The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-10-06
MOCCASIN IMPRINTS.
NUMBER NJ.
From our Specia, Correspondent.

10 tho Editor Of the Pso,elr:
We have just received letter from our col
ored friend Jumbo, in Superior City, which is
so eloquent in its honest indignation, that we
are tempted to give it to your readers entire.
Jumbo is in error in two of his suggestions.
Firstly, instead of our being prejudiced against
him, he has our respect and admiration, and
secondly, we obtained the chicken story, which
he evidently condemns rs for publishing,
from neither of the gentlemen alluded to, but
from an eyewitness.
1t is probable that Jumbo's education has
been somewhat neglected, and that letter writ.
ing is not his orte for it is evident that he has
had quite spell of it In writing the one before
us. Jumbo certainly presents strong point
on his geneology, and makes out case fully
as good as some others we could name who
attach to their titles the high sounding initials
F. F.V. But Jumbos letter is go good that
we have concluded to give 1t entire. Here
it is ....-
sU PERI Or SEPT Is sixty.five.
MISTER MoCCAsINs MY sndrest deer FRIEND
-ure letter the Pioneer which was maid
number t,co of your letters was meen in callen
me Jumbo. my regular name am bop-doo
which in ongleese means good aoatter, but de
white foaks dat cant speak french, dey doant
no nofin, and so dey call me bongo. know
dat ize relation OBJ ures shuah coz Why
you prejudissed agin me hard else no call
me cuued pesson. lie true half breed french
chipWay gen'lman wild but berry little CHILLED
blud on my granfaders side, but not of reglar
African scent. my granfader on my faders
side was one OBJ de fust famlis of virginia. he
waz one OBJ de best blud OBJ dem days. he waz
de fastest runner in de state and one day de got
runnin toward de old massippee, and he
couldn't stop til he fatched up on ara fl, where
he made de quaintance oh french count who
took him up on de red river mong de chip.
waze. he lived til he was berry old man and
left nl rem dozen smart boys to grow up in
his tracks. motifs mister moccasins dat de
people don't live SO old now days as dey did in
emmy berry old people OATS ben born lately.
dats a fac anyhow. sum foaks say dat i
wodent been SO dark eff my mudder was q
chipWay, but dat was my fault kos sot in de
sun good deal when i was small boy. spec
mister moccasins dat YOU got de partiklars OBJ
dat chicken story you tel in ure letter number
2 from squire Clark or Tom Richie, kas daze
alters comm some fo,0l joke on dis ole man. if
dey come de wool on you, day can't puOet ober
me not dis lay any how. but lord, dem fellers
jest as full OBJ fun as eggs is full oh yaller, egg
zactly. daze alters shellin out sumfen good
when dey nest-el dere heads togedder, shuah,
don't you soy noffin about me in any more OBJ
ure letters, or lie jest cum ober to de MORT shore
where lurn yuze hayin fine times wild de iron,
de gold, dc silver, de copper and de ladies,
and xpoze yor ignorance to de whole crowd.
now mind what tells yer!
JBONN DE EAU, french.
lBUNG-O, enqLish.
Since the date of our first arrival at the head
OF the aforementioned in our tirst letter--we
have noticed the arrival Of number of CAPT.
talists from the East, who are investing largely
in lands in the vicinity of Du Lnth, and in
stock of the Lake Superior and Mississippi
Railroad. We begin to think that the citizens
of st. Paul-who more than any other one class
of people are to be benef ted by this enterprise
don't appreciate its importance equal to tile
millionaires of Gotham.
why. sir!" exclaimed one ii Lese money
kings to US to-day, this Road will be to Min
York 1t will bring the farmers directly into
market; and the prosperity it will bring to the
hard asorking producers. can be counted by the
millions annually. Farmers will realiz one
third more for their produce, and pay oue-third
less for their dry goods and groceries. A
wholesale house will be opened 10 Du Luth by
Or before the completion of the railroad, that
will import IFS goods direct from foreign ports
without breaking bulk: which will enable st.
Paul merchants To save time, freight and ex-
change. As an Anaesicaa, sir, am proud Of
this system of helping laboring people; and
as J;naacier, shall invest fifty thousand dol.
lars in the enterprise. The people of Mime
sofa. sir, are biiud are sleeping over their best
interests, Instead of this Road being compile
ted in four wears, it ought to be completed in
too years. In TWO YEARS. sir, | understand
that the Company is at work on the st. Paul
end of the Road with three hundred hands,
and that twenty miles will re completed by
the first of December. That is all well enough
as far as it goes, sir, but force of hands ought
to be set at work at this end of the Road, get.
ting out materials for the rails from the mex
haustible beds of iron in this vicinity. Why,
sir, Minnesota ten years hence, instead of 60
ing to England 10 buy her rails as she did for
the st. Paul and Pacific Railroad, will manu-.
facture from her own Superior mines, iron foy
all the Western Roads in the United States
And these rails. sir, will be manufactured al
the head of this Lake. and will pay their frs,
freight bill over the Lake Superior and Missis
sippi Railroad"
Interested as We were with the gentleman,
stirring eloquence, aud fully convinced that he
thoroughly understood his subject we reluc
family responded to an invitation to join trou
party, and left him and friend Luce In the Lane
Office to complete their figures on an entry
just decided upon.
We leave tomorrow morning for the undis
covered mines of the interior. and will sent
you letter from out the woods the frat op
portunity that offers Itself
MOCCASINS.
ABUNDANCE OF GAMR-We have Learned
from hunters that game was never 80. plenty
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