The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-04-25


pains 10 tile promised land o. 20 '''a'
thousand. Til. year. (aad perhaps tho pr's'-
;scd land of many more next -Ca'''of"a.
There have boon abou, one hundred
teams arrived here; there have also q coy
siderable number gone to kenoss'''c' e's"'
miles above this, aud the cry is stu 'hey
come. Should you have any doubt o. INC
truth Of tho cry. just cast your eyes TO-
wards Tia, road, at almost any time OF Tue
day, aoa you will discover the em'gra"''
covered wagon slowly approaching.
The teams that have arrived arc mostly
from This State, few from Illinois and in
diam. They nro mostly horses ou' '~'
OK teams set in-and Blu. two mule teams
beside our own. And l assure sou '"al y
is graft. ing to our pride to know aud nave
i, acknowledged that the Ddrenport team
stand A No. l. l think Gas one emlgran
expressed IL -,ha. if our teams don't s'ant
il 10 co through, there will be but q poo'
chance for III. others. The gamblers nrt
jus, beginning to arrive, only two or 'hre'
having as yc, got along. When tue "'''.
body comes up, | expect to see some tai
times in this place. Ba. ! must say ~ Jus
lice to the cmigrants who are here, viii
one or two exceptions, the gamblers Wi
find bu, few customers 10 patronize 'hem
The cmisrnnts being mostly modest mel
who do no, like to brag much, the gam
b!crs will have to skin one another, mt
you know when Greek meets Greek 'he'
comes the tug Of war. |, is from this lac
Tia, | expcc, to see, as said before, SOM
tall times.
| find the country around here muc'
more ,hickly settled than expected, am
as Cor mills they arc comparatively plenty
there being some fifteen Touring, and 81
or seven saw mills, within fifteen miles
This place. Tho wheat tia, ] have seei
here is tho hes, that have ever seen,
will weigh aboa, 81 or 65 lbs. to the bush
el and sells readily atprcscn, Tor one doiia
per bushel. The corn crop is also excel
leu, this year, i, having yielded from hit
to one hundred bushels per acre. III
Missouri bottom on this side, at this point
and Cur about one hundred and twcni.
miles abo,e, is from ? TO ! miles wide, run
ming back TO bluffs from sixty to eighty fec
high, which look from distance like nigh
" waves, being SO broken. The soil, boil
bottom aud upland is very rich, and vel
adapted to all kinds Of small! grain. Whea
has nevcr yet failed here.
The houses Of tho Mormons arc misera
bile novels, and most Of our Scott count
farmers would complain il they had 10 STA
bile their horses 10 such miserable log heap
although their farms Look exceedingly wei
think when they wero building their ho'
ses, they mnst have tried their skill 10 Sc
who could build the mcanest housc-the
are all covered with straw or mud. Tn
morality OF the Mnrmans as people hav
heard much against, bat as far as hav
been able 10 discover, have seen noihin
to convince me Of the truth Of the many re
ports against them. They are like all 9th
or people, some good and some bad. Tha
they arc ias, preparing The magnet that
soon to draw the railroad from Davenpor
here, is beyond doubt, This part Of III
country is now twenty years ahead Of villa
j, would have been without them.
Corn is, as expected, on the rise, beia,
now worth f!iy cents here, and Recder'
company, who have just come in, in!ormc
me that they were obliged 10 pay in som'
places on the route as high us one dolla
per bushel. hear grain is Just rs high n
ST. Jo; for my part | arm glad | came TO thi
poin, TO start from, being now Tally satisfi
ed thu, VIC are one hundred aud fifty mile
nearer INC land Of our hope than these VIII
are at ST. 10.
Opposite this, on tho other side of ID
Missouri, you arc nwere belongs TO the In
dams. tho Omahaws and the GETAWAYS. an
above these the Sawnecs. The Om,haw
Missionary establishment is within one an
half miles Of this place on the other sid
Of the river. Some ofus 60 over to preach
ing every Sunday.
We have had quite cold weather here
but il is now warm, with every appearance
Of rain. From indications now | think "
mny get of in two or three weeks. wi
perhaps write you again from II. Laramie