The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-05-11

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ploughing the besssifal MississiPpi-Aot
that murky, mvddy stssao which washing
the wharf of st. Louis, boils and sssyes and
eddies away, ~ il in continual cholic from
having 90 much 9Th and rubbish in its inter-
naIs-but clear crystal lake Of glass, wsn-
dering through the richest prairie lands Of
Illinois and Iowa, kissing the feet Of the
boldest and biggest blufs. and laving the
sides of the sweetest, bravest villages IL
the whole country. For you know that the
Mississippi only acquires its dirty character
from receiving the life or soil Of the Missou-'
ii. Above the mouth of the latter, I 10 truly
and graciously as lovely stream as ever
God poured from his hand to freshen earth.
Indian legend has thrown its wild romance
everywhere. Nature has sancti6ed SOM
carts of it with thousand untold grA 'es.
Civilization has beauti6ed its banks BY well
cultivated farms, lovely villages and prosper
GUS young cities. Numberless elegant steam.
boats divide the wave, which but q few
years since only felt the gentle touch Of the
Indian canoe. The iron horse il even now
suufing the breeze of the upper Mississippi,
and its shrill neigh will soon be heard from
its banks. - a1< ~
Right we'll would we like to devote co.,
lumas to this mighty stream's eulogy, and to
q description of the growing towns and cities
which line its shores. Yet more fondly
would we linger upon the Indian romance
and the Indian history connected with the
upper Mississippi. We would like to lead
friends in fancy over beautiful city. and say
I-"this even within score of years was the
.,ome of Keokuk-there, three miles below.
was the home Of the greater but vilIiied
Blackhawk. That noble island betwec n
this and it, sister city, Davenport, the gem
Of the Mississippi-shst island upon whose
cliffs are the ruins Of Fort Armstrong, was
once the garden Of the Sac and Rox' Indians.
That yawning cavern under the Fort, is
where Blackhawk consulted the Manitou or
good Spirit, when worse than savage pale
faces were wrenching from him his home aud
his hearts blood" 4et e
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take you to ovely spots, and many Of them
wide spread prairies mocking the eye like
looking upon the ocean; woodland and ever
green; hill and dale; broad chrystal lakes;
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