Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-11-30
From the Lexington 1ntelligencer.
CANTONMENT LEAvENWORTH n

An extract 1GOm the jour nal Of q e>ler-
gyman visiting the different Indian
Tribes on the Upper Missouri, for
the purpose Of locating schools a.
m"ng them.
"The country, 50 far as have trav-
eiled, is the mast delightful have ever
seen, and it, scenery the most pictur-
esque imaginable. In either beauty
or variety. it cannot, would think, be
surpassed, even by Switzerland and
the Alps, and in fertility and salsbrity
is not inferior to any part Of our extern
sive territory. The Land is principally
prairie, with surface in general beau
tifully rolling, but in some places, and
especially along the rivers and streams,
it becomes hilly-leaping down in
graceful declivities-sPreading out in
to fertile plains, and again rising INTO
high hills, which overlook vast ex-
tent Of the surrounding country, which
presents on all sides one continued
scene Of fairy enchantment.
CantOnment LeayenwOrth is a place
Of perfect romance. 1t is situated on
bluff Of moderate height, the base Of
winch is washed by the Missouri; and
which immediately in front has d gen.
de descent to the river. The CARR
con Is laid of with considerable taste
in "a email grove Of water oak, which
j. mostly left standing, and gives to it
the appearance Of { beautiful Villa,
bull, for quiet retirement. The coun
try back Of it is gently undulating for
bali nile, when it rises in high hill
Or ridge, which running round, in the
form Ut an amPhitheatrr, terminates,
in the plain below, in d high point cal
,ed pilot Knob This knob Il is said
Gan he seen from the Missouri, at the
distance Of forty miles.
No place that have ever seen seems
SO well calculated Cor the scene Of q
romant,c tale. The OF GERS and SOL
der. Of the garrison (Inost Of the 9th
GERS nave famIlies,) form "a pleasant lit
tie circle Of acquaintance, ard with
them the delighted traveller 6.,ds the
urbanity, intelligence and refinement
OF the city, which might we'll be un-
looked for at such distance from the
abodcs Capitalization.
About four miles up the river is an
Indian .lllage: So that an hours ride
will bring you to the rude wigwams OF
thu savage; and another hour will
transfer you into an uninhabited wild,
stretching thousands Of miles westward
unenliveneI BY human beings, save
when occasionally lighted BY the lone
y campfire Of the Mountain TrapPer,
or the sk,n-lodge Of the rowing ludian,
as he wanders in pursuit Of the Bufia-
10.
In the evening assembled the ridge
which rises in graceful majesty west OF
the garrison,-wi.h it, deep green bo-
som and lofty top inviting contemPla-
ton. and from its summit enjoy Ell a
prospect, in comparison with which,
the most fascinating dream Of romance
would be tame and insipid. IL front
lies the beautiful amPhitheatre, when
you look down upon, spreading out to-
wards the river, about five miles III
length. and from half TO three miles
IN .ldtn; with the cattle and horses be-
IOnging To the garrison. grazing upon
its Iuxuriant nerbsge. At the north
ern extremity OF thisa.nphitheatre, and
near the river, stands CantonmcDt
1.eavenwOrth, with its white buildings
peeping through the trees, which Con-
zeal j; just sufficiently to render the
view the most delightfully."- picturesque.
Above and below to d vast distance,
is seen the low valley, through which
the Missouri windsit >erPentine course ;
here and there displaying broad
sheet of water. and again bid amid the
deep groves o. cottonwood, which
Ilo;t., lis fertile bottoms
IN the west. Tie eye delights to
roye AID feast thousands Of green
carp-.s ed Mills and enamelled plains lie
greuped together in the most beautiful
AZ 4ia-is,, and in such a manner as
70 Is de>cription, intersPersed with
.rcys- Of timber, hill after hill, with
t'ts.r smooth green tops rising in far
succession. until they seem to mingle
with the hor,zon, and smelt away into
the light Of heaven And yon massey
heap OF fleecy clouds piled in gorgeous
columns, seeming to press the verge Of
the horizon, rising in various. faEciful
and airy forms. cdped q ii b. spanole1