The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-04-08
aAHY RAYIpa.

And hero the boat lies painting and cooling her-
self in the swift water, Ikea weary beast Let
her rest; while we walk along the shore OF the
rapids, about three miles, to The head thereof
We leave the boat and warehouse and the few
teams that arc buoy there. with freight and pas
sengers. How wide the river is! Spreading out.
over vast expanse Of granite frugnehts-swiil
but no where PERCEPTIONS. and evidently ih'passn-
BILE for steamboats,. Bot what chance forbuild-
ing canal on the east bank, by simply building
a wall Of granite. laid in cement, without excav-
a,ng and without any expense but wall and
three or four locks! And what an excellent wa
ter-power, all along The rapids. without need Of
SO much as a dam, unless perhaps short wing
dam. Here come TO a row of deserted ira
ding houses, formerly occupied by Merrck,
Holmes. jackson and Bellows Well; the ira
dsrs ought TO make money. Next beyond is Ro-
berts' trading house, which seems TO be at pres
ent tavern. The Indian trade is now mostly
concentrated at Wainb, which is a delightful
prairie, three or four miles further up the river.
But here is Kussell's--at the head Of The rap
ids. Here is good comfortable house, stables,
oxon, fat swine large enclosures, fields Of oats.
and every thing to Indicate thrift and good living
Here resides the Judge and the Clerk of the
Court; and Courts must and tviH have things
comfortable. Here is Counsellor Phillips of ST.
Paul, District Attorney Of Benton county. pre-
pairing his prosecutions. The Sioux or Sioux who
killed poor Swartz, are to be prosecuted. The
people of Benton talk like rational, law abiding
men. who desire to see law and justice take el-
| feet aud nothing more. The next morning .Satur-
day, returned to the boat, which cast off her
ropes, at s o clock, and we swept swiftly back,
through the enchanting scene which we have
above hastily sketchcd, reached ST. Anthony at
Il. NJ, took stage back TO our own delightful
Saint Paul. and the labors Of the press highly de-
lighted, and more confident than ever, OF the glo-
rious destiny Of Minnesota.
| THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
between St. Paul and St. Anthony, may be thus
property illustrated; Sit at table. with your face
westward, and lay you left arm horizontally upon
the table, bending 1t at an angle Of IS degrees
Your shoulder will represent The location Of ST.
Paul; your elbow the location Of Fort Smelling
tthe junction of the Mississippi and Minnesota
rivers) and your hand the location Of st. Anthony.
In the forearm, from the elbow to the hand,
the Falls has produced a paralysis. That por-
ton of the river is not avigabIe. Therefore, as
the shoulder is nearer the head than the eibou,
and nearer the head than paralysed forearm can
be, that has no power OF motion, we say with the
utmost truth and reason that ST. Pau is at the head
Of aari cation for such steamboats, as can afford
II run in the trade up the river from ST. Louis and
Gaena. In explanation Of this, as we'll as 10 ex-
plain the relative position of other places we re-
fer the reader TO the following correct map, made
from the Government survey.