The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-24

means too uncertain to make success as
sured. Sentiment against including such
a vast area In the park grew, until it
was considered best to make a smaller
beginning, afterwards increasing the size
OF the reserve as seemed fit. With this
idea in mind, a committee drew up plans
for a park embracing only the five In
dian reservations in the Leech Lake dis
trict, the Chippewa. Winnibigeshish,
Leech Lake, White Earth and Cass Lake
reserves, the property of the national
government. These lands Include ap-
proximately $4,000 acres and include the
most beautiful spots of the entire Sec
ton originally outlined. The reserva-
tons include LeRch lake, Winnibigoshish
lake, Cass rake, Pike lake, Ball Club lake,
Boy lake, Beech lake, Little W1nnibigo-
shish lake, Bow String lake, Squaw lake,
Zig lake. Portage lake, Six Mile lake,
Round lake, Nushl1a lake, Swift lake,
Mud lake, Wanna lake, White Oak lake,
Steamboat lake, the Pigeon lakes, Cut
Foot Sioux lake, Kitihi lake, Pimush
lake, Town lake, Sandy lake, Island lake,
Little Dead Horse lake, Keeskeesdavron
lake. Keskabigosh lake, twenty-eight in
number, all of which are located amid
surroundings even more beautiful than
those of White Bear and Minnetonka
lakes, the famous resorts of st. Paul and
Minneapolis citizens. In addition to
these, there are numberless smaller bod
les of water dotting the entire section,
each of which is stocked with the finest
fish which swim in fresh water, and Of
fering unsurpassed advantages to the
health seeker, sportsman and fisherman.
FORESTS, LAKES AND FISH.
OF the natural beauties of the five In
dian reservations aO1.Id tn
said. Leech lake, the second largest body
Of water in the state, is the most access
sible of all the resorts under the pres ent
railroad facilities One side touches tn )
limits of the Leech lake reservation,
while the remaining shore line is entirely
within the limits of the Indian country.
Surrounding the lake are forests of pine
IT. the recesses Of which can be found
bear, moose, deer and the entire list of
smaller game. Heavy blankets of tim
Der cover the shores and here and there
points and headlands break the shore
tine, varying the landscape and giving an
ever changing panorama Of the most
beautiful scenes which nature can pre-
sent, even in Northern Minnesota, the
beauty SPOT of the Northwest While no
mountains are there to lend the majestic
touch which measureless distances and
lofty heights give, there are ranges upon
IdIlS6S VI oIIllu W HIGH he Valleys
covered with beautiful woodlands which
break the country in every direction and
give the landscape "a charm and fascina-
ton such as only those who have tray
eled through the country can appreciate
Leech lake is dotted with islands, the
largest Of which, Bear Island, IS famous
as the home OF the Pfllager Indians, who
went on the war path in 1893.
The Winnibigoshish reservation is more
q lake region than any other section o.
the Northwest. Samuel Carpenter, {
frontiersman, living at Bridgie, Mimi, es
Inmates that fully 125 lakes dot a section
not larger than Ramsey county, while tt
the east Is a region even more plentifullN
supplied. The Chippewa reservation
which occupies two-thirds of the proposed
park and lies In the center of the distric
selected as the compromise site is tray
ersed by the line of the projected Duluth
| Superior e. Western railway and by The
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
roads. It contains several settlements OF
considerable size, and a section of coun
try we'll covered with white and NORWAY
| pine, the ideal spot for sufferers from
lung troubles. It's scenery is unsurpassed
and its advantages as a camping, fishine
or hunting ground cannot be eXcelled
The Cass lake reservation contains Cas-
lake and famous white pine district
The White Earth reservation occupies the
southeast corner Of the compromise site
and is easily accessible from Duluth and
the cities at the head Of the lakes.
DOESN'T AFFECT INDIANS.
Under the plans which are being con-
sidered at present and which have been
adopted by the Minnesota National Park
and Forestry association, the fact thai
the reservations will be made a national
park does not interfere in the least with