The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1851-01-22
ROCKS OF LAKE SUPERIOR.

ROCKS OF LAKE SUPERIOR.
Upon the Southern coast of Lake Superi>
or, about fifty miles from the Falls OF St. Ma.
ry, are immense precpilous cliffs, called by
the vnyager le Fotlrail, the Pictured Rocks.
This name has been given them in cOase-
quence Of the different appearance which
they present TO the traveller, as he passes
their base in his canoe. II requires little
aid from The Imagination to discern in them
the cas'eRtad lover aud lofty dome, and
ever sublime. grotesqne or fantastic shape
which The genius of architecture ever inven~
ted. These cliffs are an unbroken mass Of
rocks, rising 10 the elevation of 400 feet a.
bove the ltvel Of The land, and stretching
along the coast for fifteen miles. The Voy
Ingers never pass this coast except in the
most profound calm; and the Indians, be(ore
they make the pellous attempt, oher theiI
accustomed obaIions TO propiliaie the favor
Of their Months. The eye instinc,ly search>
es along the eternal rampant, for single
place Of security; but The search is vain. -
With an impossible barrier of rocks on one
side, and an inie ierminable expanse of wafer
IN the other, sudden storm upon the L; Ike
would as inevitably assure destruction of The
passenger in his Trail canoe, as il he were
an The br nix offhe cataract of Niagara. The
rock itself is a sandstone, which is disnteg-
rated by the continual action Of the water
with incompatible facility. There are no
broken masses upon which the eye can rest
and ind relief. The Lake is so deep that
these in1sses, as they are torn from the prec-
iplce, are concealed benealn its wallets un-
iii il is reduced 10 sand The action of the
waves has removed every projecting point
Whe we passed this immense fabric nf ma
ture. the wind was sill and the Lake was
calm. But even the slightes, motion of the
waves, which in the most profound calm sg>
iiaIes these eternal seas, swept through the
deep caverns with the noise Of the distant
thunder, and died away upon the ear, as il
rolled forward in the dark receSses naeces-
sbla to human Observations. No sound more
melancholy or more awful ever v'brated up
OH human nerves. II his left an impression
winch neither time nor distance can ever ef- |
face. Resting in fraii bark canoe, upon
the impid waters ofihe Lake we seemed
almost suspended in the air, pencid is the
looking upon the towering
which mrended over us, and
from which the smallest fragments would have !
destroyed us, we felt, and felt inie nsely our
twn nsieuifcance. No situation can he
imagined more appalling to the courage, or
mo'e humbling to the pride Of man. We ap
peared like smallspeck upon the broad face
Of creation Our whole party, Indians, voys
ayers. soldiers, officers and servants, con-
10 mute establishment the awful
display uf creative power, at whose base wa
hung; aod no sound brGke upon the car to
inteHup, the ceaseless roaring of the waters,
No cathedral, no temple built with human
hands, no polnp ofworship could ever impress
the spectator with such humility, and so
stFong conviction of the immense distance |
between him ald The Almighty Architect.
The LceBsT pF THE SALT LAKE.-The I
shores OF the Salt Lake ATE infested by SORT
ofins et pest, (which claims vile resemblance
10 the lpcust Of the Syrian Dead Sea. Wing
less. dumpy, black. swollen headed, with
buIging eyes in cases like goggles, mounted
npon legs ofsieel-wire aud cock springs, and
with general personal appearance that JUS
tifed the MormoRs in comparing him 10 |
cross Of The Spider and Buffalo, the Dosere,
cricket comes down from the meuatains at /
certain season of tile year In voracious and |
desolsting myriuds. Il was just at that SEN
sou that the FIRST crops Of the new settlers
were IN the full glory oitheir youihfll green. !
The assainnts cuuId not be repused. The /
Mormons, alter their fashion, prayed, and
fought. aad Tough, and prayed. hut 10 no pur
poses. The BLACK Philistinss" moved iheir
way even with The ground, leaving ii as i'll
touched with an acid or burnt oy fire.
But an unlocked for ally came 10 the res
cue. Vast armies Of bright birds, before
stranasts lothe valley, l,astencd across the
lake from some unknown quarter, an gorged
themselves upua The we'll fatied enemy.-
They were snow white, with little heads and
clen dA,k eyes, aud little feet, and long
wlags that arched in flight .ke an angels. y
Al 6sst. the M0fm0ns yhnughtthey we're new
eGe,Hles 10 lngue them; but when they
found ii'em h'slile oniy % The locus,s, they
we're cntciHf HaiStn molsst Them in their
friendly eiiire.and toibis sad decInfed / eary
fine aaAiIisf aH who shoali kill or anaoy
:hem wish Esessns Tie &uils soon grew
10 he ta,ne rs ahsg pouliry, aud the delighted
llnie cl,ildteH framed 10 calIlk lksTa their pi1e.
a's fhey disappeared esery:evsning be.
yond the iskss bui. resasaing with sunrise.
cUntlBaed their welcome vlsitinps till ,l,e
cTieksis were ~ exhats,ed. n
Z This cusions iIlciden. orcaned the fellow.
mn year. with this vaHaiion, ilsaIia l64sl ire
gUlis came earlier, and saved the wheat
rsopfran OIL harm whateyef.4 f.4--lifarysvilleI |
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