The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-11-02

~ Inc Vi tHo AoAtNOig lOoNO9 ehO AtAiSsOeA'N
river, and runs due south. In the angle
formed by this line and the Kansas is the
Shawnees' permanent reservation of 200, |
ooOacres, embracing all the good timber and
choice land for forty miles up that stream.
The Osages, Kansas and other Indian tribes
also have large reservations in the Eastern
portion of the Territory South Of Kansas,
which circumstances will retard for some
time the settlement of that region. Along
the North side of the Kansas. the Wyan-
dots and Delawares have reservation
ten miles wide and extending forty miles
up that stream. The soil in the south half
of the Territory varies greatly in quality
A narrow strip of land on the Kansas and
Waukareusai is good and well covered with
timber, while those on the tributaries of
Usage and Neosho are thin, gravelly, and
badly timbered. The country suitable for
cultivation South Of the Kansas extends a
bout one hundred miles from the Eastern
boundary, including the Shawnees' reser-
vation
All these facts, in connection with the
great advantages the navigation of the Mis-
souri, for nine months the year, will give
to the Northern half of the Territory, will
throw the great centre Of lis business and
population considerably North Of Kansas
river. The great military road, used by
the government for tho transportation of
supplies to the posts of New Mexico, on
the Arkansas, and Fort Riley ON the Kan
sas is on the North side the stream, and
is said by those best acquainted with the
different routes, to be forty miles shorter
than any other. The Kansas river is nav
Eigablc for small class of boats for month
or more in the spring, but will not afford
sufficient facilities of transportation for the
country upon its bank
The Government posts, and the Santa
Fe, Utah, california, and Oregon trains will
! offer an excellent market for the surplus
1 grain and stock produced in the Territory
y for years to come. Beside these,t the Indian
/ tribes will be large consumers Of the agri
, cultural products of Kansas. Under the
new treaties they will receive larger annu
n ities than heretofore, and while these con
C tinue, labor with them is out OF tho ques
g ton.
: The soil on the Missouri, the Kansas, ,ant
I its tributaries in the Northern part of th,
/ Territory, for 15o miles West, is admirably
' adapted to the growth of hemp, being th'
/ rich, porous, 'mulattoe mould. The pc
d culiar nature Of this soil makes it very dc
y sirable for farming. In very wet seasons
:. the water sinks readily into its almos
: boundless depth, and leaves the surfac,
dry enough for the plow in a short perioc
0 after the heaviest fall of lain. For th
0 reason Il washes very little, and the run
a ming water in its vicinity is clear. From
+ its stores thus treasured up, it feeds tn,
: springs that abound ina soil Of this kind
i From the same treasury is drawn the mois
!, ture that imparts life and verdure to cult
e vate crops, wild grass and vegetation o
q every kind, when those Of other soils are
= burned up by long drought. The sam,
: soil produces corn, wheat, oats, and tn,
9 cultivated grasses in the highest perfection