The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-06-27
Correspondence Of the Missouri Democrat.
Kansas, near Quapaw Agency,t
Nav q. 1857.

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The traveller through the eastern por-
ton of Kansas on the military road, from
Westport, via Fort Scott, to this point, can
not fail TO be highly pleased with the APP
pearance of the country. As few of your
readers may be familiar with the region
through which we have just passed, and
as it is now probable it will very soon be-
come thickly settled, short description
may not prove void of interest. Our first
days drive southwark from Westport, was
fifty miles to West Point, in Bates county,
Missouri. nearly on the line and through
very fine country. The second day,
about the same distance of fifty miles to
Fort Scott was made, and from Fort Scott
| to the southern boundary is ffty-five
miles. nearly all that distance being
through the Cherokee neutral lands. Many
persons object to Kansas on account of an
apparent lack of timber but tits all ow-
ing to their bringing stp, and no such friv-
olous objection can be successfully raised
against Kansas, except, perhaps, by those
who have been brought up IN the fooods :
With far less labor and attention can tim
bers sufficient for farm be produced
made TO groW-than can good farm be
cleared and made profitable from fores..
of timber. But the croakerS must have
their day, and those who are not easily
scared by an owl-though they may not
have been brought up in the woods-will
proceed in the good work of making COM
Portable homes for themselves and fami-
lie, and in securing for their heirs or as
signs independence and probably wealth.
Here, in southeastern Kansas, are the I'm
est streams that we have yet discovered,
after having travelled many hundreds OF
miles in the Territory. And here, at the
junction of Spring River and Shoal Creek,
lis the finest scenery that we have yet
seen. What objections can be made
against this region cannot easily be imag-
ined. We are but twenty-five miles west
from Neosho, Newton county, Missouri
where can be found as rich and as extern
sive veins and deposits of lead and Othel
mineral AS ANY IN THE WORLD
Only twenty miles directly west com
mences the Ncosho river region, in Kan
sas, of which so much has been written
but the southern portion of that valley
) being settled by the Usage Indians is o
, course inaccessible to white men. Let i
then be borne in mind by every one feel
ing any interest in our embryo State, tina
the region lying adjacent to Shoal Creel
D and Spring River cannot be surpassed D.
any Already the portions of theS
streams which are within the bounds o
Missouri are appropriated by class o
$ eatfloY- &c raTa N fhot St1tn
e as is proven by their selection of homes.
!, The surveyors are already on tn
ground and prepared for running tn
southern boundary line; their duties t
: commence about first proximo, and con
# tinue during the season. Surveyor
f commissioners, dragoons-morc than on
hundred wagons with their teamsters-
thousand horses and mules Such are
few of the requirements for running tn
If line of the State. But those who are nc
" familiar with the magnitude and impol
- lance of our Uncle Samuel must bear i
:" mind that this is most important SCI
II vice, and has to be performed through
n region wholly unsettled by white persons
n and portion towards the western end {
the line may be infested with Il class {
. original settlers not very easily manage
g by ordinary dealing.
is Several fine rains have had benefci;
,e effect on this region, which is now flourish
ing to the fullest extent, and is well wol
I thy visit from all who can spare a wee
le in SO good cause. We hear from ever
re quarter of scarcity and famine in IL
,e land of Kansas, and the large populatio
= daily increasing at the lead mines mu
y require all the produce for many yea
= that can be raised in this part of til
g world. Our Cherokee neighbors on ii
IS south, are all that should be desired, nor
better can be found.