The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-09-01

re the Mort sra Aalf 50 lginnssota euf-
5yeysr interestsd s. TIC plass u 81 The
North |; : nsa 81 81 work q M g llmbsr
regions 81 lfains !; Anld Your oarir,slgpondsnt,
Who nds his reward ~ "a Toll &c such
trips il. coming back Nth the color Of. :
:halt.breed md tho appstits of : ~.
Found ..nias host s Belle Prairie,
swhsrssws stsppsd the first night, engaged
il building wheat. stack 50 high that
lmindfalsof Bsbslhe expressed fsar lsst
his language should be confounded,~ Pas,-
ed next day through Grow wing, / plsots
through which Just now more business
passes, nd lsss trace left q IT, thsn il
any otharltoHns Of its size in the State. The
1hotsl buSiasssis good, however, and friend.
~Whippls sivsssi capital dinners with very
little display. The educational iaterests
ere Aossi.hins under thsa eharss Of Mrs.
Ayr; u e. Cloud, who 10 making excel
lsnt 100 q ths Episcopal Chapel With s
aas littls school, which i shaded OF IRON
SNOWY vhitsto sooty" in true artistic
ssyl4.s} y .aaI 4l4 80
/ The Gull Lake settlement is composed 81
saS Americas nlzaily With the Gull Lake
1ead q chippsvas aambsriag shout three
ha1drsd. Tless Indians have sold out to
Uasls San ~ right and tltlsto Ito land
(thsy liys .. bue srs allowed To- .rsnainS
dnsing good bslavisr. a crowd Of Indian
eAildrsa; CANA down from their ,wigvams
lasthsr up The shers Of the lake 70 go H.
etrsagszs anosg them little girl OF per
haps ten summers. only one fourth :. whose
blood 10 drawn from the people among
whom she dwells; the other three fourths -.
ing. evidently thorough-going New England
Yankee. Yet she speaks only, Chippews,
refusing, in true Indian style, to speak =
wsrd of English, which however she under
stands pretty well. The country is more
desolate than one would suppose i wells
watered soil in this latitude: could be.
Shrubs and stuntea pine trees cover thss,
sandy surface, only the river bottoms
bringing trees to perfection. A word by
the'Sayt on the culture Of trees and; other
evergreens as ornamental trees. Many
people think from, the places where it is
50 frequently found, that the pine dourishes
cp ~ upon poor sandy solf The pine III
ions, however, show that the richer the soil
tho Larger and thriftisr the pipe, which gain
afoothold there. The trouble is to gain that
70 othold. The pine IN its early years IL q
isssss1' slender: ,slov sreshg shfnbi The ! y
pie the birch and TIA bass weed a.s rapid.
:visesessl ssst,rs ; Aenee.A hasP2eas M p
the crowd of espiraass for ., eoed soil tie
poor, pine and ii eongeners are oversrown,
jostlsd.s stpxadsd. ~ inta Tue iii.as;ys ia
anally ish..iag III ~ 81: thA BegthssaI
poor white, hasilh byin liaA land.hold-
ing neighb Srs teathe poor sells; The rsgies
Of slow 1ssfextR.h sosoadsaaiiy . pin,
holds It's own y ~ soe4ls peh, aad u thsa
seen the monarch A. che, forest, standing
head and shoaldess above Oh The arroeaat
companions Of II youth. Ivsrsrssas
vhsa eultiyaesd should not b itstsisd, VI
:sho uld h.v. ,d,ep rich ! sol, M !: ssstpa.-
:dant nuleAias 70 take ths plase q ~
shade thrown upon the ground BY, he
tees themselves when standing IN groves.
IL The Gull Lake settlement i ths most
northern home: Of the white woman il this
section Of the State. There, are, il 10 true.
two or three found further north, a. at
Leech Lake Agency but they are exo:ics,
transplanted into this region for the time
being only, md not designing to make their
homes here: White men. there sre in
plenty, but hey are .keeping bachelors