The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-06-11

- Pant - .'',rs'ei ~ Nc hea,' It navi
ga;.on on tho M,.s.ssippi az a Nv s,,s /, holds
,h' key To is' couatr, alaAu Is; Il !, true
tl.ai 'sAa's that caA Nav, ~, Eau can so
WAYS 20 MP - Mendoza 90 For, Skil,ns,
~mc sly .r cleln hiss above a, the mcnth
vi tbs Minnesota kivcr. aud ywrla,s ,e ~
both ~ Tiara hlau~ mlgh, ha,r all, a,ls>i a
more natural. anal i, may he . nare eligible
loca'ion fof the city hi. u l. toa late nov
IL think Of that 81. PAM ieis obtained AN
oNer>hadowpg commercial Importance
which sllaing can resist At 1T. Pant
steamers NIL always change Their oArs,s~ to
lighter draaght vessels, a. ,hry onh are "a.
lsesc al navigating the Minnesota u is
the tact, tha, s. taul, like Chicago. stands
at the haad oI na,lga,ioa, and has large
aud highly favored ngion tributsr, 10 her
that gives her sasaciouS ci,issns confidence
IN her h,urr commercial supremacy, isi
us tshe COOL map ami spread Il IN. lTior
S--ior without i, all description. must l~
vague AMI In'lellniio- AMI So wha, the
country Ia
In the tin'' rlars', ,'sV MP tho valley II
tbs Minnesota Lon the the Old maps callsi
~. F,tet la the Source OF the bcautiful
river. Il Is nayigahlc for small, light
drauehi steamers, four hunlrci and liN,
miles above st fnnl. For richne~ and
beauty. w. can speak iiom personal ohscr.
ya'ion, that for noarly two hunlrJ mikw IL
has FEW Il any surnriors In the North " wi,
and w learn, tina, Throughout the eu,irr val
I.,ss M. 80 la, Al
Try is m~i cNoehst W. arr sa,isIi,xi that
ths magHiiireh, valley, alone " III sustain "a
population Of from half u million Ia mil.
lion.
Nov trace up the Mississippi some ,wrlvc
or hil~'n hundred mies, AMI It's Tributaries
the Rum. the Crow W ing AMI other smaller
rivers "a their scorcc. With slight obatr,,s,
tons not difficult 10 hc overcome, the Mis-.
sissippi Is ba,ipshe above the 'fall4 IL 81
Anthony irom syen hundred Ia thousand
miles, A large portion Of the this widely
cs'cndsl country is beautiful and cNc,ssling
" fertile, md capable " sustaining densr
populat,on on ,ieso upper hran,hes IT
the Mississippi are Amos, g, haustle-r tracts
Of ,'e iiW~, pine which for score, 81 years
will I've a sonrcc ~ immcl,s. wealth. Nor
should II hp iorgottcn that all ,hcsc lands,
are settling very rapioiiy with tho cream ii
western emigration earnest, intelligent, cn,
ietprsipa mcn who p,,Di schools and
churches wherever they ga. and lay sure
md deep the foundations oi healthy, yie#.
Qua. christian civilization.
Nor are these ,nisys nll or oven y mo,ciy
Of the rich territory. which will In largely
tributary TO ~, Paul Trace the magn,6.
ccut valley al TIN lt~l River Of the North,
far onward 90 Lake W Innleg. DO not I'M
as,uc that perJetaal w,nlrr or anything like
II. spreads chilling winding shce, ovr the
valley Of this nol,'e river, bavlgahle for
STEAMERS for morn than thousand mila.
The climatic lines ,eH far away nor,hwani
as they turn the western point ~ lake M.
periof, ~ that II Is probably IN warm in the
valley If the Saskatchewan IN latitude thy
i've degrees nnrfh. rs !, Il In Chicago Veg
aabhs aud ,nos, II the c,af~ grains. Hour.
ish ine', in il,c valley III the iissi lt,vcr, |
and all agfc. that the soil II rich AMI lcftiie.
and that Il il capable al sustaining n dease
Vet morn, North oi the United Stats
H'n e's, 81 'o' ncky N"an'A'h' 70 Tue
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