New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-25

trance, though il will probably be cleared IN tne
course Of the season. The other IL found ny pain
leading through narrow ravlne III tue ooP.n ~
which lively sire am, which skpts the Ich o"'v""
hand. dashes and foams along It's transparent "a''Is
as they flow from the cave over prn W e"'
white sand sparkling ike shower OF olaulo"e e..
A rustic frame house is hut near the opening TOT
IN. accommodation OF visitors, with hshts ana re-
6asbments The arched entrance, with rs Piuart
of white sandstone and the bright stresu'et susn-
inc ont at one side, looked interesting. Oh enter
a wndir passage, and soon lose the da' light tne
stream becoming larger and more holst-fou', uu
on arriving nj narrower rift, roar Is heard Ike
that of n cataract concealed IN the bowels 0I
earth. q, =,
Those who do not mind wet feet and so'led
dress NAV proceed, ascending the ROCKS to several
spaciuus chambers and see the rapids that cause
this rumor of wa eIiall- thence onward me pas
sage narrOws again. and our penetration dlu hoC
extend further. No doubt the b@alfY ~ thc
Mace vould reward search; but az there was no
prosfect of finding any trophies IN the way "l
statcttes IN sandstone, we left the honor to more
persevering trHvrleTs.
The view OF the country IN tins drive was ne
licious one: every feature that can give vnreh
beauty TO landscape was there, and one conid
rot help wondering at the ense with which TINS
fertile and delightful land can be- subdued t. yfld
the choicest products OF cultivation. Perhaps
the romantic viii think it step from the sublime
TO say that at present the most profitable crop IL
potatOes In "A few wears the tall blOii~ III it en-
circl the town, enclosing the PLAIN as III an am
phitheat-r ma, be sprinkled with country resi-
dences, boosting more advaBtageso OF location than
many Of the proulest European villas
The opposite shore OF the Mississippi rs stili cdll-
ed 1.-THE Sioux country" Us it was IN reality be
fore last ,rnr treaty aud is still by occupation,
Notwithstanding the flood Of emigration that has
been let loose this season. Many Sioux and VIM
nebagoes are TO be seen wandering in and ~ mt the
town, having their lodging places on the prairie
or in the woods in the vicinity, where ie"
kettles and Wondering embeis mark Their place OF
encampment. They live chiefly on the FISH and
game they procure. NJ and |. while hunting
comedians IN the Mississippi shore. ~lth some
others, amused ourselves with watching Sioux
woman cooking heron one oil the sdVdges hid
captured. She built fire by a stump, brought
about n quart Of water from the riyer aud washed
the bird as she divided 1t, losing not n particle,
and placing the fragments. after one slight washing,
over the ire to stew. The claws ana entrals she
roasted snd took to her companions in q canoe, 70
eat as choice mOrsels, while the supper was IN
PREPARATION
Visitors lust arrived from the boats will do well
70 secure places at once in the stages Owned by
Wioughhy & Powers the drivers of which are
Three daily stages are sent 10 the Falls OF 1T.
ANTHONY and the 81 are always nr the lHnGng on
the arrival Of the boats. For the accommodation
of persons who are in a hurry and must return
down the river bv the same boat, stages are pro-
yded TO take passengers on what Is called . the
grand tour" driving tIst to the great object of the
Journey St. Anthony's Fails and afordng time for
a survey Of this wonderful work OF Nature; then
crossing the river and prairie TO Lakes Calhoun ana
Harriet-the passengers taking dinner beside one
of those beautiful sheets of water; thence to
Minnehaha Falls and Fort Smelling, and back to
St Paul by the cave aforementioned. The sights
seen on this round will I'LL up " a. it is seldom
filled in one lifetime, ana those VINO can lind
"tprgues in trees, books in the running brooks, y
will be wiser and happier for the coinmnning
p Il. =.