The Kansas herald of freedom., 1854-10-21
The 4tsraio Of Freedom.
Wakarusa, saturday, October q, 81.
Kansas Territory.

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evidently from some other paper, bu'
without credit:
Kansas. SAYS the writer, extends between
the parallel Of 37de-. and 40deg. north
latitude, 92d and l07th meridian west
from Greenwich. comprising about forty
millions Of acres; one-fourth Of which is
barren plain and mountain; and all the
i large remainder an unddlating succession
of fields Of living yerduTe hedged with
woodIand-the most desirable country
climate and all tbiDgs considered, any
where between the Allegheny and the Pa
cifc.
A million Of these acres were ceded by
the Delawares, Kickapoos and Weas, in
HAY, 1853, To be sold at auction for their
benefit, after deducting the cost OF surrey
ing. The pioneer, therefore, who would
make certain Of his Pre- emption, must oh
tain a copy of this treaty, if he would
squat" inteIligenlly. Ii is not, however,
Of any real importance, Is fee Of ten dol
lars will propitiate the owning tribe, snd
fall three years must eiapse before the
lands can come into iuarket-so low Is the
surveying into counties, towns, and quarter
sections, a process dependent upon the in
das,ry of official and clemenci,-s al weath-
er. No instance is on record IN which a
similar work has been effected III less than
four wears. When exposed Ia sale, tKa
settler is entitled Ia the first bid; and
should another tfespass "G i,l premises,
ali arrow placed over the cabin door is a
significant hint that "first right must te
respected foJ there the imperial rule ot
"squatA 5oyereignty" IS supreme.
En64cing thirty miles We6i Of the Mis-
sour he aud an equal distance south OF
kansas River. is The Shay nee Reserve, for
which a treaty rs now III progress, by
nhich it Is contemplated to distribute two
hundred acre to each Indian with power
to sell. This district Is OF alternate prairie
and timber. rolling, well watered, aud Of
surprising beauty and pr5d'ietiyeness.
The WaEarusa Creek, whose atfiuentS
rise along the dividing ridge of the Neo-
sho, flowing northeastwarJ, enters the
Kansas near The western limit of the Shaw
nee Reserve; and eight miles beyond, the
first company of the Anti Slavery league
have built in rich, romantic country, con
tanning limestone, sufficiency OF building
stone, clay for brick, sand, caal mines, and
other requisites for a sudden and brilliant
prosperity The Wakafusa, like most
other western streams, is at places deeply
mdented, cleayiug its hanks canalhke, and
revealing a tat black loan, FIVE feet ia
depth.
The kansss, OF kaw. as ii is there fire.
quentIy called Is the important river of
that part of the Territory destined TO easy
settlement. 1t is SIX hundred yards al the
mouth. and ranges from four hundred To
two hundred feet in width for several hun
dfed miles above During five months Of
the year it is navigable for steamboats,
iar two hundred miles; aud while the an
nua freshet lasts, which usually comes as
early as June. may te ascended distance
of six hundred miles. The Excel is re-
ported to have made six ttiF this season,
in these waters, The buffalo aud cal fish at
IAN a weight of from thirty to one hun
died pounds; and the numerous tFibuta-
ries abound in perch, bass, roach, bullheads
DC.
Here and throughout the region of tall
grass which spreads two hundred miles
westward, there is wild game enough to
amuse generatian of Nimrods; deer, rae
"7ons, opossums, squirrels, rabits, turkeys,
geese, ducks, prairie fowls, partrdges and
pheasants are all about, and their name is
legion.
Studding the banks Of the rivulets and
III clumps on the prairie are peach trees,
several varieties of plnms, wild cherry, the
delicious rawpaw, persimmon, hazle-nut
ant hickory, white and black walnut, but
ternut gooSeberry, haw, and OF all nuts,
tie unapproachable pecan; with festoons OF
grapes OF different kinds, ani meadows Of
strawberries raspherries, AMI Others OF the
'geihc race"
The soil IS also well adapte1 to The cnl-
tire Of The apple, pear and current, and
produces evubersnt crops Of wheat, hemp,
corn buck1heat, oats, rye, lrish aud sweet
potatoes, tobacco, aud all the vegetables of
tie Eastern and Middle States.
In the forest are nearly ali the trees Of
value which line the eastern ACTIVITY of
the Alleghenies-such a5 oak, birch, beech,
maple, sycamore, linden, ash. honey locust,
mulberry aud that sentinel Of alithe Rocky
ld'untain rivers, The stately cotton wood.
TO say no5hing OF certain groves OF black
jack, so dinlinutive, gnarled, knobby. and
all Of a twist, that they do-to admire,
Such Is prosaic summary of the data
from which the fsTmer-likeindiyiduai may
best judge of the large advantages aud
wealth Of promise unfolded hy that part
of Kansas lying nearest TO the old metes
and bounds ofcivilization.
As to the emigrants bugbear of fever
aud asue, there is some Of that, for l re-
member to have seen Shawnee Woman
shake, but Eot to pieces; moreover, ague
IN the west Is like cholera ia a city-you
hear most Of il at distance. Few other
diseases spe IN vague, seeing the institu
tons OF French cookery and medical col
leges arc not to be introduced.
The climate is pleasant and healthy. =
To he sure Old Bofeas comes with regtI
Iar northerner, m-oecasionally but gen
orally, the winter is Of brief duration, with
bnt few inches Of snow; as indeed the
same parallel 10 the West, is always sever
al degrees miller than by our eastern sea
board. And the ardent noon-time in sum
mer is tempered hy the soft south wind !
from the Cordilleras and refreshing show
ers accompanied with such unpatented
thunder and lightning as modern melo-
drama will never initiate. Thea of even
lngs IN August, the full roand moon viii |
foat up Its path of mellow splendor, until /
the ou,looker Is drunk to the spirits core
with The red glory That floods hall the
heaven. Such nights are not to he enjoyed
anywhere else this side the Rocky Noun