The New York herald., 1870-05-16

until al! Of the expedition should be shipped
from to the Mars sarSoes rapids sAs9 BY
the Alg0ma, which was to come down and
remain a this side the rapids The Dominion govern.
ent evidently had been assured thai no part OF the
Red River expedition would be permitted knowingly
TO pass through the American canal, and the above
and fast boat-to do the Transporting OF the expe-
aitl0n on Lake Superior. Should II fail, then the
DO that duty while iiSs the c6cora m would run in
Georgian Bay. These were the nrst ups OF tne Doats
ais season. and as nothing dennite nad oeen earnea IN
pursued by the American government IN relation % 10
the use OF the canal the departure OF the Chicora
was considered quite an event In COllingw0od
whose population iocked out to see us of as If the
Queen herself were on board
Is probably the finest fresh water steamer In the
world. She Is OF iron, and under the name or Let
the rebehon. Since her arrival in the iakes her
cabin accommodations have been enlarged and
elegantly fitted up, and sne has made as high as
twenty-five miles an hour. IL Is not developed
whether she commences the season In her usual
manner for The company, taking government freight
authorities for the transportation OF the Red River
expedition. The Congwood Enterprise OF tine 5th
boats intended for The Red River expedition, as We'll
as pork, nour and other government stores, part Of
which have already arrived here" and also gave
''Yankees,:-
IN, The cssor, owned y Msrsr MS D
and was , actively employed during the American
dangerous service her fine lines and powerful engines
s cAscra sa S more sn
speed the daring of her captain and rather than by
ad s aEsH has 5
dashns the salt water OYER her decks On memorable
squadron, and although chased for fourteen and
So half the hour aa ~ s asd 'Ss: Ansssn .ss
ran away from her I and reached safety
Ss Ssssy snnss BY s q.
IN the hottest o. chase shot after shot 6ew harm
from the crew. stimulated they by the example OF the
opens magnlficently as the steamer advances out
beyond the inlet at Collingwood and Is In itself
tan shores sink INTO faint bne nes ssr 'e Is
miles north OF Colllngw0Od can be seen large
fires sweeping through the woods, ana lighting
up the horizon at night with lurid glare Farther
northward the heavy pine and ash timber gives way
to slunted henock spruce, balsam and white birch.
that grow IN scattered clusters upon ridges
OF rock whose brown and yellow sur
races nave been secured by the elements as
II with scrunbing brush The bright spring foliage
greens gives a beautiful aspect to the countless
Island that dot the bay, but near approach dis
and inh0spitable. But lew sea fowl 10 be seen.
Now and then solitary gul follows IN the steamers
wake and occasionally IA loon, or white heron, IL
seen but with the exception of these, q bird
rarely hovers over the water In the hooks along
the shore rev small ducks, that QS2DDear IN
spring for lar more northward lakes are sometimes
IN MP passing rocky neadiand dIsturbs dist sS'sa q
goose. The waters abound in bass white fish,
PIKE and perch, but trout are not found in large
nun ers until Lake Superior Is reached, the paradise
OF fishermen and hunters The southeastern bor-
ders of the bay full Of deer wolves and other
animals, but To the north only few rabbits can be
found. All along the shores OF Georgian Bay are
little nlets and sequestered bays approached by
deep channels no wider than ship canal, where
little settlements have been formed, and at which the
steamers call about once q week. A dozen families
viii constitute the entire population OF of these
settlements, which depend almost wholly upon FISH
adequate idea of these great sheets Of water without
visiting them. Maps of the northern lake region
show an apparently small island at the junction OF
Georgian Bay and Lake Huron called Manitouin
Island and yet this has within its limits several
lakes, one Of which is ten miles wide and fifty miles
long. All these great lakes are frozen over IN win
ter and for period of nearly four months the little
settlements and the lumbermen are SMUT in from all
communication except by means OF long, weary
The ChicOra made but little progress the first night
out, owing to slight arrangement OF ner machin-
cry, which had been recently readusted, and next
morning found US only at Owen Sound, a small, but
growing town forty-nve miles from U0llingwood.
The scenes on the boat during the night OF the
most ludicrous description Indians and French
and Scotch hafbreeds were mixed In with the full
6ooasa Canadian iar porer and the steamer re-
one or the saloon boys came tearing up the stair
way at a frantic pace and yelled Steward stew
ard there's lot OF them fellows playn'
cards in the after cabin and one chap has
aniied your hat, and another feler has raised
him with Bob's coat, and'-here he burst into
sobs-''and q bi-big Injn has got my br-breeches
ana says he's eOin' 1t b-blnd with thenl-em next
coumn into the cabin and after considerable skir
mishng the raiders were put to flight, carrying
with them much spoil. All night an able bodied
bartender dispensed seductive nuids to the motley
crowd and when the boat reached Owen Sound,
and IL was announced that she would lay there q
lying around and streaked 1t across the sound to
Indian village, where high carnival was held until
their departure.
After few stoppages at some Of the little settle
menis IN the wilderness along the northern shore OF
Georgian Bay we reached the beautiful river OF st.
Mary yesterday and halted a short distance up the
placid stream at the little Indian village OF Garden
klver on the Canadian side. Here the fifteen boats
belonging to the Red River expedition, with their
respective crews and outfit OF sails pixies oars, &C..
were discharged In order to relieve the Chlcora from
embarrassment in getting through the canal.
Twelve miles further up through most picturesque
scenery passing dlmnutive islands crowned with
bright green birch and shetertng many q bark
canoe, While their tawny owners stoldly watched
progress, we came to the little aniIquaed SETTLE
ment OF Sault ste. Marie on the Canadian bank.
There are about dozen buildings, some OF which
showed by their massive stone walls that they had
been erected long ago, when white men were very
In that remote wilderness. Numerous British
lags were living and everybody was OH the qut ptpe
concerning the expedition just across the river,
mie distant the white cottages Of the American
Satt Ste. Marie dotted the sloping greensward. A
bauery or thirty pounder Parrot guns, covered with
white tarpauns, stood on the parade ground, facing
gloves and shining musket walked TO and fro before
the communicates quarters. little further up
The low black gates OF the canal locks
could be seen, and just to the right
the milk-white rapids came roaring down
If they would engul the toterng canoes OF indian
fishers that lowered like flies at their foot Nothing
could be learned on the Canadian side respect
ing the prospect OF getting through the canal The
Agoma had gone through several days before, pro-
ceeded TO Fort william, returned and was waiting
above the locks for the Chicora take her place in
Lake Superior.
TIE CHICoRA STOPPED.
Steaming over 10 the American side, we found a
small crowd assembled on the wharf, and while the
Chicora toek in coal her commander, Captain Nc
Lean, accompanied by one OF her owners Mr. Burke,
Mr, Simpson, member of the Dominion Parliament
for Agoma visited the Collectors Office see what
might be done. The steamers manifest showed her
cargo to include about five hundred barrels OF flour.
nearly the same number Of halfbarrels Of pork lum
Der, wagons several bales OF 0akum and long list Of
articles which ought to be private properly, but
were believed by the American officers to be part OF
the Red River expedition. The -four, pork, wagons
and most OF the other material addressed to the
Hudsons Bay Company, and to the superintendent
or Public Works, but the inference was drawn that
all these goods belonged to the Dominion govern.
ment Those marked "PubllC Works., wOuld M