Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-02-01

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: The Qes MONIES = one Of the most beau
tim! and important tributaries q the Mis-
sissiPps- nosth Of uhe Missouri; and the
n'eeamorphosis which its name has under
eones ifo. rs original appcllstion, Is Curl |
eas enough 10 oe recorded.
Me sre informed that Father Marquette
snd nAr. Joliet. during their voyage an
search q inc M'ssassiPP'' having reached
inc distance Q. sixty ie'g''cs oeio@ ne
'nos'sn g inc Wisconsin, observes, ,he ioo'-
aePs o. men on me fsg'at sac OF .he great
river, which served as g'.ide Tor these
Two ceieofa'ed explorers 10 Tue discovery
" an Indian iraai, or pam, leading 70 an
tenave prairie, and winch they deser-nincd
TO toliow. Having Proceeoca about TWO
leagues, they saw nrst one shsaSe on Tue
tank Of river; sssd usen Two olless upon
slope, hall league oil from The ilrst.-I
4he travellers, having aaiied Within ha.i-
ing distance, acre met by the Indians, who
oslsfca tnen a.cF h"spi's.'ics, ana repre-
ses'ted themselves as belonging 10 the IL
iino,s naiioi.- The name which they gave
10 neir settlement was ."os'a-Sos'nas, (or
-sosssoass a. aald down III the aneien' maps
q tnc country ana Is 2 corruption o. me
A'gonk's word .h,So.m'y, s'sml! lns a Ms
roo; the indlsls, ~ uieir custom airy enAp-
tacai manner o. designating iccas'ues, aiiua-
ing, IN tins instance, to the well known
road IN this section Of country, which they
used 70 fellow as communication between
the head q Tie lower rapids and their set
element en- the river that empties itself INTO
the mississippi, 80 as to avoid the rapids;
and this IS still the practice Of the present
inhabitants Of The country.
Now, after the French had established
themselves on the Mississippi, they adopt
I'd this name; but with their custom to
this day, that Of the river Creoies) ofonly
pronoslucing the first syllable, and applying
i 70 the rive, as well as to the Indians who
dwell upon It; 50 That they would say ia
T.rsTe g. -Io&s The Tlyer Of me MONS;
.'aftsr ches tes MONS to 60 to the MONS
(people. But, IN latter times, the inhab-
nanls associated this name with that OF the
iJnppisf Monks { .aosaes De "a IrnPPe) who
resided on the Indian mounds Of the Amer
lean bottom. It was then concluded that
the true reading q the Tiriere dss .'loins
was ule ssrsriue des .uosSss,' Or river OF
The monks, BY which name It is designated
On a The modern maps.
Ihe Des AIomes cfnPties into the Mis-
slssippi IN 40e Y lat. n; and its sources,
heretofore supposed to be in 43 are ex-
tended on map to 40 3 n. It is fed from
the beautiful group Of lakes, previously
described Is the Nsetck lakes, towards the
middle Of the plateau Of the Coteau des
Prsiries, at an elevation Of ! $50 feet above
the Level Of The sea. The waters Of these
lakes how from N. w. to S. E., swelling
themselves BY innnmerable tributaries until
they enter the Mississippi at an elevation
Of about 444 feet absve Che Gulf of Mexico
i. The course Of the Dss Moines canno'
Be less than 400 miles; whence It would
follow fhaf the average Of its descent is
nearly tbree feet e the mile, with cur
rent approaching in velocity that Of the
Missouri. The river flows constantly in
: dep valley, from its sources to within a
few miles &C its confluence with the Mis-
sissippi, where u spreads over low grounds.
In 10 upper part, its bed is upon sand
rolled pebbles, and single, (gdllets.