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

acASN AAoiSiuual SulCt pItoSt tsHA AAS-
couraged hundreds who left the conn
try in disgust. The officers Of that
Company may shift the responsibility
as much as they may, and yet. izdi-
yidnally. they viii be held accountable
ct the bar Of public opinion. With
its present aids we are sanguine OF its
future prosperity, and this feeling is
participated in by all classes of the
population there Our worthy host
promised TO erect commodioas house
Immediately, for the reception of
travellers. and we bespeak for him a
liberal patronage. which we are conf
dent his attentions to the wants OF the
traveller will merit.
Mr. WIscHELL, the late postmaster,
has been removed, and A. Policy,
Esq. has been appointed in his place:
They have 6 mail connection with
Westport, No., and have petitioned
Congress for e new route from Law
renee, which they think will be opened
in July.
On the 18th VIC resumed our jour-
ney, Judge Schuyler accompanying US.
We found the streams very high, and
quite difficult of fording. At times
we were compelled to go several miles
up the streams before We could find .
rifle justifying us to attempt passage.
After passing Dragon creek we found
no settlements. and the prairie greatly
predominating over the timber, as the
latter was only found along the mar
gin of the streams. The whole conn
try between Dragon creek and the
Neosho, Q distance of twenty-five
miles. is open for settlement. and is as
fine portion of country as can be de-
sired. The only drawback is the want
Of timber, which will deter settlers
from more densely tilnbered regions
locating there for the present. In
consequence of leaving the usually
road to cross the streams,
we had no other guide than our pock-
ct compass. save a high bluff some
thirty miles to the southwest, which
lowered above the horizon, looking
like the peak Of distant mountain.
We crossed over Onion, Elm, One
Hundred and Forty-twos and Hill
creeks, and struck the settlers road
along Allen creek. some four or five
miles west Of Mr. Dow's residence,
which we were laboring to reach for
the right. We reached the residence
of Mr. Grimsley about four o'clock in
the afternoon. where we dined, it be-
ing the first occupied house we had
seen after leaving Council City. At
evening we reached the home of Mr..
Dow. who was one of the first pioneers
to the Upper Neosho. formerly from
Iowa.
On the 18th. finding the Neosho
not fordable, and Mr. Dow joining
our party of observation, we set ont
for the junction of the Cottonwood
and Neosho, some eight miles below
Mr. Dow's residence. We found tn:
Neosho skirted with dense body of
timber, with wide prairie bottoms, on
which the settlers had built their cab
ms. Our course lay on the upland
and high prairies, ranging from one
halfto two miles from the river. We
arrived at Dir. Humphreys saw mill,
1t the junction of those rivers, little
before noon. We remained and dined
with his family, whom we found very
intelligent. From them We made va
rious inquiries. and learned that there
were about one hundred families set
He'd in this valley. all of whom had
settled near the river, on the bottom
lands, and generally close to the tim
Der. Mrs. II. said they had done the
same when they first came to the
country, and that they. as well as their
had suffered much from the
diseases ofthc country,in consequence;
hat they became conscious of the
causes of their sickness, and removed
10 the more elevated prairie, where We
found them. The consequence was,
after few weeks, they recovered from
heir illness, and since then had en-
oyed uninterrupted good health. The
settlers there have experienced what
hose along the Wakaruss, and even
On the Kansas river, have experienced:
hat no person can settle on low
grounds, along the margin of streams.
without suffering from agGe or other
diseases peculiar to the climate. Mr.
Il. has . very excellent steam saw
mill, and is supplying black walnut
md oak lumber at s22 30 per thou
sand. The logs, we observed, appeared
and larger than those we had
seen in other sections Of the Territory.
From this point We journeyed down
The Neosho several miles, and visited
3 point known as Neosho City, locs-
ted BY a Pro-Slavery company. and
on which is erected . log store build-
ing. This. however. was vacated last
summer. the goods having been sto-
len by predatory band of robbers,
So