Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1852-1853, 1853-09-15
annlbaI Wholesale Market.
IIBAL, sEPTEMBER 2, !

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booking R-Fine City Brands, 81
,yiite II Superfne, 60 81 5os$i rs.
sAT-6Oas5c p bushei-s5 cts, for New whel
~" N-25635c r bushel. Z.
1881 se' 's--2Oc q bushel
ithc rclP-Good- 81 ID cwt
Ia biliSACCO---S2 5O9S5 90 p cwt.
r.. y T-Raas%hs t-'a4SS q fS'; 4So; G. a. 49,
I'D -7gs{c 2 H.
Hall ELOW-6l1sc q n.
lioa LARN MEAL-45a50c q bushel.
iqiif,,fiA fiAXSEED-75d90c @ bushel.
(, l,,,,A II 20G35c q n.
w gER-s9l2fc. y ID.
lie reat-sc q dozen.
Iog this hts-Dried, S 10; Green, 5o96o.
s5s1sa5 prdctlsIIiseSS n y 0oSS'-h0ns'
lE.dir lribes 10 o5IaE-fneTT- cons. .pfN
~ 4ation o. Terriional Goyerpmsn3
leytngutst sbesr Gtle 70 the land ia VII d.
part su ihat Whit men might settle n.ssa
is laot weA known that much the largest pr
ltio Of TIritory Of any value{or agSi s'r'r'irai
purposes ~ Ia t1e poss esSjon oEs'e Indians andi
lGleif lands sre designatrG BY metes and bounds
llHjeed / s,nY informed bygenilemen who have
texhlore84he whole coantry and know all about
itsfiid with the exception ol narrow strip on
tae banks Of lhe Missouri river from the mouth
Iol thc big Siou:sto the Kansas. there is but lit
lie Land upon Shlch eiIr- people could or would
settle Dr a,grienfliral puIPoses.--Thent there isl
la pond CRY upon he Kansas on both sides
las Ffti, ~ iAt INV oil INV uDOQl DclnH eB-i
sablished. Then again there is some good eoan-
try ON the head waters Of The Usage ana onl
Neosho and other small streams which diseharqel
themselves into the Arkansas. But nearly AMI
this country is lald off by meteS and bounds tol
various Indian tribes viii appear by Col. Benz
tons map when il shall be Autographed and dis
tsibs'tsd. Rnt mare Of fhis mapthrfore | havet
done. Now one thing | do know, that some
years ago delegation Of Wyasslois exploredl
that very country on the kunsas and the streams
above mentioned to ascertain whether they could
select 10000 acres OF hand or Whereabouts 10
which under treaty they were eAtltled Tor lbel
Sc Element Of their ~ tribes. They repor,-i
ed that they could tind no country there lpont
which shey gould setile. That there was moi
good Agricultural land enough together Tor thef
subsistence oI their small tribes, about seyenI
hundred IN number, men, women and children
and they were too weak 10 scatter their settle (
ments and defend themselves against the wild
tribes, They then purchased a9 sections from
the Delawares at the mouth Of the Kansas where
they are now settled. In ons wordy / have been
told often and egain by gentlemen who know. Z
That IN all the country called Nebrask-, that
there Is not as much good illpble hand as lhereis I
IN The siN counties constituting the Plato ooun-
~ And many persons IN this assembly know \
that tllis information is substantially correct. \
Thea take cut the country anaaly occupied byl
he Indians, how much gp.l land viii there De |
open iog settlement, evea il Col. Benton
view Of the iaw be forfscis
thought and sliiSshiel; that the first step 10
be taken ! totrsat wKsthe lndiaps lrsi, 20 OBJ
ain thSir conseUt to7hs organiz-,ion of gov-l,
smmsnf and The oessida q al or & part Ofl
her lshas. II
Then again,I had great doubts whsgAe =
would be TO the interest oi the SlaeySg Nilsson \
d, and PWticularly Of the Western a Frenus'