The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-09-08
The Upper Mississippi.

Tbs term il relative and may be applied
10 dItierci / portions f tins magnificent river
according 10 the location Of The persons using il.
BY common consent, however, We believe ii dcs-
igna,es that portion OF 1t between St Louis and
II. Paul. Minnesota, We recommend those, " no
have the leisure 10 take trip for pleasu and
recreation, TO visit The Falls Of 81 Auihonv We
assure our friends that they will find il most
deiIg' tiu excursion. Three years since we VISIT
ed Minnesota ard our remembrance Of that ex-
cur,ion is most pleasant. The scenery from Gale
IA to ST. Paul Is continued succession Of
beautiful bills and sublime peaks keeping the
mind of the traveller constantly the alert 10 see
what new and splendid prospect Will 6e re-
, yeaicd.
Throughout The whole distance the bluffs ap-
pear to be from four to hve miles apart. Some
, times the main current and Of course your sean-
Q, will be near the eastern and sometimes neal
the western range. he intermediate space be-
tween the bluffs is occupied by ihe nver, fertile
plains and Islands covered with the most stately
ioresi trees, and The rankes, aud chest ve,e,a-
ton.
The islands are almost literally innurnerab bic
J ou see the whole river d, once only in o
places between Gaiena and Lake Pepin, Il dis
lance oi more than two hundred miles. Lake
rcpin is a most charming sheet Of water, and
seem 20 have been formed by wedding on, the
ands bew the t!Igh bluffs that border 1t on
either side. With these are connected some
very Interesting Indian traditions, which YOU viii
scarcely fail TO lind some brother ,raN eler. earn-
ed N legendary lore, ready and anxious TO relate.
Western men especially pleased with bus
t'e and enterprise, aad they will see abundant e,i-
dence o. II al -. Paul and ST Anthony. Eut here
we are at ihe Falls True, they are but seventeen
feet perpendicular. with rapids above and below
but then the mighty Mississippi rolls over the
breast work ol rocks IN solemn grandeur, ard
though ii NAY seem hete,odox, vet we nust coa-
fess, the impress on they produced upon mind
was more vivid and certainly much more agreea-
be than Niagara itself The latter. We grant
you, is more overw helning, but Can grasp
The whole scene at ST. Anthony, and contemplate
il III all the varied emotions ii ,iNidy awakens.
Bot no description Of ours can convey a Just IN
preston Of Tie great Falls Of the Mississippi, nor
can we trace the thoughts that will be sure TO abb
sorb the whole while gazing upCn such
scene IN The centre OF The American Continent.
Think Of the mighty States that lie far away 10
the cast and ssu,h of those which have a. by
magic, attained a giants strength upon the sho,es
e the Pee tic. far away 70 he setting SUM- think
of the restless energy. the all sbsorbing anibiion
70 excel all other 'naions and kindreds and
tongues that annates Tie Anglo Saxon raoe
stretch fing it does from ocean to ocean; trace
that people onward in ina ina,ion for even hun-
dred years--but we stop Dull indeed mus, be
that man who will nc; find matters FOR absorbing,
pr, fable thought in such witt. We might
speak Of the bracing air, the crystal springs and
hea h- giving influence thst surround the wander
er in Minnesota, but again we mast stop. Go
there If ycu can endure a stage ride from Rock
ford 10 t,aiena. Is not, wait I'LL next year " hen
the railroad x!.l be done and then be sure to 60
-[Chicago Dem. Press.