New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-06
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KANEA9.

KANSAS.
THE. KANSAS REe,oE, ,oas:r. PA.n,.., pE,..nr,
ep ls2 Fowler and Wells
In the course Of several years travelling upon
the Grand Prairie and among the Rocky Noun
tains, the author Of this volume has enjoyed large
opportunities for obtaining information en- the
regien to which his work 10 devoted. He has been
o hunter Of the buffalo and the antelope in their
native forests has been the comraae Of Kit Carson
Old williams, Frank Aubrey and other famous
Nimrods of the West, beside performing the more
prosse exploit Of passing through nearly the whole
extent of Kansas in an emis grant train, drawn by
oxen, at the rate Of seven miles day. COmpris-
ing eighty one millions of acres, Of which not less
than three-fourths are an undulatiDg succession Of
fields Of ve,dure hedged with woodland. Kansas
in his opinion, presents the greatest advantages Of
climate soil, and position that are to be found be-
tween the AleeaDy and Pacific. The descriptions
which he gives Of the country are in the highest
degree attractive, and bearing the evident marks
of authenticity, cannot fail to prove OF essential
service TO the future emigrant Az to the healthi-
ness of Kansas, his testimony on the whole is very
favorable.
resort for the knowing clase Of eOnsu Bpves
IL for the pulmonary patient there be DO sanitary
power in The fresh breezes of the budalo-his it Il
vein to hope for any good from the rocking OF ocean
or the bIsndr e.. Of Italy In its present wild sac,
| 0 rough experiences furnish sort OF short hand
treatment pt cuharly grateful to the rational IN valid
WHO not tenacious Of miserable life. If it does not
snundly cure-whch it well. high invariably does-it
kills very .oop that without the posthu noas dis
tr, &c Of Doctors bill.
In our party in 1885, Wa a hopeless case, the reco'
ction Of whose hemorrhsRes has caused me mere
dizziness than the sight Of blood gushing, In dangers
hour from the wounds Of the Dying He went out, Ia
III verpal time, with consumption corrodnx his heart.
sript e-ookiDg only for burial mound TO be pressed
with the hoois Of shtelopes In the Autumn he re.
turned affected with an astonishing consump ion-of
bread and vensop, and, comparatively, very likely
Individual
there is a vitality in the atmosphere that is truly
wonderful As soOn you pass upon the uplatd
swells of the Shawnee country, newer life seems
breatbed srouno and buoya and vgor are felt con-
ing back TO cid limbs. Such was my experience, and
hundreds have said to me theirs was similar. Pro-
eressipe westward, further from the distressing hu
mioify of the Mississippi region, there Vas TO me
bopeuh ess, slaton in the very sense OF beingaa
eiuence WI ich pulsed through the frame Of nature,
and at times would thrill every fiber Of my body like
the eeep Joy which perersles the heart Of clild.
This the exaggerated senset % talk OF an
enthusiast. And should my reader 60 out fom the
fprid breath of the multitude and inhale that tnin,
wholesome air, he might know again the elasticity Of
youthfulbess and be an enthusiast too 1t is worth
The experiment. TO the basf If only sensation s
sought for. 1t is worth the expense tin and manly
HARDSHIP to spend an August and September in q but
islo hunt upon the Pawnee Fork Of the Arkansas If
only 10 see your corpulent shadow fall like an ink
spot upon the grass
One chapter is devoted to tho aboriginal tribes
of Kansas and presents many interesting details
The Usage country seems to have struck the trav
elel's fancy with peculiar charm;
large southeastern tract of the Territory is In
possession of the Ossges. 1t watered by the Nea-
sho, Arksnsas, Meme scah, and Sha- 1a.cas ka1.
Along toe rivers the brown soil s deep and rich; but
the low bottom are ccssionally overfowed. The up
Lar sanoier and poorer; bat every acre arabe
and will repay cultivation.
Throughout the Ossge country there are scenes OF
romantc Iovelneas; and come even bordering on the
picturesque In quill Summer time has ae plain
yet Dreamy beauty of the Flemish landscape. Over
all Sabbath serenity is eifiu.ec; and grassy knoll
iu.ter xhich is ipdes,rbably soothing, and inspires
hoiest impulses. Rsmembrances come to me no = OF
one full August Of soulds snloymsnt because ;n IL w
was spread upon one or the other OF its tufted
bhl-tops Then goldebly the sun would 60 down, and
crimson bsBDeIeA Of ciouo. would follow in his royal
wake The tall grass would wave beneath the zephyr,
eaipg up like per bird Of stest wing, from the
twilight reacn,s of the dell benes h. Toe swarhy
figure of come solitary Indian horsenan would fit
near and disappear by path leading into the hollow
Of ttream. And percbance group of symmetrical
pagan boys would cone to amue us with game at
srows and it very pleasant to watch them In the
ga herring oimr ess Ike the bosterous plays Of
children, they were 60 stealthy In their movement
making 10 excams'ions of joyOasness, much apart
of the sacred quituoe of nature; their cinnamonco
ored lmbe inL ocent of clothing and of Phdian mould,
compg out in clearcut relief against the sky, as
with spirithke sOness ana rapidly they shifted their
positions, dried fragment Of borse-coilar would be
placed upon the bow of the archer, thea huug high
into the air. and caus bit in the hands of others
could reach the around, with the overtaking arrow
quiveripg in II. Those were eveaiygs Of primeva
beauty, many more of which may NO, set over Osage
land.
The Ossees are inimiable in the expressiveness of
their ges ure. Having seen die In the ycke
with broken neck ole OF them went through the
scene in pantomme that was painfd 10 look a., and
with foelty that told the fact better than wo.os
The spa.moaic contraction of the legs the wrhns of
the muscles, the rolling Of the distended, garing eye
as the s org brute struggled in SUDDEN Of DEATH
were all oelineated with truthfulness appalling to
spectator with "nsture in his heart"
In this art Of mimiory their keen sense OF the gro
tesque alec finds its language. A chief having been
at ST. Louis had seen ire engine play, and 10 des.
cribe IL took gill of water into his mouth then plac
ing bis slify in horizontal ne from one fist TO
the Other he moved them owly up and down like a
etc saw, of whioh bis body was the fucrum, while
from bis puckeIed lips was spun out three yards OF
more of steady jet Of water.
But with all their oomicslity and good traits they
are reacherous and have been known to murder
those who trusted to their hospitality.
His opinion, however, of young Indian humanity
is not e1traysgantly high.
Extending southwestward from Mill Creek Il more
excellent prairie country, with cite In front for
another commercial town. Beyond there are bluff of
red MAIL leading off Tito open tabe-land; which Gin
shelves down into laxuriant bottoms with the river
rollh & between. Here the neghboring Indians ara
won't TO engage in athletic sports, gather around
the council fire in grave delberatiOn. Through the