The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-12-18

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The Red River Rsate 60 sseIlSirk settlement
The Postmaster General and Mail Service
% Mentana-NegIect Of the NOrthePn From
Buffalo Hunt-Loss Of u soldier Railroads
and Crops-Climatc and Resources 81 MIN.
nessta-Slr Morton Pete,s Remurks-Opp
tunities Under the Homesscad Act, Arc.
sr. Cloud MINI, Dec. II, 1884
In the summer Of 1851 the HuAID published new
from selkrk Settlement which had been brought down
from there In nine DAYS by the ordinary mode Of travel
then In Since then there has been material id
vance the development Of the country along that part
Of the route lying this side the Red river OF tho North
II the Indian title to Northern Dakoah had been extin
guished the same N the Southern portion or that
Territory, settlements would have sprung up this
the western banks Of the Red Of the North and s
numerous trbutarIes suchyas the Cheyenne and Wild
Rice. To have thus obstructed important part Of
Governor Stevens old route At least . blunder on
tho part Of those who made and ratified tho Indian
treaty
The Minnesotsns are anxious 70 open route 10 Mon
tana, via Fort Union. The practcablly OF such route
has been shown repeatedly during the past two three
years. by successfully sending through omigrant and
wagon trains. There Ia act or Congress authorizing
the Postmaster Gener TO establish mail service on this
northern route TO Montana; and we are disappointed
that this act has not been carried into eject Why
should there DO SO much hanging back in doing
thing useful for the northern fronters In Pevcrii OF
the Peak Walter Scott makes tho Saxon complain
because the hog is called by the Saxon word swine,
while he wallows in the mire but In known by the
normnn wora PORK AFTER he IS nc Tor the table Our
The plain truth Is has been too common 10 ignore the
northern frontier In various ways Before the war and
10 guard the southern frontier but platoon OF
regular cavalry WAS ever seen up this II would
have been convenient II there had been few squadrons
on our frontier the fall az '02
This Is the for game. and II Is abundant few
years ago the Sioux and winncbago Indians used hunt
In the neirhborhood OF settlements but ihase
tribes having been removed further West there Is much
moro game for the settlers Venison aud cranb0rr
arr natural products OF Minnesota
Major General Terry, coming to assume command
OF bis department. came up the Missouri river and via
Forts Rice and Wadsworth. While In Dakotsh he had "A
antelope. In charge upon herd OF bunaloes, tbs
General was thrown from his horse and somewhat In
tured Unfortunately, one Of tho escort soldier, went
too far In the charge and wits lost.
We have now upwards Of three hundred miles Of rail-
road in operation in Minnesota and the ensuing year we
shall add one hundred or two hundred miles more, f
nothing uncommon happens.
Tho wheat crop this season not far from ten
millions o. Enthusiastically Ices than last year
IL Is not all threshed yet.
II was once popular error that n witness could not
swear 20 what he through glass. hope n ii no
longer popular error that the climate Of Minnesota
unfavorabe to agriculture. We have cold spells and
warm spells in the winter presume Il was mild
In New YORK couple of weeks ago II so here for
several days whether a climate In depends
much how we'll people arc prepared for
Ono word now about matter OF national Importance
10 course Of the past twenty the two States Of New
Hampshire and Vermont have grown aiuent by farming
and stock missing, Vermont perhaps having taken the
lead In fine stock. The climate Of Minnesota resembles
that OF tho two states mentioned that Its winters
are more uniform and dry-less broken into by thawr.
We already enjoy many Of the comforts and the plenty
that abound IN those states
Sir Morton Peto In his recent work romarLs upon the
singular growth and prosperity u Minnesota One
reason why ,he prare states have developed rapidly
u because the settler has been able immediately
menee tho cultivation u The land large scaie
whereas in territories covered with forests the progress
haa been ssower.r
Tie Htracfivensss Of Minnesota nosnsts much In
The nsiuypl aud happy division " the surface into lakes
sreams meadows, prairie and forest as In the health
fulncss 81 the climate settler generally procure
claim Of one hundred and sixty acres, combining wood
land and prairie fear II In not sufficiently known
under the Homestead act any head Of family whether
minor or woman, NJ well citizen O( full age,
s2ve one hundred and sixty acres ~ the public land
paying only about II land ONCE fees condition
sAuai occupancy. There are millions Of OF good
s saIS,y sxsn IN fsw years. Tho soil u . dark loan,
roe IRON rocks, and produces from twenty 20 thirty
onsnss Of wheat to The II be broken and pre
paied Ior 800 st cost q % 90 per acre This
an inafec way Of digging gold. but 10 u not the
ceunn wayr "A ysung man Of energy snd Industry.
even with little money. commencing with . home.
meaa, can In Tow y>Ars sxtsnd his farm % several
hundred asscs and nally be the proprietor Of an CT
ensve plantation, with ss nocks and herds around him.
possessing also ths mean, luxury This Il career IN
which young meu can soorass become lndepenent ana
az the same time be biessis 20 eir country Tor .nch
IN some sense, 10 producer.