Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-03-07

lille Lakes, Astounding with fish, adds much
10 The scenery Of the country.
When the improvements here suggested are
made, which, no doubt. will be done at no dis
tan. period. pleasure parties and business men,
from the lower Mississippi, bound 10 the
northern and eastern springs and watering
places. or to the great commercial emporiums.
will ascend the father Of rivers" visit the
falls of St. Anthony. take railroad ride of Q
or hours across the beautiful country to the
Lake, down the Lake. visit the great Copper
mines, see the pictured rocks, and reach Buffa-
10 10 about the same distance and time, from
Fond du Lac. they would from Chicago.
The district of country lying between the
st. Croix and Chippewa rivers, has been re-
Gently explored 10 some extent. and team has
passed through from one river to the other,
with but little difficulty. The land is mostly
rich prairie, not much broken, and offers great
er inducements for agriculture than it was sup.
posed to possess, until by actual observation
the fact is ascertained. Indeed, every part of
the country which has been explored. proves
to be better than i. was supposed 10 be. Those
who travel by the water courses only. see but
little Of the valuable parts of it. They see
most of the swamps and tangled thickets. and
if from this they form their opinion Of the
country, il must be erroneous.
ALFRED BRUNSON.
P.S. Since wrote my reply to Mr.. Spen.
Ger, have learned some facts not then within
my knowledge, but which not only confirms
what / said, but place him in very unenvi-
able situation. should not have come out on
him so fat-fooied, but he has sought to con-
,inue in existence an unjust prejudice against
our country, which has heretofore. and as long
as il ia believed, will continue. not only to re
tard the settlement Of the country and by that
means injure those now in il, bot i, assumes
rather more of personality, or personal veracity,
than wish to see in such discussions, BY con.
tradic.ing what had said, as facts within my
own knowledge.
] do not now. think il strange tina, he wished
TO discredit - all Prairie du Chen" and their
best "backing," in advance. since learn that
all the people here who have any knowledge
of "thc Chippewa country" or the country
between the Mississippi and the Kickapoo."
do not hesitate to fatty contradict all his as
sertions relative TO the bad qualities thereof.
Mr.. Lewis Lathrop. respectable citizen of
this county, says he was at the falls Of Chip
pewa at the same time Mr.. Spencer was. but
he saw or heard of no .frosts during the sum-
mer. He was al work with Mr.. Spsncer at
the mill, and believes he explored the country
as far as Mr. S. did, but he saw no worse aspen
thickets than he has seen in Grant county /;
and he saw no swamps, except on the margin
of the river when they went for timber, and
they were no. worse than he has seen 10 Grant
county. on the margin Of the Mississippi and
Wisconsin rivers. And Mr.. Dousman, whose
responsibility no one 10 the country will cues.
lion. and who was the principal man in build
ing the mill at Chippewa falls. at the time Mr..
s. was there, not only contradicts Mr.. Spen-
GERS assertions on the bad quality of the coun-
try, the river, &c., but AYERS that Mr.. S. went
up and came back by the rirer, and could not
have seen or become acquainted with iae coun.
try any distance from the banks OF the river
And both these gentlemen are very confident
that Mr.. Spencer has never seen "he country
between the Mississippi and the Kickapoo,"
except what he saw Of the river hills, in as
cendiog and descending the great river; he
must. therefore. have made his assertion from
the hearsay of others, as ignorant If the coun-
try as himself.
ALFRED BRUNSON.
Prairie du Chen. Feb. 23d, 1876.