St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-09-30


ana considerable fiol Iii
brought here at great ex peiise and ttr,ouhles.
There are Two pieces lof sla1tal fenced and
cultivated The corn was n ae;:tesd bbx
grasshoppers early in the season, but what
was spared looks we'll There IL q garlcn
Of two acres which has been well tended
and contains a large supply Of common
vegetables ina thrifty and forward state,
Considering the success. Of farming three
hundred miles north, at the Red Rives
settlement, agriculture need hard la
pursued experimentally here. Tho latia
tude Of this place is 46o lb '.
Tho banks ofthe Red River. arc here
from twenty to thirty feet ii height, though
in some places. they slope gradually tronI
the table land to the waters edge The
soil is "a black loan tinged with blue, with
less sand than is, io,,xad ii The Mississippi
valley, The subsoil ~ Of clay st sra,lll.
vegetation On the river hanks
ofthe richh bottoni lands along thetlisss6ci,sasA
There is no lack OF good soil anywhere
about here. The land is claimed fsI b
few miles along The river in either ' aiifs
tion But the principal improyesno, 'sa
the claims At present are log shaaties l)ne
settler is now engaged ii breaking up LOO.
acres Two nlen and five yoke Of oxeA
are thus occupied evcryad day those Wao
now live here permanently are young men
principally from New HA,le,la,lxals 4 large
amount Of pine lumber il nov floating IN
from the r,incries, having been cut.in the
region near. Otter Tail Y4alEe; s " This demon.
strates an important fact, 4onsiaerings;;ll al
the only want Of settlers unsuppiiad rs II, l lss
lure in this wide valley 1s,,timber. And yH
| should say there is much hard timber
along the river and it,s tributaries IS
This settlement was hegun,Ez believe, ii
February, 1857. The main trunk Of thp
Minnesota and Pacific Gland syr;sntt1 railresgs
is already located to this point. The .Re{s
/ River is thought to be nayigable from here
to Lake lViaepets and there are abundant
reasons for believing that somewhere albo1ssa
here must be the celtre IF a ponuious re-
glon. There are some places remote and and
difficult to seach who're mon ys,k'
Bit I'll the valley u the Red River &c
settler may find COLLEEN opportunities. /
may here remark that This valley is ai,ogt
extensive than the famous valley OF The
| Nile. ..,:-
| ~nly 4,s.,tt' arrived at Grahanl's Pom,
at shutdown yesterday. It is II miles be-
o" breckenridge. On the Minnesotx
side is 4 settlement with one comfortable
log house where We: were well entertained
The rlver is here forty below the. table lane
and the banks are rather PERCEPTIONS
| The bends in river are frequent. 4 bel
of heavy timber extends along here half ,,
mile wide. It consists Of oak,. ash, elm,
and Eastwood. One oak traa which I nD
! tioed is a hundred feet high and four /,
diameter, Vegetation is Iuzuria,t.
find this TO be much more iseeessar-,
|place for 3 military post than I had sup
posed, The Indians frequent it, being at
tracted by the game and accommodated b,
| the water communication to and from it.
I The Sioux come down The sluggish Boi
des Sioux from their villages on Lake =
traverse and generally hunt along The ives
| tern tributaries Of Red River. 4 frequen
route for the chippewas is from Otter T7ai
Lake down the Red River, tilel
. through Red Lake River to Red Lake,
/ i}ol. A'nbercrombie is daily expected t,
y locate the new post which is to be cstab
/ lished here. .Z.'.* ~ s=
forded at It's most shallow place the.leptl
being from three to four feet. I shoul;
think, It was eighty feet wide. The dis
!: from St. Cloud here by the most direc
f route is l45i miles. ~
:. Proceed ON foot 10 Wild Rice River, i,
u Daeota, It is five miles to that river
4 II is a narrow stream sunk ina deep chan
J, ne, and the hnbernpon it abounds ia ELK
!, For many miles it runs parallel with Re,
:, River. Return to Breckenridge walkin.
9 twelve miles through the high grass Of Da
u cotah, The Indian title Ia thcland il thi
!, part Of Daeotah is not yet extiin is}sea,b,.
J here are some log shanties On the rive
: bank belonging to licensed traders. Their
! arc two olds sediments III Dacotah two .tllur
! dred miles north, which contain Ii The q.
dregate 1900 inhabitants. Il refer to Pen
! bina and St. Joseph. I believe it is til
{ wish Of those people. that . goyornne,,
Y (should be established for the territory j
7 soon as possible. And / think ii would i
Y Ia wise policy to have the seat Of cover,
nent located Us far north is here. For
4 there y :. any patronage flowing indirectl
from q capital it would be j,lstand etate
r |manlike to give it 10 this latitude Il
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4 " h Gull attention to the card
q !. Mr., Thompson son q Washington City
& Ne know gentlemen who have employ.