The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-28
WAKARusA. K.NsAs. August 6,

WAKSRUsA, KANsAs, August s, 1854.
Onr p,epsstions for departure from Kansas into
The Territory were multi.rm. and We realized ff0m
ihcir coDpIeheD siveDess thss were 10 psnstrate
into the wilderness. Fret, twenty tents ware ar.
ranged for dispotal 10 the cspacous or tam; then
Sorts provisions according to the tastes q oar seven
Desses, cooking utennls, and our personal haGgAge.
At O'Clock In the even Dg Of July 70, ths train
started, guarded by tho pioneers, and passing
through puenaciOus and fire. dting Westpolt, with
out tie slightest disturbance, We halted Il the
night. The bowling Of soOe iDo6snsive pgeiRio
wolves arroufed NJ early, and We founs ourselves
within the boundaries of the "promised land"
Leaving the OK team TO plod IT. slow va. nest Of
the party, impatient TO arrive, chartered wagons
and ponies for the balance Of the journsy, 10 The
site near the wsharusa, which had BEEN sslscted
for our encaml msrt.
Leaving the western from Ter Of Missouri, ~ Ter-
ritory, through wide "trip on the soufAen DIDO
Of the Kansas river, u reserved 70 the Shawnee
Indian o. and IL OF course insccesdble - settlers.
We much regretted tsis, for the county fAr sxseed-
ed in msgnihctnce sn0 nauiy even our highly
raised anticipatoTs The road penetrates Or SKIRTS
the forest for fifteen miles after leaving Wcoport,
occasionally coming ont upon small ya1oh OF
fully cultivated . few acrea WITH the syssiasting
1noisn corn. His meseTe toll however, ahundantly
sIfices in this rch SOIL ana the stalhg hftem feet
high IN many placts. tower eigsnticaily along The
path like the vegetables Of Brobdiguags By tho
wsy these IndisDs mutt coin money aboss these
times from the crowds Of hungary emigrann who
pase through their land. 1.-Two bts," or twenty.
1--WE cents, they demand for small modila q
slore this road, say from wessport 70 Fot Riley,
ll5 miles, would be excellent investments, md ~
ceive sbundans patronage. ~
Occasionally the road passes over high rdgs,
and then the prospett IL charming indeed The
green frIDees 81 forest. He "A there gl9s0 4
oak ard walL ut stud the praties, which, c0vere4
with toll rank grass, roll IN vast undulataons 70 ths
horizon. At ODE point, before reaching The prairie,
high bluT rises NOT far from the river, am1dse an
ocean of foliage, and the vieW tberofrom recalled
vjy,dly to nv mind fbe farfamed prospeet nom
Ricbmord Hill, on the Thames. There was tie
sanc winding stream, the sans expanss 9! foliage
nellowir in the distance, spd Ielnoss slirliDg Of
green prairie looked not unlike the smooth Enghsh
lawn. But in one respe the resemblance faQed--
there was no graf city In tie distance, no sounds &
hum an activiiy enlivsnsd re rivsr I'd nc nesks
who may say e. at al this 70 still remote IN futurityf
The day Of civiza II for this glorious regiqn has
6awIed, and We were glad to thinh that W tteeted
s fertile plains snd hing psai, - tie so.G1nss
Al MIL Creek, 9ftsen miles ftop Wsstpwt, Ne
s sisys q woo % S dS sas ~ 49,
rom one ' swell T. another. y bccsHz vkss ss1
Gus homes fcr miiSnS st6S lasd, Tow tsslipg laxu-
risuily Nth rash pfaifis wsedsj wS0& s1S1d. The
0suolkNCy N URk1E 00Yp -
present thsn \ amply epoueh along her riXDrs fer
~ puipo.es teat even ths ls<gsss eha1grsea ''r
We passed the house Of The Rev. Thosnssy6Ansou.
The present dele0ate ID tCseNess. His heaso q
beautifully .Hss1sds end surg1Adsd. b. xSsasiv0
eroundss which eppear sen onldvnAea. n Wilder.
Hsts already b}gikS q |" blossom = ~ 1c1Sk tis
save hbF, hcwever, upca which Do stbs, IN
OPEN vinlssios q shs NJ ~ 1889, - ~ Nssnany
years owned and worked . lasgs numhespf n1pOeS.
Several mieionNy stations sre scitmrod aloeg The
road g ths Quaksf miAsoa We vse ho1pilsh'y en-.
ts,saiusAs I'd ast = or wSy MN sot6 = cordial
syupa1hy fsud sncdnlaU e. Forty p1D NEE
sured the dlgtance iron Res12Nt r. Waknun RI
yer, the bQundaxy beeaooa ~ ehayneq reooUst1C1
and chs ccuHtsy Cat ~ opsg - ssssJsdsnk u tho
psssene drsse6tie = n isassiecAss $500 bang
scn esly eiehfe0 iDches ~ vaess Wi -, and
not over twenty JNds acrees. ~ so@a, tin9s IL u
said to Be- q Il ss and f,rmidsbls nvey- o. tho
banks We bv6ssekel The secoed night 9hd early IN
the nospine a the 5lst W arrived aasns ehegm ~
Of he NEE ysIksy cty of Wskasuass for - ~ have
called Il. dx niIss hsyond The hyes, a. 80 pane
ma dhscsS o b. - ~ Kaas - rys. caA392Ns