Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-01-13

CHASED BY WOLVES.
A Thrilling Incident of Winter Travel on
the Upper Mississippi River.

BEFORE any railroad had been built
ID along the upper Mississippi, all
traffic in the summer was by steam
boat, which carried also the mail. la
the winter every thing was carried by
stage. There Was u line OF mail-stages
between St. Paul and Prairie du Chen
or the southern terminus may have
been La Crosse at the time of which L
write. These stages followed the river
how much of the distance on the ice
/ cannot say, but in iny neighborhood,
where the river expanded and became
Lake Popin, the route was ali on the ice.
and most of the way far from the shore.
Lake Pepin is some three miles wide
and q miles long, and although in re-
ality only widening of the river it is
a true lake, in which the current Of the
river is almost lost. There is no other
such body of WAGER in the Whole length
of the Mississippi. The upper Missis-
sippi is worn far below the level OF the
country; consequently Lake Pepn is
surrounded by high bluffs, with bold,
fiat tops. Leading down To the lake, on
both the Minnesota and Wisconsin
sides, are many ravinCs or coulees,
worn by the watcrcourscs and wooded.
Even now there is much wild land
aE.ong the bluffs.
1t was in the latter part OF January
years ago that | found myself at
Hawks Landing, ON the Minnesota
side of the river just below the foot of
IL l,I xtrhf | lpI nj IA a N
uncle He found that his business
would detain him longer than he eX-
pected, and lie decided to send me
back alone on the stage. 1t should
have loft the Landing at one o'clock,
but ii was delayed somewhere down
the river, and did not arrive till nearly
three. 1t was full afternoons drive
To Lake City, but the driver said he had
a good team, and promised to get
through on time, Notwithstanding the
late start. He was rough and dissi-
Iated man, but he had the reputation
of always keeping sober till after the
days trip had been completed. But the
delay may have upset him, and think
he began drinking before we started,
although no one then noticed it. He
certainly had provided himself with a
LARGO bottle of liquor. as | soon had oc-
casion TO know. | suppose L could not
have been more than IL or 10 years old,
although life i'm a new country and on
farm had given me ability TO take
rarn of r7,scif bevond my yeors.
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