The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-03-06

from Sdlnt JduI 10 L CInl buupi0SS,
should have caused the road TO be sur
veyed over that monstrous bluff, from the
top of which, Yields farm, now Samu-
ell II. Dent Esq.'s) looks over to Saint
Paul, when at less expense, the road
might be made along the level shore of
the river, and nearer too, by half a
mile.
9- The first term of the District
Court in Ramsey county, will commence
the End Monday Of April next; and IN
Benton county on the 2nd Monday of
June.
-. Writing Of the influence Of the
, missionaries upon the Dakotas, Sioux
correspondent of the Chronicle very
truly remarks: The Dakotahs arc mild
er in their character, and more temper
ate in their habits, than they were for
mcrly; and if but few Of them have i'm
bibed the learning Of books, they have
not refrigerated, and must therefore be
somewhat changed for no race can re-
main stationary in the ncighborhood of
the American people.
g' Last Thursday, Mr.. Calvin Leach
was driving his horse and cutter, Mr..
Mahlon Black with him, up the St. Croix;
when at Titcombe's Landing, 3 miles
above Saltwater, the horse and cutter
broke through the ice, and the horse was
drowned; the two gentlemen narrowly
escaping the same fate.
! We are indebted to one of our enter
prising townsmen, MIR. Dayton, for a
present of superb ham, cured III the
most Epicurean method; for with hams
as with doctors, everything depends up
on their curing.
B- A part ofthe last Red River train
| from ST. Paul last summer, was robbed
/ by the Indians They robbed them,
amongst other things, of a church bell
which the train was taking through TO
the Selkirk Settlement.
eF. The p. 0. at Nelson's landing is
removed to Wabashaw on the Minneso-
ia side of the river. Alexis Bailly, P.
! VI.
~ The meeting Of citizens at the
Central House, last Saturday night, took
no action in favor of forming an associ-
alton for claiming and buying lands on
! the Reserve. There is no occasion for
Ill will toward such as favored an organ
ization of the kind proposed; as the plan
contemplated the equal benefit Of all who
were to be associated.
&C. There will be quarterly meet
ing at the Methodist Church on Saturday
and Sunday, the 9Th and 10th instant.
CoRREcTIoN.-We were mistaken in
our statement the other day, that the first
Sewing Society in Saint Paul, origina-
ted last January.
There was society called the ST.
Paul Circle of Industry, organized in
the winter of 1913, composed of Miss
Bishop, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Bass, Miss
Harriet Patch and Mrs. Irvine, from the
proceeds of whose labor, the first school
house in Saint Paul was in part built
WITcHcRAFT-All Rochester is put
in comnotion, by certain knockings.-
We, in Minnesota, have got accustomed
TO hard knocks.
WORTHY OF ALL PRAIsE-The pro-
prietors of the town of st. Anthony,
have determined to bestow all lots that
may be required for the purpose of cree
ting houses of public worship in that
place.
This is as it should be, and undoubt-
edly the owners will be rewarded for this
noble act Of charity. The people abroad
who take an interest in our Territory,
will be pleased to learn that the Presby-
terians. Catholics, and Methodists have
taken advantage of the liberal offer, and
. each of the above denominations are
preparing to build church at ST. An
thony the ensuing season.
N We have received letter, a very
curious production, from a grandson OF
Jonathan Carver Qhe early discoverer
and claimant Of "Carver's Grant, ~
where we are The letter is so extraor-
binary, that we have deemed it proper
to file it with the Secretary of the Min
nesota Historical Society, in the archives
of the Territory.
l~ We mention for the information
of the public, that the excellent hotel
, kept in Saint Paul, by Mr.. Robert Ken
needy, is called the "Central House -
not Centre House.
~ On Monday, large number of
the Dacota gentry, visited his ExcelIen-
cy Governor Ramsey, who holds frequent
levees Of this sort and is very popular
with the red folks. Perhaps there will
be treaty pending, in the spring, with
these ''natiyes to the manor horn"
c From the best information we
can gain, Minnesota affords but little
game. Deer are found near Rice Lake /;
but that species Of game is comparative
ly scarce, and viii be, while the Indians
remain amongst us. The only game
that is abundant, is ducks, geese, and
other Waterfowl
e The Carver claim" embraces
100 miles in extent, the centre of the
claim being the Falls Of St. Anthony
| The territory was bought by Jonathan
Carver of the Indians, before the revo-
lutionary war. and confirmed bv a sIead