The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-08-06
EdiI0riaI Correspondence Of the
SIeubcnVilIc Union.

SYLVAN, N. L. July y, 1891.
Ny last LEFT me on an Indian Pony starting
from Topeka. We crossed the KausaIs at that
point, aud rode to st. Msry's Mission, distant
"a miles, the same afternoon, passing lndianola,
a small village oH the Military road from the
Mission to Fort Riley. Our route lay along the
kaw and through the Poitawatamic reservation;
which extends west from Topeka some 35
miles The road passes on the river bottom
which or the north side (all that we saw Of it,)
has an average width Of about six miles, boun-
ded on the one hand by the river timber, and on
the other by green, wave looking bluffs. The
ground was high enough to be free from swamp
UT overflow, and rich as man could desire. 1t
is a waste Of rich grass diStigurea here and
there with lone log house Of some thriltleSs
Pottawaame, who but rarely has any other i'm
woyemcnt. We passed the night at a tOlerably
comfortable tavern at st. Mary'S Mission, kept
hy the widow of halEbreed Indian, and might
have had comfortable nights rest alter hard
ride under a scOTchiug sun but for the fact that
we were put in an open room along with two as
lScO1ndrelly looking men as | ever saw. As 1t
was, lay with six shooter in hand all night
without closing an eye.
Cnrelreshed, we left the Mission, and quit
! ting the river ten miles above, at the mouth oil
the Red Nermillion struck out on the old Cali
| 0rnia trailfor the Black Nermillion, and after
travelling twelve miles over billy country, stop
! ped at Rock Creek, where we found a settler
! Next day resumed our journey under an in
| tenSely hot sun The road lay over succession
of high bluffs, with an arid look, although an
examination of the soil showed it, even at the
highest points, to be as rich as in the Valleys
| But for over twenty miles it was almost totally
destitute of timber, and having missed a spring
that we were told bubbled up by the way sde,
we had to travel % miles without water. After
After such a dry ride you can imagine that the
Back Nermillon with it, heavy lines Of timber
and broad rich bottoms reaching along its nu'
merous tributaries, as far as the eye could reach
was an agreeable sight An hours ride in thC
shade brought US to the saw mill of the Ohio
! Kansas Company, under the charge of Mr.. Al
bert &. Barrett, formerly Of Harrison county
aud miilwright whose fame is known all oven
eastern Ohio. We found the mill putting away
in the open air, without roof having only beer
in operation about,a month. She has market
for more lumber than she can cut at SO pei
1 thousand We also found Eloch Pugh, former
ly of Caliz, blowing away at his bellows. lie
has a vtulbe claim which he IS improving
meanwhile he knocks something handsome ou
of the anvil. Daa. G.. Aud, Of Harrison, ant
VIM. S. Blackburn, of Bloomfield are also set
tiers here, and are improving claims that viii
be very valuable in few years They preemp
one quarter under U. S. law, and hold anothe
of prairie u1dyr squatter law Mr.. Blackburn
was the candidate of the Free State men 70
Delegate to the Constitutional Convention Th,
election was farce, AMI South Carolina law
yer named Jenk MS received the certificate.
Emigration has not turned to this part O
. l. Z, l,o;, fbo
But notwithstanding, a good many have com,
in and taken claims. Next Spring the rusl
will be in this quarter Wood claims are We
to be had for the taking that will bring $lOOt
in less than year, while any number Of gool
prairie claims are vacant. There are but abou
a hundred settlers now on this creek, although
it drains enough ground to m, Ike large and pop
ulous county. There will be five hundred be
fore anothe- year Sylvan, from where write
t is near the centre Of Marshal county. 1t ha
Just been laid out by a company most Of whom
are occupants of the adjacent lands. A stor
is going up a hotel is about being contract,
e for, and anticipating that it will be the count
r seat, building suitable or a court room is ais
0 about to be put under contract. The propriC
n tors are also in hopes thlta United States Ian
/ Office will be located here. Although in its il
fancy lands in the vicinity have enhanced wor
: derulIy in value, and saw and grist mills al
C already projected.
n Corn, the staple here, is very high-some I:
# per buShel. The heavy emigration that Wi
v continue to pour into the Territory, and II
d fact that Uncle Sam will be obliged to provisio
J. large bodies of troops in L tab and on the plain
e inltst keep up the price for the next five year
J, Fortunes can be made growing corn at sue
d prices, in year or two. The present seasC
l. has been unusually dry in this part Of Kansas
e no rain worth speaking of since the breakil
V up of winter The grass is burning up, b
: strange to say, corn alongside has a fair grow
1t and looks green and thrifty. The oldest res
: dents here say this is peculiarity of the soil
s. sha! start SOUTH and for homo to-morro7
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