The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-13

upon the iaDOfs OF Ns passengers al times and
iIeiXnt teams are reduced to the most insignificant
loads Travelling at this season between the rail-
roads Of Minnesota and Fort Garry becomes ex.
the acres OF standing water and the clouds OF
nmngry MOSQUITOES 70 encounter one falls to see the
p saS Of e"r sswes S
s erombIs and Fort Garry all travellers ia
as n dsecsa being to 70
per day is charged for team OF horses. and Is
frequently difficuit 10 make more than twenty-five
miles day, travel becomes rather expensive. The
country bordering on Red river is very fertile, and
most OF 1t will become settled in few years. MANY
they viii hardly become occupied, except for graz.
lng bu: the adjacent prar.es, although now Hooded
every spring. can be Drained and wall al eventually
Before referring In detail to Incidents Of the trip
down TO Fort Garry let the reader take birdseye
view OF the route. The whole country, as seen rom
the top OF some great cottonwood tree, Is perfectly
fat as far as tho eye can reach In every direction
near at hand, IN consequence OF the timber on its
banks and the eye rests upon seemingly bound
less expanse OF verdure Not house. nor living
thing, besides few specks that scarcely move few
miles out on the Stage road. can DO seen. Inc
tall grass Is transformed by the mirage into
precisely like the waves Of the In o stir breeze,
and the ausi0D Is 30 perfect that the visitor from
Atlantic shores at first will often nnd himself uncon.
sclously scanning the horizon for SAIL A strip OF
dark green stretches north and south until re-
duced IN appearance to mere thread, marking the
line OF the river timber, and far out on the plans
faint blue line indicates the course OF some tributary
with wooded banks flowing TO join Red river many
leagues to the north This the character OF all Of
northwestern MINNESOTA, eastern Dakota ana the
country the border, extending eastward from
the Rocky Mountains to the Lake OF the Woods and
the Mississippi and northward to Lake Winnipeg
and the saskatchewan. A closer inspection OF The
prairie however, shows 1t to be full OF ponds, with
water from one to ten feet deep hundreds tiow ats
covered only In spring with few inches Of water,
and innumcrable small sloughs, with, perhaps, u
foot of water suggishly flowing through long, lhca
grass In crossing these the traveller goes cautiously
down steep, grassy bank, ten or hfeeen feet, his
horses plunge TO their bellies in water and mire.
and with shouts and blows and unparalleled
'cussng' the driver forces the animals aud up
the PERCEPTIONS slope on the other SIDE Thiry or
forty OF these sloughs day WIN take the conceit
out OF man remarkably and If he have
after the journey.
Paul was informed that the steamer plying Oh Red
river would leave Georgetown, nifty miles below
AbercIomOie about the Sotn Of May ana with tins IN
Georgetown Two days were required 10 make the
trip q fifty miles, and on arriving there II was found
that the steamer had lett for Fort Garry several days
before without waiting for ! her freight
GEORGETOWN
is not nice place to walt at two weeks for
steamer This Is q very large and 1ourshtng city,
with hotels, banks theatres and newspapers staked
out the plain but The grass hides even the stakes,
which Two are occupied by Few men, one Is
deserted and empty aud the other filled with buiao
robes tu IS and supplies belonging to the hudson
Bay Company. young officer OF The fur company,
named Pierrepont, IN an immense broad bf1n hat,
blue suit and colossal hlghwater boots, IL
tans the travellers delayed at Georgetown with
courteous manner Through all the t0rtlrng re-
collections which the steamers passengers bore away
from GeorgefOWn-cf heat and mId and mus
qultOes-there remains pleasant memory OF his
hospitality; and looking back to the wearisome mo.
notony OF our waiting and suflerngs from insects
that wide-spreadlng hat stands out Ike Single
pam tree in dusty PLAN. The Shayenne river on
nesJta side JOIN Red river near Ceorgetown ana one
OF The surveys Of the Northern Pacific Railroad
crosses the country at the place. All the land in the
vicinity has been taken up with the idea That the
road VIII be built on this line, but about fifty other
localities have equally as good chances for getting
the road. number OF Indians in all their native
beauty, pitched their tents Just back OF the houses
during our stay at Georgetown and gave our party
some occupation in watching our property. Thc
the great Chippewa tribe, and can steal mOre III less
time than any equal number Of human beings known
q mans false teen out OF his mouth
and the chief boasts CT having robbed traveller of
q glass eye while he was reading newspaper.
They are c0wardly set, ana White man familiar
with their habits can alone protect his camp against
dozen Of them; but new corners into this sectian Ii
travelling alone are very liable TO be plundered BY
them and frightened into premature bodness They
prowl along Red river on the lookout for strangers
and occasionally scare some Eastern city man into
running away from his camp, leaving his property
In their hands. Like other vernin of the West they
are rapidly disappearing be.ofc the white man, ana
e% sess v aisI q asn eaa a q n hi e
TIE RED RIVER STEAMER
arrived at Georgetown on the 10th and left for Fort
Garry on the 18th, reaching this place on the
boat that has been pacSa 'd On 'el RED Si river
sunk below Fort GaIry. The one now running Is
called the INTERNATIONAL, and Is 1852 feet long and
draws about Two feet OF water. She is too lengthy
for the river, which In many places IS not wide
enough between the steep banks TO let her turn.
Captain Frank Aymond, Of ST. Louis, long known
the Mississippi one of the most popular team
boat men, commands the boat assisted 10y Commo
dore Butts Sargent OF Winnipeg. The trip down
the river Is interesting in varied scenery corkscew
navigation Wild foWl shooting and mosquito war.
fare have several times since commencing this
article dipped my pen in INK TO describe the Red
River mosquito hut the bare thought OF the under
taking stops the breath. in number size, bngle and
lance he has no equal. The suilerings Of travellers
may be imagined rom the fact that in calm, misty
weather. when tie mosquitoes swarm Out In such
y While 5 it tHa Road road '"''' A '''' ~ p''s7
At shutdown they fill The atmosphere like swarm
OF bees about the hive they have just left, and 10
ter The bushes in daytime is like stirring up q nor
nets nest There are many places IN The river
where q stone he thrown from tie steamers
deck across narrow neck Of land INTO the stream
on tue other SIDE to reach which point run OF five
or ten miles IS necessary. When we had run forty
miles down The river we were but eight miles fro
our starting place across the plain, and thus IT Is all
the way from Abercrompie TO Lake Winnipeg. Sixty
five miles below Georgetown the Red Lake river
enters Red river a. place called Grand Forks, and
from this point the navigation ls very good, the
stream being wide and generally deep. few
difficult at low wafer, but small outlay would lc-
move them, and enable the steamer 70 run without
interruption throughout,the dry season. Advancing
norhward the timber becomes thinner and smaller,
ana after crossing the boundary line poplar Is about
the only. wood to be mad. Inc timber extends iar'
tons, towards Lake Of the Woods, covers large
tracts.
PEMBlEA,
which has figured so extensively IN connection with
the Red River troubles consists OF hall dozen log
houses on the high western bank OF Inc stream al
Do .inA Tly
post Office store and boarding house monopollze TIE
business or the place. and VIII probably continue 10
do SO for an indefinite period. the almost supeIhu
man Efforts OF It's population last winter TO get milf
tary post established t9ere have SO far sucGse9eq as
to have troops seat up In that direction with orders
to build q fort somewhere near that point; but the
prospect is thai the fort will be located at ST. Joseph
thirty miles up the Pembina river; and Pembina has
heard more swearing IN the last month than ever
shocked It's flooded bluffs in all time be.orc. small
schooner belonging on Lake winnipeg was tied up
to the bank when the steamer called. and VIII proDa
lv nj N "a fppehp. nOAts iV