Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-11-24
THE ARKaNs,w TERRITORY.

Erfrsct Of letter from His ErceHency Coo Miller,
kdMsGu. Sept2 1920
e uould have answered YOU sooner but have heen
sick almost ever since received letter and this
! Is The hrst daJ have felt able write : AIN now
very weak This country mustbe called .ckly. Every
ne~ conner, without exception, has secn SICK. The
sickness here is fever and aeue slow bnus fever
&c Very Few deaths occur by diseasebut people
main weak and NJ Tor nothing Icing time. Nv brother
Is apparently better in health than he has h..n for
two years.
:" suppose it would besgreeable TO you 10 receive
some description OF this unknown country. II is
uaed heiwixi 50 and SO, 20 N. lat and extends from
HE @.sissippi to the wesesn boundary OF the posses
sion. Of the States Iii very large ofcoun-
try thinF settled In the village Of Atkau,aw there
"re seventeen houses (dwelings) and this s perhaps.
as large village as in The territory FROM this
mail route, have travel without house or shelter
three days, 10 get TO seIteeen across Prairie
In crossing this, water Is article. In fact
mere 10 great want OF wafer all over this country,
with very few exceptions.
This drkGSsGris iue naviga bile river for more than
thousand miles at middle stage ~ water aud Affords
In sct Gu all the rivers Is To lie found land
rich and fetie-aud uniformly 10 he found Back from
Tbs water streams the lana qnite ind ereu you mar
cay poor tn Yon 60 VISIT Two or three hundred miles,
then IL Is vsry good The county Is very ia, aud Level
from The Mississippi we,t for loo miles then II becomes
n'y snd broken aud rocky on all the hills or animals
Ia this country, both winged and quadTGped we have
ne "a"t; There 10 almost every species Of The bird
and fowl In great abundancs-wild geese and ssans
tnrkies, quas rabbits, Taccoons, hear wolf cataaouui
Wild cal, beaver otter, deer, elk, and bunaO-the
hpnt,ma1 has full scope.
salt, &c.
This country iSthe best fer raising stock Of every
Kind have ever teen. man may raise and tees
snmEier aud inter, ang number he rea,ea They grow
large and handsome.
% Cotton aud corn The staple articles The land
we'll tended will average about 1000 IN the seed TIL
Corn from 80 TO 60 bushels. The crop is nod
this yeLrbn The birds destroy quantities OF the
corn.
cherokee and Usage Indians this summer. The most
OF the rs't ofthe time have been sick The object VI
my visit the Indian villages to settle cifculy
bsl"lx them. went on O. the Chsrstces, (f5O mes)
and held council With them. The. agreed 10 send
ionr OF their ehoia with me to the osases, aboH $50
miles further The settlement OF he CherGSess Is
Ecattereo fer long exsut the river and appears
not lGucb dlEsTeat nom those of the white psopie.
ihsJ are commercially advanced towards c!vilizati"n
ana E"re very decent IN their department.. rney nhabit
lovely, rich par' otthe cognlTy. The Usage siass
IL built as cpmpacily a. BosIcn In the a vast
Prafis We rode forty milrs into ii, before came
TO ihe Io~n. All the warriors, chiefs and young mea
met as t"o mile from tie lown hoTssback mouOt-
ed On good horses, and as fine they bad feathers
any thing else to make them 1he) Or1fessed uucb
friendship. got them to susPend tbeir hosties....
The Usage town consisted Of lbs dwellings, with from
ten to iteen il each house. The average height of the
men Is more than six feet They are entirely in
among them They knnw nothin. Of the use Of money,
nor doihsy cany ardent spirits.
pitched my tent abont hal' mile rom the Town
anc stayed rye days GbeY made dances and playa
TynishI 20 amuss ne. These indians have auaIive
lleun oi their own, aud are the only TRIBE ever kae
al PRAYER and CRYING for an hour. They appeared he
as deVodi In their way VS. any cass Of people. They
" got there two LsTUed JTOcS-they are curiosity.
tept one OF them alive twenty days-.t then laid
twenty Two eggf as large and about the shape and
peaTance efa lar5e white bean, and died. have them
ar sstely preserved ~ spirits. Obtained The skin OF
TIE yonng utId hog th5 10 CuTIusity-IikeWise the
SKIN of tile badger. procured also salt that came
rom the salt PTarle which Is many miles
nom four RIO six inches deep, with pure white chrysal
l<eo SAT- Az men agree both white and indian, who
have been there, that they can aud split of piece
a foot square THIS place is about 900 miles by the
course OF the river above this. One branch The Ar.
kansaw passes through tn is Prairie and sometimes over
nowst, when that is the case, the water in the river
here Is too salt TO drink There is place tsbout $50
miles from this, where the water gushes moan.
Iah so hot that you may scald aud dress bog With the
wafer as II comes from the ground. This fact hcb
admits Of no doubt.
DAVID SrARREr shot himSelC in Hem ps,ead connty
IN this Territory, about one slnce-leayinE wife
and So children and but very lille properly lie went
ny the name Of Nm. Fisher. The cause of his sheet
ing himself was He was engaged in a law suit
which involved bis whole property and In order to
save ~ became necessary 10 send Boston fore evil
aehce THIS he found would lead to his name and
lie rather chose TO put an emu to all atonce"
hPlough has been invented for iilling rongh land
called the Tld plough. II IS constructed that IL ore.
vents the plough from getting Choked 10 before nd he.
hind The coulter point Of the ous viii, warned
pasiesor weeds fresh sea Td dung OF even
SSngh uusbe ~ dry weather. and goes clear through
heu OF nll grown ETaln as on smooth lea and uot
ing "ili sop saSo rocks aud stoHes. THUS Of the
greatest inPorAcy TO the farmer wien the loss Of time
waste of strength Of man aud horse aud
Merlin "hich the work peffOrme ordinary oogbs
are considered The principal alteration Is in tb. beam
ano COULTER and - easier guided aud drawn haa The
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