The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1867-08-29
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totee Cheyenne River, striking It twenty
avs miles northwest Of Fort Abererombis,
At this point the channel Of the Cheyenne
IL one hundred and Afty feet, bslov tho lev
81 Of tho surrounding prairie. The soil
throughout that section 10 rich and fertile,
timbsr plenty, and The country level, ~ in
deed it l. in the man from Pomns do Tezre
to the Cheyenne country. o1a ~t.:-'3 .
Returning to the Fort, they, left on Sun
day evening. homswsrd bound, and resch-
ID Chippewa Station on Monday forenoon.
They proceeded from thence to Battle Lake
Settlement, some tventy-three miles north
Of Chippewa, reaching it that evening. The
country from the Station to tho Leaf Hills
is described By Gen A. ~ beng remarka-
bly, attractive, fertile and veil timbersd,
and 10 being rapidly ssttled.:' RI. ro..d
over Leaf Hills, seven miles, 10 rough, but
ths rsm,ining distance to Battle Lakeis very
good. The settlement there 10 in flourish
ing condition. (our readers vim remember
the beginning ef correspondence from
that point which will b. eontinusd.)7
From Battle Lake Mr.. johnson and Gen.
Andrews proceeded tho next day TO Otter
Tail Lake, some fifteen miles still further
north: They there visited the Portage,
over which : number Of eminent explorers
have passed, between Otter Tail Lake and
Leaf Lake, about one mile in distance
This is the dividing line between tho waters
Of the Mississippi and Hudson's Bay. At
Rush Lake, still northvard. is dourishing
colony which settled there during the past
year. .''ai# sS"#.
leaving Otter Tail. to which. they had
hesn taken under the guidance Of Mr.. A.
". Sherman, they returned the same even
ing to Battle Lake. ....., .G,...o 49,.
~ Arriving at Chippews on Wednesday
noon, they directed their attention to The
southwest, and went that afternoon to
Holmes City, in the southern part Of Doug
las oouAty. The tail nsn Chippewa in
terseets the Alexandra road about six
miles from the former. point. The ro,d
from Alexsndris to Holmes City il very
good. Anthis region Of country is Of IN
common natural beauty, Is veil vstered
and timbered, end the soil 10 OF the first
quality.1s On every ''claim" or Homestead,
hsy prairie CRASHED been cut and veil
cured; There vim BE- N abundance to
meet I'll requirements Of, prospective imni-
srationss wen ~ Of the present settlers.
From Holmes CITY they came to Sank
Centre Ga Lake Reno, Lake Amelia and
Westport, passing ovsr;' O. fine section Of
country. Leaving Sank Centre they came
down on tho vest csnd south side Of Sank
River, reaching this city on Saturday even
ing, having travelled twelve and : half days
continuously. averaging thirty miles per
DAY. 81, ;.js::aa1; ::@.!E :; 80, ~
Is General Andrews passed through the
same territory in 1858, md his letters to
tho Boston Post, viths foll account Of the
trip, we're re-published in, this paper. Al
that. time i. there we're but tve OF three fam
lilies: in Douglas county. The increase in
settlement has been wonderful and almost
bayond belief; though there are splendid
opportunities for hosts Of settlers yet. :.
:: The following fsets' concerning Mr..
Johnson viii not bs without interest. Nh.
j. commenced engineering when but SIX
teen years Of sge, on the north-esstern in
teraational boundary, between Maine and
New Brunswick. He wss the engineer Of
tho New York and Eric Railroad, portion
Of tho New York Central, and Of the Chi
csgo and Northwestern road. Soon after
Mr.. stsnton became Secretary Of War, he
rendered Mr.. johnson 4 commission q
Bigadier saslsfaI but hip engagements
compelled him to decline the preferred 20.
sition. He has Issued pamphlets on the
Navigation Of the Northern Lakes, and the
Routes to the Psei6c which have attracted
considerable attention. The Northern Ps-
eiae route hes been . specially, With him
for many years. :.
Eco. sp.uldins, formerly : ii engineer il
tho Army q Il. Potom.e',,f, has charge. Of
the Eastern Division Of tho route, commenc.
ing 1t Lake Superior and running west
ward. :. He has! Two partieA Of about 1ifteer
men each, now It work, and on their vsy
tovsrds, he Mississippi -one party survey
ling from Bayfield, to st. Cloud, and the 9th
or from Superior City to Grow Wing: HI
w il town on Monday, and. went to St
Paul On Tuesday With Mr.. johnson, bl.
will return again In . few days. III -. -. 8
~ Gen. Tilton has charge Of the Western
Divislon, and il also running two survey
ing palsiiesll-ths one IRON Puget sount
and IL other from 10 Colorado River
All theas operations ars under the genera
direction and control Of Mr. johnson.
In eS:olusisn " may say that Mr.. John
son vss highly pleased With the countr.
over which he passed on the trip from thi
city to the Cheyenne, aud. expressed Ii
belief that 5 railroad from st. Cloud I
Douglas county would pay nov. The state
; ment nade' thst the Northern PaelAe Rail
road Csmpaniy yin. commence work at ono
il . mistake. NJ. Johnson's surveys IN
} .sstimalss viii net probably b, complete
:. much bsfore winter, and Tho Company vi
defSr IL aetual operations until II shall =
= eei1e dom coatr,ss tAs sane cd that q
!, been granted 70 tie Central Route, vis
: Sl6. 900 per mile foi The line at this end