The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-12-12
To Be Costiapcd.)
From the Cleveland Democrat.

- Prem the Cleveland Democrat.
The Cranberry Trade--SsCarver's Cave.
-..Red Rock-..T.,iI Corn, High Oats,
: Big Csbbages and tremendous onions!
Willow River Observation-Disclosures.
Steamer eBR. FRASYLIN, No. 3"
-'t Oct. 4, lSi9.
MEssBs EpIroRs--I have just come
aboard this boat which IS lying at the
Lower Landing at St. Paul, and will
start for Saltwater soon. Mile they
are rolling on those barrels Of cranber-
rvs, will tell you something about the
cranberrie trade here. There have al
ready been three iaousGnd barrels ship
ped from ST. Paul and Mendoza this sea-
son, and probably more than half as
many from Saltwater. They are gath
cred By the Indians who exchange them
for goods. They are nearly twice as
large, and much more delicious than any
cranberries ever ate East. Those
shipped from St. Paul are gathered from
cranberry marshes, twelve and sixteen
miles North and North West from here
They are here worth S! per barrel.
Now We are oti--but instead of going
DIVA the river, We are going up. The
Captain says we arc going to "Carver's
Cave" which Is two miles above, to take
on some cranberr!es. We'll, ] am glad
Of it, for this is one of the '.hons," and
while they are rolling on those barrels
vii tell You about the cave. The boat
has stopped at the mouth Of a fairy little
deli where a beautiful little crystal
stream runs INTO the Mississippi. You
follow this stream a few reds, stopping
every step to admire the grassy, rocky
sides of the raylne--when you come to
white sandstone rock at its head This
rock is abou, 30 feet high-lorming three
fouIths of a circle, and it Is crowded
with grass and trees. In this rock is a
cave, with u semi-circular mouth, about
80 ieei wide and % feet high; and from
its beautiful white sand floor, flows a
most beautiful crystal stream. This
cave is 50 large, you can walk erect in it
for thirty or forty yards. when suddenly
you find yourself in room more beau
tifll than cuould be made with all the
wealth of Aston. 1t is circular, about
Is feet in diameter, lust high enough for
the greatest beauty. Itsnocr, and walls,
snd siding, are all formed Of TINS ai.-:.ost
snoY-whnc rock. In its centre is
large vase, smooth and white, and pol
ished as marble, three or four feet in d.
ameter, and about a foot in depth, into
which the water falls about two feet, fill
ing the room ceaselessly, with its deli
cious music. After you leave this room
= by creeping some distance, you find
yourself IN another room; and then the
rest Of the way is only large enough for
YOU to crawl on your hands and knees.
Ii gives rise to strange feelings to be in
that narrow, winding passage, three
hundred yards under ground, without
room to turn around. EIost of the way,
the stream has worn a channel about
f,ot wide. If your light should happen
10 go out you have only to crawl down
the stream, and you will certainly find
your way out. knew the depth of wa
ter in this channel, for measured it in
several places, by slipping into it up to
my knees. 1t was supposed that this
was tic Cave in which Carver encamp-
cd some days during his travels in this
region, and from this it derives its name.
But this Care does not at ali answer to
the description of the Cave in which
Carver cncamped That is two miles
below st. Paal, and the mouth of it is
yearly INSTRUCTED. On Nicollet.s map,
the Cave which have been describing
is called New Cave" 1t should be
called Fountain Care.
Whic am writing the boat IL on its
way, and we have reached Red Rock,
!. five miles below St. Paul. This place
was first settled by the Methodist mis-
sionarics in 1887. An Indian mission
was established at a cost of $50 900;
butaftcra few years it failed The Rev.
DIR. Williamson is prosecuting this mis-
sion underline patronage of the Aneri-
can Board.
A. the junction Of the Mississippi and
St Croix is Point Douglass, flourish
ing little town.
"A few miles from Point Douglass. on
abe West side of the ST. Croix, is Cot
/: tageo grove. a little village, surrounded
, bya beautiful and fertile country There
: is 40 finer lapd for farming than a great
[ er part Of this point between these rivers
Corn grows as well as in Southern Ohio.
! Olis apiH average fifty bushels to The acre.
! Cahhaxes, grow four feet six inches in
.cireumfcrepcc. Onions from the seed
this,year measure one foot in circumfer-
ence. 3 And the turnipsare as large as
eyey saw any where. y Remember
:peak .shat I ksais, and not from the SAP so
! " vtherss Every foot Of a medium
quality ofsthis land in four years will be
; worth.six dollars per acre. Some miles
below Saltwater is Widow River. 1t
has about dozen houses, a Land office,
and isthcl county seat Of St. Grcix Co..,
!; WISCONSIN Now we are in sight of
Saltwater. 2isal bns bosit do4d a5tiIs n
!. Kayfwil see ]. am dull, from the suan-l
nesI ytiteoi 4shavc not timeHtois trans
crihes, and therefdre send you my notes,
! xitin,,t5al tHrafim or correction. hoping