The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-06-02

Editor THE DIAMOND DRILL,
DEAR SIR:--Much has been written
about the remarkable scenery ON Lake
Superior. and little attention paid to any
other feature than the celebrated "pictur-
ed rocks" OF the south shore of thisgreat
inland sen Could some Of the talented
writers, who from time to time WELD
their pens in glowing descriptions of that
remarkable evidence OF Supreme power,
pursuade themselves TO forcgo the pleas
ure experienced ina steamboat excursion
ON the waters OF Lake Superior, and with
the aid OF q small and well manned sail
craft, penetrate the inland bays of the
north shore, ! am confident tina their
visits would he productive Of unbounded
terest 20 the reading public i will at
tempt To describe to your readers the
result OF some ofmy excursions 20 Batch
ewaung bay and other points oiinterest,
which are easy of access from the port Of
SauIt Ste. Marie. The distance to
Batchewainr bay in direct line north
and over land from the Sault, il about
twenty-five miles, though to reach IL by
water, distance OF nearly. il not quite
sixty miles must be traversed. This is,
of course, owing 20 the sinuositics of the
shore.
1t will take many years to erase from
my memory my first sight of this beaut :
ful bay. Myself and companions had, on
\ the day previous, been searching the bills
at the head of Goulais bay, for indica-
tions of mineral, and as the night was in
no way unpleasant and the wind, though
4 light, favorable, we concluded to AT
tempt the trip by night--a distance oi
about thirty miles. | sat mp during the
/ first watch and chatted with our half
breed navigator, who is full of anecdotes
bearing ON the early history of this dis
trict, and learned that the word Batch
ewaung" is Of Chippewa derivation and
signifies that the packers ARE coming.
About midnight succumbed to the pur-
suasions Of Morpheus and was soon in
the land cf nod, and must have slept
soundly for knew nothing more until
the gray dawn OF morning. ! was some
what surprised ON awakening to find that
a very heavy fog had settled during my
hours OF slumber and that il lay like a
huge muntle ON the water, and WAS of no
great height The wind had died out and
the mir was somewhat oppressive.
IL was some time before | could fully
collect my senses, aud then on looking
over the port bow of the yacht, could
perceive what seemed To- me TO be huge
thunder caps, which, with their ominous
frowns, seemed 10 bespeak no great
pleasure Co our little party. What puz
zlcd me the most was the apparent
stolidity OF our boatman, he seemed q
be taking matters very cody and think
ing that il was my duty Co call his at
tention 10 our seeming danger | said
"Sam, don't you think that IL would b,
wise TO seek shelter from the coming
storm % What Storm" asked th,
worthy, eyeing me somewhat curiously
"well," / replied, 'I don't know ns car
give you it's exact number or describe its
character, but look at those clouds.
Sam laughed and said: "Thosc are not
clouds, we viii land ON one Of them il tn,
wind freshcns up" and sure enough, IL
the course Of two hours we were mt an
chor at the base Of one OF the Batche
waing mountains, drinking in the beau
ties OF such scenery as we had not Otter
before looked upon.
Here is sportsmans paradise. tn,
game is caribou, partridge and rabbit, or
properly speaking, hare. The fish thai
abound in the bay and in Bat,hewaun'
and Chippewa rivers, are principally
white fish, salmon, troutand the different
varieties of bass, but the brook trout
which exist at this point, are ~ marvel
and have had the pleasure Of takinI
four OF the beauties which weighed seven
teen and one quarter pounds. One fish
OF this catch, made an ample meal fol
three hungry mortals and there wal
some of the delicious provender left.
Batchewaung island, which Is situatet
near the centre Of the bay, Is about si,
miles in length, and three miles in widtl
and being thiclxly wooded, IL picturesque