Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1849-05-11
Minnesota.

1ortance, aud in few years it will contain
arge population of intelligent, hardy, robust
peOPle.-Already paper has been started at S.
Pauls the new seat of Government, Of an ex-
ceedingly respectable appearance. /. is called
Ihe Minnesota Register, and is ediled b. A. Ran.
dali & Co.
As many Of our Pennsylvania people may
feel disposed TO emigalo to this healthy cline
with Geo Ramsay, we select the following de.
scrpllon Of il from the National InlelIigencer
"Accordjng to the final provisions of the bill
which has transferred this extensive wilderness
into a Territory Of the United States, il is boun.
ded on the North by the British possessions, on
the east by Lake Superior and the State Of Wis.
cOnsln, on the south by the State of Iowa, and
on the west by the Missouri river and the exlen-
sive posse ssons Of the Indians. The surlace
Of the country is generally level, and il has
been estimated that al least lwo.thirds Of its a..
rea consists of prairie land, the remainder be-.
ing folest. Much Of the soil is fertile, and ca.
sy Of cultivation. Ii is watered by no less Than
six of the most supurb rivers on the face Of the
earh-Ihe Mississippi and Missouri River, Au
Jacques, the ST.. Peters, The Red River emplying
into lludson's bay, and the ST. Louis empIying
into Lake Superior. Were il not for the Falls
of 81. Mary, IA canal having been built around
those Of Nagara,) vessel sailing from the c.
ty of New York by the ST. Lawrence and the
great lakes might deposit her merchandise al
most within It's very heart; while it is a we'll.
known fact, that New Orleens steamer may
by the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, transport
The products of the South to its more remote ex-
Temites. The Two facts, that Minnesota is Ia.
we'd by the waters of the largest lake in the
world, and that in lis very centre are located at
least u thousand lesser lakes, which constitute
the fountain head of the Father Of Waters, are
in themselves sufficient to give it a worldwide
reputation. In addition TO this, the climate of
this Territory is all that could be desired. The
winters are indeed somewhat long and cold, but
they arc REGULAR and as to The summers we have
never witnessed any that were TO US 50 braclng
and delightful. The dreaded ague is stranger
in this region, and the very night airs seem TO
increase The strength Of the voyagors and Indi.
an traders, who for the most part, are The only
civilized inhabitants OF the vast domain. Game
is found in the greatest abundance, from the bu(.
lalo to the deer and the grouse, and there is no
region in the world where can be found great.
er variety of fresh water fish.
The Indian population is by far the most ex.
tensve now existing within its limits, but the ma.
tions are only two in number, the Chippeways
and the Sioux. The wrongs which these un-
fortunate children of the wilderness have for
many years past endured from the more unprin.
cipled traders are among The blackes crimes oi
the white man, and it is 10 be most sincerely ho-
ped that new order of things will now be bro't
about, which may in some slight degree atone
for these wrongs. To US who have been de.
voted lover of the Red man, even from child.
hood, the fact that the race is literally withering
from the land oflheir fathers, il is indeed depres.
sing and sickening, With all his faults we dear
ly loved the poor, neglected and deeply wrong
cd Indian and we verify believe that our below
ed country can never prosper as il might until
we have done to atohe for the untiumbered out
rages committed against the race by our more
unworthy citizens. But we are wandering.
With regard to the towns or villages existing
al the present time in Minnesota, we can afford
but little. So far as we now remember, they
consist of only three; Fond du lac on The ST.
Louis a mere trading posG ST. Peters, at The
mouth, Of the river of thai name, distinguished
us the sight of Fort Smelling, and as being gwith
in five or six miles of the Falls Of ST. Anlhon,
and at the head of steamboat nuvigalion; AM
the hamlet of 81. Paul, which is on the ives
side of the Mississippi, only about six miles be
low the mouth Of the 81. Peters, The fac
| al tna last MA 1O
the seal OF government of The new Terrlor,
renders il Of some interest. 1t is situated on
bluff which rises some fifty feet above the Mis-
sisslppi, and though it is nanked by thnl
wooded, or rather prairie country, the soil is Ier
Tile, a the scenery up down the river is excet
dinghy beautiful. Unlike that portion runnin
south Of the Missouri, this portion Of the greJ
river is invariably translucent, and for man
reasons is interesting 10 an uncommon degree
Steamboats, drawing only few inches of waIel
navigate this portion of the river during the en-
lire summer.
When we visited ST. Paul t846l the major
~ Of its dwellings, if not all, Numbering NJ
more than half u dozen,) were builtof logs an
though very comfortable were not particular
showy. Althat time, too, the only business ca
ried on there was that of trading with the Ind
ans. O1rmosl vivid recoections of the plac
are associated with a supper that we enjoyed
the cabin Of The principal trader, We had 10
ourselves in travelling by land from Lake 5
Croix 10 The village, and for many hours beio
our arrival had been IN particularly hung
}, MOOD. We entered 81 Paul justas the sun vi
setting, and it so happened that outhe veryou
skirts Of the place, we chanced 10 kill CO
pie Of young coons. Aporlon Of one Of the
: animals, fried in its own fat, with dish Of Ie
: constituted our supper, and more truly sat
= = factory supPerwe have hardly ever enjoyed, I
= beiI we have been quite an extensive traveller
= the wilderness. Ii the ctizens Of 81 Paul W
. only welcome their newly appointed Govern
by giviug-lAm u coon supper, we feel confde
= = that he will be we'll pleased with the reception
i i With regard TO the agricultural products,
= = cannot speak with much confidence. Wild ri
J we know grows in great abundance, and is
staple article Of food with the Indians. +