The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-09
sD-sE: EGfsgE WEARS AGO.
Col. .siran tsayca S.ivc- u~ u Chapter
as, .i.e Early Bays Of Superior

eve ~ iiIt il.il.N VI tiit i-i.-'o
who DO not also read the Leader.
Extract f.,.'., diary of Col. s.ram Hayes
with cont:lcnt- by himself
June II. 1854, reached superior, oyer
Land from st. Paul, about ii o'clock a.
NJ The day fine and warm. The path
from Nemadji river follows along
what is indicated as West First street,
and is the hardest part of the trail we
have come over.
The party, William II, Newton,
George Newton, Thomas Clark and
myself with suniry packers and yoy-
age;irs are dinnered at board shanty,
close to tie cite OF the proposed hotel,
rs ;'in told.
This ancient tavern is now standing,
Il sort Of old wandering jew of build
ing that dciies time and the elements.
That and the Daisy Mill near Icy
punctuate two epochs {. and y. ID.
Mrs Post, Ms. Eettlrton ana Miss
Laura Smith do the honors of oar en-
the state from which ! predict will
come the republican president of 1896.
II is q hungry crowd. This morning
we took breakfast at Black River Falls
and fed on 4 few scraps of bacon with
wild onions and crumbs shaken from
the bread sack-I furnished the leeks
md Clark did tho fryiup
The llGies spread out their best and
st before us. as | clearly remember,
fresh sweet cakes in bright, new tin
pan.
l desire to intcrj2ct, parenthetically
here and now, that all three are, as /
believe, now living; and for as much
as they fed and took us in on that long
gone June mid day, weary and travel
stained as we were, let us pronounce
on them all bencdiction and blessing,
for that, fair ana rs good as they were
then and are now, SO may it continue
to be to them in all places and times,
hence and henccfortl, in this world
and the hereafter.
William III. Newton and Thomas
Clark are dead and laid away in the
cemetery at Superior. They should
not be forgotten. Both were men Of
good ability in their several spheres of
action. Newton Was a ready off hand
man Of quick understanding, full Of
resources and invention, educated as i
civil engineer and with large e<per
renee in the field of construction.
Clark was more deliberate and pre-
else in his methods, proved his comclu
Sions mathematically. if feasible, and
set them down in small, neatly written
words and figures. lie WAS an engi
neer also, and supervised the surveys
am, maps of the original town, as well
the office records of the Old 'rolrletors.
in all which Will he found few if any
inaccuracies to this day.
OF both may he alleged the common
saving as touching early pioneers III
city bu.!tiing-they seldom take the
benefit of What comes III the sequel OF
towns IN the way of rise i'll real estate.
They lose their grip in waiting. They
keep little or nothing for the rise to
operate upon. and SO go out OF the
world with few of its goods. BY
strange paradox the last are first and
the first last
rest of June and UP to July l. 1854.
The writer observes therein t.at the
toWHSite is covered With dense woods
Of various growthS, and that ole wan
derin- into the interior Il few hundred
Yards i; apt to mistake his bearings
daI get LOST.
There are remains of huge trunks
indicating a former forest whose me;n-
bers were of huge dimensions.
The steamer Baltimore lies at Min
neSota point, having been lifted w
bodily, and brought over into Lake
Superior at the Sauit by hy,tr tulic de
Vices. This Was before the canal)
1t the landing on this point is q
warehouse and store, With Charley
Lord behind the counter; George
Stnntz proprietor.
The merchandise comprised mokollS
OF maple SUGAR, -four. :s,!k. niucc;3Sins,
c..lIcoes, is'ats, r!',eras and tar.rry
for III" natives. There "a an olitlyin-
Indian village of wigwaniS With occu-
pantN O. SiEaW, Fapoose, hunter, buck
anal dog.
The trading house, on the Mime
sofa Sid., the hospitabla cabin afure-
mentioned and Col. Rabertsou's pre-
emption sllanty on Left Hand river
are all the civilized structures at this
time III the country.
God bath marvelouslv bestowed
these waters says the diary. Here IS
Lake Superior, pure as when poured
from II is hand, allwiSe in conception.
ureNccllci III creation. with depths un-
t&thomablc, and development of mist
AMI mystery, vast. profound, eternal
see ships come and go in never end
iEg procession. and royal nayIes heave
upon lis mighty bosom, and rock in its
tempcSts.
And these bays and rivers, They
beat Paley'S argument OF the Omnipo-
tent design. PaIey argues from a
watch But argue, says the diarist,
from that which IS more manifeStly
tor Use III traffic, trade and transporta-
tIon, and for Ravens of rest to the
storm tossed ships. than is tile watch
maniiestly Il device for the measure
and keeping OF time.
Coming nnw to the Fourth of July.
II was the sense OF the peoI IL. in sub
stance, that we have an Grafton and
Il collation." Was To be the orator.
the lddleS of the place the cellators,
and the hotel, then under the constrlIc-
ton 10y August Iachlu, the place of
the celebration.
In preparation Of my coming per
forEance | tried TO find some solitude,
where the best figures Of speech, struck
cut III the heat Of composition. might
1T the same time be praclicpd in orc
tund ana far reaching rticEl:ti0n.
The place selected WAS at the base Of
the cliff now occupied 10y Duluth, and
paddied my caEce over the waters to
ELECT u landing for the purposes of the
necessary seciuSion and communion
With nature and natures Willis. The
rock was then precisely as il had been
nrliitd III the beginning, and no man
had then raised an axe against the
IiimCval forests
IL WAS Indian country and hpl,praa