Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-05-21

he has don emore for the human family, per-
ha,s, aud led more peaceful and quite life,
than il he had sat upon the throne OF his an
cestorg. This however, is not the only ro-
NANCE of this region of country. town
barring the Indian name of Aztalan il situated
between the 'Neenah and Lake Michigan, and
from this locality it is surmised went forth
the Aztec race to overrun Mexico, and found
the empire of Montezuma.
At one point the Neenah is within a mile
and half of the Wisconsin, and this barrier
being removed an immense circle OF water
communication is established from the Gull
of Mexico to the Atlantic through the 81.
Lawrence.
The Neenah needs much the aid of art to
render ii an available stream. being, in its
present condition, much richer to the tourist
in search of the picturesque than in facilities
for commerce. From Lake Winnebago,
through which the river passes, to its mouth,
a distance of only thirty-nine miles, it has a
fall of one hundred and sixty feet, and in this
course tumbles over seven different rapids.
l. Winnebago Rapids,
2. Grand Chute,
3. Little Chute,
A. Grand Kakalin,
S. Rapides dos Croches,
6. Little Kakalin,
| Z. Rapides DIES Perre.
The Brothertown and Stockbridge Indians
are settled on Lake Winnebago, and have re-
linouished their Indian habits and govern
ment for an agricultural life and the privileges
of citizens of the United States, and are re-
presented in the Legislature by one of their
own number. The Brothertowns, it is said,
have entirely lost their language.
Having understood that the scenery and
rapids of Grand Kakalin, distant twenty miles
were well worth visit, procured horse,
and early on foggy morning started on the
Journey. The fog soon rolled away and UNI
covered bright and beautiful day. My road
was an obscure bridle-path or trail on the left
bank of the river, winding sometimes along
the river-beach, then through the forest, ul
and down ravines, across narrow but deep
sloughs. In places the path was SO over
grown with bushes as to require great care in
keeping it, and several times |, for a short
time. lost my way. With the exception OF
one or two farms at the beginning and end OF
my journey, passed only here and there the
solitary cabin of a French settler, or the
crumbling chimney and tumbling logs OF the
cabin of some squatter who had disappeared
before the first approaches of settlement and
1 civilization. Once, when out of my path,
came upon an Indian wigwam on the edge OF
a brook in small valley. Smoke was as
cending through the pinnacle of the conical
dwelling, but none of its inhabitants We're
present. The last five miles of my road were
through a clean open forest on the summit OF
lofty ridge. From this ridge the road de-
seconded to a smooth, green plain, expanding
broadly between the foot OF the ridge and the
rivers edge. On this plain were the fields,
houses, and barns of two large farms, both OF
the proprietors being wealthy and gentlemanly
half-breeds. This was "Grand Kakalin,
pronounced Kokelow, and meaning the stop
ping-place of the pickerel. This locality
merited all that had been said of its beauty.
The river, at this point very broad, went dash
ing and foaming in roaring torrent over an
inclined plane of flat limestone rocks. Several
beautiful wooded islands, the largest OF them
containing twenty -seven acres, divided the
river into many rushing streams, which again
| united into one broad current before dashing
down the greatest inclination of its rocky bed.
The opposite shore rose in a fine slope, cover
ed with forest-trees standing open and dis
tinct like those of park, without any under
growth littering the greensward from which
they sprung From the top OF the bank the
river is seen for a mile curving among the
hills before it reaches the break OF the islands
and RAPIDS and again it is seen to the same
extent after it has returned to its placdity
below.
from tne proprietor Vi one vi tHe nhe iaihis
ON the plain, received in gentlemanly and
hospitable manner the entertainment which
my long and unaccustomed ride rendered very
desirable, and about the middle OF the after
noon started on my return to Green Bay, which
reached at nine o'clock.
We have now glanced around the lakes i'll
running tour, following in the main the gen
eral line OF travel, but of course, our rapi'
movements have left much of interest unob
served and unnoticed.