The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1853-06-30
RAinfaoADr no TIuE PACIFIC.

County, No., 10 deliver speech at lhe
city OF Jefferson on the "Great Central
Highway TO The Pacific Ocean," replied
as follows:
GENTLEMEN When return to Mis-
souri, | shall DO myself the pleasure to
comply with your invitation, and speak to
you IN the subject you mention, that OF
The great road TO the Pacific Ocean. 1t
is a subject above party, and one on which
all the friends Of the State, and all the
friends TO the right location of the road
should exert themselves to get up the
proper spirit. and spread correct intorma.
tion, seeing the prodieious efforts which
are ma1ing 10 turn off the road into un-
natural. unfit and frontier routes, where
there is neither business nor travel. nor
any inducement for q road. nor coun
try fit to make il in. Formerly the old
idea of making road was 10 accommo.
date business aud lravel- to unile places
which had something 10 do with each 9th.
er--aDd TO unite them upon the shortest
and best roue. And this still seems to
be the popular i,lea-l mean the idea Of
the ppops--and in relation to this road
to the poc GC.
All thai 20 overland-whole generations
with their AuckS and herds-come 10 thu
lr0ntler oi Missouri 10 start. They all
come TO this 'ronlier. and they all keep Ms
near as possible to the straight linp 10 the
great point ol business and population in
California. This is the way the people
DO. Not one goes round by Albuqur'qur
and Sonora OH the south. or by Canaria
nd New Caledonia on the north. But
new notions have come about; and great
eifnrtS arp now made 10 make roads where
nobody goes. where there is no business
aud which are one Of them five degrees
aud the other ten degrees out OF the
straight, natural best aud proper Iine.
But my design in this answer TO your
letter is 10 speak To IA practical point and
TO remove some errors in relation TO In
dian tlIles on the line of The road west ut
Missouri and which were not cleared up
IN the debates on the Nebraska bill al the
last session Of Congress. II seemed L. br
taken for granted tat the whole countr,
out / the Rocky Mountains was covered
bv Indian lille not so the taCt-only a
sm Ill pant Of It. The case il this: Near
tlirty Years ago the United States exin.
gulshtd the Indian titles TO all this coun
try the Indians r' tanning small resrrva
lions. aud the rest being intended for en-
lgrdling tribes. of which only small part
(IirpctIy west OF MiSsouI has been al.
l"ltrd to them. lhe PawneeS reIi quish
ed all their titles S0nih the Great l'lottr'
and this went up tn the Rocky Mountains
tlry liking reserve on the n0rth side OF
the rver. he Kansas reIiuqu shed ali
as Tar as they CLAIMED to the head Of the
Kansas liver. and TO the dividing ground
brtwten Tie Kansas and ARKANSAS rivers
The Osages cedrd all the country on
both SIDES OF the Arkansas. and ou. IT,
| Red river. Out OF these cpsSions the
Kansas Indians received II slip thirty miles
wide "n the Kansas river, running above
the junction. oI the Republic au and Sno.
Ky llIi Forks, but including very little Of
those forks aud Ihe Osages reserved u
pa allelogram on the Arkansas. nearly op
p0,ir The south west corner OF the Stule.
The ShuwneeS aud Dtlawares have slips
assigned them adiolnin the Kansas res.
eIydlIHn on The north and suuh and hall
zen fragments OF tr beS have small
assignments souu on the Missouri line
south oI the Kansas. aud Scme on the
river north, and none running Tar back
The reservations aud assignments west
OF Missouri, II part OF the great territory
acquired from the Pawhees Kansas. and
OSageS; tuIurr south the Cherokees.
Creeks aud ChoetawS have il all; but
west from Missouri The large purchase re-
mains more than three iuurhs United
States territory, where cit z4ns may set.
lie without interference with Indian rights
The bounds ul ihe Indian lands can be ca
silly aSceItdned. aS they lie in the eastern
part OF the great territory, near to ouI
own settlements. All the lands uol IN.
CIuGed ia these Indian reserves aud
grants, are UniIed SIales territory. aud in
Two places II comes down to our buunda.
ry.-JLe between the Usage reserve. aud
the reserves aud grants OH the Kansas.
aud covering the upper waters Of the
NeoSho and Usage. and part Of the Smo.
ky Hill Fork; the other on the north ol
The klUkapoo grant. West OF The d fer.
Ell Indian grants aud eServes aIl is open
Out the mountains. THIS includes tine
country--lhe whole course OF the upper
Arkansas nearly the whole Of the Smoky
IllII aud Republican forks. Nth the Vcr.
million aud all the southern waters OF the
l'Iatte--and embracing land as fine III
any IN Missouri and valuable from its 10
calIly. The present Santa Fe road goes
through ii after merging from tho Shaw
nee grant; and the great Pacific Rail-
road, il ii takes the central route. will
traverse il from one end to the other
from the Missouri frontier TO the head Of
Ine lluertano about halt way TO CaliIor
nia--all Iieh land--and tha country so
broad and open that the engineer might
take his course for the road by compass.
dS ship takes her course St SEA.
Thus. three iourths of the country
which leS west from the Missouri ironlirr
oul to the Rocky MouusinS is Tree from
Indian idle; aud from IT'S BEAUTY. telth
~, Saubrily and geographical position
must speedily attract tue Pre'empter and
cullivalnI
Considering the settlement ofthis ooun
Try as intimately connected with the loca.
lion, construction aud support Of the