Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-09-15
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

Dear Chronicle We reached On
tanogsn enahe e7th ub. The-teNn is
at the mouth of 4hel river Of tie same
name, and is The largest in The copper
mining region. Ii seems to be an active
thriving place, many new buildings be-
Ing In process of erection It's worst fea
ture is the deep loose sand Of its streets,
which every blast of wind watts in a
cloud over the town, penetrating nos;rils
and ears in a very unbscomiug manner
The river is navigable for small steam
ers some ten or fifteen miles. 10 The yicin-
ity of the mines, and is. The channel by
which The copper is brought down to ihe
Lake. The citizens are strcngly urging
the formation of new State, taking the
north east part Of Minnesota, and the up
per peninsula. or Superior region OF
Michigan. a
We were disappointed in not being
able 70 visit the copper mines, owing to
a misunderstanding inipgard to sie iime
of tile sailing -of abe s,es smers Fiiree 6f
our party who waited for another boat.
visited the Wisconsin Nine, descended
into it some or 600 feet, sa masses OF
OF copper weighing three and four hnn
dred ions, and wele greatly interested.
The mex morning. the steamer lefl
for Grand Portage. "a station on the
north shore. J to land goods sent by Gov
eIpment 10 pay anuuities to the Indians.
As she left the harber, crowd of citi.
zens assembled on the pier, waved their
handkerchiefs 10 reply to the music of
the band. and the kerchefs OF The ladies
on board, until we were far out 10 the
Lake s--.
The -pui ity OF the atmosphere is wen
derful. The Lake is here 30 or 90 miles
in width, and when near the middle.
from the upper deck, the shores on both
sides of The Lake were distinctly visible.
Grand Port sc IS an old station of the
American Fur Company, and derives its
lame from the fact that at this point
goods destined for the north, were lam
ded. carried over land by the Indians,
in packs, around the fails of Pigeon Riv- |
er, taken in canoes up that river 10 It's |
mead, then over another portage to the
waters emptying inio Rainy Lake. Lake
of the Woods. DE, and again from these
waters to the Red River of the Norih.-I
II is snugly situated on the shore of
small, secure bay. formed by a curve of
the shore, and an island in 'front.' 1t is
impossible by any pen and Ink painting
10 give a correct picture of Grand Per-
tage and its surroundings The steamer
was anchored about mile from the land
ing, while The freight was being landed
by small boats. Behind US was the
- open Lake. its blue waves dancing
a., 't: some twenty FIVE miles
70 the soEth east, rose -.'-2
Isle Royal so famous for biigbteo 1.
Of riches to be acquired by mining; Oh ,,
the left, within stones tlIrow, lay the :
'nall island which forrs the lakeward 6
si5e .ef the .harbor. its outward point tow
sffng up. rocky precipiciee of hun 4
ired feet in height, its top and shore |
ard s',., .ne covered, with short growth i
f pine and sprusee. ols variety of v hich 2
brasl d. tLeir lance ike leads at inter >
-als txen.y or thirty feet above Tie saT- = !,
oundiug trees: on the left was bold
,.uff poiat stretching Qua into the Lake
gainst whose rocky sides tirc surf vas
,eating, in front Jay the calm waters OF
he harbor. and the little pfimiiiEe toFn' q
iftown if can be called jof Grand Portage II
,ack of which the land sloped upwards &
in the vicinity of the shore. $
While hills peeped over hills beyond I
On tie mountains. far off to the west, )
storm had gathered. and the rain was
'een falling, and then it slowly passed
,ut into the Lake some miles away. [
while the sun. shine was still resting on $
Grand Portage. =
Small boats, and bark caneeS5 we're
seen putting of from the town. aud soon
several Of them reached the steamer, 9
most Of them roEed or padded By In
dians. After several vain attempts hadf
been made by the gentlemen of o"r Par-t
ty TO procure conveyance TO the shore,