-sho, Of h.
agency at St. Peters
| The War Department should adopt immea,.,
measures to break up the sale of whiskey "a h. I.
dams on the St. Croix, and other paris of i.
coded territory, or very serious CONSEQUENCES IN
follow. One poor Indian from Fond-du.Lac an
| visit to one of the GROCERIES on the 81. Cm,y
| was made beastly drunk, who, in his hepIesu,..
fell with his face on the fire; having his cbeek W.,
one eye, awfully disfgured and burnt; leayn, h.
whole visage an object Of loathing and DISCUS, n
, life.
As our coufse to the Mississippi Law along III. q
Crox, directly through the whistler district M
reports of present and prospective difdcu.ie, v,r
not very pleasant. We nevertheless made IN a.,
minds to persevere, and meet whatever might han
pen.
loWarus sunset, we madc the mouth of The
Brulc, where we found about thirty Chippewa il.
dams with two or three chiefs encamped, who wen
OBJ their way to LII Poirte; from Leech Lake mi
Mile Like. They belonged to the band deuorss
mated "pllageurs," SO nicknamed from their ale,s
propensity to steal small matters. W.aDdcd oulh
opposite side of the river to their camp on faith,
stream being about twice as wide the Tibe in go
water at Washington. We were soon Joined /,
Captain Stanard, whose men pitched his ten, usr
ours, and cooked supper by the same fire. wi
had scarcely kindled our camp fire. before The chsi
Of the '.ipageurs" manned their canoes, and canl
over, crying out, as they came up, "Boouf,n abtj
jour, and giving as their hands, which we accepl
They looked poor and dirty, some Of whom snI
nearly naked. They said they had nothing 10 sa
and were very hungry, and wished US to give ,hta
did the rest find out we were dispensing 'tnie,r \
the French voyageurs term it, than the whole pos.
kept coming over in instruments, I'LL we had III
whole camp upon our hands--women, children, an|
all.
We gave them all round about pint Of aouI
from Captain SIS and our own supply, and hu|
gave them 10 understand we wished them to sM|
to their own side of the river; they all LEFT US, al
ccpt some old chiefs, who were privileged 10 remain
and appeared DESTROYS of smoking their ppss VI
fore our fire, and talking over news with josta|
our Indian voyageur, and one Of Captain SIS haEI
breeds.
In their camp opposite--out Of joy, supps|
over the -four we had given them--lhey commenced
beating drum, and singing in a most wild and
monotonous manner, which they kept up ill oufln
p. M, when all became silent. We all fIM
asleep; and when awoke next morning, calling a|
hands for an carly start, all was quiet in The adn
camp. Captain Stannrd prepared TO depart Il VI
same time, and before sunrise he was Of TO FutI
du-Lac, and we to the Mississippi Whasvu "
.spiilageurs' may have done elsewhere, We will VI
them the justice to say that they stole nothing ha|
US; for next morning, on packing up, We mssl|
nothing whatever Many of them had plaMs|
and honest countenances, whatever else may VI
! said about them,
After going three or four miles, we struck h|
rapids of this river, over the trap bonlderso vhd|
the water dashed like a mill-tei Our voyagur|
had to pole up them with all the strength and III
| they could command, for there was constant dMg|
of the canoes being dashed and stove against ~
rocks, or of being suddenly thrown across the evil
rent and capsized These rapids were thanked n
either side with red sandstone cliffs; end the dahl
est and thickest kind of growth, composed Of alm|
fur, or Canadian balsam, white cedars, birch, d.
and wholly unfit for tilage.
| AT many places the rapids were SO powerful @
the channel so crooked and narrow, that the vol
ageurs had to wade in the water frequently to ha
waist, and push the canoes forward with ha
hands. Sometimes their feet would slip from nj
| spurs Of trap-rock boulders, and they would NJ
into holes Of deep water, nearly to their arn-ps
| or chns
We worked forward in this way over rapids. ~
about thirty miles; and having passed three paf'
ages, around which we had TO walk and carry on
baggage, with still the fourth and last severe on
before US, we finally struck up camp near 'n|
head Of the third portage, where all were sufhcsog
faigued to sleep most soundly. At this last Pofas|
| rapid, there appeared in the bottom Of The nfa 4
mass of trap crossing it, over which the water n
tive or three feet nearly perpendicular,
| We were of next morning early, after having III
amined the bottoms Of our canoes, and patched an
gummed tho leaky places with birch bark ana Oar
ada balsam-tree rosin. The small canoe had 70 y
patched and pitched two or three times, ha'Ds
been punched with holes by the rocks
Towards noon, we began to find the rapids ~
frequent and difficult, I'LL we finally came inp |
beautiful low bottom, or meadow land, OF elm W.
which lasted us for many miles; whcn iow,'sI
night, we again passed some severe rapids, ano ,pe|
entered long lake of irregular width, iormsa VI
the expansion of the river at this pont-in NJ NJ
beng more than from seventy-6ye to one huNu's1
yards wide, with generally a swamp on one 'Sl
and considerable sloping pine hills or blu's ~ NJ
other. We found this river, and especially Inc vi
part Of it, to be very full Of brook trout SOM N
which we caught, and found them not only ea..|
full in color, but most excellent TO eat lney WI ss
continually jumping abovc-the water, Danas ". n
! day and yesterday, we met several parties " "a n