The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-12-29
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Since the unsuccessful attempt, of 3
number of military officials. TO give .
alocal habitation and name " to their
ephemeral enterprise-Pawnee city
very little is heard, except from ocea-
sional travellers, about that portion of the
Territory Emigration. so far, has
filed up only the Eastern part, leaving
open 3 Boundless stretch of country 10
the vest to be settled By future corners.
There IS nothing anomalous in the set
Element of Kansas. Here, as in all new
countsies. that part lying contiguous to
Icivilization is the soonest occupied for
Iemigrants. generally, in their haste to
lget comfortably ''fxed.'' settle on the
first unoceupied land they come to. with
tout looking farther for better. Fortu-
Inately, mostof our squatters are so well
suited in locations that they have no de-
sire TO look elsewhere.
| At one time, the upper or western
country attracted no inconsiderable share
of public attention; but the magnet was,
not the beauty. or fertility, or advantage
of the country, but the rowdy assem-
blage of rowdy Missourians going thro'
the incipient stages of Legislation. Paw
nee was then continuous uproar and
intermingling of "border ruffians - and
bad whiskey. From thenceforward the
town siekened, and, but that Govern
ment threw its arms aurond it and en-
braced it in the Reserve, it would have
fizzled out in brief period. Whatever
other causes may be stated, our own inn
preston, strengthened by similar views
Of many settlers in that country with
whom We have conversed, is, that wills
! key and whiskey-seller had as great an
influence In killing PaWnes as anything
else.
4 These and other bungling operations
in the vicinity of Fl Riley, have, meas
urably, retarded the growth of that
section of the Territory. From person
al observation and the experience of 9TH
ers, we are warranted in saying that it is,
in many respects, as desirable country
for the emigrant as any other portion oil
Kansas. The soil is not SO fertile as
ours,-the face of the country is roughel
and more meuntaiuous,-but the valleys
are beautiful beyond comparison, the
water fresh and clear, and the atmos-
phere cool, pure and healthy. Scenery
is of all varieties: towering hills, rocky
bluffs, cascades, forests. prairie, and
lovely little dells between rows of hills,
Offering farm sites to small neighbor.
hoods.
There are no towns in reality, (excep
Manhattan, at the mouth of the Blue,
: but a great many in prospective, or on
> paper, in the upper country. Chetolah
Montgomery and Reeder, western rela.
tons of Pawnee, exist but in name
Monica Mo-neke) is an intended village
! to be located in the vicinity of Fl. Riley
Remote somewhat from the centre O.
excitement, the settlers have not taken q
very active part in the boisterous strife
of politics. They are seldom fully rep.
resented in conventions in fact, rather
Indifferent about being represented a
all; never on bad terms with their few
pro-slavery neighbors-yet true as stee
:. to the cause of Freedom. There arr
men among them of high order o
talent, who would be more properly ap
Ipreciated were they to afford more op
: portunities for public Judgment.
II Marion Harland.
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