Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-09-26

To rHg NERM0vr SrArt KANSAS CoM.
Ge,,le,,.n The p,,,.o, PARTY from Ver.
mont 10 settIe In Kan4.s Iet Rutland on tie
9Otb ,c Aogn.t A. C1i. ,o op tbe 23d
No C,.,od h small n,r,. ID n, ready d, sts-i
f,, Kansas- and consequently we DELAYED I'M
Damn m Nh. Pleasant l,Yl for tbrse d,vs
rb,t fb,s o,rty mont i9.n1. On Tbur-dly
AZ Noon hug' l-,6 Mn. os-,.es united bagta
the,r ionrney of four I,iql-ed miles 10 X in.
s,s Territory
we had IN our train f., tvo-horse teams
with GOOD covered ga ,,rs. i.nts c,pD.,s,r
of au s,rfs stores f,r t.,. i,,rnev ana ENC
,ne,ns or dofenro ,c ,.,,.-ed len, ,bs
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ro,cI.d Nabr1.sa Ct. .oYtb, VI of Sen.
70 ya. d,r.e.t dty tr Kansa. Tina, bo
cuizens or the rerrfo,. tban ns.,mbisd M
tb,t nlare b,d ev.r s.u H,sbands sod
fathers were tlare -tl..- ....es and cb..5,a,
were I'm the terr,torv--.f I,v.pg. and mo- ,sv
to- rescue or cscsne .i,h,,t,ma s,e,,e 4
D,sstole.
Wuf this intelliren-, -a,urnod and ma,
lu, p,rty near Inc we-t ..r. If Union Comfy.
Iowa. Saturday oyen.n, IS d. SIN
Here we orr.n,ze3 q Vermont Colony DO
settle m K,nse.. sdop,.a, and s,1nipg brief
constitution M one nj t,,. Marty was dis.
r.,.,tt. f,l,,- ~. ,,r, XIII bs...s, a. ,bs
present condition Of the r,rr,tov. owe are
ibe mon. needed now p ,. was s,,d nv ooe of
the narty.
The material basis or this orgapiz,tio n
was a suh.tau.al two b,r.a team covered
wagon. bsrnes-e. &r tu., tents a few car-
1f ntePs and ioinor's to.f. with csmp frni-
tire enough for bousekoaa.ng. which pur-
chased the o,rtv a, Ni pleasant as the
best, and UPON The whole tbe most ecoromi-
cal way of fulfilling 90. cngage,nert with
them OF paying their ex0qnses 10 Kansas
ASIDE from this prooeriv. which cost me
4 1897 lO-and which wll b. worth more than
MS cost 10 the colony 100 K tnsss-they had
not, presume. two hundred dollars m MON
ey with tnen They wli not locate their
G aims, as they assured me until the second
party from Vermont shsl ION them The
additional expenses of ihi. party 10 Kansas.
including the expenses of your Agent out
and back, are 56sl-u,king the whole
expense S7g39i-ior which The W. Colony
has property now 10 SHOW as above.
The party will be DELAYED, no doubt, for
two weeks or more. ln Nebmska Territory,
IN order that Other parties on their way. 10
Iowa may come up, and thus form suiiicieui
force 10 pass safely over the emlgrant road
to Kansas.
found near Nebraska City, a party oi 90
from Massachusetts. They len home July
pin, and had been IN camp here some two
weeks or more. Next / passed a party Of
thirteen men. with women and children. tat-
tie and furniture. Next party of twelve
men, and last a party Of thirty in all, inclu-
ding the Vermont ptrty-one hundred and
thlry-seyen men. This number viii be ln-
creased by small additions coming ON daily
by stage, and also ty lsrge additions from
Iowa and Nebraska Territory, AS escort. !
should not be disappointed f the train should
number five hundred men, and did not leave
Nebraska Territory for Kansas before the
LIST OF next month
Such in BRIEF is the history of this first At
tempt to establish Vermont Colony in Kan
sas. And small and unpromlslng as this be-
glnlng is, It will not am confident, be
failure. ] have the names Of over one hln-