The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-01-04
TERRITORY or MINNEsorA.

We have been often a-kcd relative a. the
Geography of this new Territory, without
iaiug Ahlr tp give information aui haFr as
often sought 10 in sHttrlA -5+..-l.t s.i-s.Et L.
Congress, made hy Capt Pope 4. =. Luein-
rrr,turnishes the following rrption "Ihr
Territory ~ Miunr-oa, as a. present organ
Ilal embraces Al that portion OF tlr NORTH
west which lirs to the north aHd west ~ Iowa
and Wisconsin, and contains about ono hun
drrd aud sNty thousand square mlcs,
Tho fret great perulIarurs which strike
the attention ot those examining the north
eastern portion Of this immense extent Of
country are the Wide yAllrys nitWu Hrfht ray
rrs-the Mississippi and It'd u'rr ot the
Nouh-which, headinb within few Wllrs
OF each other, discharge their watcra, respo'-
lively, into tie Gulf ui MrAiru and The Arc
dr sea 70 the cast, the western eNiremily
pii.akc Superior prglect Tar INTO the irrt'-
tary, aiIoring several llnc harlors ald a.
the south stretch the fertile yalloys Of thr ~
Peters and .laquos rivers, thc one heading
within thirty miles, the other Hpprna, hlnH
within ninety milcs, Of thc head Of paNEtu"i
ct the Red river 81 the Aorih.
Even hasty glance az the maps Of ihl.
vast region cannot fail a. impress one Wiil
the immense natural facilities thus presented
for discharging the produce aud manulac
furcs OF these great yallcysito the east through
Lake Superior into our great Atlantic cities
aud a. the south through the Missouri hn'
Mississippi, into the Gulfof MoXito,
When Il 10 also known that the Missi,.ipp
-isnllimtgd Tor ut least tour hundred miIc' u
its course within tbs TrrII0fy1 rtJ- ttrr'-T7
cr of the North nearly an equal distance th'
-, Peters, with an impruN cmcnt a. the pom
unlV, go miles, and the Jaqucs river through
nearly three degrees Of latitude, % becomes
matter Of vast interest 90 the wotld "a a-rrr
tain the capacities for agriouiurN aud manu-
features Of country 90 hunntiiully ruppliu'
hy nature with outlets for IT, productions,
The examination II portion 81 this Terri
tory during the past Summer has couNinec'
me that nature has been even more lavish 10
her pilis of soil than IN her channels OF com
uuncation, and has still len 20 tho cntcrpri,,
aud industry of man 20 complete what she
o has 10 well begun,
The immense number Of lakes laid dow
upon the inaccurate maps utthis Icrri'orl
now IN existence, aud which seem to 'uliuat,
q low and swampy region, are even more mn
mcrou, than they are represented 10 Ice, hu
are surrounded 10y gcntly uuduiduuI Couutrl
Of the most fertile soil aud ahuudautly sW,
piled with All the forest trees common tu b,
northern latitude, The streams which
connect these lakes, and which are the sour
ccs Of the rivers which ulcrscct the countr'
ia all directions, abound with rapids which
afford water power ~ available a. IL l. IN
cNhausiiblc ! have trlycrscd this T-riitor,
from north 10 south distance of Eve hun
drrd miles, aud, with the exception ola tyv
swamp-, have not seen one acre OF mpro
duclNc land
~ \ fugitive slave belonging to Dr.Youu.
OF Memphis, Tenn was recently rcclainc,
r0U ttdT1oTT, tttt Ttrrr ITTrJJiI trT-u'-'r -t TX
pcnsc on the part Of the agent of the own