New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-23

him n, steam or horse po yer. Having reached
the opposite shore, walk down the riser Ia the
sax-tiili ON the bank, aud Il fine view Is obtansd
Of the tremendous r"pids which form the other
sreat fall and are more picture cue than the hrst.
The grandeur Of the scene grows on the sense,
which becomes enlarged as YOU gaze upon IT, to
spprehend more and TO be filled with new COZ
ception Of the greatness OF the Creator of all this
woDdrous n agni6cence. Having feasted the eyes
long upon this SURPRISING spectacle, YOU may re-
turn and recross the ferry ana retrace your Steps
down 10 the precpitous bank that overlooks whaC
is called the Little Fall. snail division OF the
river is here precipitatsd down the rocks, ont
though less awful in grandeur il is equally beau
tiful with the larger falls. Descending by steep
path, YOU walk along the fallen rocks, stepping
from one large mass 10 another, till You stanu
within the circle of the fall, and 80 near that ts
slyery spray covers you, and you Ieei tue rVcN
trenbie under your feet. The boulders, phed IN
such confusion, form numerous ili6s INTO wmch
The waters are driven when they plung from ABOVE.
There are two large falls and the water OF one, IN
It's descent pitching on upright mass oil rock,
falls over IL in a broad sheet OF foam. into the
same basin that receives the descending tor
rent on the other side. These waters, hung
together and chuIDed into creamy foam, strus-
gle wildly in the narrow rltc. and bursting
toyth with tremendous impetuosity, ilnglDg up
.syolumes of spray, dash onward IN tortuous
course to precpitate themselves down another
descent. whence, joined by the smaller jets,
snd broken into thousand crested waves by
the fragments Of rock, they move onward to the
valley The beholder must spend hours on this
spot, drinking in its bewildering loneliness before
be can understand how completely the feelings
may be subdued into harmony with the scene.
These falls are the point..of transition from the
rugged end craggy bordering Of the river below to
the gentle fluctuations OF the prairie land above.
There is small steamer which ascends the Mis-
sissippi as high as Sank Rapids, when the state
Of the water permits, and another to Fort Ripley;
but at present it is impossible to maks the trip.
The 81, se runs onte q week from 81. Paul to Crow
Wing. few miles from Fort Ripley. made some
inquiries as TO the best route 10 Lake Superior,
sBd lesIned from II trader who had often and re-
Gently trayersed it, and who owns land at La
POnte, thut the route is practicable and easy, IN
canoes from Crow Wing 20 Sandy Lake; thence
across short portage TO the 1T. Louis River,
which is descended to Fond du Lac. Noyageurs
can be hired at a dollar or q dollar and quarter
per day, and for party of three, enough TO nil enc
large canOe. inclusive OF provisions, tent, mOsqui-
to bars, &c, the expenses would not be short of
one hundred dollars. When there is an easy cOm-
,nunicatiOn between the Mississippi and the head
Of Lake Supe riOr, tour, unrivalled for magn6-
cence OF scenery and salubnty OF climate, car be
made in few weeks from Ne Wy ORR. E.FE.