Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-03
drous effect produced BY rugged and pre-
cipitous cliffs, which with the river make
the Dalles Of st. Croix.

C.Pi.Ous clHs, winch with the river make 1
the Dalles Of st. Croix.
THE DALLEs OF ST. cRo1x.
Here again the rock is Of the basaltic,
trap, variety. On either side Of the water
PERCEPTIONS cliffs are lifted up, and grand
columns fashioned with architectural sym
metry stand out at intervals in grand relief.
One OF these is surmounted by, ''chair,"
or the semblance of capacious
seat, which somebody has been pleased
to christen (paradoxical) .satan's CHAIR
Some adventurous spirit with more patriot
ism than discretion, has managed 10 scale
TINS pillar and exercised the spirit of evil by
taking possession of the seat in the name of
the United States and planting there a
Fourth of July banner.
All TINS time. while the picturesque, beau
tiful and grand were being ereedlly con-
sumed, the boat approached and touched the
landing at Taylors Falls
'THE WELLS"
| The passengers disembarked, and under
the courteous guidance Of Capt. Hayes
viewed the Dalles from every favorable
standpoint, which are known to the captain
from frequent visits.
Inc sun was bit warm for the exercise.
but being there to see, the tourists clam
bered over the rugged rocks to ssthe Wells.''
These are wonders in their way; they are
deep, well-rounded holes made with an even.
ness almost betokening mans work in the
surface of the rock. They are met with at
every step, and honey comb the whole rock
area about the Dalles. When it is remem-
bered that the trap or basaltic rock is harder
than granite, and that these holes are caused
from erosion, the waters of the ancient sea
which made "wells'' thirty feet deep with
circumferences of thirty feet must have
washed and beat about the rock surface for
| ten or dozen millions of years. The Dew
lis kitchen vs. next visited, and found to
be in confusion, as if his satanic maiesty's
| chef de cuisine had been driven away lust
after the preparation of sulphurous meal,
and before time was given to clean up
especially for the visitors who sniff about the
premises nowadays,
A COLOSSAL CROSS.
Retur ming to the boat, Capt. Hayes halted
the party, and with outstretched arm called
attention to "a CROSSE on the left bank of the
river. Everyone looked to see a wood en-
cross at the summit of some cliff, but in
stead, discovered the we'll defined
outline of massive stone cross
against the face of the cliff standing out in
bold relief. It looked as if it had been
carved out of the face of the rock,
and conceit might have it that giant chisei
was used by giant hand to form its exact
and colossal proportions.
"Do Aou see it," asked the captain.
| And t.yes" being returned he related
the following quaint legend of the cross.
| AN ANCIENT LOVE STORY.
Once upon time Capt. Hays didn't
begin thus, but in true
story style it's a fair
beginning. Once upon time, long years
ago, SO old Ke-os-cee-wa-ma-gog- that
names good enough Endorsement for any,
things when the Sioux and Chippewas
lived in this country,a young Sioux chief
fell in love with Chippewa maiden. The
Sioux andlth Chippewas are, and were in
those olden times, inyeterate enemies, but
the love of these two, enemies by birth and
inheritance, bridged over the bloody chasm.
He wooed and she sighed, as is common to
such poor young things, even of the present
day-and then the captain looked at special
! couple who seemed to be en- r0pport with
sympathy for the aboriginal pair of lovers.
Well, the upshot of this long-ago spark
ing was that the Young Sioux
coaxed the young Chippewa maiden to
elope with him. 1t was an elopement in
high life which scandalized Chippewa socie-
ty throughout all its manifestations The
family of the girl were outraged and indig-
nant at the taunt thut put upon them, and
at once started in pursuit of the fugitive
couple. s{t2 a.
The youthful pair & were ere captured.
The vengeance of the Chippewa was
swift and awful. The Sioux chief without
the preliminaries of trial was condemned
to die, and to die ignominiously by hanging.
A gallows was quickly improvised and
through gauntlet of unrelenting enemies,
the Indian was marched to his death. Torn
from the arms of his love he was taken to
the fatal tree, and there uplifted to eternity
before the eyes of the Chippewa maiden,
who had deserted her people for his people,
her home for his home, and the. God of her
people for the Great Spirit of her
lover. The day. passed on, and the
sun approaching The west shed the warmth
of its slanting rays against the gallows tree,
which reached in shadow across the river,
crept up the face of the stony cliff and there
left in stone its impress for all time in the
shape of
THE CHRISTIANS CROSS.
God is love, may be the moral of the
story, though the factors to the tragedy we're
heathens removed in belief from any God.
save such as represented fearful power.
The conceit is pretty and quaint one
and added to it, the cross can only be dis
tlnguished as such from point in line with
the setting sun. Standing full faced before
it, the outlines of the cross become mas
sive and jagged pieces of rock.
MODERN LOVE STORY.
The return trip was made in few hours.
opening at each turn of the river new land
scapes, whose beauty was not suspected as
we steamed up stream.
At Osceola the tag end of juvenile ro-
nance was brought to sight, which had be.
ginning as the trip was made up-river. A
masterful young lad, fourteen or thereabouts,
stepped aboard after giving an affectionate
adieu to pretty little maid of twelve or SO.
It was con6dentially related that Ed. made
this trip daily to see Alma. That he got off
at Osceola on the up trip and waited
for the down trip. Thus the younester gets
in three hours solid work every day of his
life. Ed bears the quizzing like man, and
can tell on his fingers what members of her
family he is just solid with, commencing
with the little Miss, of course.
The landing at Saltwater is reached about
7:3O o'clock P. NJ, and soon thereafter the
train steams out for St. Paul. As the con-
ductor comes around for the tickets, he gives
the pleasing information that ssthe train will
stop at Lake Elmo for an hour Nothing
better conld happen to finish up pleasant
day.
Coming down from the heights of the
hills of st. Croix to the plain of everyday
life, pleasanter trip than to the Dalles can
not be found within weeks journey Of st.
Paul. The journey is inexpensive. and