Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-03-08
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
~ WiH.E I'll Nld, Vas
TabBsb1YElo RNlNQ, MARCH 9, 1855.
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sfasfql.sf ~ t4AthAS9okatl - -
fweHse blsss9tsl iii publishing lie following
lelsststton an oid ssadal6isnee and resident Of
atHlsely, Who IN common Will many othtts, hos
tpa6alh home l6 ;iEe distant west, Ills letter
viii be tead with interest BY hiSlhaty ftleaR be'e
addlsiwsll@otbythe pemsal 81, all out 'e''ets.
we.stSYliiA tallg aicttss In his new home and
hSps HI, h8, atdsat hopes may be mote than ie'
sl.saS Wsbstd not assutt hin thai we shall
sslsayt " sHlitsd To ttesSe his leilett aud hope
10 Hty NIKE Jheffeiy fttqleal. BythewaS,%e
tesliEdas5Rln ii ont fofmst pupil lolyqta HIN
essi0tilbs Daeoits, &cq attaehneds 10 Which he
sllglst sgsl. y3n.
: costsspohdsate Of the rnielligeneeril
su psgt, Feb'y lttb,l 1850
DMt ptadtttea'
lsItaowu 10 tctibbleyoit few items IL
teesl u SlIaaespta, wtgch may lsqf interest 10
sons nj yoat te4lIsts de4ltins 10 locate 10 The
stsat NoHAtwHt T6efdcls bete STATED can lie
relied UPON as most Of them have come uRatt my
dsng observation, shI otkete haze Gten obtained
ttom The ,tscotJ,p anil ,tAe eatly attllets OF lie
county,
TheaetttitySo OF Minnesota was oteanlze'l on
the ia leyot March, lSl9l The lost dtyqftbC ses'
siot'6fg ddastsist On The next DAY General Tay'
lotsHlsidsnllal liet@f commenced and inme'''
stelyI@eSljsths appointed AleSahIet lIamSeyN'
Pennsylvania, .Goykt6ot 81 tlls Territory. Gov.
;ransy et1ysd soon aflst disappointment snl Oa
The GtG day otJube, ls4s, proclaimed the otsan'
zaton Of the tettliotal government
Tie ftt legislative Assembly convened at ST.
PA0b,i6e capitol Of the new Territory, In 1896
ountlesSstsditi9ed on, and a eOdeof laws fotn'
Cd, chiefly ffoln tNe pteseNt practising code oi
New, York
MiaaesoIa Is ali extensive tsslon Of county, bs.
iDs a5out us miles III extent, from It's southeast
Ell, to rs hotit.SesIttd boundary. 1t extends
tfpni The Mississippi and ST. CtoI iirer', and The
wtsttta extremity Of Lake Superior oil lie east, 10
heIlsoafsbd wblts,eabb tIyets on the west,
odisIanee Of oYet 400 niles and from the lows
line on the SOUTH 10 the British line on The uorl
aiiasHee Of nearly 500 miles. The whole COM
posing an area u 10000 .quate miles, OF 1906.
eQ9,00 sttes. This extent Of county Is EN-
6tteed between tie putallelsof latitude 49s 80,
and 60', thus running Though seven aud o hall
degrees Of ilSlitule
The genera chatactetqt tlls county Is that Of
gently aadulalips rtaitiesi interpreted with
e1oyts Of timber, and Salsted principally ny ionf
stee tisets, end theft ItttHluty stteallls' TEt'0
Sisalso ihnumttaOe beautiful lakes Of fresh sleat
wOtet, throughout Tie TenitofS, which abound IN
fshof various kinds, aud ato the resott Of nyli'
sls If sld fowl. Tile Dotdets Of tlIsss lakes aud
tlte.ts are coveted %ltlileaSy bodies Of tinlbef
including the oas, maple, ash. hickory, pine,
birch, &c. lathls favored county Is TO be found
allibe teqpbitesto sustain large population
8ili&earaitAby adopted 10 lie cultivation Of
all thu este4lst thu native ptaities bre fields al
teadypisfsttd iot the plough, and The itch black
etti6tslatps the tetntt iewatl fcs his labot on
iHndtea,folA. Gatten Vegetables Of eSetySAtleiy
ate tatged Ia gtttl abundance lii al batts6 Tie
1tttit6fyfAtd ofs qualify and sise NBsifbassed,
,l'le6ai,ate otntany kinds Of fruit tees hAfe0ut
yet been fully Tested, although The cultivation
oflhe apnle, pear, ounce aud cherry has been
tiled during the past tour Yeas, and. Jas succeed
el6ey6ad especIalioas Wild stta@lettles, ttsp'
bttdes, eta1Detttts, pluMsuad,ctetEiGs' together
With Wild nee, ate found 10 Gteat aGIttdancs.-
Ttesf, with ihe sutealent tools, AMI Tic Wild
game, such as dtet, nlelk, aud The buffalo
toiMlbe oSet the plains ot OH lloEItef frontier,
form HE tef articles Of food tot Tho ttbrS Of The
Sioux, ohihPeSas6d wlnuebSso Indians, which
hste rosnled fee III theft wilderness ltotdts, hiIl'
eito SettFel and 0ndistHtbed BY The advancing
footsteps OF ttc&hlc man,
HE beaatiEnl scenery al or Tetioty Is oil tA.
plole with Indian ltaditlons, Not foot Of s'oaU'
that.ye ttead, int hat bte0 troll BY nations bef0Fe
VIZ wild ttibts Of men haze matched thtlt at
mics over the sIla Of out Town alpl tsIls-iltfce
battles la te been fought whe'e our clutches teat
THEFT spites, and plo9gbsha'es tata burrows a.
midssitEe staSsot baiel pces,' There are now
ufwotls Of fdlty thousand indians within The
'FetilOty. Thlfly thousand Sioux OF Dakola',
lfteeA' thousand Olbppewss, and tyo lllousitld
Wld6eGasoess Zach HallOHi Is In teceihtof latke
abatflies ifont tie eoSttnnleht fot tleif lands,
lately cedel Is tteatisS. They I've chiefly In the
nslshb4th6od al tteIt respective Agencies, within
The lltIi: Of wA'i isS'lled The lld'aa county,
but hunt at atSs though lho Ief''loH' Tue
Chippewa and sioux %sSs al tlcted''a'y ~a'a'e'
and lake each oihets' seal IL every opportunity