The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1853-09-17
NL-'RASh4 IND 7NE RAILROAD WEST
From tie .Ne,c- York T7,p,,

OF Nebraska. When its boundaries were tix.d
they were supposed to include little els, than
the tracts secured bv treaty TO several tribes
OF Indians and their common huntinr,rouuG,
grounds which the States had reserved for
the specific purpose of locating other tribes.
as the East should close in npon and force
them. westward. But the stalwart Colonel
consultS the commissioner of Indian Afl,,ir>
and Is happily surprised to find that not near
SO iar@e,a portion OF 1t as Is generally >uppos-
eds. IN the Possession of the Indian tribes ::
and as to the rest, since it belongs 10 the Gos-
ernment. people have perfect right to settle
there As fast as they choose Nobolv denies
that the States own the land. and whatever
they hold by clear and indi>putable lc,tcar
not but that the citizens of the States NAV
press IN to occupy.
Senator Atchi,on has lately been visiting
the western part of his State, and talkinr
these matters over with the very men, who
most OF all, MAY be supposed To hc Interested
in them. But he iancics a different policy.
He objects to pcoplin. Nebraska for two rca-
SONS which, there, may seem reasonable
enough; but anywhere else will seem weak
enough. The western frontier of Missouri
has been built up and wonderfully enriched
iy hat Nf,l.
the West it no longer possesses the frontier
and must lose the prime cause of it, present
growth Again all public lands have been
earned hv the JOINT lahur> of Shareholders and
Observation-Disclosures. He cannot consent 10 build
West, as she now Is bounded on the North
and Ea>t,-a State 10 which the test pat OF
his constituents are tVrci,i'lcn TO cimi.rat,
with their property. With others, too. hy
sees in this great Territory. which luok> =
larGc on the map, one grand, tar-rea-h3n-
desert only. Col. Benton has secured thr
publiration Of an official map OF the lnliai
Reservations Takln. thi> 9.th meridian a,
a III, idin- line. the St Louis Intelligence,
>aN> that westward. the whole trlc: between
the Platte aud the Rcd Rivers i another "a
hara. There Is no wood Ia hr found there,
neither Is there soil. nor water t" irri.arr il:
\ few ua>rs >;ld this desert; a few crcra>
make lev acres otit iolr'ahlr fer settlement
bu, the company that could >ul,>i>t om these
would hr at the mercy OF ANY Wamirrim.
horde ui >avaMc> who miuht Venture t. cr,'>>
the coun;rr And eastward. "A tr,,-i laI -r.
than the State OF ConnrcllcUt would co,rr
all the Valuable land within ;hc !ine OF NJ
bras IA
But Col Benton sends ont his explorers Ia
see where the buiillocs herd they never
choose country that is not shaded. watcrcd.
;,nd fertile In the National Inteli -rurrr 81!
the 9th. We have fresh news from rh,>, de
voted explorers ot hi. They had already re-
ported that they found the desert west OF thr
g.th degree a very fruitful one. Thcv have
threaded the pass without diirult,. and re-
port that 50 far As a look at the land IN md
summer can Justify the conclusion, 1t Is Just
the country to buid railroad i'll. SuIcriE-
tendcnt Bralc writes ON the 5uth OF Junr
from the Great Colorado OF the Nest that h,
ha, crossed the divorce line that divides til,
waters OF the Atlantic from those of .hc Pa
citic, and found no,hin. Vet 10 interfere wit!
the ueditatrd Central Route. An accidcnta
loss OF their equipments III crossing the Griiit
River fork OF the Colorado obliged the >u
rerintendcnt to halt, while MIR R-., an,
Harris Heap went back 10 Taos for >nppllc>
Mr. Heap, in returning, g,pasted throu. h anoih
er gap, almost as good as the gardcn-iih'
Coo-cha-tope, anu from Taos, Ncw-MeAico
he writes that in going westward d gain, ,hc Wi
traverse still another pass.
The Colonel is In cc>ta>ics. OF course. Iii
explorers have passed through all the debate
able .round. and not vet reached a. counfr.
too poor for the buiialocs 10 herd IN. 1hi
the Route for Summer Is practicab,c,L Il, hold
; TO be settled; and as for Winter, how i, look
from out OF killing snow-storms, and how /
can bc threaded when the snow blocks up th
vallevs.-that, Fremont will attend t.. Gen
Rusk must hurry up his lanS. and hasten /
the favorable reports. or the Central Route /
the Pacific will have stolen the affections oi
l the people Such enthusiasm a> Col. Benton
Is contagious.
Let it not be supposed. however. that tii
: friends of other locations for Pacific railroad
ale asleep BY WAY OF the 81. Louis RcpUt
lican. We have intelligence that the part. IN
der command of Gov Stevens, oi Washing
ton County, had arrived at Fort | MON, &"
the Yellow Stone. The full reports viii l.
ready for Congress. We doubt not, by fc"fd
arv next. Meanwhile there Is little enroul
: aucment for this extreme northern route
be gathered from these published nole>-
The party divided itself into three detat'i
. ments. Lieut. DoNELsoN went,->ur'eHlh
+ carefully as he went,-up the Missouri to til
t, mouth of the Yellow Stone, Lieut.. GROVE
t exnlored the Mouse River Valley To the Gran
It Cot.au de Missouri: the Governor travci -
$ the Cheyenne Valley, and those 'aIie,
c through which its tributaries seek the I"'n'
: River. They travelled, in the 700 miles
: their route, eight days without seeing 'Fe
!, They found much OF the land bo"-f anu ''i
a. IL ,.,.,I,,,,.I Th,. H.. uuiifruu has l,I