New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-27

,,..a where century AGO, tia chiefs
bid Their councils. and bones = the des' "
from n distance 10 re burtd ON ~. .si.f. oS re
Carver y,.ited the cave IN l1o' a's 49, a. ,h -
psbos 90 'nr m''n -. .nscious arch wl,hn, ana
s,O.rsbly Woe entrsnc-, ePsa ,h,ovr ,r,o yyhinh
lake OF transparent water, s'ono WI IL -, ~ of
produced opdrriul rever s suoi ~ In
ancient herogJphcs cut ITu 49, nsed m. roof OF
m In mapy years since, and the entrance Ior
ynerIx acc.s,ibe BY steep ps>sase from tns oii =.
49, 49, ,,ss Closed entirely In ls20 Since men some
..,.,;o, have been made, and the place now LOOKS
nse sss dug cellar. In pamphlet issued oy the MIN,
resoa ais,orical Society, la 1880 10 poem
hs Cir Iobn Herchel from the German oil Scoiher,
y;y5 81 Des,h Song of Nadowessee Chief, suggested
b, reading a funeral address made In toh cave oy
Dshcotsh chief. . ri, xru,
has been called GVlgotns, on account OF the ooooy
ety,te be, wien the Ddhcoahs and OowD or Ch'ppewn
After greet battle 10 1871, the indians OF Poksguma
went 10 live With their countrymen near Lake Sope'
,,or Like Pokrguus, four or five miles long and two
vide 4, streg n with boulders, aud tall, hoary pines
crow 10 the waers edge II 10 on Snake River twenty
mile. above tbs Fsls 81 St Croix
A, many inquiries have been made about the prac
t.cso.e routes from the Upper Mississippi 70 Lake Su
peIior aud erroneous Impressions ara abroad, 1t
may be well record The information obtained at the
zs of ST. Crox. The route thence usually taken BY
traxers. hafbreeds and individuals who attend the
Court al La Ponte, and 10y the Carrier OF the mall
once a fortnight, Is up the 81 Croix River by a
bark canoe some eighty miles 10 the small lake
u
portage oil ei.h nine mles to the Bos Brulee River
which empres into Lake Superior fifty MILES above La
PoiD,e; this s descended and the voyagers coast the
rest VI the way. | converted with v0yaser By pro-
fessioDThOmas p Gheen, who lives st the Falls Of S.
Croix sDs who offered 10 take party of four for i've
dollars day-he providing boat and another boa.man,
but NOT pfvyi.ions or tents The tip can be made
IN elk days under favorable circumstances, but often
takes eight, and even tep'he coasnng along
Lake Superior bepg difficult when II IL rough.
The voyaeers are paid for their time going and return
Ing Toe canoes poed, and, the current being
strong, they canno, make more than twenty five or
ttIiy miles a cay up stream. The whole distance IL
estimated At one hundred and sightv miles, Of
following the ~iDdoss ofihe river for the distance in
O straight line 10 much less Any one disposed 10
make the trip could secure efficient boatmen BY ad
dressing NJ Gheep, (care Of w II G. Folsom) TaJ.
lore Fall, Minnesota Territory. By giving him nodc,
long enough beforehand, he would meet party at In
POintf whence the crossing would be easier, as the
longer would be- descended
AnU,her route som-tin taken 10 up the ST. Croix
TO kenie River one Of It's branches and up that
As VI scicsbie and thence by long portage TO st.
Louis River and Fond du Lac. But neither OF these
routes sord sufficient In way of scenery 10
pensate TOR the faigues and expense unless the
love OF wild adventure be strong enough to form In
dDcement
There are no settlements the St. Croix above the
Falls, and scarce human haoitation wild region Of
pine tssTac saamps and dense woods such line its
shore below, would be- without much variety The
more interesting, well Travelled route from
.Scrow Wing Up the Mississippi 70 Sandy Lake, and
kht hce 70 rOnn GU Lac oy inc 81 LOUIS hVer ana
gentleman who resides At Fort Ripley offered 70 engage
20 send a load (three or four besides the voya
eturs fr, that place to Fond du Lac for hundred
dollars but little more than it would cost by the other
route. Surveys have been inside for road from St
Pauit) Fond du Lac, and railroad is talked of
when that completed it will bring MinnesOta eight
nine hundred miles nearer New. York, and open the
richie. Of the Northwest 10 our citizens.
The Mssissppi 10 so low as 10 prevent the return OF
the Ben Campbell and the largest boats from Galena
but sitter coming up the river far practicable her
load was transferred 10 smaller boat OF the line,
tie DIR Franklin and passed the ssndbars In safety.
There will be no difficulty therefore 10 visitors coming
and going; and we have now a promise of rain for
some DAVIS E. &.