The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-01-22
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r,~s ms wa.alss,ss ssAs
i lu seheolcr~i,s "Amesc~a Lakes" ",
iind the following "3lt August, ls2U
Governor Cas- hcsc dctermu,cd to prosc
ON horseback scrtss the peninsula Of Mlrhi
gan 10 Detroit, T" . The distance 10 DctrcI
Is compatul III thrr bunlrsi miles--thcv,
is plain howe path, but il y intrssytsSi b
cross paths, so that Il could not be pu,sao
by stranger without q guide. Th'
viiiAge u chicago coseists Of ten or twelv,
i dwelling hoasss. with popslatiom ot al,eul
sixty soals' Mr.. SehoolerAA also rvnArAs
1 ',o the oriinar, advantages Of an agrical
! tural market town. il must, henNter, adt
| that o. depot. or the inland eanWsercs
/ l,etwxN tic asSthera aai southern ~ctionl
1 VI the country. AMI u great .horoashiArr Ioi
/ )st,angcrs, merchants anil tra,clcrs. How
lItruc his prediction, ana how true II Is thai
all points selected by the indians. TRADERS
assd Je.uits afo hast assuming ia this day ~
railroads. "a corresponding lpp"etan,e ~ 'l'
.-.s..y.I ;.lsss ,hes Aase ,--s " ~
/ times.
( Chicago IN is:o, WAS r'ach~i l,y t,en
/ Cas- ana Mr. schooicfatt IN bark canoe
/ by te Way Of Wiso,e,n f,vrr AMI Grsa
| hay, ffom tour through Lake Superior
across to the head waters Of tbs Mississippi,
/ Then the entire country WIS wilderness
nov Cn,rapo contai,s li0.0t0 inhabitants,
IS the terminus OF more ra,lroais than any
other city in the world without breaking
bulk she sen'la her ships laden with produce
I 10 III. Old World. Mr.. Schoolcrafts jt~-
d,ct,on, have i@p mort than rralirsl, and
that, to", lur.ng his l,ie iiinc.
/ lhrc years ago the City of superior WAS
I Il wilderness four wears ago not o white
man r~ldei within twenty mih~ now !,
contains over twelve hinlesi inhabitants
aud ALREADY thu ground has bo, broken aD'l
a railroad canlucnce,l, and We .,e that n
contiac, has heeu made with rSponsihlr
company Ior the completion ii tho roSi IA
! the Mississippi river within thirty months --
u distance oi one hundred AMI forty miles
Truly. this Is "a, aer. By examining ,l,r
writings Of old travellers. especially thosc o
scientific ones. We 6nd tha, they have refer
red 10 all oI these points. In bta, Fathct
Alone alilcd at the pincr where bayfield,
now stanhs In 1869. Father Marquette
saccs~lei him. They werc Jesuit priests
who had established themselves there fpf
/ The purpose ot converting tlo Indians.
Between The years l1C0 ard -, Aloaan
der Henry wintcrnd at this poiul, In speak
ing ol this place. hc "Chavourmircn
might. ai tins period. bc regarded NJ the me
I ,roI~lis Of the Chippways." ischoolcfatl
says the "harbr If Chcgomcgan IA rarly
ciaalkd.'
Owens. ia his e,olo1icnI report. speaking
u this bay, gives the following bani,faI ,lc-
scription
| Lake Superi"r bn., a, times. not only
. the varied interest but The aiblcmiiy Of a
I true ocean. It, blue. cold. transparent VA.
ters, aI.i,stnrb.d by tides. liz. during calm
notioal's.- and CLASSY " thos, of my small
secluded lake, r'iicctng, with perfect truth
I u form and color, thc inverted Landscape
I that sIop- down 10 itz ~u,ooth. sandy bcach
/ but wipqi ihis inland sp "a disturbed by tbs
rising tempest. the long sweep Of its waves
and the curling white caps that crest ia
surtsca, give warning, moi only tn the light
bark ,a'or. bui 10 slooI~ and scbooncrs and
/ Lake stsaniers, to Aeak sun,e .heltering haven
Al such times, oralls of every description
may h. ssu running before tho wind. or
beating up against Il, NIL making for ilic
most iayofii. haIl,or on The lake -.tir shel.
tered has Of Madeline IsIsai.'
This Is the ISLAND that sheltered Allob, Y,
Marquette, Henry and others n the olslc,,
time, anI il now sl,i,rr1 'be inbabiian's d
Bayfield, "a town commenced ia,t spring
AMI non containing over thirty god build
ing. ir pier, steam mill oi ihe largest
capacity. IL large hotel under way. ADi, by
iatr ~. PAU psp~fs, ws s~' that tbc two
points are connected by line Il stages
Neat spring the ground viii H. broken. tlss
commencement oi a railroad a. connect IL
~itllS Saparss-ssa liz. M.@s.i-..g;,i. .-.- ..
Owsr,s IN speaking u the s,li IN this VI
cjnsiy, shys that II ). "a ,etehtise rsi mari.
oapablo, unicr proper System oi t'liase. Of
returning 10 tho hasi,andIoan . bgplrsIfn'd
sr,d of ,atsiucp9 fruits ani yrgctsi,l-s n
ls'ffcsti@i."
-lrshiu ol Mai libe I-a8i ips say. Il
probably ~ moi .priss yd, ID punt vi h'sLih.
l,y any locJiiy ~ thr entire Wcst.rn 'sJan'
try; az fiahi,g tn'pi u i purisall"3 II
- uD' olly osrn of de- ms,s, commanding aoi
aeco-sii.lv s,,ua,iog.- 81 Lake -uJcrior. Int
Il prpAsTis Drc ~ llp m1st sgrwzible and
piftaresqp lske snres iho Tourist can vel
insgine ObIor than Chicago or Dtroi' ---
va. owing To 'hc esup'ry arnpisl II lmsip,
besn un,I feYsg,ly Dsbf.i i,y tbc lUj,hns. u
- "a yyipi of laci bai e,gbl m9aiht old
situated atypn ras of the tsst haflprs 10 'hf
void ~ tie Hih!s: u a firh mlDsrsl and
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