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

xovd mill sites. the timber is III M excel
lent growth, and in great abundnnce.-
Heavy settlements are already snade along
the Dcs Moines river bottom; and some III
the farms would tavornbly compare with
.hose al the older counties. An cxccllcn,
r@d, leading from Kcukuk 10 the Raccoo,
Frks, runs through this ho,,mn ir several
miles passing through the torns 81 Agenc.
City, Ottu,nwn, Eld, vile, Red Ruck, &c.
W"ppel!" county has increased in pnpuIa-
lion, with astonishing rnp;di,y, numbering
10 The SHIRT spacc OF four wears, upwnrds
"f 5000 inhabitants. Though not gilt
I'd with n prophetic vision, ! do MT think
] would hazard much in I'll. ing, that th,s
county will become one ~ IN. most pnpu-
lous in The Suite; aud when The Dies MINES
shall have been improved by means Of u
slack. r0fcr, she will contribute her full
qadntHm II produce aud fabrics.
OfiUnrd, The county seat III Wappclln.
is situated upon the Dies M"nes, sud cen
tnins many good houses 3 "r 4 stores, tw"
hotcls, and several mechanic shops. !, has
u plcasan, site being built ngsinst bluff,
which gives il IN Appearance of one "i
oir river towns. il is twcnt, eight miles
irom Fnirticld, aud u from Agenc, CITY,
The Appamm'se rapids nrc at ut this place !;
aud j, appears tromn survey made By Mr..
ID. Armstrong, that $4,000 cubic feet 1t
water passed over the rapids per minute.
The fall OF these rapids is estimated 10 be
4 feet in mile. A Inrgc steam grist md
saw mill is ia operation NJ the present time,
and from what VIC could ascertain, docs n
profitable nnd extensive business.
Agency City, O miles from Oiiumwn,
has most picturesque and Omaniic si,un-
tion, being embosomcd, ms il were, in the
midst Of beautiful groves of timber, and sur
rounded b. many highly cultivated farms.
Had the traveller passed By this place 5
yenrs ngo, instead Of the smiling vilngc
Tint he now behoIds, he would have seen
the rude wigwam Of The Indian, aud It's M
less rude occupant. This place wns cho-
sen b. Gen. Street, tie Turner Agent II
the Sncs md Foxes, NJ m Indian Agency
and trading post; md certainly more de-
sirnblo location could not have been. cho.
sen. At about hnlf mile from the town,
and upon the premises Of the Street tamil.
reposes The remains of the celebrated ,di.
an chief Wappello. There side by side
with the accomplished md cultivated white
woman Mrs. Bench the daughter Of Gen.
Strse,.) rests the proud warrior, wh''sc
courage and council had, upon morc than
Que occasion, aroused the dropping hopes
Of his tribe. A nent marble vault j.
placed over his remains, nj the hchd
IF which is pole driven in the grnInd
and decorated with stripes ii red md
black paint. The follow inscription il cn.
rraved upon the marble slab: In mcn"r,
u WdPpclic, principal chief ii the Sac-
md F.Ac.: born y, Prairie du Chen nhoi,
the year 1857. Died near the forks al
Skunk river Msrch 10Th, 1872 This
stnnc was erected by the Sac nnd Fox m
ton. Wappclln was held il high es,ima-
ton hs his tribe, and ne 10 said IL have pos
scssed many god traits of character and
nj the same time he was terror to hostile
tribes, md a grcnt warrior wiihall. Agcn.
lcv Cit. contains three stores, two grre.
ries, fur doctors, several ,nrchanical shops
aud number nf snbsta nj liz dwelling houses.
Il il three miles from the Des Mnines river,
and twenty ono from Fairfield, in Jeiicr.
son county.
i Eddypillc, is situated in the extreme N.
W. Garner Of WappcIIo county, md imme.
diateIv upon the lett bnnk Of the river. !,
is n thriving little town, and contains some
substantial brick buildings. A r,cn,n mill
is in operation, aud does u lucrniivc h,si
ncss. There is also IN excellent bury fer.
~ established here, and what is nnre than
m. nf the river counties can inmsi, il j.
free 10 Nil who may wish to cr,.ss the river.
The river nj this point j. one hundred md
sixty yards wide, aud NJ the Invest s,arc
az wnicr. has three feet in tho channei.-
Il would not be surprising, ii Ed. vile
would hecnfnc the 1T the ms,sl in,lp,rtanl
, towns an the river. Even INV, il n ~ s..r,
Of rendezvous f',r nn'si IT the emigrnnis and
travellers who are j"rne. ing west mud
south II the Dcs Nj .incs; and this. in con.
ncc,ion with It's wn.er privelcges, aud the
n extensive sgricultnrn! region around md
about il. must and will render il u place I'll
much Importance. Aud who can f.rc,eIl
how Gar ds,sn, the day IL, when the inn
. mensc coal bank Fields, nigh, sny,) in
the vicinity oi this place, sh,lI he made 1.
icld their millions III tons Of cnsi per nm.
nnm--all concentrated here, for expnr,
down tho rivers The thought may he pre-.
mature, but time may c"nsummaie il. Ed.
dyvillc occupies the former site Of large
Indian village, md although bu. seven
ycnrs hive elnpscd, not vcstige Of il now
remn,ns. Tho town wns laid "ff BY r. P.
Eddy, Esq, formerly m Indian trnder, BIZ,
now merchant Of ST. Louis. The pres.
+ ent proprietor is Dr.. Rnss who resides 10
4 the town. Eddyvi:le contains Eve stores,