Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-02-12
NORTHERN MINNESOTA:

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+ A visit to the upper Mississippi, during
the past week, has enabled us to gather some
interesting facts in relation 10 Northern Min
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In our last number but one We published
the plan adopted by the CITIZENS Of St. Paul
for commencing navigation upon the lied
River Of the North. Captain Northrup. l:ir
pursuance; Of it., with. his usual energy anG
spirit, has already taken ont workmen and
materials, sufficient for the construction D
his steamer, by the opening Of the season.
lie knows no such word as fail. .t2gt1:s ;
In addition. Capt. Louis hobart, a mar
Tell-known to every citizen Of Minnesota
is to run one Of his Mianosota packets, the
Jennette hobart, We believe, into Big Ston,
Lake, the. first high water, by which time
nc will have prepared ways" by which siht
will be readily hauled over into Lac Traverse
When the Kansas humbug shall have
been fully exploded, which we hope it vii
be before navigation opens; we believe, thai
|the. upper Mississippi and Red River
VALLEYS will receive tho, great share Of the
emigration TO the West. ! No part Of it ha<
ever offered greater Inducements. ns ut
1t isfully asccrtaiped that the climate pre-
sents no objection to its settlement, being
inst as favorable as that Of sou hernn Mime
Sofa. The land is much richer, presents, i
possible. a more lovely app "arance, and is al
susceptible ofcnl,ivation. Water and timbe,
are plenty. Pine TIMBER and of the bcs:
quality, in particular, is abundant, and the
forests generally resemble, those of the Eas.
tern States-beech, hemlock and she'l-barh
hickory being prominent varieties. We
heard glowing accounts of "Red Lake
midway between the Mississippi and the
Red river. A lake, sixty miles long, BY
ten wide, in the center Of. the loveliest coun.
try the eye Of man ever beheld being sur
rounded by just the proper admixturo, Of
timber and prairie, gently rising from it in
long swclls. 1t has been for q long time
settled, to limited extent, by people from
the Red River and Selkirk settlements, who
have been attracted byits beauty and agricul-
tural advantages. r...-"'...,.,'-'.. f..,.... -;
| The crops they raise gre the wonder Of
every travs der. Wheat, which br.::es IS cts
more per bushel in the ma. .ket at St. la
than any other variety. Barley, as our in
formant expressed it, like beans. Oats, corn
and potatoes are equally superior: Game is
also abundant. The buffalo winters there
finding plenty Of food and shelter. Moose
are found in great numbers !; the timber be-
ing adapted to them. He is described as
standing higher than the horse, of equal
strength, able to travel one hundred and CIV
miles day, is easily domesticated, and fir.
nishes, when killed, from 800 to 1000 pounds
ofthe swee' est and most tender Of ali meat.
He is considered:a far superior animal to the
Moose of northern, New York and Maine.
Our informant was just through from the
Red River settlement by way Of the Lake.
and had come 525 miles in seven days, his
team consisting Of four wolf dogs, of moder.
ate size, which were in good condition; an.
parent'y as fresh a. whsn they started. .-.
We have not space for a further descrip-
ton. This country is soon To- be furnished
with abundant steamboat and railroad facili.
ties u 1t is on the highway. to the, Pacific,
is nearer Lake Superior than is Southern
Minnesota, and possesses al. the, advantages
that induced such a rush Of emigration to
the latter. It will on that account soon
command extraordinary attention as good
opening fort settler. fOnr; citizens will do
twsh TO turn their attention and that of their
friends 10 it, representing valuable, reasona-
bic and permanent advantages, when Kan
Sos gold manias and humbugs shall have no
other mementoes but the bleaching bones 81
their starved, murdered or, fever stricken
victims. 80.
WILDER s. W1LL1sroN-Judge Wilder