The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-25

trains on the great DeHrt " SAhaIa Lul n"n"
can realize the psngs Of that terrible gnaring
without this sad experience which a almost al
ways death. IL was then with 20 little fear
that approached this, what ! deemed the
most dangerous part u the journey, where Tor
a distance Of seventy Ave m1es~the width OIL
the plain at DOR crossing place mot crop Of
water could be procured for all The wealth OF
the world. Indeed, was carried away with
the horrors Of the tip that IL vas s0ns time
before IL occurred TO me that We might carry
some alter ia The wagons. which rejection
finally eonso!ed me not u little.
and the remainder Of the journey Was DE-
ycrsiied by similar experiences.
The special agent Of the goycrnmen. thug
corroborates the reputation for dt'olale
ardiiy which the layortc Pacific route d
the government has acquired:
This il the route by which southnn emigra
ton seeks the Pacific, and the abandoned ~ag
ons, the carcasses, the whitening bones by tho
roadside, too plainly attest the buiferings here
tofore entailed up0a the emigran,a by The teG'ct-
~ n mater.
The report Of the Secretary Of War al.
laded to in the pamphlet before us, says Of
the region ,raversed by that route;
The absence Of large nayigable streams la
large portion Of our recently acquired Territory,
and the existence OF the vast arid and mountain
regions have eutailed upon tho govern eBt
very heavy charge for the transportation Of
supplies, and for the service Of troops stationed
along our new frontier. The cost II iran,po,ta.
TIM nitiin that country for purposes connected
with military defence, amounted In the year
ending In June 1853, to four hundred and dny.
nd nd u.t,y IN
dollars.
by har e. mule. or besides bong yery tEpsuslYr
ueces afT e,cai"ps 10 he foa"s farrsd soN AMI
gcdsrstJ pns.sfae'otg as Z" prompt inquiry r mrAnA
which be attended VIA better apis II 81 e. hap
pens, Ia reversing ne eonety D." referred 10 'hA' log
sp4res snntsrri IN vi rb hsfe neither grass
wster snl hTnoo the con s1heoc1 must be- severe ptl
s.1on hai gesa dssruetnn ~ Ne aui'nais employed.
These nronysnenc~s are felt ~ All nOs,mrets between
The dsspl p0ats ~ hat stcipn AMI Distract spmrinFa
deissi ne pursn r ofihs moaa'd indians Il me plain,
eh1 by their nt mate tnOslejg" of tha places where
the small supplies ~ water Ard Rrasg 10 be fsni are
eaKb ed nv ibs most arid region sfsr e'mfnt
secrsHry proceeds con the older continents w r..
gans reaching from 10 iostd 10 he frozen hun
braelua sri plains soh PERCEPTIONS mountains cuF'rrd
Win snow, camsls are nssd Win ibe beet results %
and ooo uiss BY reee'oln'nins a. aPPsoprta,o, ior
Introducing these Arabian N 81 ~ thr sttt' 10 Re-
lh' obstsclos lntorposed ~ the wasriees ~asss
ani Erississs plains at that ifunucr"
II may well be matter Of doubt whether
country, which il is thus confessed requires
the same meaus Of transportation as the
Arabian desert, is adapted in the highest
possible degree TO the purposes for which II
has been selected Il is hard, at least, to
see what is the pa,ure Of that superiority
which il assumed for il az the ground Of
the exclusive patronage OF the departments.
II is nearly thousand mills longer than
the Northern route, inclusive Of all p0ssib,
OBJECTIONS Of the latter
The Southern line presents u succession
Of deserts Of different degrees Of desolatiou
under a burning sky-tho Northern, sue.
cession Of fertile plateaus uninterrupted and
supplied along the whole distance with all
the natural elements OF susteutation. The
Northern route, which from the nature Of
the country II would open, would carry sat
Elements along its whole coursc, would not
need military force for its protecton-the
Southern route already demands for its de
''H'f WV Hhtb VI tuN
Southern line rests for its ultimate support
upon narrow strips Of tropical country
threading narrow valleys whose water and
grass it seeks bya circui.ous route which
devia,cs seven degrees of latitude from d..
rec. line, in order to reap these small re
suits. and serve smaller sectional interests
The Northern route depends for its susten
aucc upon succession oil magn,Gcen, plains
OF uninterrupted fertility, comprising as OK.
grcga,c area Of over five hundred thousand
square miles. wa,ercd by innumerahle
streams, and dlvinely prepared for commerce
and civilization 10y rivers Of majestic vol.
umc, which carry nearly uubrokcn nsviga-
ton from the western boundary OF Mime
so,A to the base OF the ROCKY Mountains.
J.. H!"rAs " I.etsrri.ur On the l2tb,
4 !atgt ::aid: :a't'sas,.c meeting OF the
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