The New York herald., 1845-01-06

heifers in the States ard drive them here, they
would here be worth at least five thousand dollars;
and by engaging in stock raising, he could make
an independent fortune. Mich cows on the road
are exceedingly useful, as they give an abundance
of milk all the way, though less tow ards the close
Of it. BY making what Is called thicksned milk
il is most rich and delicious food, especially for
children. We found that yearDg calves, and
even sucking calves, stood the trip very well but
he sucking calves had all the milk.
Provisions -l50 pounds -four and 40 pounds ba-
con to each person. Besides this, much dried
fruit, rice, corn meal, parched corn meal, and raw
corn, peas, sugar, tea, coffee, and such like articles
as you can well bring. Flour will keep sweet the
whole trip, corn meal TO the mountains, and parch-
ed corn meal all the way. The -four and meal
ought 10 be put in sacks light barrels; and what
they call shorts are just good the finest frur,
and will perhaps keep better; but do not remem-
Der OF any flour being spoiled on the way The
narched corn meal IS most excellent to make soup.
Dried rult Is most excellent. few beef cattle TO
kill on the way, or tat calves, very useful, as
you need fresh meat. Peas are most excellent.
The loading should consist mostly of provisions.
Emgrants should not hurh-n themselves with lur-
n'ture, Or many beds; and few light trunks, or
very hight boxes might be brought to pack clothes
IN. Trunks are best, but they should be light. All
heavy articles should be left, except few cooking
vessels, one shovel, and pair of pot hooks.
Clothes enough TO last year, and several pair Of
strong heavy shoes to each person, it will be well
to bring. If you are heavily loaded, let the guam
tiy OF sugar and coffee be small as milk is prefe-
have water keg, and tin canister, made like
powder canister, to hold your milk in; few tin
cups, tin plates, TIN saucers and butcher knives;
and there should be small grindstone in COM
pany, as The tools become dull on the way. Many
other articles may be useful Rifles and shot guns,
pistols powder, lead, and shot, need hardly say,
are useful, and some of them necessary on the
road, and sell well here. A rifle that would cost
twenty dollars in the States, ia worth fifty dollars
here, and shot guns in proportion. The road will
be found, upon the whole, the best road in the
world, considering its length. On the Platte, the
only inconvenience arising from the road is the
propensity to sleep IN the day time: The air is SO
pleasant, and the road smooth, that have
known many teamster to go fast asleep in his
usual plan was for the wagons behind to drive
around him, and leave him until he walked up,
when he would come driving up, looking rather
sheepish.
Enierants should start as early as possible in or
binary seasons by first of May at farthest; even as
Early as first OF April would do For those emf
grants coming from the Platte country il is thought
that they had better cross the Missouri Ilver at
McPherson's Ferrv, In Halt county, and take up
The ridge between Platte and Kanzas rivers but /
cannot determine that question. Companies of
from forty to fifty wagons are large enough. Ame-
cans prone to differ opinion, and large COM
panes become unwitldy, and the stock become
more troublesome. In driving stock to this coun-
try, about cne in ten is lost; not more. Having
started, the best way 10 save the teams is drive
reasonable distance every day, and stop about
arranging the camp, and for the teams to rest
and eat before 1t Is dark About eight hours
drive in long days-resting one hour at noon-I
think, is enough. Never drive irregularly, if you
can avoid IT, On Platte river, Bear river, and
camp at any point you please but at other places
on the way, you will be compelled to drive hard
some days, to get to water and range. When you
reach the country of buffalo, never stop your wa
than you will save. 1t is true, you can kill buff
falo, but they are always far from camp, and the
weather is too warm to save much OF IT, When
you reach the country ct game, those who have
good horses can Keep the, e,company in fresh meat.
If an individual wishes to have great amusement
hunting the buffalo, he had better have an extra
horse, and not use him until he reaches the buffalo
region. Buffalo hunting is very hard upon horses;
and emgrants had better be cautious how they un-
necessarily break down their horses. A prudent
care should be taken of horses. teams, and provi-
or thrown away that can be eaten. If prudent
course is taken, the trip can be made, in ordinary
seasons, in four months. Ii took US longer; but
we lost great deal Of time ON the road and had
the way to break. Other routes than the one
travelled by us, and better routes, may be found.
Captain Cant, our pllet, was decidedly Of the
opinion that TO keep up the south Fork of Platte,
and cross il just above stream running into il,
called the kashlapood, and thence up the latter
stream, passing between the Black hills on your
right, and peaks OF lhe Rocky mountains on your
lett, and striking our route at Green river, would
he better and nearer route-more plentfnlly sup
piled with game than the one came. He had
travelled both routes, and brought us the route he
did, because he had been informed that large bands
OF the Sioux Indians were hunting upon the
southern route.
The trip to Oregon IS not costly or expensive
one An individual can move here as cheap, if
not cheaper, than he can from Tennessee or Ken
lucky TO Missouri. All the property You start with
you bring through; and 1t is worth ihrlbble as
much as when you started. There is no country
in the world where the wants of man can be SO
easily supplied, upon such easy terms, this and
nOne where the beauties OF nature are displayed
upon a grander scale.