Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1851-09-24

" mosquito Harbor"-and we do not believe that
any of us will ever forget the very affcctonate
manner in which these little savages welcomed
us. We lay there until the dawn Of the next
morning, and it seemed to me the longest night
| have ever known-as we could not sleep a
wink from the time we embarked at Winnecon-
ne. Yet the darkest hour will finally wear it.
self out. We were ready to take advantage of
the earliest dawn, and by hard pushing we man.
aged to force our boat through the swale into
the Lake, and from thence soon entered the rv-
err, and after four hours rowing, we landed at
Fremont, small settlement mile below Part
ridge Lake. The public house was not quite
finished, but the landlord made US as comforta-
Bile as possible. We were all so thoroughly ia
ded, and some Of us quite ill, that we conclnd-
ed to stay there all that day, and on the next
morning return to Oshkosh, as we had seen e.
nough of" the elephant" to satisfy the most GU
rous. But, fortunately, it so happened that
near nightfall, while we were making the most
extensive preparations to drive off the mosqui-
toes, by building fires, smoking, shooting, and
oiling our faces and hands with bears grease
which New Yorker insisted to be sovereign
protection against the bite, but which made us
look very much like Laplanders-it was announ-
ced that The steamboat was coming. We were
right heartily rejoiced, as now we saw an end
to our tolls The John Mitchell soon came to
the dock, and the captain stated that he should
lay there until the next morning, and then pro-
ceed to Mukwa. AS we had not yet given up
our desire to see the country, we at once conclu-
ded to go farther up the river, and were then
amply repaid for all of our previous fatigue
The next morning we started early, and it was
a delightful sail up the Wolf The river winds
and bends almost like the coils of a serpent, and
rs there are heavy forests on both sides of it
with large overhangng trees-a powerful cur
rent-snags in the channel, and the banks over
flowed by every freshet-the Wolf River SEEM
ed the Mississippi in miniature.
Waupaca, formerly Gill's Landing, was the
next place where the steamboat stopped. 1t
contains but three or four buildings. 1t is ID
miles above Fremont, and near Reeds Mills ali
as Weyauwega, on the Waupaca Rivera small
stream which here empties into the Wolf. The
famous Walla-walla Valley (already setted) is
back from three to five miles from this landing,
and represented to he most beautiful country
equal to any in Wisconsin. Our next and
last landing was Mukoa, the county seat of
Waupaca, and one Of the most pleasantly situ-
ated villages one can imagine. 1t is on an ele-
waited plateau, which gradually rises from the
river-about half mile below the mouth Of the
Little Wolf The country around is excellent,
either for wheat or grazing. BY the road it is
only 80 miles distant from Oshkosh, though 60,
by the river 1t is oaly about 40 from Green
Bay, and about 80 from Berlin. in Marquette
county, and on account of the high land, affords
one of the very best points for crossing the
Wolf. We think Mukwa is destined to be some
thing of town-probably the largest place on
IL,
hours at Mukwa, giving ample time to walk
through the village, which already contains full
500 inhabitants. The streets are broad and reg
ularly laid out. They have good hotel--and
take it all in all, the village must leave favor
able impression on the traveller.
The journey down the river is delightful
The swift current makes even slow boat move
fast, and the sudden bends in the channel dis
close some new beauty at every mile. Some
of the bends are SO sharp that it is with difficult
ty that the steamer is prevented from being driv-
en- ashore. The west side of the Wolf is still
held (under the indulgence of the Government)
by Menomonee Indians, though some claims are
entered on that side. Most of the improve
ments are on the east side, but Weyauwega and
the famous Walla-walla Valley, which contains
population of some 500 is in the Indian coun-
try. 1t is supposed that the land will be offer
ed for sale during the course of the present or
coming year, and then emigration must be heavy
to all this region, The best Of the land does
not lie on the river, but from half mile to two
miles back. From Lake Powaygona to Mukwa
the river overfows good portion of its banks.
Above Mukwa to Lake Shauno, the banks are
high-at least so we understand With this ad-
vantage, the country on the Upper Wolf will
be settled more rapidly than below Mukwa.
No one can return from the Wolf without
the impression that the river is misnamed at
Oshkosh. 1t is there really the Wolf, and not
the Fox. The color Of the water, its current
and the general bearing of its shores, prove that
it is really the wolf which empties into Lake
Winnebago, and that the Fox is more properly
branch of the Wolf At Butte des Morts,
where they divide, the Fox is small stream be-
side the Wolf. At Winneconne-a finely situ-
ated vllage-there is one of the best Artesan
wells in the State. The water is delicious, and
bubbles up with great force. All this section of
Northern Wisconsin can obtain these wels.-
The water is supposed to come from Lake Supe-
rior, as that Lake is on higher dip ofthe earth's
surface than that portion of our State. With
its good health, good water and a fertile soil, a
few years will produce change in the Wolf
River country that will astonish those who have
traversed it when it was the widest section of
the Northwest
There was one incident which happened on