New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-19

path OF the Wild animals. Sc OF the TWO roauS
| from Western Virginia to Kentucky--one through
the gap in the Cumberland Mountains tee o'n''
down the valley Of the Kenhawa, Iney were
bath the war path OF the Indians and the traVeilh8
! ronte of the buffalo and their first white acqnaht
| ances the early hunters Bntfaioes made them III
| going from the salt springs on the hostoh 70 ln1
| rich pastures and salt sprlngs OF kentucRy lu'i
ians followed them first, white hunters aitcr"arG'
| and thst is the way Kentucky vas dlscoVered'
! In more than hundred years no nearer or bctter
routes have been found and Science now MAKES
! her improved roads exactly where the buiitio
! foot first marked the way and the hnnlcr i!o|
| aiterwafd followed him 30 all over heutucHy
and the West; aDd so in the Rocky Mountains -
/ The famous South Pass was no scientific dIscoY-
/ cry. Some people think Fremont discovered u
/ it had been discovered 30 years before he only
/ described IT, and confirmed what the hunters ana
/ traders had reported. 1t was dlscoYered-or
! ratber first seen by white peope-ln lBu5, Two
wears after the return Of bcwis and Clark, and by
/ the first company Of hunters and traders that
went out affcr their report laid open the prospect
/ of the fur trade in the Rocky Mountains.
An cnterprising Spaniard OF st Louis, Maanel
/ Lisa sent ont the patty acquaintance, aud Oil
mend o! the Senator from w isconsln, VINO sIts On
my left, Gen. Henry Dodge led the Party-9is
name Andrew Henry. He was the first whlte
man that saw that pass and he found 1t IN sue
prosecution of his business. that OF a hunter ana
/ trader and by following the game and the ROAD
passes are found. But these Traders do not write
books aud make maps but they enable other peo-
pie TO do IT, There IRE plenty OF these men in
the Great W est at prescnt-men who know every
pass in the mountains, every ioFd III the rivers,
every spot lit for cultivation, aud the best aud
shorteGt way from any one POM to another-Who
know every buffalo road and every Indian war
trail, between the Mississippi and the Pacih;
| 0cean-and these men can go and marx out q
| road from the frontier OF Missouri 10 Che BAY OF
| San Francisco, fast Us u horse can trot. ANA
| they can cut out common ROAD passhDle lor wa
! CONS and carriages with the AID OF 5ome aXemen
! and some pckaXes, IN tle course OF next summer,
aud upon The parallels which | have mentioned
with occa sonal sGghtdciections. There is good
route for the system Of roads which should constl.
tute the national central halfway from the
| Mississippi to the Bay Of San Franc3co-a good
way and central better way than any not
central can be found in the United States
1t is up the main branch of the Kansas, along the
! lrpper Arkansas along the llucrianO RVer out ut
the head Of the Del Norte and thence across the
valley of the Upper Colorado, and through the
| Great Basin, crossing the Sierra Nevada near IT.
middle, or turning it on the SOUTH the whole way
nearly free from distractions, great part OF 1T
! fertile, with wood and water fit Tor inhabtatlon,
and brushing the present settlements OF New
Mexico and tab | have the map and the des
crptiOn OF the country, but cannot use 1t because
| the author is not here. 1t will cross the Rocky
! MOuntaIOS between tnrCe ana IOuT degrees sUutu
Of the South Pass, now misnomcr,) and can be
| Travelled earlier in the Spring, later in the Fall,
on account OF grass, and easier all the W inter-
This route, beside fulfilling all the requisites of a
national highway, luls another condition OF hlgh
national and treaty obligation. 1t traverses the
! ground which the protection and defense OF the
| country requires to be garrlsoned-that country
which lies about the heads Of the Arkansas and
Del Nortc-the hunting ground and war ground Of
the Utahs, Arapahoes, Navahoes, and other tribes
which make war upon New Mexico and upon us.
We are bound by treaty stpuatons to protect
Mexico against these Indians, and are bound by
duty to protect our own people against them.
line OF military posts is necessary through their
country, and this bill provides for it as part OF
the road system, and also provides for the settle
ments which are to support them.
| have demonstrated the nationality OF this
work-ts practicablity- and the means in our
hands for making it j; J. do not eXpatlate upon lCs
Importance. w hen finished it will be the Anerl-
can road to Asia, and will turn the Aslatlc COM
MERGE of Europe through the heart OF our Amen.
ca. 1t will make the mistress OF that trade
rich at home and powerful abroad-and revlylng
line of oriental and almost fabulous cities TO
stretch across our continent-Tyres, Sldons, Pal
myrRe, BabeCs. Do we need any stimulus or
the undertaking Any other nation would so TO
war for the right OF making 1t, aud tax unborn
generations for its completion W have it with
out war, without tax, without treaty with any
Power; and when we make 1t all nations must
travel lC-Wltn our pefmlSslon-aha oehaVe the II,
selves to receive permission. Beside riches aud
power it will give a hold upon the good be-
Io,.;o NJ nation NV +l,a which If will
40 ~ H. "a ooi to Tlio
give US Oh tne SaIe, silort' ana Cned loo" ~ lU'
The work Is great, but nothing compared to our
means and to the magnitude Of the object, or TO
- -. 49, - 10 80 &c pr, Jh,C,ro Tho
Wilat was zone ny tte ihcds W cl" o0'"i0 INC
new world was discovered. Their two roads from
or;t, +o C,yco f+o GOV, notlino of n1onv shOrtar
NS"i'o W oU y" 5 . -. -,
ones were each nearly as long, ouI over more
and more connodions than the proposed system
~ 1nI fr, ti Afieei,r to The Pacific ocean.
ol Iodus Holu liie h!lsstASiPPi ~ 70 w ,N -
One Of our classic historians tPrescottj thus de-
scribes them: