Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-11-18

After an absence Of month +
am at home again The poor Exile Of Erin
felt no isolated emotions stirring within him. when
he said
BE l. ever SO humble, there place ike home.
II may be 70 all--it is pleasant to many TO tray-
el, and become mixed with the ever mlngling 1
mass of humanity for a time. as almost 10 lose
ones own identity, but after awhile nature will
speak, and longing desires spring up from some /
quiet spot. however unpreteRdiug. which one may
regard as home where undsturbed intercourse with
loved ones may be sweeily enjoyed. we embark
ed on that excellent, Sabbath keeping, temperance
steamer Norsaes. Capt. SMITH, on Monday the
18th inst, and We're soon literally ploellg our
way down Fever River. Daylight next morning
brought rs at CassvIllc-the identical place almost
II was fifteen years ago. damages from the eie-
ments only excepted. Nature has done her part
well, but man has not vet built much of a town
/ there. Passed Gutenberg on the Iowa slde--a
lourishing place-and laded at Prairie du Chen
al noon o what lack Of white lead But they
expect the iron horse to whiz through their place
1 soon, on is way VIA Minnesota TO Oregon and il
will doubtless leave few tons Some new bull
/ dings are visible from the landing among which
[ is new steam saw malt below the Fort. Passed
/ Columbus, the county seat Of Alamakee county
/ iowa, Just at night This town is a rval To Ian
| sing, one mile above, bat how IL can ever expect
| 70 succeed IS beyond the power OF a SouthernCr
! !
could contrive 10 make 1t out. Ii they build a
block Of houses they can have no street or levee
4 if however. they conclude 10 have the latter.
they will be forced build IN the bluff But that
Is none or my business. Lansing is a hourishing
| town, with better site-say good as Gaeua
| originally was. They have some pretty good
F, frame buildings already erected, and the whole
place bears thrifty appearance. The country
back is spoken OF unsurpassed in the STATE OF
Iowa
We passed Lacrosse in the night Mount from
boo, twenty-sx miles above on the Wisconsin
side is most lovely sight for town. II will
doubtless one day be large place Prescott Point,
atthe mouth Of the St Croix, the upperrnost Town
in Wisconsin. has grown wonderfully during the
last year. lis rival, Point Douglass, on the Min
nesOta side of ST. Croix. is also beautiful rapid
ly growing place. Both are destined TO be places
of Importance having rich and extensive agricul
tura districts in the interior. which must find their
outlets here. Caporia FIVE miles below 81 Paul.
on the west side OF the river is lkev also. 10
prove commercial point of some importance.
At home, ST. Paul | see a wonderful change
in month scores Of new buildings, many OF
them large bricks, hundreds of new faces. and
many new stores and shops greet me on my re-
turn. venture 10 say no other place East OF the
Rocky Mountain exhibits the rapidity of growth
seen here. just now, too. all IS activity and bus
tie Many fear winter with MS rigging will catch
them without snug tenement, and hence me
chanics are forced to take "a hasty plate of soup
and run, and defer portion of their sleep till the
long nights of winter; Merchants are much en-
engaged, laying in, receiving and opening the good
things needlul 10 the dear people during their
= long term OF eA communication from your great
world; and the Governor having Just returned
from Washington with the strong boxes contain
ing S690O0O worth of Benton mint drops. every
body (and the rest OF uanknd) are preparing 10
} assist the red-kins IN enjoying the delightful
| odors. We do not know lust YET when the boxes
will be opened but il IS cgDccired that that interest
ing matter will be deferred till about the locking
: up OF the Father Of Waters Iou see, il YOU
{ people away down there wish to enjoy luXuries
= you must provide for yourselves. or wait TIL
| spring and take them second handed. Would n Z
you serve us Just if you had the same chance
: Well, be patIent-we shall have to shell out in
the sprng-we can't live on gold long
f A most brutal outrage was perpetrated by an
Indian, up the Minnesota river, forty miles from
| this place, on last Wednesday morning. Mr.. Keen
er and family, accompanied by several men, We're
going up the river with a team, and while walk
ing behind the wagon, party OF about twenty
Indians met them, when one OF them. after Mrs.
| Keener had passed him, shot her, the ball pass
2 ing through her neck, coming out under the
. chin, and then passing through the cheek and
1 nose of a German, who was walking before her
She died instantly, but the will probably re-
e cover. This IS the first outrage committed. and
r was. all the party say. entirely unPToyoked =
e The whites threw out their provisions and cloth
7 ing. and took up Mrs. heeners remains and re-
0 turned 10 this place yesterday Mrs. Keener was
a worthy notienslve woman. member Of The
Methodist Church OF this place. Many of the
Indians and the L. s. Dragons, are in pursuit oi
the nurderers, and they viii soon be brought &c
, the punishment due their crime. The husband
. Of the deceased discharged sold.er-thinks
they killed her because be was walking before her
+ carrying their infant chjld-hey considering that
a bad example 10 be introduced into the Indian
country where all the seTNile work is done by the
: sqgaws Bat from my knowledge of Indian Su-
! perstition think they shot her because she hao
rcd hair II the other had been the cause, think
/ they would have shot him. They did not Offer
violence 10 any one OF the paEty besides, though
q they were twenty armed men 10 six whites with
out arms Before they shot they had taken hold
of the only two guns the v mites had, and exam
, ned tnen and finding them useless because Of tLC
4 rain which mad we; the powder, they handel
: them back 10 the owners, and then shot the wo
5 man.
, This is very hard case. We all feel that
9 changing Is too good for the brutal savage y nc
could thus kill an innocent unofendiHg woman
but after all what worse are they than many Of us
would be under their Circumstances he indi-
an scorhs our education. civilization, science and
S religion He looks upon intTnjeTs on hIs
: lawful home. A few years ago, and we were all
g below Prairie du Chen. and he monarch Of
e all he surveyed. But be has seen us rapidly ad
5 vance, until We have said 10 him on The west side
f OF the river ~sit over His chiefs called in
council BY the Great Faher, and they-some
very reluctantly. I would nof say under compul-
{ sion-@touched he quill But he--i mean many
J of taeul-remonstrated 1t is no use The quill
1 mas been toached The great Fathers long
j knives are on the ground. The Indian cannot
see that il is right. for a few dollars and blanket
to be forced TO leave the place OF h.s birth
= childhood home-iatners grave--and all that
! man, savage or civilized prizes dearly. and hence
\ he nedita1ez revenge and death. Is II anything
1f1naffeTs1 then that he should watch bis oppor-
tnnitv Woman IS contemplate N his sight
He sees the devotion with which the white man
regards her. lie reckons truly that he can offer
20 greater prov ocafion fban 10 kIil her ne deed
r is done and ne meets iron, her enraged race that
! punishment be expecfed, ard s3ses Ike stole
Again ask, reversing our circumstances, would
0 not We be In9ieus7 ] never yet coEl6 decide
ry,,- turfs7s pFesf