The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1854-05-30
The American Camel Company.

An effort is about to be made says the New York
Times, to complete the formation of Company Tor
the purpose Of introducing into certain portions of
this country, to which it is as yet stranger, the
Camel-the most useful and valuable animal Of Asia
and Africa. The project has received the sanction
and recommendation of the War Department, az
calculated to facilitate and insure with certainty
and economy the transportation Of supplies to the
frontier posts and outlying commands, scattered al
long intervals the line Of southern and so"'"
western borders. Presented in IA more compre"e"'
sive aspect to the Legislature Of this oIae' ''
ceived the unanimous endorsement of the 0e'e '''"
was ad,pted by the Assembly with about equ'' Gu
.o.,..u.n,o,, anil approval A charter was granted
-, -. u,,.r,, features, and books will be opened
G. .,,,,,c,;,,n to the capital stock, which is fixed
q, the commencement at one hundred thousand dol
lars, with the privilege Of increasing to three times
that amount, il deemed expedien,.
We are not sufficiently familiar with the country
which it is proposed to supply with this new mode
Of transport, to express any opinion as to the 'eas-
biii,y Of the project. gentleman who has made
the subject one of special study. aud who, is only
u.t to add is interested in the scheme, hands US the
following memoranda concerning it,
There are vast regions of country, especially
amo ,g our newly acquired possessions, where the pc
cularties of the camel give it the advantage over
ALI other animals Patient, docile and strengths
great strength enabling it to carry burdens varying
from five to fifteen hundred pounds, at the rate oil
from 25 to 40 miles day, and for many successive
days-it finds food and sustenance in the stuned veg
citation from which the horse' the mule M: m tn" ok
tSsn @ %h s@ Se SIX n and DAYS time
and this quality alone, in the Southwest, where fre-
qucnty nothing but the sanes or salt pools are to be
met with over distance OF foIn 90 ~ 90 miles, and
which no animal but the Camel will drink sos"'" 80
mark il as the animal destined by nature for just such
regions. II braves all weathers and 's eqa'y SER
viceable in all climes. II is long lived, not eas'y
susceptible to disease and spends its last breath ~
the service Of its master. Some varieties are 10 no
feet that they will perform journeys OF from lou to 2Oo
miles dav and by the Of these the outrages OF
our border Indians would speedily and efectua'ly Ike
stopped. The reports Of the different exploring par
ties throughout the lying between the Msss-
spu; and the Pacific Ocean, demonstrate the need Of
some other means Of transportation than those now in
use, and the peculiar fitness Of the camel Tor that
object.
Mr. Bartlett the late Commissioner for running the
boundary line between Texas and New Mexico. and
the adjoining States of the Mexican Territory,
strongly urges the introduction Of the Camel.
The results Of the British armies in India. and OF
the French in Agicrs establish its value Tor all mil
iary purposes, while the experience oil All past ages
from ihe Patriarcha down. reveals the important
part performed by this most useful Of animals in the
extension of commerce throughou the vast portions
Of the older continent. The route Texas from
the Gulf of Mexico the Pacific corresponds precise
" in climate and sell with portions of Africa, where
the camel is the universal beast Of burden and OF
travel.
In view of these advantages and OF others which
might easily be added, it altogether desirable
therefore, that the project Of introducing them into
this country may meet with favor, and we can hardly
doubt that if literally and nclIigently undertaken.
the enterprise will confer both fame and fortune upon
its projectors and friends.