Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-02-16
From the New York Evening Post.
THE FORT KEAhNEY NEWSPAPER.

The second number Of the Nebraska Demo
crat, published monthly, has reached us The
appointment of q Col John Boulware, as post
master to Old Fort Kearney, which, under the
new name of Nebraska CITY, is looking for
ward to the prospect Of full blown civic deyel-
opment is, in addition to the existence of the
Democrat itself, an evidence that the way is
preparing for settlement and consequent civil
cation.
The Democrat, now in it's second monthly
appearance, Of January %, gives us some in
telligence about the Indians, who, for the pres
ent, are the lords of Nebraska. We have
already stated in the Evsning Post the fact
that Col. Gatewood had received orders from
Washington to assemble the Omahas, Ottoes,
Pawnees, Missoures, and the halfbreeds for
the purpose Of ascertaining the terms on which
they will SELL and to get the tribes to give GER
tam I chiefs pienary powers to proceed at once
to Washington, for the purpose Of concluding
treaties. We are authorized, stat. the Ne
braska Democrat, by Col. Gatewood, TO say that
the Ottoe and Omaha country will be open fer
settlement by the LIST of May next
The following account Of the country inhab-
tied at present by the Ottoe and Missouri In
dams is probably authentic, and accordingly,
valuable as well Us interesting:
The country inhabited by the Ostoes and
Missouries extends from the mouth Of the Lit
tie Nemaha, up the Missouri river to the mouth
Of the Nebraska or Great Platte river. and
west to boundary described in a convention
made with said tribe, September Is, 1888 The
country occupied by the tribe is the most de-
sirable portion of Nebraska Territory, having
q bountiful supply of timber, q soil unsurpass-
ed by any in the Missouri valley, whilst for
beauty Of scenery and pure water it il une-
qualled. Persons visiting this region can but
at once perceive the eligibility Of Nebraska
City formerly Old Fort Kearney) near the
centre of the river portion Of this country, and
in sight Of the States Of Missouri and Iowa,
whilst the landing is one Of the best on the
Missouri river, and the road from this point ora
Fort Kearney and Fort Laramie, to California,
Oregon, and Washington, is admitted to be the
best Of any across the continent. The situa-
tion of these Indians is truly deplorable We
are informed says the Democrat, by the old
pioneer, Col. Boulware 1.-THE postmaster at this
place. who came to this country in 1919, that
at that time the Ottoes had 500 warriors, and
were in a prosperous condition The whole
tribe now numbers less than 300 souls This
fact alone is a sufficient comment upon the
pernicious effects of contiguity to white settle
ments. 1t is fact notorious in this region of
country, that these Indians have for several
years desired to sell their present possessions
reports to the contrary notwithstanding, aud
it is equally well known that they will sell at
reasonable price,
MIR. Niles, the editor of the Weekiy Register,
entered into an elaborate calculation, in 1914,
to show that the distance between Buffalo, N.
Y, and New Orleans, 27i4 miles, might be
achieved in thirty days and eight hours for the
voyage down and in forty-six days for the pas-
sage up. What would be his astonshment,
could he revisit the earth, to find distance Of
nearly 5000 miles traversed, by the route he
suggested, in less than eight days.
The Toronto Coionist on the authority OF q
contemporary, states that Rev Eleazer VIII
liams, the supposed Bourbon, now on visit to
Caughnawaga, intends Offering his services to
the Indians, for claiming some indemnify due
to them by the Government Of Vermont; and
firmly denies that he had any participation in
the concoction Of the tale Of Mr.. Hanson,
about his pretended relationship to Louis XVI
The Excelsior, published at Rome, NY, says:
Measures are in progress for mass meeting
in this Congressional district to sustain inyio-
late the Missouri Compromise