Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-05-26
MAY as, 1870.
THE SUPPER.

l at once made the Bachelor my host
and called for refreshments, which were
furnished with alacrity. On plain
board table was placed the wheaton loaf
the appearance of which revealed clearly
the fact that it never saw the hands of
woman. The flavor, however, to hun
CRY man. was good, and the butter, on a
piece of broken plate. to the credit of my
host, was excellent. The cold tea, which
was in reserve for breakfast, now fur
nished in tin cup, and the line maple
molasses certainly made me welcome
meal. / ought to mention the
WARDROBE
of mine host, and leave him alone in his
glory. A pair of dear skin pants, sup
ported by calf skin suspenders, plain
shirt and a pair of shoes, sans hat, sans
vest, sans coat, completed the list.
AN.
May IL, 1870.
At Sunrise, Chisago county, MINI,
we found our old friend f. II. Pratt,
who was formerly local editor Of the
Transcript while it was run by G. E.
Young. Afterwards be established the
TayIor's Falls Reporter, then went into
the army and is now running the princi-
pal store kept at this little village, which
contains good variety.
Arriving here at three o'clock P. M,
we went into camp for the night.
FULsoM.
A distance of eleven miles where there
is another lively little river, up the wa
tiers of which not unfrequently, at this
season of the year. stray some OF the
fine fish from the st. Croiy. Uuder or
near the fume of an old saw mill, the
keen eye of John Watcky discovered a
big sturgeon which was soon captured.
His weight in avordupois pounds and
ounces, was over sixty. He made fine
to our stock of fresh meat. We
had not seen much game for tho last
three days.
This place is only station, so called,
on the old government road. The land,
this far, is no Improvement OH that over
which we have before passed, some that
we have now found solid timber, and in
the timber, Lere as elsewhere, We find
any amount of
whether one expects 10 or not. The land
is nearly level with light clay surface
Of remarkably tenacious quality; or, as
the "boys" say, propensity" In one
or two, to five miles, we came to deep
ravine through which we find running
dark, lye colored stream. In other
places for a long distance, we find the
wreck of an old corduroy, now rotten in
many places where there are holes filled
with water, and these holes seem to have
bottoms of India rubber, or none at all
THE SETTLERS.
on this road are like visits from certain
celestial beings, few and far between, but
for what reason / can scarcely imagine
since this country must be right well
adapted 10 stock raising as grass grows
luxuriantly in every space where the tim
Der has been removed. The few patches
Of grain we see, look well, and the coun
try is far superior to great amount that
is improved in other localities. Besides
his, the st. Paul & Lake Superior
runs nearly parallel with our
road, and only one to three miles from
us, so far, and we hear the whistle of the
locomotive almost hourly. And next we
come to Chenywatina.
CHENYwATISA,
pronounced in English ShiDg- wakton-ua,
which is on Snake River. and in plain
view from the railroad depot, and the de-
pot in plain view from that. The inhab.
itants of this village are nearly all native
American. We noticed one very fine
which, with the main share of
the village, including boom, saw mill,
ETC., belongs to brother Of the present
treasurer of this state.
We are making about twelve miles a
day, and this evening finds us at the half
way point between River Falls and Du-
Iuth, right in the wilderness, where we
propose to abide till morning. And.
finally, it is all a wilderness from Sunrise
10 Duluth, SO they tell US.
AN ADVENTURE.
John Watchy was riding "Charley"
to-day, looking for channels, measuring
depths and distances, when Charley sank
in q hole with an India rubber
bottom, aud John went under the horse,
with one foot caught in the stirrup.-
But Charley soon came out and brought
John with him in an inverted position
and was making rapid progress with
him, till John caught q small tamarack
and succeeded in breaking the slirrup,
very much TO his own relief aud the con-
venience of the horse, as he evidently
bad 40 relish for that STYLE of riding.