The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-02-07
An Excursion When Superior Was
Young.

Louis river, the other TO hunt ducks
CATION on the st. Louis river This
Gown had been for many years trad
ing post with the Indians. Once there
had been Mission 20 the Indians
under the care OF the Methodist Epis-
copal church, but abandoned years
ago, and the souls not earner,d in,
heaven scattered and apparently lost.
Here voyagers from Lake Superior to
/ the Mississippi and st. Paul left the
river and made portage of nine
miles round the rapids and on up the
river to Embdrras river and on to
Sandy Lake and the Mississippi.
/ After a pleasant sail up the river,
which might well be called Mushkee
seCDee because of its low, sWampy
banks, and rounding the end of the
north range which extends northeast
/ into Canada, the voyagers camped on
4 the Minnesota shore three miles below
I Fond du Lac. The sail served for a
I tent, a log heap set on lie kept away
/ the chill Of the night and hay from q
/ stack near by furnished beds. After
supper in which Mr. Strong INDUCED
so literally in ham AZ to bring on sick
/ headache, they covered themselves
/ with their blankets and spent pleas
ant night, except as the headache
/ prevented,
! The next day, after an early dinner,
7 Mr. BY left tie company to hunt
ducks. and Mr.. Strong and Mr.. Bar
nett set out on the old Indian trail
/ with blankets, provisions and gun,
guided by one familiar with the coun-
/ try, to visit the fails.
After time their guide LETT them
and they continued on their way
alone, now along the valley Of the
river, now climbing or descending
some procipitous bluh, or winding
their way along the crest OF some
high Hill surrounded by the dense
forest that had sheltered the Red Man
for long years, cheered by the music
of the giant pines that had whispered
to lliawatha and Minnehaha as they
had whispered their love to each
other.
After walk OF two or three hours
they came to an acre or more Of par
TALLY cleared ground. a little stack Of
wheat and shanty, 7Xs, that told of
the preempter's work Here they
proposed to spend the night Leaving
down the hillside TO the river. Here
the tails, or more property, he rapids
Began Occasionally there we're fails
Of a few feet over which the water
poured ia beautiful cascades. but in
most places the channel was almost
| tilled with huge prisms of black slate
rock, sometimes Using five or ten feet
out of the water, and in places en-
tirely Concealing it, and between them
the dark water rushed with incessant
roar rs if chafed and angry at the OBJ
stncles in its way and determined to
sweep away all opposition to its pro
gress AS they proceeded the scene
became wi d n The rocks were piled
in every conceivable position, and the
water tossed IN every direction, now
white with foam, now rushing in
smooth, black current or whirling
in deep. treacherous eddics. or gath
cred in broad pools, while on either
side were rugged, precipitous cliffs or
wooded bills rising toward the clouds.
They had gone but little way
when MIR Strong, still suffering from
/ headache, said he could 60 no farther
/ MIR. Barnett went on alone along the
/ wonderful Dalles till the lengthening
/ shadows admouished him that it was
/ time to return. Coming back MIR
! Strong said he must see more of the
falls, so they went up stream until
compelled to return Now the ques.
ton was how to tlCd the shanty.
They saw clearing on the river
i hill and surprising it was near to the
place they wanted they went to it,
1 a path led out from the clearing aud
they followed it a little way only to
find they We're wrong They came
/ back TO he clearing. Dark, black
night was upon them. They could
I hear the roar OF the river The wind
was high and the sky dark with
clouds II they left the noise OF the
river they had nothing TO guide them.
Is they moved in their perpltNity one
OF them stepped IN path He eN
amiuyd it, found il we'll marked, and
leaving Mr 5 rs way marker he
followed the path which became very
obscure, into u clearing and found the
wheat stack and ehauty tie called
loudly but there was no response
Then the gun was fired, and soon
there WAS crushing and tearing
through the brush When asked L. he
had found the path Mr. strong said
no hc heard noise aud made for il
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