. Minnesota and the far West : . ogs, booms, and other signs of lumber opera-tions, crowded the river. Threading our way betweenthese, we entered a narrow channel behind a greenisland, and, mooring our canoe under the spreadingshade of some magnificent trees, congratulated our-selves upon having reached our last portage. Wedetermined, in making it, to create a sensation inSt Anthony, and to convey our trusty bark throughthe town to the bottom of the falls in a cart. Thiswas, indeed, only a proper mark of attention to thecraft which had outlived so many perils, and servedus as a home for so lon
. Minnesota and the far West : . ogs, booms, and other signs of lumber opera-tions, crowded the river. Threading our way betweenthese, we entered a narrow channel behind a greenisland, and, mooring our canoe under the spreadingshade of some magnificent trees, congratulated our-selves upon having reached our last portage. Wedetermined, in making it, to create a sensation inSt Anthony, and to convey our trusty bark throughthe town to the bottom of the falls in a cart. Thiswas, indeed, only a proper mark of attention to thecraft which had outlived so many perils, and servedus as a home for so long. So we despatched ourvoyageurs upon an exploring expedition into thetown, and, sheltering ourselves from the mid-day sun,we lay dreamily upon the bank, watching the eddy- Q 242 OUE PAST AND OUR PROSPECTIVE VOYAGE. ing stream, and wondering whetlier the voyage ofthree hundred miles with it, which we had still inprospect under very different circumstances, wouldafford us as much enjoyment as that which we hadso nearly Winnebagce Lodges. CHAPTER XXI. THE FALLS OF ST ANTHONY. There was no little curiosity excited in the quietand remote town of St Anthony, as the unusual pro-cession passed through it, of a bark canoe in a wag-gon, followed by two voyageurs and four Englishmen ;and when we stopped for a moment at the hotel andentered the bar, the billiard-players in the adjoiningroom, and the loafers of the neighbourhood, crowdedinquisitively round to discover the origin of thevisit. When they heard the route we had takenfrom Superior, we were overwhelmed with inquiriesas to the nature of the country, the character ofthe pines on the Upper Mississippi, and its advantagesgenerally as a district in which to settle; for mostof the inhabitants of these western towns are anxiousto hold land beyond them, so as to profit by theadvance of civilisation, and are ever seeking informa-tion from explorers, who, if they are personally inte-rested, give the public no more of their exp
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