Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-12-08
From Salt River.
UPPER COLONY, SALT RIVER, !
November 81, 1860. /

Editor ItnleS-DEAR SIR:
promised You at
the time our steamer little Joker left
yoar place, that [ would give You his
tory Of our Journey up to the settlement
OF defunct candidates at the hcad-va-
ters OF Salt River. We left As YOU
know on tie eth of November, under
command Of Capt John Eckels. " no bv
the way is an able and experienced
navigator; we used q chart made by
Judge Strope III 1855, corrected By 6.
L. Park, on his trip up In 1856, and
perfected by our friend Alban. on his
trip up last spring. The Clerk, E. &.
Clussman, furnished us tickets gratis
HaVley filled them ont We found the
lst mate, Q. II. Lamoreux, a good sea-
man, and was very attentive TO bust
ness during his watch. BE it said to
the credit Of our cook, I. 2. Powers,
the table was at all times bountifnllv
filled with the best edibles, served I'D
by him and lis assistants. in the VIEW
best style. sam Hinckly is a good pi
lot and where the water was shoal man
aged to furnish another liquid in which
We could smoothly and happily float.
Whenever We found it necessary to
so to bed tol2-LeHcy, our chamber-nlaid
her 6nt;os AMI 500 tis ,t'' ,l.o 1o,'2l '''
al, stovol 81. ''',' " = we're pr prop
ga ,.ooa j., Tho ,,,ov,,;. ,,'' 9"g: ~ i'e''
boots IIarln5 ~. o.,,. 7,taw ' W. o('
las ana II sr, t';oP s 80 20 e. i HI
<at vr could i,Hos+ - I ''':o ~ ,9l.s%s'
so INTO tha f1f,ro ani aoa , e. sS'I,S'
nIonto1 70 soI,,c I.,j.rat;,,o oi, o>'' ~ -
Hama tho I,aNi,,oI,I, ,'' 5: LILY II,
-I.in.s M brow, 1>nt t,,:,.1.s ~ o,,,3 ,''o
n.g1:;n~J baotIl 3;r,,s . 49,! ~ so'95 -
I- ~ ''"II i'oh Ned5eS,
~, ~, =; :; ,,'.' l",>' VI i,;olllSc' NV
,nI ,.,.'z = I,'o to,.!1'L mere are
i52 o i'i''' ,,y'' 1'."t nave 0een
W., ~ t,o I 10 ' ID s'aF'e! good
- pa 7 I1,.v,'5s !,g' o-0"T Went
liz, 80 1-,, ,.a, o'>' Gl,t'!n, mace by
: :,'.'' PA V''S aye i talnk some Of
J"'ip!n9 ~ "S lhe Sc'tlcf5 say Ills pre-
eI5 " mas run ont.
" nave found lots OF our old friends
ne ~ T. "139 3tFope IS raising onions.
y. L. 1 ark IS II the succotash trade,
@n1 IS >Io'nS very We'll, though some
say tic 1''t III TOO many beans for the
G ,. !. . "oze Aloan IS as happy as
Dug 1lyln9 on the interest Of his mon
ne came up last year. Rousseau has
WE sooo CLAIMS acre, but has Left
ir,9D his cI1in h1t b ~ sa a-IIo n 20
Of GOING into the MANN
t4ctHre Of dead-faIIs and afiidayits. j.
, " I:'ialns Is gong to making gun-fiints,
4har nn : ov i q .e-t,tplloh upon winch
buainess ''''1' '''' 'o' ''l''
l think there is no doubt Of this be-
ing an excellent country. Mighty fine
place to retire to when leaving public
HE. All are comfortably situated and
well provided for. We shall look for
some new settlers next spring, and for
q large number next Gall. By the wav,
l viii say, Col. Soole is here, having
taken q short cut on foot and saved
about eighteen hundred miles.
Some have great dislike to Salt
hHFer, but after all, it is not SO unploas-
ant Journey beside they will send
yon np free Of charge.
Coroner Of Salt River Colony.
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A PALpABI.E UEr.-The [-icEs1uro
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- ''"o''a"0 P"pe!*' mat HANNIBAL
HalniIn has "a STAN OF negro blood in
his VEINS" and that ''high- toned, hon
ora}Io b:ob-snir;tn1 nro.,1 o,n+,ona
,,e..,,, onc.1,+ nat s',s la'' '1.'''l7''
'.'N :. 400 ~ ''''''''' ~ MS elec-
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