The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-10-07

hv 1.aiv Lake - =
oy o.ssy -.Ssiss about fortnight for its
uns. ..Ti'shment. Small boats are used to
Fond du Lac--,hen there is = walk Of 20
or 30 miles across to the lake, which is
tributary 70 the Mississippi--,hen canoes,
with Indians to paddle them, are put into
requlsi,ion, and, after camping out oil the
time al night, you come finally to ST. An
thony Fails. This route has received
great deal OF no,orieiy from the writings Of
a traveller who published most interesting
account in Black~ood's Magazine Of tour
tsken about year ago. His name, our En-
glish friends ssy, is oIphant. and he eeeu.
pied some official station 10 Csnsda. VI
course general track westward has 10 DC
tsken in order to reach the river 4 more
southerly route is usosily adopted, aud, ~ .
boa, cannot be procured on the st. Croix,
The whole distance TO Hudson or ST. Paul
.aav hsye to be performed on foo, making
about $50 niles Of travel. All our prepa'
rations we're made Tor this latter route
Two men acre procured to carry baggage
and &C, as guides, Msekinsc blankets Tor
sleeping in we're selected the character
and supply OF provisions were agreed upon;
and the walking costume was settled Ev-
erything looked suspicious. All accounts
iron the intervening country represented Il
as being unusually dy-,bst the trail was
comparatively free IRON ~indialis and mud
We were waiting only for the ARRIVAL oil
Tie steamer IN order TO hear from and COM
munics,e with home, and then We we're 10
dip iago the iorest and spend nearly week
,here, eating coarse food and sleeping an
der The trees. with nothing TO vary the mo
no,sny Of hie, save probably the appear
ance of an occasional wild animal, the st-
saci,y OF garrulous French guide, or the
| cheerful blaze OF = camp IRE al night.-
Thus stood matters the evening OF MONDAY,
| the 18th OF September. During the night
| q violent storm commenced which Was ush-
cred in BY thunder and lightning, e9usi al
NEST to sny similsr exhibition in Iowa
The morning presented = scene which
made ia thank our stars that We had not
been tempted to start lew days earlier =
The whole country was flooded with water,
and the tenacious red clay adhered TO ones
boots until they we're positively painful TO
carry.
Tie ensuing Gay the wind and rain con.
uaaed--in fact, they prevailed for some
time. Tor the Equinoctisi storm had set IN
having commenced week or more earlier
than usual, and going to st. Paul on 100
was entirely out OF the question. Then
i,he arrival Of the superior" was anxiously
looked Tor, and before noon she appeared
Az the noble craft glded round Ninnesots
Point into the bay, We felt that kind Of re-
lief which all persons experience by hav.
ing the opportunity presented TO escape
from place fully visited. Before night
fall we we're enscoDscd on board, bu, by res.
son Of ADVERSE winds had TO remsin in port
untii Thursday morning With heavy Sea
and a gale Of wind We ran to Bayfield, and
Jay there Ter some time waiting tor both tC
subside. During our stay here an inciaen'
oecsuet which created some alarm among
the passengers. The boa, took FIRE and
was blazing a large .. The crown Of ones
hat al that point where the pipe OF the for
ward cabin stove peneirstes the upper deck
and If timely discovery had not taken
place the whole vessel would have been
enc burning mass Of fame. 1t was soon
put out, though, and we felt thankful that
the occurrence was postponed until We
we're lsshed to the shore and away from the
inhuencs Of an exciting drsugh, OF sir. The
consequences can hardly be calculated il
the IRE had broken out osly few hours
before. Although in favorable spot for
being sxtingaishea, slil we might have
been under the necessity of resorting TO
the boats, and then the question arises
whether OF not the lsiler could have lived
Oh the highly troubled lake.
We anchored IF Ontonsgon in pursuing
our course, and took in passengers by means
Of s,mail boat, not being able to 60 near
the pier; touched al Copper Hurbor and
Marquette on Sunday, finding a, The latter
place the Lady Elgin' on her upward trip;
and The next morning were at SAUL Ste
| Mane In passing down the ST. Mays il
was noticed that the adjacent shores had
| changed. The iiBts OF su,umn had been
assumed under Ire influence OF recent
fros', clothing the rocky hili-sides with all
( the gorgeous cOlors OF the season, and pre-
sengins 70 our view beauties before unob.
served. Half way down the river ala enter
pEizlng man BY The name Of Church has To-
Gated himsslf, and IS deriving hands ONE
revenue from a source scarcely 70 be credit
ed. The country around s iuli of Mid
rsspeerries, and when they ripen Mr.. e
employs The Indians to gaiber them ior
him. He has sugar brought him b. the
steamboats,, and works up the whole into
Jam, which ne puts up in stone jars and &c ia
q; 20 cts. per ID. Elrsn tons Of lhis Inste-
nal has be manufactured and sent off tn.
season, and so great j. the demand for II
that he cannot supply mis- orders. I, is re
ally very finely made and hss most deli
eious flavor. Passengers could get limit
ID supply for taking hone, bat very seldom
more than single jar, snd those having
families TO join soon generally svailed
themselves cfthe opportunity. II was ratb-
er amusing 70 zee men emerging, single
file, from riekety log store-house covered
With bark. each with bis precious purchase,
and hurrying 10 stste-room 10 deposit this
newly found luxury, ss though il were pos
sessed Of additional value because manu-
faeturee from berries picked By the Indi-
ans along the banks Of the 81. Mary's. He
makes raspberry wine also, and il was OBJ |
served that he had preserved plans, to-,
ready for any anxious purchaser.
A il wss apparent We should reach |
Aaeknac again IN the night, the propose.