The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-04-25
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EDITORIAL CONNEoEO4sDAs
j, Tho mail leave. kaoe.ville only once
mo.,h. the letter from which We make the
chewing extract, has been detained until
tho present time. I,
In Hur. miles cast Of Kanesville,l
March II, 80.
Mr.. A. SAxDERs:--
Dear Sir: In accor-
dance with promise will now give you q
brief sketch Of our trip thus far. We lei'
Davenpor, as you will remember on We'd
nesday tho 27,h day Of Fcb'y. aud arrived
al Town City on The following Saturday
about noon, where we foun'l Messrs. Camp
bell, Rey noIds, and Blackman waiting Tor
Us !. the Crummy House. They arrived
there the evening before, we consequently
stopped a, the same place and remained
until Sunday noon awaiting !or Barrows'
company, they not arriving at that 'imo
We paid our bills and left. Quo word
about our bills may not conc nmlss to
those who like ourselves have a journey be-
fore them much longer than their purses.
Our bills amounted to fifteen dollars less .
few cents. Therefore ! feel bound TO adj
wise all those who are travelling to the
promised golden land, and who intend COM
ing by Iowa City, that they should bring
an ertra horse or mule to pay their bill
with, should they have any desire to stop
at the Crummy tIouse and wait upon. them
selves.
The road wo Travelled believe to be the
best and ncarest to the Bluffs, which was
from Iowa City to Bob Huichisons' (old ira
ding house) thence to La.imer's Grove,
where We took a new road by way Of Ham
ners bridge over north Skunk to Newton.
the county scat Of Jasper county. Thence
NC went to Nlitchel's in Apple Grove,
where we took the left hand road, leaving
Fort Desnoines about ten miles to the
right, crossed the Des,neincs at Martins
ferry uho best one on the route which a.
voids the crossing Of several small streams
and about ten miles travel. After cross.
ing we soon struck FIRST rate road, and ar
rived at Winterset, the county seat Of Mad
ison. Winterset is the last settlement the
emigrant will find until he crosses over
large prairie with small grove now and
,hen) Of seventy miles, which will bring
him to small log village called Indian
Town, which is situated on east Nishenc
botns, small stream empt,ing into the
Missouri. From this place TO the Bluffs is
called fifty miles, and an excellent road.
We arrived at the Bluffs on Thursday the
18th Of this month.
We came up where nov date this letter
from, for the purpose Of obtaining corn,
hay, SC. We can buy corn at 35c., hay
50, 90 per ton. We found grain and hay
very scarce all along the road, and those
who come after us will Of course find il
much scarcer and higher.
March 23d.--l went TO Kanesvil!e and
Traders Point few days ego. Knncs-
vile is respectable log village, situated
in what is called the big hollow; in fact all
the Mormon settlements are situated in
the same kind Of places we would
call them. Its population, taken in con-
nec,ion with the settlements within eight
miles, will number about five thousand.
There are good stocks Of goods here which
are sold as low as at your place. J called
on Mr.. Orson Hyde and found him, as far
as | had IN opportunity to judge, a perfect
gentleman.
Traders Point is not much Of place as
yet, but grea, calculations are being made
for it, in consequence Of the great Da.en-
port and Council Bluffs Rail Road. There
are bu. few goods at this place at present,
but large stocks expected upon the arrival
Of the first Steamboat which will he il .
week or two.
We have moved down here, having in
consequence OF the rivalry between this
place and Kanesville obtained our corn al
30c. delivered, hay $500 We have also
rented n good log house at $3.50 per month
and good stable at $l.O0 per month.
We had but just got settled at the place
when Barrows' company arrived all safe
and as our house and stable were large,
they put up at the "Davenpor. rcndez-
vous."
The cmigrnnts have Just commenced
coming in, some ten or twelve teams arriy-
ed Yesterday Alden far the nresent