The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-03-17
ST PAUL MINNESOTA THURSDAY MARCH H. 1883


at different points, in the Indian country, but ost,
near where the payments made. They buy fun
and pcitry but their chief business is to sell goods
the iniians, at profit, in anticipation Of payments
An Indian hunter requires his outfit Of ammunition
Blankets guns, and variety of necessares for him.
self and his family. When he returns from his hunt
he generally sells his urs to the outfit that furnished
hlm. Ii any balance remains due 10 the outfit, he
dos not pay it; but expected to stand as charge
against the annuity, II there be annuity OF if not
then against the contingency Of an annuity to be paid
rs part OF the public debt oi the tribe out Of the ul.
innate proceeds of the sale Of their lands This ba,
been the established mode Of procedure for ,nany
years; and there has been time when the ,a.
der with the Sioux Indins could discontinue and re-
luse % extend these credits without an absolute Ger.
tnty of forfeng all former balances due to him. for
the supplies Of previous years.
. Or PlsE LuMBIR.
We might say something of the admirable oak and
rock naples and black wanuts found in the Big Woods
which Tor various purposes of manufacture, will be of
immense value to the trade of Minneco,a but we will
now write only Of pine lumber. Formerly we had
our doubts as TO the great extent Of pineres -
i Now we have no doubt As vet, our lumberuen on.
" 60 up the ST. Croix and its tbuta les, and Rum
river, tributary Of the Mississippi bat few miles
above St Anthony, lying between the Mississippi and
The 81. Croix. From that region comes merely the
pine OF the st. Croix and Of the Mississippi. Bu,
lar above Rum river, other tributaries o the Mis-
OF the Mississippi itself, below Pokegamon Falls, ia
the Chippewa country, and many unexplored tributa-
ries, besides properly 10 the pine region so ha. con-
fures VIII hardly exhaust the pncries above us. We
are ashamed that we distrusied Providence. or
suspected that muni6cent Maker could have left
two thousand miles of fertile parics down the river.
without an adequate supply Of pine lumber at he sour
ces OF the riycr, ta make those plains habitabie.
There are many mills the St Croix-four
saws at ST. Anthony propelled by water and four at
81. Raul, prope He'd by steam. Saving is far the best
bus mess DONG in ST. Paul. The LOGS delivered here
cost less than stumpage in Maine and vet lum
Der sells very high, and much beyond what o,,r mills
can supply is rated or hauled from ST. Anthony 1t
Nou'd pay WELL, to put up 40 good steam saw mills
soW' IN st. Paul. II any surplus of lumber were
made. II could he taken to a market below, in the
iorm oi shingles, dthing, paned flooring and siding
We want, here, patent wooden ware factory, large
enough to supply the trade of the whole river down
! to New Orleans. Come hat may numbering can
not t'ti, nness the Government foolishly undertake
to cut of building and fencing, and immig, ation
throughout the valley OF tie Mississippi river
AGRIcpLTUkE.
We have more and better INDUCEMENTS for that bi.
sineSs than any other country can boast.
| lst better climate; in which the labor Of one
man, will produce more, will yield larger sur, lus
above hIs own necessities, than anv other Western
State OF Territory, can boast of. We have none Of
The anguor and debility and agues that turn men in
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south OF u.s. Labor, here stands up firmly on its legs
the year round, and drives things through.
/ 2i. We have as good land--it is useless 10 say
nettrr--but as GOOD rs there is in the world For
fertility. Cottage Grove Prairie, the whole valley
OF the Minnesota river or the valley of the Red ryer
/ OF the North cannot he beat; ycc we undertake
to say that at Pcmbina, in latitude 49o north, thev
can raise as sound corn, and much to the acre as
| can be raised anywhere on the Wabash. Now if
our readers are not going to believe US, let them stop
snort, here; for we arc prepared to make wager
that will raise larger and better crops in Mime
sota, for acre, Of all crops ever cultivated
in that State than can be raised in Illinois Wewili
name our farmer, living here, for champion and
VIII back him up with our money. There is time
enough. May is soon enough here. We viii give
Illinois My the start, and Minnesota shall come oct
ahead. Don't care what the crop s-any grain, any
roo-anythins from a castor bean or an appe or rear
t'ee or a pumpkin, to sweet potato or Il tobacco
plant. Why, Sucker do YOU know YOU have Gos,s
about two weeks earlier in Illinois, than we do here?
IL is tact We will show these people sights, who
come up here in May, and GO shivering back home,
saving that Minnesota is 'too cold for craps" We
beat them, too, stockgrowing, can raise har-
dier cattle and sheep, and thicker meated, swcetcr
beet, than they any where down South. We feed
stock fortnight longer; but what OF tlatl Our cat
tie arc healthier, our grass is swectcr and uxu-
RANT and our water better for stock and we can
make at raising stock here at the same prices
But we have higher prices here, for and for all
producc-and always must have having soldiers,
lunbcrmen and Indians to feed and make US a home
market. The cost of shipping produce from below,
operates perpetual tariff to protect our farmer
Tie gets the price he could below, and the cost
of freight and tic charges beside.
FISH AND GAME,
Wild game, except waterfowl, we do not consider
abundant, in these parts; but have the ia.tcsi
ducks and geese feeding upon the rice lakes and the
most of them, that you ever saw heard Of As for
fish, is cxaggeration to say that Mnnesota-her
rivers and streams but especially lakes, are alive
with them. We will warrant all fishermen in all
parts Of the world, abundance of spot and Of sue
cess, in fishing. You can catch just many bass
and pckercl you want. In the river, right before
the door Of the Pioneer Office we catch not only the
catfish, fnonc Of your Shiny, muddy cats, ei,hcr,)
but also the wa-eyed pike, delicious fish. ,n
many streams, the speckled trout abounds, VARYING in
size from five inches to two pounds. But it is idle
for novice to try to catch trout. 1t is ticLish
business as for,nne hunting.
INDIANS.
On the west shoe OF the river, are the Sioux Ind-
ans. They daily the side, begging some
trading little and some of them stealing. They
never speak English, even If they DO know few
words of II. They civil men, and BOYS
At night they generally paddle, THAT is the sqnaws
paddie,I their canoes home, across the river. In
residence of three years, have not three
drunken Indians in St, Paul, of any age, male fe
male. We state this as an astonishing fact crediia-
bic to the character Of liquor dealcr- tut s,iIl
more SO to the Sioux Indians. They under bet.
ter IN ,ra influence than other Indians. perhaps
or ihi. continent. The Sioux treaties having been
ratified these Indians will be removed before next
winter to their reservation the head waters oi the
Minnesota river. great many people, hundreds
are living now in the Indian country, making all sorts
Of improvements, including expensive mills Settlers
are pouring in there every day, and will continue
do so for the Government could not if it wond shut
out the swarln;ng millions OF count rymcn, for
distnuce of many hundred miles, Of counry treated
for Of which the river is the boundary.
POPULATION.
It is hard to the question, what Is your pop
ulation composed of! The people who constituted
Minnesota, when it was organized, were majority
of them Canadians voyageurs and their families and
half and quarter and eighth and sixteenth breed nd-
ans running through the whole gamHi Of colors, ,om
the dusty Indian TO the fair Sco,chman; and these
people are still in Minnesota, quiet, good people,
though not all Intelligent and energetic the schc
min, Yankee. They are living all over the Terrific
ry on both sidcs of the nyer, where Organic Act
found them, and gave them the political rights hoy
50 highly enjoy. Such is their attachment TO our