The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-04-15

of them stealing. They never speak Eng
llsh, even if they know few words of it.
They are civil, men, women aud boys. A,
night, they generally paddle (,hat is the
squaws paddle) their canoes home, across
the river. In residence of three years,
we have not seen three drunken Sioux in
ST. Paul, Of any age, male or female. We
state this as an astonishing fact, crediiable
TO tn" character of our liquor deaIers but
still more so to the Sioux Indians. They
are under better moral influence than any
other Indians, perhaps, on this continent.
IT the Sioux treaties he ratified, these In
dlans will be removed before mex, winter,
10 their resei vation, on the head waters OF
the Minnesota river. A great many people,
hundreds, are living now in the Indian
country, making all sorts of improvements,
including expensive mills. Settlers are
pouring in there every day, and will con
tinue to do so; for the Government could
not, If it would, shut out the swarmIng mil
lions of Our countrymen, for distance of
many hundred miles, of country treated for,
OF which The river is the boundary.
POPULATION.
/ 1t Is hard to answer the question, what is
your population composed of? The people
who constituted Minnesota, when il was orr
gahiZed, were majority of them Cana
dians, voyageurs and their families, aud
half and quarter a1d eighth and sixteenth
breed Indians, running through the whole
gamut Of colors, from the dusky Indian to the
fair Scotchman; and these people are still
IA Minnesota, quiet, good people, though
not all as intelligent and energetic as the
scherning Yankee. They are living all over
the Territory. oil both sides Of the river,
where our Organic Act found them, and
gave them the political rights they so high
Iy enjoy. Such is their attachment to our
flag and our Government, that no where
could volunteers be more readily raised
than amongst them, to fight its battles Since
the date Of the Organic Acr, settlers from
all parts have come in from the East, the
Middle and the South. However divided
upon other questions, there is not and will
not be IN Minnesota, any disposition to suf
, fer any infringement whatever, upon the
rights of any and all the States Of the Union,
10 manage their own domestic affairs.
STEAMBOATS,.
This river, is jus, navigable all the way up
to ST. Paul. when the Upper or Lower Rapids do
not interrupt, river well can be; although
there have been times, aud may again be, when
the sand-bars interrupt the passage of boats Of h,
usual drausht. The boats running here, are CT
the same class that from ST. Louis 10 Rock
Island and Galena. There are alwai 5 two if not
three boats regularly running between ST. Loais
and ST. Paul; but much the larger number of ar
rivals 1T st. Paul, are only from Gaena a town
with which we have large and growing trade,
most OF oar trade Ill fact, upon the river, above
st. Louis. There will not be less than FIVE de-
pariures weekly, from Gaena TO ST. Paul, tins
season, two new boats, the Saint Paul and the
Ben Campbell, making two trips each weekly,
and the DIR. Franklin No. !, and the Nominee,
one trip each, weekly. For safety, elegance OF
accommodations, regularity, and all that consti-
tutes good boating, these Galena boats and boat
men cannot be surpassed. They are the pride
and the boast of the river. The Franklin No.
2, Captain Harris, and probably the Excelsior,
Captain Ward, will continue running regularly
once in two weeks, between ST. Louis and 81.
Paul. We hear Of boat called the Jenny Dsan,
coming into this trade, from the Ohio river.
Whether Dubuque designs 10 run any boats here
tins year, we have not learned. Thus it will be
seen, that the traveller and the immigrant at ST.
Louis. or the traveller coming frcm Chicago to
Rockford BY railroad, and from, Rockford to Ga
lena by stage, can hardly miss good boat any
day. to st. Paul; and we learn that the fare will
he very low. There are no snags in the river,
above Galena-no risk-nevcr steamboat acc-
coming cheaply, agreeabIy, and comfortably
through, at leas; TO see Minnesota, aud look at
ST. Anthony and Saltwater, and at our own ex-
tensve town OF ST. Paul, which is fast tunlbling
up inte she rank Of cities.
BENTON COUNTY.
IF Il traveller comes here, and has anv sort Of
curiosity, he will take Benson's stage to ST. An
thony, s miles, look at the Falls and as pretty a
town site the Almighty ever fashioned, and
take the little eamboat Gov Ramsey, above the
Falls, TO Sauk Rapids, about so miles; and il he
does not say he sees the most ightfu, the most
charm ng land and river scenery all the way up,
God only knows how far--as FAR as he chooses TO
travel, that ever lay out of doors, then we have
no sense or judgment. Or If he wants 10 see
what the practical farmer can do in Minnesota,
let him ride down to
COTTAGE GROVE.
This isupon the tongue of land extending down
between the confluence of the ST. Croix and the
Mississippi. The farmers there, raise more oats,
roots, everything that is good to eat, than they
have any use for; aud they sell handsome
plus every year 10 ~. Paul and saltwater. II is
on the east side of the river ,0O---no trouble a.
bout indians, and some of The best lard that ever
was, not yet taken up. From Cottage Grove,
you may proceed TO Point Douglass, a place of
much promise, and surrounded with choice land.
From thence, you will pass through a charming
region. 30 miles, along the west shore of Lake
81. Cfolx, TO
SALTWATER.
This is the headquarters OF the outfit and rm-
bering done above ii, on the St. Criox. and has
more substantia reliable business, for the extent
Of it, and more capital and less pecunary em-
barrassment, than any other town in Minnesota.
Here they are building the Peniientary and there
is the land oifce and there come the STEAMBOATS,,
either on their way up or down The Mississippi;
and although you might coutrive TO go across IN
sort Of jerk water stage, from Saltwater to st.
Paul. by land, yon will probably prefer to go A.
round in the boat. But first you must 20 up the
st. Croix. and see the busy saw-nils. Walker at
the Marine, Mahony at OceoIa, Tayor's Falls
and the Falls of the St. Croix. These places are
all actively engaged in numbering. Being back
at St. Paul, you will Of course 60 up, four or five
miles. TO
MENDOZA AND FoRT SMELLING.
Look at little map-it is correct, made
from the field notes Of government surveys, on file
! at Dubuque, and you in see you 60 souttuardiy
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