The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-08-15

tience, and untring attention Of the Captain.
officers. and men of the boat, to their com
fort and safety.
Henry f. Lsnders; Mrs. Horr, WIN. G.
Hendrickson, l.. A. Baicock and lady, C..
S. Todd, Geo. Douglass and lady, Miss M.
A. Scofield, }. W. Bass and lady, Jas. NJ.
Goodhue. Miss c. c. kneeland. Alexis
Bailly and sons, Miss Lucy Ann Bailly. p.
X. johnson and lady, A. Goodrich, Mrs,
E. C.. Parker, A. NJ. Mitchell, B. w. Brus,-
son, Ed. Douglass, Edwin Shelley, Wm.
Ba,hgate, John Trower, M. Sherman and
lady, David Day, A. Farribanit, d. Farri-
bault, Peter Hopkins, Jesse Lowe, Georges
Farauhar, Ed. DeIano, &. P. Y. Lull, n.
Mclean, Ed. d. Neill, c. Cavileer, john
Seeshnlt, S. II. Sergent and lady, Mrs. Bur-
ton, Joseph Mosher and lady, Jcs. Gibbons,
D. Olmstead, Jas. Wells, Miss c. Cratic.
H. Jackson, S. H. Dent, II. Nj. Rice and
lady, Miss Ellen Rice, w. G. LeDuc, Miss
E. Miller, Mrs. E. Young, Misses Arsbells,
Mary and Martha McLesn, Miss L. Rowe,
Miss Julia Barnum, MIR. EIhridge and lady,
MIR. Knox, Geo. Humphrey, d. Cooper,
}. NJ. Boal, Mr.. Clark and lady.
Thus ended This eventfui voyage Of sX-
ploration, so replete with novelty and stir
ring incident. that it will be remembered
while life lasts; and thus by series Of ef.
forts, has been demonstrated the enviable
commercial position Of our young town.
Not 90 years ago, near the south end of
Lake Michigan. a few cabins clustered upon
the low sandy shore Of that lake. Well do
we remember the time. Upon one vide
was stretched the restless lake, sud else
where, in every direction, a vast expanse Of
niar-hy prairie. The picturesque scenery
Of Fox river, the enchanting vsllcys..of the
O'Plain and the Dupage rivers. and The be-
witchng loyeiiness OF the Rock river val
ley, had yet yielded no allegiance 10 the
husbandman. Chicago actually suffered.
for want of the necessares Of life. Tram
seut steamboats, arrived there with cargoes
Of restless Yankees. Hundreds Of those
who arrived, glanced Mt The forlorn hopes
of a town which had no trade, in country
which produced nothing rs yet but swarms
Of mosquitoes; took in birds eye view Of
the marsh, or rode out perhaps rs far ~
Berry's Point or Flagg Greek. and then
taking the frs, boat. bade forever farewah
to the "Eelenoy in general and TO Chicago
in particular" Precisely such, is the HIS
tory Of the growth Of ST. Paul. With at
least equal commercial advantages here,
hundreds Of those who arrived expected to
barren spot--and ST. Paul Milwaukee
or Chicago, in which, however, corner lots
could he had on time at merely nominal
price, and quarter sections adjoining the
town. he entered at 81 25 per acre. Such
people have been disappointed. They have
been blown away like rhsf before tho
wind. They are gone, carrying with them.
doubtless, uniavorabIe reports Of a country
hich hoy b,t hou
have lett behind them in Minnesota, hun
dreds Of substantial, energetic men, who
have the foresight and judgmen, to compre-
hend the advantages of our town, and who
will stand manfuily up and aid in develop
ing ths resources of Minnesota. They are
the men to build up a city and to profit, ul-
tlmately, in its growth. Ten years hence,
when ST. Paul is numbered, as it will be,
with the great cities Of the Mississippi,
their enterprise and their sacrifices Will be
gratefully remembered