Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-04-19
KANSAS 0oRREsPOgDEsOE.
LoprArA Cry. <. n. Maroh

LODrANA CRY, K. T., March II, 81.
Editors Union and American:
There hiss been so much excitement here thst
Kansas letters are read with no little interest,
coming from what source they may. And I am
persuaded that one coming from me, as foreign
missionary of the o. s. Prssbyt erisn Church, win
lose no interest on that account
Our mission company, five in number, left our
homes ia Ken lucky and Ohio last June, to fpd
our mission home among the Kickspoo Indians, in
Kansas Territory. We reached these beautiful
grounds in July, and since then we have erected
our mission house, and organized our school by
the first of December. We dwet. in tents till
then, and have felt some Of the trials of frontier
life. Our prospects, however, have dispeled pres
ent sorrows, and now we look forward wi b
brighter anticipstons than ever before We are
on the Reserve, it is true but 80 near the line that
whites are settling thick around US. We are sent
to the Indians, but should we therefore turn our
faces from the whites While we entertain the
red man, should we heed not the white mans
knock at our door2 We confess that our symps.
thy Tor the EpOor Indian has not absorbed every
other. We look wi III plying eye upon the s7ila
stray Indian, but with much more confidence up.
on the wandering Anglo Saxon. While we make
an effort in behalf Of the one, we cannot be idle
in the presence Of the other. The political inter-
ests we make no pretensiOns to look after, nor are
thsse the great Interests in our esteem. There are
others more directly connected with our profession
and position. The religious and literary interests
Of the country have been il measure neglected
hitherto, and these are the very ones most promi-
nent here.
The town company of Loiiaua City have laid
out their city, making these the main points CT
interest Their town is located near our mission
house, and most of the proprietors are Presby-
terians. They invite the members of that church
to this point in particular. We live % miles
west Of AtchisOn aud DOniphan, forty miles north
west of LeavenwOrth, thirty.6ve miles west Of ST..
Joseph, and twenty.four south of Iowa Point
They have Breckenridge College, chartered By the
late Legislature, its directors appointed, and steps
are now being taken for its speedy erection. They
expect to erect buildings at cost ofsome twenty
Thousand dollars, and then will apply to Congress
for its endowment. The plan they have adopted
is that Of cheap scholarship. The company have
donated one entire bio OK of lets for a male and
one for female college. The President of the
Board will pass through the States this sumUer,
collecting funds for the erection of the college
buildings Tney have two grades Of scholarships:
lst Any person or association paying fifty dollars
on or before the lst of January, 1853 shall re-
ce7e transferable scholarship certificate for four
years tuition in said college. ID. Any person or
association paying two hundred dollars on or be-
fore the lst of January, 1853, shall receive per-
psuaI scholarship certificate in Breckenridge Col
lege. For further information, correspondents
should address, W. H. HoNNELL,
AtchisOn, K. T.
P. S. We have never had the least political dis.
turbsnce in our vicinity, and though the parties
are nearly equally divided here every man attends
to his own business. We have enough members
to organize a church and as many more are on
their way to this point We will erect a large
concrete church, like the Mission House, this
summer, if possible as we have part of the
means already collected. There is fair proper
ton Of timber here aud an abundance Of stone
and stone coal Timber claims of I6O acres can
be bought at from Eve to eight hundred dollars,
and there is an abundance of the finest prairie
near US uuclIiued. We build of stone concrete
work principally, bat lumber can be had delivered
at $50 per thousand. We are on the heads of
GrasshOpper river. WITH.