The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1855-11-15

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| SAuK RAriDs. Nov. l. 1855.
Since I last wrote you. aud within u hw
days. thus town, situated at the head 81 steam
boat navigation. above the city and Falls OF
81 Anthony, has been visited by company OF
seutlemen who propose TO lay out and survey.
or survey aud lay out, have forgotten which,
rad from Fond du Lac SUPERIOR 1.-THE bot
tom Of Lake SUPERIOR directly in a g bee line, .
or an air line" or Gshng.ll line OF some other
line with hook To II, and possibly in direc,
line, a chalk.linc, but not " line OF march. ="
to the great city Of ~. cloud. IN otcarns
COUNT. so called, bu, which Ia the act erea-
ting IL Is known as Srsygss County, IN honor
II Hon Isaac Stevens, Governor Of Washing.
ton Territory. Well. this company was CON
posed Of the proprie,ors Of ST. Cloud edy.
10 vi, Geo. +. Bro,,. Esq, J, = Wilson,
Esq. T. A. Curtis Esq. and J, G. MouIton,
Esq, with Captain Tom Hardin, relative Of
Hon. Zen. Hardin of Kentucky, well kpown
II these parts as familiar with oil the region
bsiwcen here and the great AXE and the head
waters of the graf river. known In common
pirIapcc. as the MissiI sippi, (that Ia, Capt
Tom not Hen as guide, and Mr., Curtis wcll
and tavorably known In his profession as u civil
engineer. acting as surveyor Of the road -
They were well armed aud equipped aud de-
sigucd turning oil east at Little hock Lake
and pursuing the uneven tenor Of their way
40 the place Of beginning, aud thence 'due,"
ia some direction, to the great city of 81 Cloud
in SicNrns County, 40 called.
Whether they will ever in ajirect line reach
the grca, city oi st Cloud, which lies on the
west side Of the Mississippi, or not, is prob
| lem which they have undertaken 10 solve. DIR
Kane coud no, finJ Sir John Frankie. hut
got home safe so did the expedition that was
sent out in search of DR.. Kane. SO may the
expedition. now gone out TO explore aud sur
vcy aad hay Qua, road from he bottom Of
Lake Superior 10 the great city Of 81. Cloud
fetss.'. sis sn. 'cheir blu.hing honors thick
Tuiah ,ht.f: ~ icay another expedition be
ditto, cat % ani s9t Whether they found the
. EG,oe OF ! las: sar.r,~i .(ibe very bottom
" tho place Of Gosiaa'aI-) ftoa which to take
their departure for the great city Of ST. Cloud
Whoa, some years ago, Capt, Ross was fitted
out by the British Government 10 explore the
North West Passage. bc,wcon the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans, he was gone SO long that
Captain Hack was sent out to bring Ross
kaek bu, know il cannot he SO. with the
party starting from the bottom Of Lake Supc.
rior, to reach St Cloud city the City OF
ST ,luud 10 M, know which for Capt.
Tom Hardin will take them back safe TO Ben
ton County, whether they run the road or not.
! know him well he won't survey much, bu,
he will take coed care of the childrcs-,As
viii. while he has charge Of theol
Now. Mr., Editor, badinagc apart. what is
the object OF these explorers Of u road from
Lake Superior to tho Mississippi Il is, ssI
think, to lead the people aud theft. Legislators,
to believe that there is a place % great impor.
''''' v" wv Ntst uauA w 'uS utS>'SSttPl.
presumlug to be known ~ ISL Cloud City
or the City VI ST. Cloud" nobody knows
which to this end, and for this purpose. =
s'camhoa, was put on the river las, spring, to
run tn Sauk Rapids At all .easons when the
river was free from ice, but IL WAS ,oon dis
covered when there was plenty Of water, ,ha,
shc coald no, run 80 far up - tho Gov. Rss,.
soy ascd 10 run namely To the too, Of Sank
Rapids, because the navigation was dangerous
That was when the river was high, bu, az
ter 1t had subsidized u little, Il was too los--
and ~ ST. Cloud, the great city on the west
hank OF the River. two miles below the land.
I Ing where the old Gov. RAnssy bal always