New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-08

% 10 Two hDn 'hret re- dep'k 81 WarI, W. -,
three ami four FRET above IN 10 sio-e. we iol'd
TIE remslns Of al Indian vgwan uLi"h vac IN.
b,titsi .Is: year and bad aeH bus. of poles, ard
covered and walled witn these risbes; h1i 20
thick bed Of :bem, cilght fsh Of the And ,hey
can bass. and which ,as.es very ike sn-qu.ba"-
NJ shad. IL weighed four pounds Is,ktg ttree
ounces ard was tie bird hs1 taken IN Ian 90
hours fshing-a three 20 much alike 80 scsree 10
be distinguished.
felt % conpuneticns III conscience about catco-
ing them; for the hook used Vas "speer-book,
viz, a common hsh-hook fastened by s'iVel 70
b. ef sve.ee copper shaped Ike a little hsh ard
thc,e grea. -apacots rastas, 10 their eigernefs 20
swallow the supposed little fsh, very Justly ieii
prey 10 anger monster lying IN wait acove; va
Ope side of this lake il some OF the het, ash aud
oak timber have ever seen in any place and grow
ing very tbichly upon the glosnd, "hiie over tse
limbs Chamber grnpe-yinee holding up ousoe'e Vi
grapes, and in the intervals, the gooseoerEy oosnss
tempted me with their long rods full Of green tru,.;
but these treasures Of Nature are 80 ylgd.nt'y
guarded by Eyri,ds of valiant musketoes, mar, nav
ing neglected to furnish Ourselves win oroad.
brinmed hats curtaioed with mutkeco-bH, and
deer.skin gloves We we're glad 20 retreat after pene-
trstiDg some fifty rods back and getting piek
of the green fruit on the shore where tnc preezs
drove the pests back into the forest. The NUKE
toes here are very troublesome In oil places Wsels
once cleared so that they are deprived OF sheiser
they are driven away by the strong breeze WHICH
seldom ceases.
One Of the days We spent in this vicinity WAS
Sabbath, and We had the pleasure Of hearing the
first sermon preached in Rockville, OF the Sank
River towns and place which already numsers-
four inhabitants has comfortable hotel, store,
and q great heap of hewed timber which hopes TO
he n raH-,pill in a very short time, to sit in the
q by tba hak hlinrh Ynn dancing
waters to turn great wheel. aud manufacture the
old trees. which hsve laughed and nodded 10 them
a. they went shouting by for centuries mo mater-
ais for building another kind Of canopy than tnst
made By the green curtains Of their foiisge aud for
shelterng another order OF beings than those winch
have 10 long found their homes amid ana beneath
the branches. The sermon and II. surroundings
made rich specimen OF Western Life. Fcsty-eisht
people counting baby, met in t!e store-roOn-a
rough board house sixteen by twenty feet ths
boards nailed up and down. and an open crack be.
tween each two, the hOer of loose upjointed
boards, the roof two-thrds sbingled, and three
large openings in one end, designed, ultimately for
windows and door. For pews, We had boards laid
or trestes. Our preacher came In wagon drs"n
b. two oxen and, in o swallow. tailed coat OF blue
cloth with high collar and brass buttons sat behind
The only table in the town, which, being Imprinted
pine and very primitive cOrresPOnded exactly; but,
% several ladies arrived in oI-wagons and on foot,
wearing large hoops, white kid gloves lace msntes,
and altogether displaying taste aud toilet which
would have passed muster on Broadway, we de-
termined on some display of luxury to suit the oc-
casOn. so, by the aid OF pair OF Macklnaw
blankets and some carriage-cusbions, we got up an
elegant scarlet cushioned pew. Fortunately, to aid
our efforts at magnhcence, our preacher took for
text the handwriting on the wal in the fhr-!Gmed
feast Of Belsaazxar thus bringing us into close COM
munion with the palaces of Babylon II 90 happened
~ 81 Il. I haar IA nd
but few weeks previous, was from that same text
by man OF the same denomination, Methodist, in
Christs Church, one of the most elegant structures
in the Iron City, the pulpit being filed by one oil
the most talented and cultivated men in the body
which boasts a Durbin. Well, the contrast snd tho
coincidence was rich enough, without the addition
Of The preacher reading the hymn and then walking
across the room to hand Us his book, that We might
aid in the singing, and crossing 10 return il; he,
v hen done, repeating the operation at each time
of singing But doubt not the great Father smiled
on the soul Of the simple minded, earnest speak
or, even az His sun shore down upon bis body
through the partially covered roof.
But this Minnesota Life has been so full OF absorb
ips interest during the tWo months have spent
here, that had almost forgotten the principal o.
ect in writing this, which wss to give yo1 such in
formation as have gained OF the Indian troubles
here. The common topic of conversation here Is
the probable amount of trouble We may expect
with the Chppeway Indians this coming all snd
Winter. That there will be serious trouble, no one
appears to doubt; but il is generally supposed the
depredstiOns will be confined to the frOr.ert-i. g.,
the country lying from thirty to fifty miles further
up; while some maintain that, If the Indians organ
ire for evil, they can and wiz sweep the country
down to ST. Anthony. ,iIty miles below. Men who
have spent years among them cay they caa eoDecs
full three thousand warriors, and dispersung 10
small parties could pass through the ou.skrts un-
moested, until, upon any concerted night we may
all be walked by the war.whoop.
You have, no doubt, had all the particulars OF
the driving Of Of the missionaries from Beech Lake,
some six weeks ago. This was accompanied and
followed By great number of robberies and threats
of taking fife, in case these were resisted. have
seen and converted with one Of the four men who
we're at Grabams Point on Red River, when party
of Chippeways returning from war-expeditioa
against the Sioux, sho. and roasted AL OF Ill pres.
ence of these the owners, and used the timber the
whites had taken out for building boat as fuel
There were about fifty Indians, and resistance was
useless; but one man stood in the door Of their hut
and, with gun in hand permitted their going in for
the provisions they wanted. They displayed the
bloody scalp of Sioux, said they had Killed him,
sharpened their short swords on stone, and signed
that they would have his scalp too but ne held his
around in the door until bis assaan.s joined their
Companions, who were cooking the I-meat when
they divide tbe fcaIp 20 ~ 10 give ehcu man
share. when each bi! was fastened on hoop, aud
these they tossed alo!t and caught again as they
danced the war. dance around the FIRE. They finally
lefl without ipjurng any one but leaving the i'm
preston on the mind. o: the msn th.t any oter.
ference CD their part to prevent the warriors taking
anything outside the hut, would have resulted il on
ipdiscrminate massacre.
Nr. Pratt, a mail-contractor gentleman We'll
and generally known, has just returned from RED
River and reports that the Indians took nine Of hs
oxen; and. when threatened with United States