The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-11-08
Extract from n Letter Oft. ID. Cukiis'
innings, Acting Governor Of Nc
bPaSka Territory.

Governor Burt is at Beileview, six miles
below. saw him yesterday. He Is slow
ly recovering from severe attack Of bill
jous fever, and is still unable to talk, except
for few moments. OF course nothing can
be done until he is on his feet, which will
probably be in about eight or ten days.
take this occasion to say that, in my opinion,
Cover nment has never made more fit ap.
pontment. A Governor is apt to stamp the
impress Of his character upon the whole
Territory; and if Jotihg Nebraska shall al-
ways reflect and display the manliness and
hgh-toned honor of its present Governor,
its friends will assuredly be more than salts.
fled. have never met man who impress
sed me more fuvorably than Governor Burt.
Plain, prompt, cordial and chivalrous, he
seems to unite the characters of warm
hearted southerner and hardy westerner;
and compound these two with superior tall
ent, and business aptitude, and where will
you find union more perfect! But, upon this
subject, perhaps it does not become me to
grow eloquent. .4
On my way out, | met man returning
East from Nebraska, who gave as his reason,
that he was required to take an oath, before
settling, that he would vote for the introduc-
ton of slavery! l have only to say that
this is utterly absurd. No one here dreams
that Nebraska will ever hold slaves, nor is it
supposed that Kansas will. The few aboli-
tionists who are interested in making such
statements. will live, and become appropri-
ately altered, so that they can see their own
ears, before they will witness such phe-
nomenon. No! Nebraska will most assur.
edly bring to us ssterhood of free States,
and not only so, but they will come in un.
contaminated with Disunionsm or Fusionisn
and their pilots, as they enter upon life's
stormy sea, will fix their eyes steadily upon
the compass of the Constitution, which has
thus far led the ship of the Federal Uuion
in safety, and in triumph! .f.
OF Nebraska. as mentioned at first, can
say but little. In my next will endeavor
to give particular description of some of
the settlements already commenced, and of
the general character Of the country. Ii
will probably be more satisfactory to your
readers if | wait for actual observation. g..
At present, however, it may be we'll to
say, that the enumeration OF inhabitants
will commence in a few days, and that
the location of the temporary territorial Cap-
itol will not be made for some weeks.
The Indians are located at present as fol-
lows: The Omahas, four miles southwest
Of Omaha City, and numbering about 600;
the Ottoes, on the south bank of the Platte,
and numbering about 400; the Pawnees, ten
to thirty miles Of Belleview, numbering
1000; the Sioux, in the far north, and num-
bering more than all others put together
By a late treaty, the Omahus, Ottoes and
pawnees are all removed--leaving the coun-
try on the Missouri, for two tiers of coun-
ties at least, perfectly free for entrance and
unmolested possession by the emigrant
| will write again in a week or so,
and perhaps in manner more satisfacto.
ry. Yours,
T. B. CUMMING.
p. ST. may add, by way of postscript,
for the encouragement of those who have
been looking to Neb' aska, that l am most
agreeably disappointed in every respect
Every conveyance from the East is loaded
with passengers, anxious to make claims, or
to invest in the new towns. Great rewards
are in store for those who are here ut the
commencement Building is rapidly going
on at the principal town sites, and the coun-
try is claimed for six miles back. Omaha
City, opposite, contains now about twenty
five houses, nearly all of which have been
erected in the last two weeks