The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1857-11-21
Health of the Eeoshe Valley.
NBosHo VALLEY, near
CoFFAcHIoUR. Oct. 20. 1874


the States and the northern part of Kan
sas, who would en,igrate TO the Neosho
valley if they were not frightened. and If
they were not told scare-crow stories By
some persons who try to injure Kansas all
they can in every possible way: but lei
them put forth all the efforts they can,
they cannot finally injure the truth. Liber-
ty viii be triumphant. Kansas viii be a
free State!
Some, when they find person emigrat-
ing to the Neosho valley, the most charm
ing part of Kansas, viii try to induce
them not to go there, by telling them 1t
is very siekly down there or "If you
go there, you viii have the Fever
and Ague all the time. You will
not be able to do any thing if you go into
such sickly hole; there are many re-
turning already" Have those who tell
such awful stories been down to see? Oh
no, they heard so by some person who
laws, got his liver and spleen out of order,
and of course had the Fever and Ague;
but have no doubt he was more home
sick than any thing else. Perhaps he
was a rich mans son, and had always
been brought up in the city, and it is
no wonder that he got home sick. Such
are not the ones to bring to new country.
The most, who tell such stories, gener-
ally make them up tout of full cloth"
Messrs. Editors, have you not heard the
Neosho valley thus spoken Of? if you
have not, 1 have. This story was told me
in Kansas city: and l presume it is in
Lawrence, and in other places in the Ter
ritory. admit that we have the Inter
mittent Fever here, as is the case in
1 any new country; but what is the cause
of it? Is it miasma, impurity in the at
rnosphere, or is it caused by over eating
improper and impure food? There can
not be much miasma in the air, for there
is wind almost every day to blow it OF.
Kansas is noted for its mildness of eli
mate, and purity of atmosphere, which is
purified by the trees of the far South,
and brought to lis by gentle breeze, which
rises with the sun, and continues all day.
How refreshing is this breeze on a hot
summers day.
There are no sloughs here such as there
should think more that it was caused by
the decomposition of vegetable matter.
In Illinois there is not such winds-puri-
fers-as there are here, to drive off the
niasma. | think those who have been
here year or two do not have it much,
if any; and some, who obey the hygenic
laws, have it scarcely any, and if they do,
it does not stay long; they SOON cure it by
applying cold water and fasting two or
three days. Others brake lido not cure
it-with quinine, arsenic, nuxvomica, &c.
If they stop taking the medicine it comes
on again, for they do not keep the cause
away, and do not battle or stop eating, so
F the liver can get right.
am of the opinion that those coming
into Kansas undergo change. The eli
mate here being different from the one
they left, the system must undergo an
imperceptible change so that it can adapt
; itself to the climate. When they are un-
, dergoing this change if they do not take
good care Of their system they are liable
t to have the Fever and Ague, because their
t liver is the first to get out of order. In
new country the people eat large amount
of flesh, as they cannot get vegetables to
cat, and this kind of food, too much of it,
2 soon impairs the digestive organs, espe-
cially the liver. Almost any one eats too
much grease and sweets, and it will not
answer in hot weather, as they supply the
a system with more carbon than is needed
: more than the oxygen of the air can con-
! sumo; and if this over supply cannot pass
off, a fever is the result. Instead of using
so much grease and sweet, nse food that
t has acid: this is better for the liver. Too
/, much pork is eaten, and if person should
not eat any he would be better of. There
: is nothing much worse for man to eat, as
1 it is scarcely any thing but adipose-im-
, pure matter. It should not be used as an
: article of food, for mar requires purer and
: better food TO sustain his wonderful ma
: chinery. The lovers of swine who have
), Just come into Kansas should be very
careful about eating much of it in hot
: weather, and they will not be as liable to
5 have the Fever and Ague. am satisfied
L that eating 50 much pork, grease and sweets
: as the inhabitants of the Neosho valley
n do, is one great cause OF their having the
Fever and Ague. The people are in fault
5 more than the impurity of the atmos-
. phere.
Believe not all the stories you hear, but
come and see for yourself, and you will
not want to return. The best way to get
r to this part of the Territory, is to land at
q Kansas CITY. then via. Osawatomie and