The Trinity journal., 1856-07-05
IIinne-ha-ha.

This name, signfying Laughing Water,
is given by the Dacotah Indians to a beau
tiful waterfall between Fort Smelling and
s.. Anthonys Falls, in Minnesota Territory.
1t is a favorite custom with the citizens of
st. Paul, the hourishing capitol Of Mime
sofa. and Of strangers visiting that locality,
to drive to Fort Smelling, and from thence
10 ST Anthony's Falls, taking Minne-ha-ha
in their way, and to return home by short
er and more direct route.
Fort Smelling is situated upon bluff at
the point where the Minnesota river empties
iuto the Mississippi, about seven miles dis
tant from st. Paul. Having crossed the
Mississippi in ferry boat and wound around
the base of the bluff, you ascend to the
platean, on which stands the fort Here
YOU see stretching ont before you an extern
sive prairie, with some rolling ground lying
on the right hand, toward the upper Mssis-
sip2;. In the coarse Of pleasant drive
stross the prairie, the cxcursionist comes
suddenly upon stream, about three rods
wide, which gdes quietly but rather swiftly
along, the banks of which are skirted by
few bushes and small trees.
The stranger would proceed on his rOnte
and cross the stream without Snspectlng the
proximity Of the falls of Minneha-ha but
those acquainted with the locality seek
poiut below the crossing, tie up Their teams
TO one Of the small trees, and after a walk
Of few rods into the sparse timber, find
themselves upon the banks of deep raylne,
into which the miniature river enters 10y
downright plunge of fifty feet, and then runs
away in quiet manner, as if stunned by
81. q foo, 10 abova { Inmhpr-
ing down the bank by the aid Of projecting
roots aud shrubs, you approach the falls of
the Laughing Water, which whitens into
foam as they descend, and drive up cloud
Of spray from the pool below. The water
is poured over a shelf Of rock in semi-circuar
form, as regularly shaped as if fashioned by
a Yankee mechanic, and under this shelf
visitors pass behind the fall around to the
opposite side, dry shod A neater water
fall than this could not be whitfield out with
the iack-knife, and this is the Menne-ha-ha
Laughing Water-after which Mr. Long
fellow has named the interesting Squaw de-
scribed in his story of Hiawatha
WHAT HAS BECOME OF Her The New
York papers by the Golden Gate stated that
<Aunio itlhNcb, tbN SHI "uO IlValSu ouNH
sensation i'll that city by dressing as a man,
and pursuing male avocations, had left for
this city. Has she arrived? The New
York Tribune of the goth ult says "a
large number of acqnaintances were at the
wharf to see her off many wishes were eX-
pressed for her success and happiness in
the future. She states it to be her Intention
to doff her present apparel when she reaches
San Francisco. and to become once more
woman, and we are Of opinion, Judging from
the rough boyish, staggering manners
which are now her characteristics, that she
will find the transition not an easy task,
whatever may be thought of the expediency
her self. Everybody who knows her histo-
ry, and has had opportunities to observe her
during the four years which she has assumed
the boy, agrees that she has earned an hon
orable living, having been most Of the time
employed in the various capacities of bar
keeper, q barber, or an assistant to da-
gucrreotypist-while she states, herself, that
she was prompted to do as she has done to
avoid the alternative of doing worse, or be-
ing employed at the unremunerative prices
which women are compelled to accept"
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