The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-04-01
For the Pioneer.
For The Pioneer.
Sketches by Camp fire.-Or. rough
aotes Of trip 10 Pembina and Setktrk
Settlement, on The Red Riper ot'the North
BY J. W. BOND,
Concluded.

Conciaded
SATURDAY 27th--A fair, clear and very
pleasant day;-,he sun warm, atmosphere
hazy and pleasant b-eeze prevailing; reg
Mar indian summer, sGperiatively fine in
the ash degree. Things nrs very dull here
at present, and all hands long 10 he off.
The dragons are busy cieanIng up car.
hnes, pistols, knives etc, aud getting ready
for the homewar march, and lots of buf-
faIo cows and bear. Some % lodges Of In
dians still present; lOaiing around by
day, and singing and dancing all night long,
heating drums, anI making the darkness
generally MS hideous as night was ever
made.
The Red Like Indians have all left for
home; they are better and more provir
dent class, it seems, aud raise large quanti-
ties of corn. poptatoes, pumkins etc.; While
their missionaries grow winter and spring
wheat in great perfection. The Rev. J. P.
BarhwelI, the agent for the Boston Board Of
Missions, aud Rev. S. &. Wright, who -
stationed at Red Lake, left here for that
place, on Monday last, they having been
down to Selkirk for some stock cattle which
is about 100 miles to the ). E. Of Pc,nbina,
and is in latitude 4S deg; being far to tho
NORTH and West of Lake itasca the source
of the Mississippi.
SUNDAY 2sih-Another fine, clear, beau-
tiful day, ,he mercury rose to - deg. | am
told there was ice this morning, though !
did not see it, The frs, frost in this valley,
north of the Line, occurred on the MORN
| in. Of the gath: and it was a very heavy
one. gathered wild flowers ig The gas
dens at Seikirk, Two days previously; lati-
tusie so deg. took Il ride to-day into her
Maiesties Possessions, .nnd called at tRs
! Bay Coppany's post just across the line.--
Spent some hours very pleasantly with the
employers, who are IN the 'serrice' as they
term it. The party Of Bois Brules, IS in
number, who accompanied the Governors
party down The river, returned by land this
morning, with their canoes on cartsj they
left on Thursday, and reported His Exsen-
cy and sui. would he here to night. They
did not come, and to present our disaR.
pointment, we were treated 10 another brill
iiant display Of Aurora Bercalis, almost
equal to the one described on lhe 9th inst.
MoSDAy 29th-Cloudy, foggy and misty.
ill 10 a. IN; the rest Of the day wsrm and
fine, the mercury rose II deg.
Hugh Tyler and Lieut.. CorIy arrived on
painting foa,ning stceds, nj 10 n. M, having
rode from the Ririere Gratiaro, so miles
since 6 a. m. The Governor, DR.. F.. and
guide, arrived nn hour after. They left FL.
G. on Saturday y. m.; camped out tHq
nights by the way, had q tent and sart ,pleu,
/ ~ Of provisions, and got along right pleas
an,ly. They were much pleased with ths
place aud people, aud were feasted 10 pess
} fiction; we're almost killed with kindness,
; and are still suffering from the effects Of Il.
II find they were nearly rs much pleased
with cvey thing they saw, as was myself,
and were made perfect lions Of; comparing
their reception to that fold Kentucky and
! Virginia hospitsli.ies Of 50 years 49,