St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-09-16

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Owing to the in6rmity- Of onssof the -hors.
es, however, .xe dpl i nescessary to walk
a good deal to day. We entered Iouss sslas
county early IN the. forenoon:
he sun yeats down l,nslaringly. But
now and then, as. We COME i: :,on knoll or
ridge, refreshing andq graceful breeze
blowsi over u.s. Turing the torenoon 4 a
cry Of lndians is raised On the prairie TO-
the north we see three Or faur- .Leinga q
mile and half of: AZ, hpuse is in sight.
Eandyet We can, hardly believe them Is be
Indians they begin 70 approssh. y I hey
have red shirts on! They are-yeas,s they :
are white men, -peaceable settlers Who
hare cons for timber. t0 the very wood
which We have also sou hit tor 9, few. min
utes Of shady rest. It was just about at
! that place We happened to pass Il fine lot
! ! Of delicious rls berries. p At noon, hav-
ing walked six miles beside the distance
we rodein the morning, We stop between
Etwo small; lakes and take rest and refresh
l..ments. In an hour we continue our
cour*}e walking livery two Or three miles
pass narrow belts of hard timber 1t is
principally oak The, illusion is constant
that We are in q c:.rcnlar, prairie ,surroun-
ded by timber ! have taken particular
notice Of the SOIL vii eli is a black 5a,l,+
The grass is everywhere thick and luxuri-
ant. Nor does the, variety Or, fragrance Of
the flowers dimin sh. Not being totan-
list Can not give the names ot: many
lied snd white roses, are to be seen; the
former most abundant.1 Ia species of bur-
gamqnt is abundants alsolr sweet williams,
marigold. yellyw and kurlle lilies, .,kweet
marxssora,n w.th beautiful blossom and
other flower: jet more. 'del cate ['@ -'2|'. J
We have to-day seen an abundance OF
/ gathered game, lloyers and L, ,r4irie
chickens are the most numerous, bic tIs.s
largest are sand hill cranes. 'ihe latter
a'e generally .>2eu in psa:s They are tie
dstriches OF che l,lalr;2 and are equally.
pid Oh the:v legs Or wings. alie .;<o''" ">,:
cortr:rts the sosee oftthe nigf'., :."!c>s1e WI.
tne lescocks. :.1l'utsthe voice oi<tle So:
h,li crtne is ,li'lvh ?mo;e discorl;..t. til:;l,
the peAc ,c'S 8 i il s,r, Of cr,3s h.
tween The c::ck !; 4 @oJ<c and the c,gai..
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ta24Arrive at a pretty hko (c.,lled th.ca;,oy
at + f.M.a whetefwe,e4n :; having travel,
led twenty-four niles. lake a pleasant.
bath in the lake. We have, come y ciircu iil,cui
itous route III order to get round the ditf2
serent belts Of timber I'VE have not. seen,
q single house ~ But all the land is, very
des;ral le for farming purposes and must
nescessarilyy te settled as soon as i decent
road is extended into it. L have heard
people who have lived in Minnesota refer.
to the section OF country over which we
have passed yesterday and to. day as con-.
tinued :ser'es OF tamarack! .biany more
Such errors have kept other equally fine
tracts in 81 tclnsioD- -'1~
W:DN sDAY: July 21.-We had just
finished sup er last night at twilight when
We were surprised byt 1.-THE roud tar Of a.
Dig near BY. Our suspicious were strcng
that a party Of lndisns must be near us, :
and three If Our party sailed out to learn
the facts. I he dog still barking retreated
towards d body OF timber three miles dis.
tant. and we were left in some doubt
whether he was not in fact a prairie volt.
However it was apparent ttat the locality
had been n'frequented BY Indians, as wt
saw where they had kindled fires and we.
thou 3ht it prudent to keep a watch Of the
horses through the night! y he only at
tack we suffered was was from the lnosqui-
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Left camp ct four this, morning. This
wild retreat is made cheerful by the songs
|of the BIRDS The sweet notes Of the lark
are heardg before the dawn, and as the
warm light opens the sr,ves, ,nthe fcathered
tribes ot'various colors' begin. their liveiiest
strains: ~ 1.oudest,' but least musical of all
are the cultural shouts jof the loon and
crane which are heard more than mile a.
cross the, gfassy surface Of"the. lake, awe
proceed}in anertherly airections and aftes
tra ;ellingj twelve mics through 'luost love
lily ami iolnxupianti praifies lntersected aIby:
belts Of timber and high grassy 1shorei1s
lakes reach 'the'new:and pleasant settlement
ff AlexandriA~ In view Of thelextensh.vc
and delightful face Of the coz ntiy The.
poets words applied toa regian which haa
once been thronged with cultivated lite are
tame bHG 99r-vlftl9,H : a@j ga;i rs ,ts.h<..
'Ar, glory, euluref fail but nature still is fair
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