The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-04
Inquiries and Answers.
MELRosE, H., June 90. 1855.

NR.EDIfoR--DEAR SIR There Is
company ofpersons here who wish to emf
gratc to Kansas or Nebraska from this
| place, and it MAS Thought prud sat to ad,
dress you. for the purpose OF making some
Inquiries as to your country; You viii
Esheresore cenfer q great favor on rs BY
answering the following interrogatories
When s1tfere prospect Of the
lands of Kansas coming into market?
9. What is the general appearance of
the country Is it level or billy, prairie
or timber? if timber, what kind of tim
Der is il?
8. Is the country well watered? Are
there many springs. brooks. creeks
rivers, &c?
4. What kinds of grains yield the best
crops? and especially, does wheat pro-
duce well?
5. Are there any mills, or good situa-
tons for mills-that is, viii the streams
afford good water power9
6. Is it generally healthy, and what
are the prevailing diseases. and are you
well supplied with physicians?
Z. Are there many Indians in the vi
cini.y of your city. and are they gener-
ally peaceable?
Q. Would a company of farmers and
mechanics be likely to do well by coming
to that place. and at what season of the
year would it be best 10 COME? and what
kind of stock had they best bring with
them9
9. Could company of farmers, me-
ehanies, and a physician, locate TO good
advantage in the vicinity Of Lawrence
city?
BY answering theabove. with any other
information which you may be in pos
session of, that would be of advantage to
the cmigrant, You will confer great IA
yor to several citizens.
H.. B. HIBBARD.
We believe all of the above interroga-
tories have been fully answered in previ-
Gus numbers Of the HERALD OF FREEDOM,
and it seems ike recapitulation to an
swer them in detail. Persons wanting
information from this region should or
der file of the Herald from dan. lst- to
July 1st, which viii cost only dollar,
besides the postage and then they viii
be thoroughly advised on all the various
subjects of which they would feel dis
posed 10 inquire.
I
To think of giving a correspondent in
telligent answers to SO many questions in
a letter of the usual length is quite pre-
posterous, aud to descend to minutia is 4
greater tax on time than most persons in
Kansas can submit to. We are disposed
to crafty our quefist as far as possible,
consequently have written him at length
and conscious tl.at this number of the
paper may fall into the hands of other.
twho have not been constant readers of il
from It's commencement, ne shah publish
the substance, of our answer here.
]. 1t is not probable that land Office
will be opened in Kansas until tie sur
fveys are completed in the eastern part OIL
the Territory, which will not be the case
before the spring or summer of next
year.
2. The country is high and rolling,
with no wet and low lands in it. The
banks of the streams, whether great oil
SMALL. are invariably high, and along the
Kansas river the country back from the
friver, particularly from Big Blue to Fort
Riley appears hilly. Prairie greatly
lprepohderates. though there is some
timber along The ravines and river bot
toms. The timber is mostly cottonwood,
| blank walnut, oak and blackberry, spe-
eies of ash. An eastern man, accustom-
ed to the forests of New England, says
there is no timber here. An Ohio pio-
neer. says it is scarce, but they can get
along very well with what there is by
using it prudently. An Illinois settler,
accustomed for years to the prairies OF
that State. says timber is plenty, and he
wonders that people complain so much
1about its scarcity. This viii account for
the conflicting statements which have
lappeared in the eastern journals about
this country.
3. The country s,not wcH watered, on
the contrary it is scarce in many places,
though it can be obtained for domestic
uses in abundance by digging from twen-
fly to seventy-fvo feet. 1t is hoped that
artesian wells ultimately be found
practicable. Springs are usually found
in the rayines, and from these are formed
brooks &C., but they are not as numer-
ous as is desirable.
/ 4. Corn aud grass viii be the staple
crop, though there is no doubt but wheat
win yield well by suitable cultivation
Garden vegetables grow luxurianfiy.-
Frui. of every variety may be grown il
abundance.
There are three saw mills IN operation
at Lawrence, and another building one
in operation at Topeka one at PaWnee
Ia government mill at Fort Riley and
one at Leavenworth. Others are build
ing at Osawatomie and Council City
These are all driven by steam. We IN
derstand water mil IS about ready sor
saving on the Grasshopper, al the falls
There is not water power sufficient tor
mills in any part of the Territory unless
in the extreme west that we are acquslnt-
led with, save at Lawrence. Here the
i Kansas river flows over rocky bed, and
4 is.sasceptible Of being damned 50 IS TO
furnish an indefinite amount Of power
I We shall be surprised If Yankee energy
and capital does not ult1natsly put . dam