New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-22

all surrlus especially since the e-'Ab-hnent OF Fort
Rv There arc three missionary stations, each about 20
r;, from II, Mays on Soldier, Mission and Shunganon
creeks attended seui-monihly and Their aggregate Cath
ol;, populaiion Is reported q 600.
Forr RILEY i. a military post at the Junction
., the two main branches of the Kansas River,
fcaloa Republican and Smoky Hill ForksJ 40
miles from For; Leavenworth; la'. 800 oJ 5' NJ
long ~ 80" W; elevation above the Gulf OF Mexico
sqe feet II established in the spring Of 1853, under
an act Of the last Congress- having been urgently recou
mordcd necessary the efficiency Of the service IN
that section II possesses exceien. military advantages,
being in the midst of fertile country which abounds in
timber building materials good water and grass Hence,
il is desrnble spot for permanent settlers who make
very profitable busrc furnishing the supplies OF sub
ence forage etc. required BY the garrison. and BY the
roons and emrran.s going California and NewMexico,
who will halt here At favorable OF the year the
Kansas River is nav.ablc TO this place. The original
plan of the conempaes barracks OF stone for eight
companies part which erected last year, s5Jl
and il il expected that the will be finished this
mer with all such other buildings barns stables, grana-
aries &C. as necessary for large mounted force.
According 20 the report Of November 1885, three conpa
mics of the Sixth Infantry, under Capt C. s. Lowell were
then stationed at this fort which another would soon BE-
added making the complement OF sixteen officers and two
hundred and twenty eight Thi. vicinity Of the june
Grand Point near which is Methodist mission.
FoRr ScoTr formerly post.ofiice and military post
and established about sI4 is the Marmton creek or
river small branch OF the Usage River, some eight
miles west of the Missouri State Line, and boundary Oh
Bates County. The amount of military force mere
stationed a. reported in lsis when under the conf
mand Of Captain s Burbank, and in 1850 under Brevet
Major A. Cady, one company; IN leo2 mere
were three companies numbering H. under Major W. r.
49, iravyr andtr
ferred to Fort Riley and other western posts This place
is attended as missionary station at least month
BY the Catholic clergy from the Usage Mission on the
Noosbo River from which it is distan: IS miles.
The BAPTIST MISSION AND LABOR SCHOOL among the
Pottawatomios in the part Of that nation, has at
many times been very hourshng condition, and re-
ported as having done much good any other mission
in the Indian territory. Ii is under the direction OF the
American Indian Missionary Association of Louisville,
Ky and under the superintendence of Rev. David Ly'
kins who enjoys great popularity with the entire tribe
This worthy missionary formerly conducted the WEA
AND PIAyEEsHAw MISSION AsD School, or HARVEY
INSTITUTE in the Usage River Agency.
The CATHOLIC Usage MssIos on the Neosho River,
- miles from Fort Scott is of the largest missions
and schools in Kansas 1t commenced in ls47, the
boys school having been opened May and the girls
school Oct 10 of that year. The experiment proved 80
successful that more ample buildings needed which
were built in ls4s and $50. The Rev. John Schoenma-
kor has been the Superior Of this mission from Its com
moncement He is assisted by two other cergymcn Oh
the Society of Jesus and by several lay brothers Ser
mons are preached in Usage and English There are ten
missionary stations at many different Indian villages
within sixty miles attended monthly from this mission.
The Catholic population of this District reported 10 be
between COO and 700 and that Of the upper country at
600 Attached to the mission is Manual Labor School
! 4, 4, npoft rho Kat
the Rev. Theodore Holman and eight lay brothers, who
attend TO the farm gardens and household business
| During the past year thiry-nine Usage boys were
admitted of whom thirty-four in constant attend
ance The school lately received important accession
bv the United States Governments transferring In April
1853 the Quapaw school to this Ofthe QuaFaw children
eighteen attend at the male department. The latter IS
under the care of the Sstes OF Lortto eight in number
formerly from Kentucky -Mo,her Concorda, Superior
The number of girls during the year ending Sept l. 1885,
WAS 30 and "a of these attended constantly The girls
have improved very rapidly, and are daily Instructed IN
household business fine sewing, working on lace ana en-
broidery painting in oil and water coors, etc
ELM GROVE. or ROUND GROVE, is a noted camping
place on the Santa Fe road twenty-five miles from West.
port No. in lat 3so 49, IL" N, and lon. 9io IS 81 W.
Col Fremont enc ,mped here May 81 ls43 at the CON-
menceent of his second expedition. Traders often To-
cate here for in the prosecution OF their
business.
Council GROVE a noted stopping place on the great
thoroughfare to Santa Fee contains some han dozen
trading houses missionary establishment and school,
two blacksmith shops, &c.
FoR1 mann on the north side of the Arkansas River,
wenty -four miles above steamboat navigation was Tor
mery military post the Santa Fe route 1t was Is
tabshed abou. ls45 but discontinued upon the cree
,on of Fort Atkinson at the main crossing of the Ar
kansas.
WALNUT CKrEK p. o.. at the mouth OF Walnu. Creek,
entering Ark ansas River established in May 1853,
mon the abandonment of Fort Atkinson and Samuel g.
Mason who had been Postmaster at Fort A. appoint
ed for this Office This place Possesses the advantages OF
fine Grazing excellent water, and comparatively good
supply Of timber. AT this point or vicinity, new militia
~ post WAS established in June, 1885, by the removal
hitler of Company D. Fifth Infantry from Fort Atkinson
tis considerable distance this side about- sixty miles,
and is eighteen miles from Pawnee Fork.
FoRr ATKINSON at the crossing Of the Arkansas River,
on the Santa Fe route, formerly Post-Offce and
military post 1t established as such in the summer OF
1850 after had been the ground Of treaty talk with the
Indians held by Mr. Fitzpatrick in June Of that year, a.
mentioned in the account of Big Tinbers II was at
| frst called the New Post and then Fort Sumner
before the Of Fort Atkinson, which was in
ISL During 1850 and ISL there was but company
stationed here under the command OF Breye It. Col Hof-
man. which inadequate to the wants Of the service in
this section and hence Mr. Fitzpatrick who visited il in
ISL reported it as small insignificant military station,
beneath the dignity of the United States and at the mercy
AMI forbearance of the Indians, etc. This Indian
agent came there on June l. of last year, to hold
talk with the tribes Of that region inviting them to be
present at the treaty at Fort Laramie in September fol-