The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-02-13

and described country place
sknedgc of the Dakota and the obons the Spirit supposed
Hall dedicated the purposes education regon
an audience descendants Of the Old bueyd energetic Saxon
prncc and dweers comfortable situated upon beautiful
which the Architect Of the Universe has been smoothing
down. and preparing for the abode of Christian people
the chief design Of association useful nforna
ron is proposed Introductory Lecture review of the
principal French British and American travels the Falls of ST.
Ner noticing the tour of Father Hennepn
have Jonathan
conquest Canada and
the passed some time exploring tour through
Hennepn and La Sale the discovery the Pacific
ocean nc was and the late OF Se racine
the Western coast Of America woud not only disclose
passage intelligence China and English settle
the East Indies with greater than tedious
Leaving the city Of Boston in june 1866 he proceeded by of
po ns On e third of he 5
and the eighteenth arrived Green Bay the site of the old French
polished
society Of the Courts Of assemble and talk their
inhabited by oawas and though dporng the effect of spiruous
the b the Of the
Leaving Green Bay he proceeded the Fox River till he
Lake Winnebago He that female presided this tribe
and describes her ancient woman small " stature and not
tended her. Her attendants seemed greatly whenever
showed any tokens of respect to their Queen particularly when sa-
the good old lady ndcvorcd juvenile gaey and
paid her."
Carver like times
being driven north by the of the spanads He bases his
opinion upon the following data their unenabe attachment the
the After making he descended . the Wscon
where he quantities of lead brought from the mines which
extensively worked Wisconsin On the fifteenth of oc
he found the town Of Prairie des chiens or Dog Plains
s village he thus crib h contains o about re hundred
the where all the adjacent tribes and those who in
habit the most remote branches of the Mississippi trade
Having bought he proceeded the nineteenth October
with French Canadian and Mohawk the Mississippi
of November Lake Pep On the East bank of this Lake he
served the ruins s Esnsh factory said St.
sizes Soux Dakotas While taking walk few miles below Lake
for military defence He saws Notwithstanding was now covered
with could plainly discern had been breaswork
Of about four feet in height extending the best of mile have
given exact an possible of this singular and
Fcaherstonaugh United geolog fifteen years
art, thrown up by some unknown nation
Not far distant the River Crox Sioux
The Sioux being begged the Captain assistance
eepon and succeeded p"rsaading them to retire.
About miles below St Paul. he remarkable called
BY the Indians the dwelling Spirit The
about wide high twenty
trance lake tho water Of which He found in
this cave many Indian which appeared very ancient
for time had nearly covered them with For the
mouth of this has been filled with gravel and sand but July
1887 after much digging Ncoe succeeded making
and saw Indian marks on the wall.
fact will help the mounds the Mr.
Weld Just below the resided the Little Grow of
Indians who live four miles below Paul the side of
the river
He also interesting if reliable Of the burial
that performed this the ST. Paul.
and the puport of the harangues made to the deceased
Having abandoned his opposite the mouth the ST. Peters
the he travelled by land the Falls of ST An
thony which he arrived the seventeenth November 1866
In with him his Mohawk and Winnie
bago chief He he heard the the distance
of fifteen miles, the Wnnebago reached the below
the village ST. Anthony which oveooks the Falls he began
address the Great Spirit supposed reside yn He told
him that he had long his alterations and offerings
him. after which, he threw his pe Tablespoonful bracelets
Carver Falls hundred and fifty yards we
the perpendicular fall to be thirty feet In the middle of the Falls
island present. and half between the side which
stand and the island edge of
the Falls oblque position that appeared him be about five
six feet broad, and thirty forty feet long
With the surrounding he delighted the most
ST. Anthony could desire His description
follows "Thc country around them extremely beautiful is
uninterrupted plain where the finds relief of
gentle the covered with the finest
verdue and with little pleasing
On the whole the Falls included which
the distance Of pleasing
view believe be found throughout the
Accompanying this description with which you
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