New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-01


..,,.. If cultivation that we looked MI asid
90 srpcMNn.e :" of this magnlhcent noo'
entanN "' ~, ~ nc,tare 20 peep out nehiuu 'no
snd Tor VIM AM what charm w"niu nave
s'us''' ~ - .say. had such MARKS W
nresented theHec'e,, , .far of. an oval shaped
Vwf kuSi d, be three hundred iect hlgn, u'iu ~
moune SAM |" tcnsiyr yi,w of the country ior
rcn'n'snu Towards that hill our course "aS
na'es s ,vs and in all tdrnngs and winnings
10 80 last sight ot Il. Then we en'e,ou
VIC '..,od Of heavier timber than we nau 49,
"e"So .,,hnr wood, that shut out tue su 'I;'t
AZ SUI. cnl, room enough for our haIIo" 'o .,aJ
n,ss. the meeting branches nav'nh " a mari
w " ,snt on aud occasionally giving 10 -
ss"e 'L,nst as If the genius OF the place "c,e
tsI.ssn,;neb 10 resent our INVASION Oh JUS w
&C.,. The intolcrahle heat ihRue .he "'V ,.a
""s.n, shelter, aud We cared less 70, ''c III
~ -, had got ~ ascend anu descehu' ''"' w
W. u,uL skiTtng marrhr~ anu '"'' ,''ns;a.ad III,
~, courage IN no way dimh'Sneu' 'u'
cri"'', r,s s;sht &c broad, bright stream, tush-
Sne - With current 6,rcoy glad, maze uS
mS So, 40 srproached the termination OF our
s"" W. coul1 see II affair." winding ana haS"'ns
W''.h the meadow, and the clustering ou,"oS
80 Low 10 dip their branches IN IT'S Clear nooP
sem sen ittle Falls Creek. SAID our GUIDE IN
NNe o, our ouc. tiop, what was ITS name
su"s ,s.ccp;ycd the same lovely stream we hau
saa w nm our wav Ia Fort Saelilng, ana ~
"Is,;,,h,nc leap az the tails OF n',"e"au ia
az. ,,,ssed this RAPID outlet aScenueu W 80
.w,,;, of n ridge dividing two iaNe'oVS' p'H"
-, "a, through torest oi uhner gro" ~ 'V"1
e.. marsha of n broad meadow, ana game i'O0 '"i'
Wv of--a haystacA' oDx;oua
a., escspe from all sign or token OF " the ssttie-
aSsrts )" but we were press ntis cOnsoed on Oe'ng
;ci,,n,ed IL was - the hermit nay. iOor re-
siusr We might, without d,tr'ment 70 the ino4e
kst dous romance, allow hin the privilege VI CuO-
fing and owing the Wild grHss-tO serve io'
couch. perhaps, or the like; for We had ascer-
fsned. 10 our entire satisfaction, that ne Kept no
stock of any Kind. We should, however, nave
Irefsr,ed seeing a man dressed IN skins, or even
srapped in an Indian blanket, answer the loud eau
of our eri,er TO the sight OF one ro0ed IN common
farmers fashion when at work, with ruddy, ch'er-
full countenance. in which good huinor ano cohteh'
we're So evident IA to preclu 10 the very shadow
nj melancholy. This was not the herInit-whs
CHANGED TO be absent from home-but Mr.: 5,
ore NJ his friends. who occasl"nsiy assisted nun IN
his clearing and other labors. Our GUIDE called 10
bin,-tht went in search OF nun ne came up on
tbs other side, meanwhile, and welcomed us with
r1nch courtesy. apolosizng for the homellness OF
a. accommodation he had to Offer, and ntlmatlng
-T~btlx a wish that We had delayed our Visit tui
=. thinSs had betn got little nlcer-a mouse DuuO
I'D so fo,,b.~ We assured him the wldness OF
The scene was its principal charm IN our eyes, ana
then TUNED 10 look for our Jenu, VINO had oisaP-
reared in the search after MIR. s.. When ne
fs,nrrsc ard took his seat, we proceeded by the
ronohast way we had vet gone over, and mace
several Couplings and descents before we reached
the lodge. - b.,
bend in the stream, which just below rusnes down
\ considerable fall, forming beautiful RAPID, ana
eiyinc the value of a fine water power TO tne 10
cality On the other side of the creek to the lett,
rose range of concal hills OF moderate elevation
on the right the sOping upands stretched away,
irclosing a broad plain OF meadow land. The
ground everywhere was very thlnly sprnkled with
dwarfed oaks, with here and there vine Orcedar,
10 the distant border of close woods, but the I'M
terprowth was thick where II had not been burned
over. The lodge was as uopoetical q shelter as
could well he imagined. IL was built Of rough
boards with pretty wide creyices between
low and small, and unprotected from the burning
sun by the least shade; a well beaten path on
either side led through the bushes to the stream,
and another, not so marked, to spring at some
distance.
The door was Hospitality thrown open, and we
looked Within About one third Of the space was
occupied nv musketO bar stretched over bed on
the hoor, If bed it might be called. which was
only shake down of straw covered with blank
ct. In the opposite corner stood a large cooking
stove. couple Of shelves, the lower one Of which
served as dresser, held sundry pans, platters
and tin vessels and heavier cooking utensils were
ranged below, with washing tub and two or
three wooden pals. The only toilet conveniences
were a tin wash BASIN and small cased looking
glass suspended from the upper Shelf with two
on three coarse but cleastOwels hanging near IT.
small and roughly constructed table stood on
the side nearest the door, and beside 1t the jug,
which usually contained spring water. The plat
teTs and cool ing implements were clean, bit the
floor seemed guiltless OF securing, and notwth-
ing the heat of the sun and want OF shade trees,
NIat.
gentlemen had the boat ready. Then leaving our
baggage in the wagon, and fastening the horses,
we took the path TO the "landng place" Just on
the bend of the stream, and were shortly after
wards upon its deep ylft waters.
Ii was slow work padding mp the current with
70 many passengers, through the serpentine wind
ings of the creek, which, withel, was deep enough
Tor steamboat navigation. Its hanks were tringed
with willows and bushes, with here and there
cIump Of trees so tastenlly disposed tn a laod-
scape gardener would have been enchanted. The
waters were so clear could often the sandy
bottom, aud numbers of fish sporting round us ;
they had not yet learned to dread Ihe angler The
white and yellow lilies grew profusely near the
banks, which were nov marshy, now rising to
an elevated ridge OF oakland. A board on one
side, marking claim, showed the trace OF the
Anglo-Saxon. Then We entered the woods, and
the upands rose into hills If considerable eleva-
ton, covered densely with foliage; long pennsu-
Ia was ROUNDED, ana we FOUND ON SeNes In clear
and beautiful lake, the first in the chain we were
entering. This bright sheet nearly circular.
and mile across IN any direction. As we shot
over its unruilled surface, we asked each other
what name should be given to this first brilliant in
g0land OF gems; aud claiming the right. as the
first white women VINO had ever ever looked on its
beauty to bestOw a name, IN compliment to the
English portion of our party We called it Lake
Browning-aiter the great poetess.
RAISING through a narrow strait we then en-
tered the second lake, rounding point, and start
ed with surprise at the picture which unexpect-
eddy presented itself A noble sheet of water full
three miles in width, and three and half long, lay
embraced 10y iofty bluffs, not rocky, but rising al
most perpendlculaTly from the pebbly shores
densely wooded nearly TO the waters edge, and
ha,ins their ridges and summit covered with tall
heayy timber; some distance back of these ex-
tends fine prairie. Two bold headlands, about
midway up, extended far out into the lake and nj