The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-03-14

leaving u in the sprinS. 1hefe is o
good spring on the soutk side of the
stream, making this point, some eigh-
teen miles beyond Council City. a
desirable one for those iourneying to
the Upper Neosho with loaded teams,
to camp for the night. Mr. P. gave
rs assurance that he would do all in his
power to facilitate travel through that
region; would stick up stakes for a
guide, and accommodate travellers
With such ride fare as his humble
cabin conld afford. Mr.. P. emigratetl
from Pennsylvania in 1854, and was
the first settler on this creek. Like
others, unaequainted with the west,
he built on the bottom lands, near the
margin of the creek, and by the woods;
and like them his family has suffered
much from ague and fever, as oil 9TH
ers viii who initiate his example. To
insure health, the pioneer must erect
his dwelling on the elevated prairie,
where the sun and the winds can have
fair play, and where pure water can
be obtained from wells. AZ south
winds are the prevailing ones in the
summer, a location on the south side
Of streams, woods, and bottom lands.
viii be preferable to the north side.
We learned that several claims had
been taken on 110 creek, and yet there
were many valuable timber ones still
unoccupied in the vicinity.
After dinner we resumed our jour-
ney. passing the residence of Mr. Mil
Ter. on Elm creek. Mr.. n. is a step
brother of the young man mentioned
in the Herald Of Freedom several weeks
ago, who was found insane and in
freezing condition near Franklin, du-
ring TIE fore part of the winter. and
was cared for by Mr. PRATHER. We
learned that the young man left Wis
consin nearly a year ago for Kansas,
with about six hundred dollars with
him. Since then his friends had OBJ
tanned no information of his wherea-
bouts until our notice ef him. On
reading it they went at once to his re-
lief. Probably he fell into the hands
Of border ruffians, was robbed, NAL
treated, and left destitute of reason to
guide him to his friends; hence the
still greater suffering which followed.
The great day of accounts will only
reveal the numberless crimes which
were committed the last season on
Kansas travellers, because they Glanced
to have been born north of given
line of latitude.
At night we arrived at Council City,
stopping at the same place as on our
down trip
On the 23d we arrived at home,
having spent ten days almost contin-
ually in the saddle, a feat we hardly
conceived onrsslf capable of enduring.
We found our health improving all
the time we were absent, and had it
not been for the bad state of the roads
and our pressing duties in the office,
we should almost have regretted the
termination of our trip, fatiguing as it
was.
Our journey confirmed us in our
previous convictions; the Upper Neo-
sho and the Cottonwood arc the most
desirable points of Kansas now open
to settlement, and the regicn to which
the principal spring emigration should
be directed. 1t has advantages over
many older settlements, and fewer dis
advantages, if we have right esti-
mate of the worth Of the country.
While We disclaim any desire to give
preference to one portion of the Ter
rito-y over another, We mention the
conclusions at which we arrived to aid
those seeking locations, hoping that
each in his final action will be govern
ed by his own convictions, and not
by our judgement.
We are happy to learn. and state
for the information ofthe reader in this
connection. that Mr.. PLUMB, who has
filed the post of foreman in the Her
aid of Freedom, office so satisfactorily
to all concerned during the last winter,
has resolved to locate in the vicinity,
with printing office, from which he
designs 10 issue weekly paper. He
has ordered his press and material,
which he expects will arrive in few
weeks, when he will remove at once to
the point Of interest, and commence
his labors Our cntcrprising towns
man Mr.. Hornsby, viii send forward
a store of goods Mr.. Alien stock Of
stoves and tinware, while every class
of tradesmen, it is presumed, will
locate around the place. Several
gentlemen of prominence who have
arrived this spring have gone to view
the location, ono of whom with the de-
sign of locating steam saw and grist
mill, intending. also, to attach machines
for cutting lath and shingles. a COM
pany has commenced the erection of
a hotel n feet BY 36, which they ex-
pect to have completed within fc,vi
weeks. A town, called Emporia, has
been laid ont. covered with an Indian
float, securing the title to theprojectors,
and enabling them TO give warranty