The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1847-10-07
DAVENPORT, THURSDAY OCTOBE, =,

Is abu,t IL m,,es tr"m the ge.grnpica, ecu
ter ii the county. Il Contains sevcra
houses, l store, l hotel, p,s, office, and
lngc frame court house.
Red Rock, 81 miles N. w. from Knox.
willie, Is II email town on the banks ii III.
Ous Aluines. Il Educated upon tiinbcred
baton, aud presents quite I" r.anan,lc up.
pcarnncc. u cuntnins about = houses, =
stores, | grocery, l hu,el, aud several me-
chanicai shops. Al about I "f n mile from
tho town 10 tho celebrated Red Rack,
or tho point trom which the old Indian bunn.
Diary line commenced. il began nj this
rock, or the point and run due sou,h Ia the
Missouri river, mud due North Ia the nen.
trail grounds. All the cuuutry west d, this
line was occupied BY the Indians until the
1 lih 1T Octot,er, ls45, ut which timd the,
were requested by tho terIis of the treaty
10 move west Vi The Missouri. should be
pleased 10 give the readers faint iden 81
the scener. in the vicinity of Red Rock,
were i, in my power To do so; but ior this
undertaking ! would need the graphic pen
81 M Irring, Or the vivid Imagination 81 u
Lippard, tod justice to The scene Here
Nature is seen in every form; nlong the
river boitm,,, both wind aud water seem to
have conspired 10 uproot and level down
the s,urdiesl trees, aud 10 have thrown
them 10 wild Confusion amongst the stand
ing timber, coNvc. ing the idea ofa Red
River raft upon dry Iand; while in the dis.
lance, and upon the margin 81 the valley,
siupendous rocks aud overhnnging cliff,
gnily icstu"ncd with running vines aud
creeping noss, md thousand varieties al
stintcd shrubs and di,ninu,ivc trees tnrm
u bold outline to TIC valley helnw.-As t"r
The Rock itself, could see nothing 81 vcr,
remarkable about il, except its color, whirh
is q:,iie red aud vcr. soft, and its singular
projection above and over part 81 the
rivera yer. gUd port though, !. i"r H.,
hmi in n heavy shaver u ruin. Bn
Red Rock must and will have cciebrit, /,
il l,,r 10 other reason, because il il red, nnd
bee nsc scvernl important pcrso.agcs hnvc
already identified their existence b> me"ns
of carved ini,inls upon It's crest. Bot inside
from I'LL Jest, the scener, in the vicinity Is
inimi,"hly grand, aud nigh, challenge /"
comparison with the ru,nn,ic Hudson Or
ioan,ing Niagara Red Rock is situated
in Town. NJ. II, R,ngr 20 West, nenr the
,nuuth of white Breast Fork" The
most extensive settlements 81 this count,
will lie in,md in the vicinii, 1T The iva
last mentioned towns. and along the dill.
irrcm, streams, p,r,icuIarl, White Breast
aud English" though there are many 9th
crs besides. There nrc nl-" several mills
IL "pcr.,inn. th"gh MS .c, upnns limited
scale. The whole county MAY he snid Ia
alnnlnn with hi,umine.s conl al u nost cx.
ccIIcni qunliiv. Il is most observable u.
hing The ha,,ks Of sirrn,ns. where il appears
IN The iurin AZ stratum averaging from ioor
10 ciph, fee, thick. ! have IN doubt these
strata "r veias extend f,r back int" the
hills, and nj some tn. will hc the mediums
& nc>hans,ablr wral,h I" the inhabitants.
Crane j. vc., abundant; deer ma, hc found
Ip"m nl,nnsi ever, prairie; aud rs ir tnr.
kics, IL is n common occurrence ~ meet
braves III ,lnn,, containing from ten l.. fifty.
Wild honey il found ia ,hr greatest pro-
fusion, indeed bee hunting. NJ they call il.
amounts IL almost an INJURY Ia mnny al
the settlers; they spend more time NJ this
ln,sincs. than they d. IN cult. siing their
farms; j, il. true, they IRE s~srtiy re- rewarded.
but their farms nse ncvIrcicd;. 81 course,
but sum II portion of the settlers nTc in
cIuded in this catalogue. ! was inrmed
bv M nld man, TINT within the last iwn
,ears. he had found more than ono hundred
aud fill. bee trees; and judging iram the
number III bee stands in his ynrd, bad ~,
rcnson t. dispute his vcrucii,. Cannot
hut advert IL fact in connection with this
county, which struck me - someMhat sing
nInr. Whit is known - the Mormon
Trace runs through, the coUnt. and, il !
an correctly iui;nrn,cd, the trace il only
continuation 81 the .L)iriding Ridge" Rad
which intervcncs between the Dss Mines
aud Skunk rivers, aud continues an IL
I..C.Mnci Bluff" At all events, large
companies of Mormons travel this rond, en-
route 10 Calitrnia. Thosc who arc set.
tied along this road, or ncnr il, seemed IT,
havc more npprcl,entinns md fears from
the Mnr,nons than the lndinns. They rep.
resent them NJ ,hicving, lying ircnchcr.
o,s people. having no respect far the laws
IL GUd or the country, and setting nj de-
6,nce ever. thug like dccency or christian.
Xix. department. lmct settlers who were nc.
tualIy afraid IL lenve their hnncs over night,
Tor fenr their cattle or horses would be s,o-
len hef,rc their. return in the morning. IN
fact, almost every person in tho cm,nsy has
m adherence f'r these people, and from
all acc",n.s, for very good rcnsons. Qnc.
~: iithc actual settlers upon onr fron,iers
hive npprehensions from travelling parties
"fihcse pc'ple. what will he tho cnnsc.
quence when their whplc nnml'er shall he
concentrated in Cnlifrnin3 There nre