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

aud considerable machinery iur steam milf
brought here at great expense and trolhl5
There are two pieces of laua fenced and
cultivated, The corn was damaged 81
Grasshoppers curly in tha season, but whai
was spared looks well. There IS gardoi,
Of two acres which has been we'll tended
and contains large supply Of common
vegetables in 4 thrifty and forward stats,
Considering tic success Of farming three
hundred miles north, at the Red Rivef
settlement, agriculture need hardly Id
pursued experimentally hare. The latia
tude Of this place is 46o IS. s@>>.>@ 4 I
Tho banks Of the Red River arc here
from twenty to thirty feet IN Height, though
Ii some places they slope gr@duaiy tro,,
the table land to the waters edge. The
soil is a black loa,n tin&e>i with blue, with
less sand than is ionna III the Mississippi
valley. The subsoil ls Of clay. The ra,lS.
vegetation on the river hanks .ltmintllss1s,ss
VI the ricbtbotton1 Laad* along thc]tl
There is no lack OF coed soil anywl,ers.
about here. The land is claimed nrla
few miles along Ehe rs,er in either alIFes=- aliIFnes=
Slon. lsut the principal improvements t,ls
the Chains at present are log Shaaties> Orc
settler is now engaged IN breaking up 100
acres. 1--WE nAen and five yoke Of oxe.i
are thus occupied every day. Those Hsic
now live here permanently are young nleli
principally from New Eug,a,,a T. 4 large
amount OF pine lumber Is now floating In
tron, SI'c pincries, having been cut in TIC
region near. Otter Tail Iakvs This demon:
strates al important fact, ssonsi<IeringtIt Ill al
*}'c only want Of settlers unsuppiiad E,y ,l;s ,l;,
l1re in this wide vale; as,tin,ber. And yat
should say there is much hard 'tinhel,
along the river and IL, Tributaries. + +
This sett1oment was begun, / believe. ii
February, iS:,1, The main trunk Of thc
Aiinn~sota AMI .'aoiAc <ian,i :yr;;alt) railroaa
Is already located to this point. The E,i~fs:
River is Thought to be nayi@aj>le FROM here
to Lake Nlnepe{s and there are ahundants
reasons Tor believing that somewhere abqus..
here must be the co2tre If q popuious 10
glon. There are some places remote arad
tlltilcult to 1each where nsQn x,,hl!
But Il, the valley Of Tie Red River &c
settler may find golden Opportunities. /
may here remark that this valley is enoyv
extensive than the t5t,aoua valley @" thc
Nile.
.Jn{y - - - " t arrived at Grahan's Point
at Suntown yesterday. It is Il nile. be-
low i}recklnridgo, On the Minnesota
side IL q settlement with Que comfortable
log house Whoyc We were. well entertained
The rtEt1 is here forty below s'.e table land
az ara the banks arc rather precipitous.-
Inc bends ia river are frequent. / belt
OF heavy timber extends along here half
mile wide It consists Of oak. ash, c(m
and bass.Woo1 One oak tras which ot,.
tioaA is hundred feet high and 1;,ur IN
diameter Vegetation is Iuxuriaut. !
lind this TO be much more necessary
place jor military post than had sup
posed, The Indians frequent it, being at-1
tractcd by tho game and accommodated by$
the water communication to and from it,
Ii'r Sioux come down the sluggisl, Bois
des SIOUX from their villages On Lake 1880
traverse and generally hunt along the wes-
tern tributaries Of Red River. 4 lret111ent
route for the chippewas is from Otter Tail
Lake down the Red River then
through He'd Lake River to Red Lake.-~
'j2]. .A1nbcrcronbie is daily expected to
locate the new post which is to be- cst,b-
lishea here.
| t'rded at its most shallow place the depth
he.ng from three to four feet. I should
think it was eighty feet wide. The dis
from st. Cloud here by the lslost direct
route is JAS miles.
l'rocaett Oh foot to Wild Rice River. in
D2cota. 1t is five miles to thai river. -
Ii IS a narrow stream sunk ina decp chan
ne' and the tlnberu upon itabounds in Elk.
tor many miles it runs parallel with Red
Rlver. Return to Breckenridge walking
twelve miles through the high grass of Da.
cotah, The Indian title 10 the land in this
part Of l'acotah is not yet extinguis|,el;hvt
here are some log shanties on the river
bank belonging to licensed traders There
are two oldsott1ments in Dacotah two bun
dred mics north, which contain IN the ay
dregate 1890 lnhabitants / refer 10 Penn
bina and st, Joseph. I believe it is the
wish Of those people that government
should be established for the territory as
soon as possible. Aud ( thinkit would be
a wise policy to have the seat Of govern
nnent located as far nortf, as here. For il
there is any patronage flowing Indirectly
from . capital it would be just and states-
manIlke to give it to this latitude. II Il
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s<ss" WE call attention to the card Of
Mr.. Thompson, Of Washington City
tNe know gentlemen who have employed