Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1861-02-20
RED WING. "'rlrr,Y, YEA is AGO !

. We extract from the journal G Major -.
H. Longs Voyage in a SIX cared skiff Is
the Fails of: St. Anthony, ia 1917" just.
published for tie Minnesota Historical So
eistyr the following interesting sketch Of
the Indian village that occupied the, site .of
cur thriving he'le city, and its beauteous
md romantic. scenery, asst appeared to tho
txp'ecr.nearlyI a halfecntury since: ot'f
o"Wo lay by arwhile3 At q Sioux. village
five miles and d half above Lake Pepm IN ii
order to catch some Ash AS woo hal nothins
left q our provisions. bpt -four: Our whisky
also was all expended and we had two huns
drcd milcs'further, TO 60 before VIC, could Oh.
tain 4 supply. Caught three very fine. cat
fish ard killed few pigeons The village
was Kept in nice order.e exhibiting more Signs
Of awe'l regulated police than any one that
I have met with on the voyage. with. tic
exception Of Littl. Ravens before mentioned.
The name q, the chief Of their village j,
Red Wing. tho elder He and all his band
were on,a hunting tour at the time: that we
were there: During eur delaylat this. place
Mr.. H and myself ascendedaa hill called
the Grange or Barn, to which isbsars some
faint resemblance. It's length is three quar-
ters Of mile and lis heisth about four hum
bred feot. It's activity on tho river side IS
..
prccipitous and on the opposite very abrupt.
Ills completely insulated from the. othor
highlands in the ncishborhoo.ll though not
in quite soiremarkabls amanner {; for this
is not only surrounded BY valleys, bat IS also
nearly insulated l,y'; water, an arm ., bay d
tho river entering al the lower end.of tho hill
= nd extending within three o:tour hundred
yards Of tho river above. Immediately upon
the highest part Of the Grange, is one OF
the numerous artificial mounds that are to
b ms.with it In every. part Of, this West.
crn world. Its elevation above its base,
IS only about five feet. j have ob.
served that The mounds on the Mississippi,
aboye the Illinois, though probably more
ore Of much smaller size gene,-
Ally than those below, having beer built,
probably BY adilferent nation Of Aborisi mes.
> From. tho summit of the Grange the view.
Of the surrounding scenery: is surpassed,
perhaps, BY very few, if any, ola similar
character that the country and probably the
world can afford, The '*atliae and bssaa,ti-,
full are here blended in most enchanting
man ner. while the prospect has very little
to terrify Or shock the imagination. -
To aid in forming an idea approzimatins
in some degree the reality of the scene. We
may suppose that the country at the head 81
Lake Pepin, situated between the main
bluffs o. the grand Mississippi Valley, has
once been inundated 70 1.-THE height Of two
hundred and fifty FEET above the present
sterlevel, That at.this time the lake em-
bosonsd numerous small island. Q: circu-
lar, ob'ons and serpentine FORM, That from
tho main land also rpromontorios, and pen.
irsulas'prcjceted into the lake on all sides,
6rming numerous capcs, bays; and in'cts.
That the country bordering on tho lake was
an extensive plain, in many places varicsated
with gentle hills and dales ot che SEINE gen.
eral level with the islands and 2romontories.
We may then suppos? that by some tremcn.
dous CONFUSION that must havc shaken the
earth to its centre, this vast boly Of water
has been drained off ID its present humble
level and left the bed Of the lake free Of
water, and furnished with 4 rich and fertile
al'uvion, we'll adapted to Vegetation Of al
kinds. That afterward. the val!dys and
knobs assumed . yeriant dress, ana those
places which were once the Aaunts of the
finny tribes now became tho resorts Of the
gathered, and We shall have faint idea
Of the tcenc. But to be impressed with tie
sablimity, and delighted with the beauty Of
the picture, a visw Of, original is in1is.
pensible. . ''ttfa ~
A favorable brceze springipg up about
dark, We concluded to set sail, Is it was on
~ four and . half miles to the lake, and
after our arrival theirs We she ull sail with.
out distractions either! Of trees or sand
bars" .'fls -. 81 ,gs iMia hi
B ii ..---l...-L = ". 50 II hit
The vision Of Young, Of the Henderson,
H<mars.f ,rilli annaar In our naxt r,I,o