St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-04-21
! er tie latter, even though tfcosts me my

!. 7 - : : ---.-'-- - -.
fer the latter, even though i ttcosts me my,
hair" aaa@3>47ss@ ss@% yys 39 ..ssssSsss a
. .'Ah Z see SO you really took this
preeautionto prevent your being scalped
bY Indians!' I'd szss .518 !. !. 5sg= Il. n
55s'I did, indeed, I've; no notion Of leay:-:
ing my top-knot to ornament any boasting
redskins wiewam. Now, you see, il case
We; are .worsted in an encounter with any
hostile: savages, it viii bo IS Impossible for
them to scalp me. I ss.. Essssn H 5sa.5 ]ss
cts net 80 bad an idea, after al, said
the Doctor II think I need have5no ap-
,prchension on that score" he added, rnb-
bins his own bare pate with evident salts
faction. "But really, MY friend; I am
sorry for you. r. 's35&. 8 4 4. @ss$
"And II added skittles' !, ssWhat a
DESPERATION Of Natures endowments! -
What waste Of beauty! Gentlemen, let
us weep for Adonis!' ~. Sa.ss 4s5..<s
: .'sBetter weep for Adonis living than for
dead. Hector" !" rejoined .Penlnan. 1tF'I
have information from reliable persons that
the Indians are very troublesome in some
parts Of the State whittier we arc going;
and I think you may ,Gud that proper pre-
cautions are not to be sneered at." 2ny#tGs 4 4
va Gall aboard for Red River" now shou-
ted Captain Kinks, from the 1wagonSbox,.
and, cracking his whip, the party drove off
with colors flying amidst the cheers ofthose
who had assembled to see them off; the
Doctor gallantly bringing mp the rear
Some two miles from the town they
struck the old Red River trail, which they
followed This is the road made by Penn
bina carts on their visits t, Sc: Paul, With
.erS they convey valuable. freights Of fi,rs
and buffalo robes, which they barter for
provisions, merchandise, md necessaries
Of all descriptions. ~ The present month of
July was the time when Che trains invari.
ably made their appearance, and o'rl5arty
looked forward with eager }ez zIsectation and
curiosity to the day when they should meet
them. indeed, small advance party had
already arrived at ST. Paul, and the rest
| wero known to be not more than a week $
journey behind, tt.a 315sss5s il .s5ss s5.s.f
T. Penbina,s as is known, lis the northern
most settlement Of Tie United States, being
but Eve niles Il sritish Americas. IT
contains population Of Six :or7sayen hun,
dred souls, a1ldi was settled iginally
British subj jects,, who supposed they had
located on British soil The greater part
Of its inhabitants arc llalfbreeds, who gain
Ia livelihood BY hunting and: farming. ~ ~
| Their dialect is as variousas their origin;
being principally Uhippewaand bad French,
with an adlnixture Of Cree, English, and
| Gaelic. Pembin:, il four hundred and
j.sixty miles from Sc. Paul, and this is 10,
was) its nearest market. But now st
Cloud has come 10 tbe' d town Of faconsidera
Ible size, 81 naturally aspires toaa hone tll;s1
it may, st no distant day, secure this val
uable trade Of the Red River people, since
1 it can not but be an object to them t
1 shorten their llpng, and tedious journey :
4 distance Of seventy five miles. It seem:
I strange to thinkSof 4 people travelling twen
1 |,tylor thirty days to Do their ,shopp ping; bu
IIEhow much more wonderful must il seem I.
II these hyperboreans themselves, during eacl
Esuccessive year, to witness the rapid .adsan
4 ces Of civilization, and to And thrivip,
townsts sli,sre, all vas unsettled the year be
fore! 1 aaoa t5tss :ii # ts,If .s + sS@..
ThotP Pembina fur traffic dates back onl,
1 to thetyear 1844, when it received its.t t;irs
iuccp cption: At the hands Of Norman W I, Kit
j son, the present Mayor Of ST, Pan. Fo
Et1iree years ihet battled with the !, Hudson
Bay nchcpoly,wiit promise of sqee
IL SiEFsS3 <Np.. V a "