The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-06-09
Falsehoods Corrected.

able paper. signed by the Rev. w. q.
HIGH, in which it is said great reliance
may be placed. But we of the same
party who still remain in the Territory,
and who may have had as good an OPP
portunity of seeing and knowing the
country and its resources are of differ
emit opinion than that expressed by Mr.
High. We. however. do not accuse him
of falsehood, hut we do believe that he
has misrepresented the real facts in the
case as he found them. and We respect
fully request that you viii publish this.
our reply. hes
In the frstplace the gentleman is very
much surprised that the Emigrant Aid
Company do not have more regard for the
comfort and convenience of the emf
grants but in what respect he does not
say Sir, We of the first regular party
of 1855, believe that the Aid Co. did
all in their power for the comfort of the
passengers of the first party. ltishow-
ever, true, that the party was two large,
and that we suffered a great deal on the
road, and still more on the steam boat
But this We believe did not arise from
any neglect of the Company OF of the
gentlemanly agent who accompanied us,
on our journey, but from causes beyond
their control. Bad engines were on the
rail roads, and on the river the captain
allowed too many passengers TO get on
board the boat after our party had taken
passage at St. Louis. 81 i1sI
The gentleman also says: 81 should
suppose from the high rolling surface of
the country, that the climate would be
favorable To health, yet from some sensa-
tons that were painfully touching. l was
led to infer that the country would fire.
quently be affected with very high winds,
which viii not fail to bestow with hber-
al hand on the inhabitants, dust, and
colds, in abundance" nez -
Now. sir, we ask the gentleman, If
the cold that he caught, was not caught
BY him, before he reached Kansas city.
We say it was. and know it to be a fact,
when we say so. We say also, that IN
regard to the lung fever which he speaks
of that they were not caused by any ex-
posure in the Territory, but by exposure
before we reached it; and this also was
the case with the Rev. Mr.. Denison's
family, and we regret the loss lie has
met with. and deeply symPathize with
him inhis bereavement. Mr.. High says,
''Too many of our party have left al
ready, others are going, and more will
soon follow. This is true, and many of
us before we reached our journeys end,
were aware it would be SO, for many of
them were not suitable persons. to come
hither, from the fact thatquite number
of them were from manufacturing estab-
lishnlcnts, and had never been exposed
to pioneer life. This was probably the
case with the Rev. Mr.. High. He says
further, that MANY of the mechanics
cannot find employment, and those who
can, are only offered one dollar and a
quarter per day, and find themselves.
while board costs seventy-fiye cents per
day" This Mr.. Editor, is far from be-
ing the fact; for good mechanics get two
and half dollars per day. and board
costs but three dollars per week, These
have been the prices ever since We have
been in the Territory. Common laberers
get one and half dollars day. and we
know of none who labor for less. Even
the Rev. gentleman himself might have
had one dollar and fifty cents day, for
saving woed, at the boarding house
| where he stopped. 1t is true our board
is not as good as we could wish but it
is as good as might be expected, under
the circumstances. Mr. High says. with
some truth, that provisions OF all kinds
are high, andca scarcely be had. Now.
sir, we ask the gentleman to inform us,
in whatpart of the United States. at the
time of his writing, provisions were
cheap, or even much less than they could
be purchased for in Lawrence |? He saws
THAT beef lfas ten cents per pound"
This is true, and it was also. at the same
time, fifteen cents in the city of Boston !;
and "Hour eleven dollarsa barrel, 'and sir,
we paid, some of US, thirteen dollars q
barrel for it, before VIC left New England;
and ''hay twenty or twenty-four dollars a
ton," and this is not far from the New
England price. He says, s'potatoes are
not to be had" We say they can be
had by paying for them, but they are
too high for common table use. Headds,
Butter is unknown" This is not the
fact for We have had butter on our table
a good share of the time, at cost of
twenty-five cents pound, its present
price. AS to the chances of being
cheated in the purchase of oxen" if a
man is not judge of what he is buying,
he win be as liable to be cheated here as
in New England, but no more SO.
But to conclude: We believe that
some portions of our party, who. have
returned would have been eontented and
stopped in the Territory, had it not been
for the bad reports. made by Mr. High. on
his way back. and that. too, after be had
made such a favorable report in Law
renee with the rest of the committee, Of
that party, which was sent out by us,
and their expenses paid. to explore the
country.
At that time, the 3Oth of March. MIR.
High was delighted with the country,
and recommended that we go. in . body
to Topeka.
] When he was nominated on another
committee, togo in advance of the party,
his excuse was, that he wished to stop q
day or two, in Lawrence, IS he was un-
we'll, and wanted some rest. and to write
home. His feelings, and his language
was, .'for me and my household, where
Jon go. go with you" The next we
hear of the gentleman, be has left for
home, in disgust with the Territory.
We do not complain of hisgoing home,
but for making such false reports, after
he had been treated so kindly by the
Company. and at all the places at which
he stopped on his exploring tour. We
think them unjust, and uncalied for, I'M
der the circumstances, but we will leave
the gentleman, in his New England home;
while we remain, well satisfied with the