St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-09-30
ST CLOUD sTEARNS CO. MINNSOl THURSDAY SPTENBER 80 1855

course while on tho east the water course
! is towards the Mississippi and the south
The average surface is heGe about twelve
hundred feet above the level Of the sea
yuly 25.--At the tjrst crossing OF. the
RED RIVER or Tns NVuuh. # We left
Lightning Lake at five this morning and
came twelve miles to this place before
breabfas We're five hours coming. 4
heavy shower accompanied by sharp light
ming awakened lis hetween Tvs and three
! o clock, and besides" drenchlng ourselves
throughly, wet the most 81: our luggage.
This morning We passed a fe" lakes in
whcA were large hocks Of pslicans These
waters are also ftequentcd hy awans.~--
Within SIX miles oi' The Red River the
surface Of she prairie becomes entirely
level The view south ard west is unlu-
teruptea b. q solitary object. 10 &hc
north We soc The timber which skirts the
river; aud beyoul the river, as far as siy't
extends, Wow is can&|st Of ''Ieaf moll,-
taInsi which are Highlands covered viii,
timber AZ wa approach the valley /
think the Grass sppear: o little more luxc~
riaut than what We had observed even
along the principal part oi' the route
There is a prcponderoneo Of prairie OF
buffalo grass mixed With weeds and flow
eyS. The banks If tla river arc twenty
feet high and quite abrupt except at the
crossing. I Judge that ,hc river is jorty
feet below the average prairie level The
current is rapid and Winding, We arc
uov within fifteen mi1ts in direc1 Iit1e
of the confluence with the neis ,les Sioux.
A considerable quantity Of pine log; is
tloa,ing down the river heing bound for
Brcclin,idge from tin northern pineries
Some Of thesc. logs ,trc lodged just ut the
crossing so as 70 ohstE1ict Our Tsss:l22se--~
Isut hey arc quickly rernov3d by Spencer,
whose tart :nni energy :ua worthy Of ro-
sn3u,bran2a
4 peculiar ;ntcr1s: st coi:: IT, attach 10
this river on account Of IT, coarse and the
-.~%ut;y cxtoI}cd country tIlruugh which it
Hcws Here its eolor i,s by nc means rcd
Whether it is more 81 hundred or more
miles below where the stream rom Red
iaho o5:,s II + 5za0 siJE iSs Hojt1j here
is Gilat of clay being Of slEAijar hue TO ths:
Missouri. Where l;>r,l it the t2cpth is
three and half fect .liler cr>ssinG the
river its windin" conrsc IL t,bs'H1s1~ y rjs:
G}.in timber along is banks. '|e snt,,
upon plain perfectly l.>e 1t the end
If tbrec miles re leave 4lc old trail ard
take the tra>k direct t,yg !>FockinH;d ;,s'>,~~
Twenty " thirty miles tt. the uotboa1
>'iraf mountains ;sra still disoorrabIo.
We are going about west, and twelve lAi}c2
ahead We can see the tlnli,er which sur
rounds tho settlement Of DlockiElridgst.- .---~-
There Is something very striking and
grand IN al expansc 50 vast and level and
fertile. Here and t}lere 'vc cross meadows
without noticing any depression FROM the
general level. On these The grass is be-
tween three au,i four feet in height. i
bush may now and chen be seen; but the
one constant view in every direction, as
tor thousands Of su,anlers il ],a@ been, is
the limit(css CARPET Of e;vaas rolling in
waves under the strong breeze and glitter
log with az exnberanc@ Of flowers No
one ran help recalling tlc tor|orn strain
Of the poet
Full many a flower is horn II hlusls .rusaon
And waste.its freshness on the desert air y
The Incidents Of 3ayharic life are vet oi
Fresh occurrence here. War parties Of the.
Dacotahs (or Sioux and Chippeways from
season to season cross these lands purSu-
ING those hereditary hostiIitics which 50
long have been the cause Of wretohodness
and wee, and which can only he stopped
rs they should be stopped. by an act Of
congress duly enforced. 70 cli;,stisc The
Dacotal1s Tor their n1assacre Of eleven
Chippewas at Grow Wing in Apr! last, an
expedition was lately undertaken by the
Chippewas Il was lnn@ talked about,
and great preparations in their Why were
| made A few weeks ago, about three
hundred started for the <3issiton village,
near Lake Traverse. jIoie-irl he-day,
! tho chleftdid not start till day or two
after the rest; and then came Oh in bog
! gy with two horses But about the :hir>i
day the buggy broke down. They reach
ed the Slsslton yilliaEge, captured Il few
hundred dollars worth Of buffalo skins,
cut down all the corn they found and re-
turned: Hunger compelled y speedy
return as they were lacking {. eolarliisfary
department.; d deficiency which generally
oocurs in Indian warfare: +@~.- '->*
Arrive at Breckinridge at 5p a., hssv-
ing come to-day twenty two miles. t<.... "
! July 26--IThe setAomont Of BREt3zl1p-
RIDGE, named in honor Of the vice prcsi~
dent is at the mouth Of the Bois Acs Sioux.
It is in the midst ot a belt of oak. tirnber
which generally skirts the river banks. -:
At this point the Red River makes an ab-
rupt bend, going a mile to make four rods
4 in its main course. The Bois des Sioux
having it's source inLake Traverse, flows d.
recty north, forming IN important angle Of
land between the two rivers. Six log
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