The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-01-07
The North Star state.
MiNNEApoLrs, MINI, Dec. "a. 1872.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Dec. "a. loiz,
Mn. EDITOR. Dear Sir IL write in
compliance with the repeated requests of
many friends in Old Mldd. and vicinity
to give them through your paper, some
information respecting Minnesota and a
description Of this most beautiful city OF
the North Star State
The history Of Minnesota reaches far
back into the shadowy past, to time
when the fierce and warike tribes Of the
Dakotahs and Chippewas were the lords
of the land. Into this earthly paradise
century ago the unhalowcd white man
had not come. The red man, proud and
justly proud OF his glorious country on
which the smile of the Great Spirit had
rested, little dreamed that soon he must
leave this bright land and seek for other
hunting grounds; that soon his nation
should melt away before rapidly adj
vancing civilization as mist before the
morning sun, and that the pale face
should occupy his place. The ties are
strong which bind man unto his native
land and the land of his fathers. Unto
us the memories which cluster round our
chldhood's home are sacred So unto
the savage, the wigwam that has protect
ed him from the fierce storm, the wild
forests, the silver lakelets and the mighty
rivers from which he has obtained his
livelihood are all dear to him. Therefore
it is no wonder that the early history Of
Minnesota is written in characters Of
blood You remember the words which
Longfellow puts in the mouth Of llawa-
tina, prediction of the future.
az beheld too, in that vision,
All the secrets of the future,
Of the distant days that shall be.
| behed the westward marches
Of the unknown crowded nations,
All the land full of people,
Restless, struggling toiling, striving,
Speaking many tongues yet feeling
But one heart beat in their bosoms.
In the woodlands rang their axes,
Smoked their towns in all the valleys,
Over all the lakes and rivers
Rushed their great canoes of thunder
Nowhere in the English language can
be found trucr, better, more concise de-
scription Of what NJ lnnesota now is. Hia.
watha's kindred aud nation have been
scattered alike the withcred leaves of
Autumn" The westward marches" have
been wonderful. In 1919 the Territory
Of Minnesota was organized. In 1850
the population was but $3.50 In 1853
the last Of the Indians we're removed to
their homes in the northern portion Of the
.tutp The fires in their wiyWamg had
scarcely died out before they were re-
kndled by their Caucasian successors.
The 'idc of immigration set in with ir-
resistible force. Every state in the union
sent her quota to help swell the number.
From the green hills Of Vermont, and
from the Old Bay State they came. Side
by side with the sturdy yeomanry OF
Maine, came the shrewd Connecticut
yankee well supplied with "wooden nut
megs," and the Pennsylvania Dutchman
with his "sour krout" and lager From
the valley of the Hudson, from the banks
of the Ohio, and from the sunny South,
the emigrant wagan wcnds its way over
bluff and prairie. And from the crowd
ed nations of the old world vast throngs
have come. ln 1870 we find the popula-
ton has increased to 439.705, represent
ing nearly every nationality upon the face
of the earth.