The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-03-17


saw leaps down a perpendicular ledge 10 teei,
in a way t. stir up great many stupid stanzas aud
swelling odes, and sublime disiiches. A few miles,
3 or { back, Is Lake Calhoun, which IT seems 10 he
generally admitted, must I've considered oar classic
lake and all the lit,e poc.asters Of the Un'oa, when
they go into that region compelled To affect tn y
do noI feel poetic f,ryor they catch the cacoeihrs
scrbandi; and they break on in coupiets, SON
nets, disches, odes, descriptions, sketches ana va
rious other phenomena If disnrdegrd iginai"nS'
From An Saints. might take Il pony, and rtdr
100 n.es mp the Mi.aesuta river, lhroo5 III var,ei
Landscape of rich prairie AMI heavy timber, and r'ch
blttoms Ike IN oSc of the laos, the grass So h'gh
that YOU could 10 * from the top of your pony
or through the Bi, Woolson across mil streams
past newly erected dwelling, large fields recently
p,i shed and fenced, preparatory 10 receiving crop
IN, coming spring-on across rolling praiies oil rch
Insurance, sortI away INTO the wide, blue dreamy
licking basin 81 the Min,sota--he l"ve'lesi we"
tf broad. FAIR, voiipuous Nature, in I'll her uncon-
cea,d beauty, thai dashed rpIn mortal 'sion to
HENDERsoN,
A town recent, lAil ont the Mi ,rrsota River, AT
its most westerly bend below the Duc Faith, and
on A direct line between Old Village Lake, on the
Cannon river 4, tn new F,at and l,.iian agency,
which have been loca,'d on the Upper Minnesota,
This place has a beautiful locaiion the West bank
of m. Minnesota, the Big Woods, and ~ destined
be the point At which t.,e supplies for the tprer
Minnesota, III be- landed hon b,ais, I, be rans
ported u, Land TO the Fort, the agency AMI other
ports west. There has b ei about 1919 cords oi
wood here duriac Nh past water, II bc boae'!
down L, 81. Paai. tn.H AMI various other
Improvements are NOW beng Constructed. l he pro-
prIetors template opening road the present
spring TO Canon River, distance of onl, from 20
TO - miits, which viii afuld facilities for the i'm
migrants by land 10 reach The country west oi fh''
Minnesota. Nv III best and shortest route. Although
sam - miles bl the river, below the Traverse ccs
Sioux, it is about - miles nearey t, the Font and
t, hal ;a the. Of ,h.
beng south of from the Fort TO Blue Earth, ard
th.nce west of nprth to III end,,sin A heavy growth
Of timber Of sugar maple principally, extends west
about five miles, where II Is met b. clean. sn"oh
rich and fertile prairie. extealiag To the New Fort
aud beyond that Ia down. A road has been open
ed through the woods 10 the prairie, and supplies
have been hauled 10 the new Fort the past winter.
The road passes b. several beau',iu Lakes, well
simbefed. and prc.cniiig many facilities FOR th" az
ricuturst, being well watered, wei. tmiered, supe-
rior prairie land, aud .nen 10 Weston
market.
Tra,e!ing iiue north Of wes., at the distance of
IS miles from Henderson, where the siVer comes
from point east OF ssGh you again strike the Min
nesota Litte Rock the point selected ior the
New Fort: which a beautiful plateau, IN view
of the Minnesota stretching "a for miles nearly south
east and northwest. Near this point Is the Liillr
Rock river, the lower I'M OF the Indian Reserve -;
and some IL or - miles up the Minnesota is tie
location of the Spux g. .ncv, near the mouth Of the
heu W on t.lt sbtHsi tht Dfhftf iifNf gu
north Both those streams are saScel TILE Il he,ng
made TO drive machinery tc the manufacture at tiHur
sawing lumber s.. Near ths point large farm il
.npatcd for the Of he indians, and contracts
have been taken iDf pon-hing six hunliei acres o.
land aud making twemtv-f,ur Thousand rails. the
coming season. Al this agency the Sioux vii re-
ceve annual, he ediier, $40 900 worth of prov sions
and $50, 90 cash annutcs besides the goods, i,ou
salt. 81, Sc, provided b, The treaties.
Here will be locatt,i the agent, inter- rctcrs
black>miths, farmers and other employees oi the In
dian Department.
Ii you wish to come down the crooked river in a
canoe, after passing the Big and Lilile Cotton Mood
rivers, you land at
MANKATo,
NJ the mouth Of the Bhc Earth River Here there
Is much improvement, ana this point n,ty be termed
the head of steamboat navigation, even i'll high
Ter. Above this point after passing the Cotton
Woods, the river becomes narrow, SO very crook
ed, and shallow, and many bould rs beins IN the
channel that STEAMBOATS,, in any ordinary stage of
could Ct up, nor turn in the river If they
did get up. This point - about 30 miics, by land,
from the New Fort, and is su. rounded hy valuable
agricultural land. Water power in ahndtnce I'M,
be found the Blue Earth aud IFS tributaries. De
.eending from the Blue Earth II miles, we land
a, Babcock's Mills located on She bank of the
Mnncsota, and sfrrousied bv vast sa Is Of excel
lent wai,at, maple, basSwood, and Other valuable tim
her. Eight ten Ipiles bv water, sta fnthcl d,wa
the river
TRtvERsE pEs SIOUX.
fiere the Upper Treaty WAS made; and for man,
weeks, hundreds II Dakota odgns stood NJ re
scattered about the slipping al! side, shaped like
loaves OF sa.ar, taken possession oi by thu ants, thai
hurry in ald out, and busy 10 rmpose; at
Traverse des Sioux Ghc crossing Of The Soux) there
las ai.a,s been and stili *, well worn t Cross
ing .ro;s the east 10 the west Si1econacrt'n. Lake
P"pIa - the Mississippi and all that reuion, with
~. Q h. l..
If tbe Minnesota ana 'hs high lands il which
si>e ,nd dow Of t, different seas all the principal
i'Yers vest Of the chain # great Lakes. Twenty
miles by ater below the T.lvcrse, is
LIZ SurrR.
Ga the south side Of thc river, place which the
energy, capital and c-terptize of oi the
Ia -. Paul, have already made attractive rout
the river L. ~ueIf, Is slope rising from
IN, shp,e, gradually, like the site f Peoria Illinois
L. is only in the midst Of one Of the richest and
most ilvtIaE regions TOT all sorts OF human enterprise
and aauty, but east OF It, within day. dive across
a region OF groves ard praies which Nature has al
ready mad "A road over hcs tn. rich valley OF Can
viii awe ITS easiest and natural Of ,vcr
trade, through lie Satur and down the Minnesota NV
cr, TO
SAIHT PAUL.
This Is the hub. round which he Northwest, from
Lac qui PaIic TO the Missouri E ON the Missouri 10
the He. River 81 the North, and from Rcd river to
Lake Superior, and fom Lake Superior to the Mis-
sjssppi, does and Wil re,oyc, tam it a. You ir,-
the capital oi tie Territory which from Il ha-oz"a
Auts and l1D ilhdDithniS and hiic hog Catholic
chapel, 50 the SPIN. OF 1919 numbers hundreds
OF new buildings, maly OF them elegant, bali IL dozen
superb churches, w!tA bels n their sieetles nhab-
tants Numbered 10y thousands, surpassed by none an
shrcwd foresight aai activity, and business talent,
with corporation, such is-steets beng gra,i-
ed, mile anu a halt of side walk, extending the
whole length Of town, sawed, built and paid Enr y
voluntary contribution, little than one week
churches tiled on Sunday-two new chu ches 10
be erected-(anothcr Presbyterian aud a German
Weihodis;,) Two hotels huif, and mnie very large
ones DOW building, Al Each end Of the town-saw
mills. oundre> and al. of enterprises put IN
operation in a twinking, an Academy III the highes,
grade for youag ladc. projected this season. and the
thing now actually communicate nbs,at business
and trade actually greater than that If any 9TH
town but Gaiona, above ST. Louis,-these are only
some Of the change in the fortunes Of this vigorous
town. which we have witnessed, since we landed M
~. Paul, or the icih 81 April, I549, from the old
Senator" the prompt, honest, faithful old Senator
Capt o. IN SANTA, who runs The Nominee and
whose nsides-cagine and bocrs, is good enough TO