The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-18
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Journey from Ner FORK to the Eansas VaiavA-
Choiera Reports at st. Lo~is--Scemey On tSe
Banks If tie Mssouri-4An Indian Village me
Ftrtissy of Kansas. 4ttss.s.
After near two thousand miles Of comfort-disi-
patiDg travel. we find ourselves now resting amsax
the rich old forests and smiling valleys Of Kansas
To many purposing migrating hitherward, bsisf
description Of the journey, prior to entering upsa
. general view Of the country, might mot sene
amiss
We left New York in the evening train for But.
falo, via Hornellsville and the Buffalo and New
York city railroad, reaching Buffalo at about aine
O'Clock on the following morning From here yea
have choice of two routes, Michigan Souttem
or Michigan Central Railroad, to Chicago. We tex
the former, crossing Lake Erie, starting ct nins
O'Clock p. H. and arriving OF the steamboat landing
ct Monroe in time for dinner on the following day.
and continuing on the Michigan Southern snA
Northern Indiana Railroad to Chicago, arriving
there at about midnight on the second day frsa
New York. Across Southern Michigan the travellsr
finds not much Of interest. After the first twenlve
five or thirty miles Of swampy prairie, you rsash
what ID apparently the richer and better part e
the State which continues until near the State lire
Chicago lies upon an apparently broad prasri4
the Bisssii House-ss poor specimen * hotels Il
ever graced business city. From Chicago ~
took the Chicago and Aurora Railroad to Ia 6aliN
Ill, and from thence down the Illinois river 20 &
Louis, arriving there on Saturday morning. Froa
Chicago to L. Sale you pass over an slmsse
lnhr0ken prairie country For the first few miIostho
novelty makes It quite pleasant, but gradually
winch
sge far out on the PRAIRIE respectable In size, yet
possessing not shade tree Of size sufficient to kdo
your face. Tho trip down Illinois river, notwitA-
standing Its low, heavily timbered swamps. which
skirt either shore nearly the whole way is not With
out interest, interpreted Il Is, BY little towns
whose names are familiar a. household words t.
every schoolboy.
steamer ashore, hitch the bow line to Q tree, aad
take on board Q few hundred bushels Of corn. At
Rome you land Hoosier and baggage; ct PekiA
yon put on few of McCormick's reapers. That
little group Of log cabins on our left ia Liverpool:
whilst = little below are Havana and Point Isabel
You stop moment at Versailles, at Naples, 6
Florence, and at Montezuma.
Atst. Louis We found steamer ready to start Up
the Missouri river, and, notwithstanding dire no
ports concerning the cholera, we took passage. On
our second day mp the river it broke out in its
death.dealing character, and on the second night
French lady died. At midnight, in lone forest.
glare OF pine torches, we buried her In rude pine
box. Atdsyhght the next morning, q German kdy.
(but short time married, and migrating with her
same rude manner vas buried in the via s wood be
low Jefferson City: At night, by torchllght, again
We buried q third, and on the following day .
fourth; then It seemed to subside, although maz9
cases. and deaths were reported rs, until we b.
came quite familiar with the scourge. r..
The sceneryup the Missouri river Is quite pleasaat.
although the journey is quite tedious, il requiring
from ten to furteen days to reach Council Biu1S
from st. Louis, owing TO the rapidity Of the current.
From Kansas river New Yorker or eastern man
begins to feel lively interest. just below tie
mouth Of the river and near Kansas village. NO ~.
ticed an sncampment Of Mormons, preparing to start
for the Salt Lake. Their appearance denoted po-
very and hard usage; many We presume will nsver
reach the first five hundred miles.
the r. thing which strikes your attention Is an In
dian village known - the Wyandottc Settlement.
composed Of some twenty or twenty five log houses
surrounded BY apparently welltilisd farms. Hsre
you see the Indian In his more civilized state snd
even are objects of pity Along up the river
TO this point you see them sometimes decked out IN
their fnery, standing motione@ on shore, gazing It
our vessel as It gdes past. The country around 6ero
for thiry square miles belongs to the United states.
and is worked to some extent for the benefit of the
United States troops. The land around here. q
well az through nearly all Kansas Is excellent. and
be found in some parts Of Nebraska. The abolition
Iortion Of the North may, however, rsst contentsd
bat Kansas at least will bea slave State poor adde-
headed Greeley and his shouting clan to the contrary
Lotwithstar ding. We may safely say we think that
etter, richer, loveer land we never yet have seem
Corn and corresponding crops, require merely one
ploughiDg and no hoeng to produce double or nearly
so, the same extent in the North. Fort IcavenWorth
is the finest location for future town we have yet
seen.
Tomorrow start for Nebraska, from whence
may write you again. J.WP.