St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-09-09
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,4 Saturday, July l6.--Up, at half q t

Olahlchihond W bis IS also on Sauk River
|slt . ioala Handsome eopleNeau thirtyifoey Il
boDEeIthe. river aud HAld cultivated, No
tice one field containing one :hunGredaeaes
al IN crop and looking Thrifty, Here in;
stead Of crossing the river and following
the 6dL Red River trail, we keep 8 On '3th3 3the3
nprtA sideIof he valley in order to strike
,lll the new route for the state road fronrcet.
Slond TO- to B!reec:kinnFidge Ere My purpose iste
EXAMINE e1I the country along that route.
9We were Obliged to' deviate from the he's sax
yey atSt:, Joe on account tof the ti1nbeer -
Profeedding Up the valley Of II isauk,t we
snali tQ-day t2: ebe on transient track,
Here and there it is fenced ir / and our
course is crooked '&FFh The prnaaliirie is is narrow
andeappcars to obe elaiznedl There e9aarr.f are ffre
Auentl small stresms to be crossed, but, as
YET mo esleughs. Pass few, we'll cnltivat-s
cd farms Fith log houses: The weather
is hot and We stop at eleven to bait the
horses 1he exterior Of the country we
fhArsl passedIthis forenoon is varied and
E}N }Rsautatpl rI Locking to the south the oppo-
ste side Of the valley presents picture Of
tpfanquil landscape So vast s.t aud far that ID
skaal lehtirely Fail to describe it, IT, < & thin
belt of heavy oak skirts the river er'tba Bank 1k =
lheo dark foliage Of the trees blends finely
] wlththe rich waving grass. The surface !
uFPdalatipg, and ris.s gradually till ill., tie
dim z istance it meets the horizon. Wealth
has sometimes turned few acres Re il, into
hatdspme1 terraces, approached tyyo1 lawns,
e|G| a4|dG| ~ ssp9sfoandeed with groves But here,
1or lii.es and miles, nature, with T. proinse
hand; has distanced' al that could any.
where be done by atiuence md toll. ''-"'
,:Atl:o'elock we again start. lin few
!, va ! utes fine deer appears on the opro-
as.e y bank OF the river. 1t is a. lnp. r.he
hUt, and the bullet strikes the, >w.ter,
While the deer bounds eff ipl} the grass
Pass the commissioners who are suivey,ing I,, II
:ii. rad to Long Prairie. The iundalatihnse
surface Of the prairie with its cluster Of +
!oaks, grows more and more beautiful as
we pass on this afternoon. It excites fre-i
quent EXPLANATIONS of delight Pass through
the 8enebec or Yankee settlement, which
was commenced about year ago The
fields bel Of corn, wheat, oats and potatoes look
promising The general appearance Of
Ethings indicateaplenty. We can see sew
eral claim shanties, around which no i'm
provements worth mentioning. Id ~ <
July is:-sauk valley, 81 miles. from,
the mississippi at St. Cloud. We were,
getting along finely yesterday afternoon,
and enjoying ourselves remarkably well,
till about four o'clock we found ourselves
suddenly in seven or eight feet of running
wa,er. We had come to one Of the tribu-
taries Of tn Sauk, and not apprehending
any difficulty in fording it, drove in with
t full confidence. In less. than a Z minute
everything vas afoat. The current bore
the the team Just below the road track so that
I'll: the wheels brought mp against the abrupt
q and d inundated NJ bank, made worse,b ,bya snae
or else perhapswe mig avesailed through
with no other damage than dreinching:--
There was considerable excitement " There
was a vain struggle to save the powder ,aud
an impulsive rush for the rifles. ;, One tried
to hold down the wagon body; twooor three
rescued the horses by quickly 'detaching
them from the wagon and assthea driver r
was quite active and self: possessed, the
horses were saved from drowning. One
dove, for his 'carpet,bag and brought it up. m
~ required our rautmosts activity in keeping
tie luggage from floating of, and in carry
ing ingit it ashore q At that point the stream
has, has two channels; between which the ground
is is Soyyeraoved Sy and muddy. So there was a
COED deal le of work to get the wagon over,
and TO carry BY hand our load even after
i vas RATED over Tie deepest cchannsl.-
We Were all hard at Work, for nearly two
hours, and had the friendly aid, ofIa cou.,
PIE Of settlers besides: .iH :, '''' c> ''''
We hadcome to The last scene en of of he
adventure when q two horse wagon with
thtee dfeur men met us! and to our sur
prise Haad satisfaction forded the channel
saoccPsstnily7w6ere we had been wrecked
Andlndeed two heavier teams have cross.
ed ths's to-day; but one Of them got stuck,
ala 1Ad to gets the aid Ola settler oxen. ken
,,ia Me- came on LAST night : mile and half
and irv dividing. ourselves into, two parties, I
put Uu at the snnv 0uh;n, ~ t,-o onAxlo-,