St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-04-12
Correspondence e. tho ), Cloud Democrat.
The Pixies Packers on Their
Way.
NO. !,

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Mas. SwlssnELu.--In fulfillment OF
my promise, / hastily give you a few jo'-
tinss by the WY; and, should my life be
spared, hope both on the roato and at
our destination, to post your readers with
facts in regard to the trials Of the journey,
and the prospects, Of wealth about the
Peak.
We left St. Cloud March 18th, and met
the balance of tho train at Richmond
Started :rom Richmond Mach 18th, at 10
A. NJ. Seventeen Teams, 42men, and
three ladies, Mrs. Freeman, Wakefield,
and Cunninghan-made Paynes'illc, IA
miles. March 14th, left Paynesvil|e at II
o'clock, and camped at Irving, IL miles.
Found but ohc family, that of Mr.: Parsons
They were very hospitable, and he enter
tanned US with his violin aud songs in tic
Western style. Left at 81 A. NJ, March
10Th, reached Acton, Is miles by one o.
clock, and ought to have gone ten further,
lut the hospitality of Bachelor Jones, put
q veto upon our designs, and we tarr'cd
over night. It cannot bo expected that
will turn States Evidence, and say that
anybody danced OF played euehre or felt.
happy On tha' occasion, nor will l say that
f lend Jones is 4S and single. God bless
his little body and big heart May he lind
as good a wife and as large fortune as he
deserves.
Hero NC elected our necessary officers
Samuel Wakefield is Captain.
Next day made twenty five miles and
campcd near Hutchinson. This wc found
to be thriving village; shod some OF
our oxen next morning. and made about 10
miles, where We campcd over Sabbath ttt
18th. Snow and rain ra't OF the day
March 10Th, detained $ mcwhat in crossing
Buffalo Creek, hut made IL miles and
camped, after fierce battle with Il terri
Lie ralc, which resisted the pitching OF
our tents. March twentieth, passed the
Town Of St. Peter, and camped at Kosota.
St. Peter is beautiful town containing
about 900 inhabitants. and quite number
Of brick buildings, sumo Of them three
stories high. Our coarse from Irving
South East. Sell fertile and good, county
we'll wattred between the Sank and Min,
nesota Rivers. Only ore possible otjec~
ton, and that is the scarcity Of timber.
March twenty first, eleven miles to Man,
/; to, where we canned about noon, in Or
Ger to lay in our out Fit for Omaha, a pros
ferrous town, population twelve hundred
bat few good buildings. Twenty second.
to Venom twenty one miles. Twenty
Thrill, ciSh;cen miles TO our present camp-
ing place, half way between Winnebago
and Blue Earth cities. l like the country
nj NC the Blue Earth river better than any
hive see, in Minnesota, by Which mean
that consider it the est for farming pur-
poses that I have seen anywhere; for near
!; the entire State is garden spot:
We ere all in good spirits, and detern'n:.
cl to press forward and make q fortune -
T h yl;h Of the company is excellent,
&C ptins that some OF the men have sore
eyes. Tell any who come after us, to pro-
vile themselves with goggles and other
remedies against this affection.
have hundred other things to say,
but my peppers too, arc ;aaancd and de-
Iaand. rcpose. Yours Truly,
GOLD SEEKER.
N. 3. Don't fail tc forward the DEM
oc.,Ar regularly, and I will knock your
pay off the corner Of the first large nugget
I End ut the Peak, and forward it by
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