The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-08-16


this subject, next week.
Letters Of Inquiry Respecting Mime.
sofa.
Below will be seen specimens of letters
of inquiry about our Territory, of which
we receive more or less every mail. We
have answered some of them by private
correspondence, but they flock in so fast
that we now adopt the expedient of caging
what we have OH hand together, and send
ing the answers back in one covey.
Our readers would be astonished at the
multitude and constantly increasing eviden-
ces which come to our hand, of the wide
spread interest manifested in our young
! Territory. Every week several papers not
on our list, appear with a request for the
Pioneer in exchange. Of course we do not
mention this fact with any motive of vanity
we ascribe it to the prevailing curiosity
of multitude of people of other meridians
who are thinking to em,grate. Unquestion-
ably, if they can satisfy themselves Of the
productiveness of our soil, they will, under
the additional and all important considera-
ton OF health, prefer this direction to any
other. We here insert part of a letter
addressed to Us in behalf of himself aud
others, by one in Crawford Co., Pa:
81 have been requested by several per-
SOILS who think of enigraling to your ! err
| ritory, to address you and obtain the atore-
said information. AT the same time, by
| forwarding one or two numbers of your pa
| per lis specimens, you will confer u kind
favor. &c.
| "N. B.-Please state whether the Odd
Fellows have any lodges lii the Territory"
| Here is another, from d gentleman in be-
half of himself aud others in Calhoun Co.,
Michigan:
"ED. PIoNEER-Dear Sir: Being solicit
ed by many citizens of this place, and hay
ing IL great desire myself to learn something
oI the prospects and present condition ot
your country and village, have taken the
liberty to address you with inquiries respect
my your Territory. WIN you, MIR. Editor,
! furnish me with short description OF your
tibie vi growing wheat generally! can trul,
are your winters long aud severe? are there
many settlements Ill the country round about
St. raul! Ale building materials, such as
lime, lumber, stone aud BRICK, to he got
near! Are the people of st. Paul mostly
| Eastern! have you full supply Of me-
chanicS and tradesInen! how many stores,
hotels, tin shops, groceries, &C.: Is there a
regular line of steamboats, up the MISSISSIPPI
! pl TO your plgce daily! Lastly, would III
! quire whether stock of ready made cloth
! ing, in your opinion, could he sold this tall |:
/ 1t not, what commodity would he the best
to bring to dispose OF readily! If you see
fit, MIR. Editor, you may answer this III your
paper and set me down as ii subscriber for
one year, aud Oh the receipt OF II, will re-
init you the money, or be III 81. Paul soon,
and see you Ill person. l think your paper
would be taken ny number, if once intro-
duced, for large portion of our population
! have suddenly been seized with the Mime
sofa fever, aud the Pioneer 10 doubt, would
! be ALI excellent thing for that disorder.
''P. 81 would ask if provisions are
plenty, the price Of board per week, aud
whether, in your opinion, that climate would
be congenal to bilious aud rather delicate
constitutions"
A gentleman in Kentucky makes the fol-
lowing inquiries:
"ED. PIoNEER-Dear Sir: l wish to
purchase lot OF ground within the suburbs
of your town, ST. Paul, containing several
acres, and as l have Il knowledge Of the
character and prospects this place, derived
principally from extracts from your paper,
nave taken the liberty of wiring TINS letter
To you, with Il view Of gaining some add.
tional information from you In IL more di-
rect and private way in reference to the
/ growth, populations, and situation Of St.
I Paul, and also to ask yOu to do me the ia
vOr to refer ne to some resident citizen OF
the place, through whom | can negotiate
the contemplated purchase above mention
ed. shall before d great while, | hope, be
; in your Territory, but l can0ut say when
can make suitable preparations for going.
Please inform me what Is the present popu-
lation of your town! what Is the character
of its location, aud what is the nature OF
the country around? Is the land which lies
around it rich and productive: l should
like very much to know what large sized
; lot Of ground, containing say about tel,
acres, within the suburbs of St. Paul, would
cost me at present in cash, and whether
there are any such for sale!"
We will proceed to answer these several
heterogeneous, by way OF general state
,nent respecting Minnesota and her pros
poets, without going far into detail.
First, Minnesota is large enough for eve.
ny body. All her lands east Of the Missis.
sipp, except the comparatively small mum
Der of sections already entered, are IN mar
ket. Probably, in the course Of "a year OF
two our enviable domain will include the
lands now occupied by the Sioux Indians
When the Indian title is extinguished, al
that tract Of country included within the
northern line Of the State Of Iowa, aud the
Mississippi and Missouri rivers, extending
as far west as Nebraska, will he open te
settlers, like other parts of Minnesota.