The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1859-01-22
surr.r Of ,hs Gold Nina.

The evidence which the border press
has already lid before the people. con-
"erning the existence Of the gold at Pixies
Peak aud its vicinity, is full, explicit and
satisfactory, and goes tn prove, beyond
ioubt, that new gold regions, of great
richness and extent, have been developed
III The eastern slope of the Rocky M"un-
iains. A large emigration has already
taken possession of these mines. towns
IRE already locaied-some of which will
shorty become rich and populous cities
farms have been selected and the pioneer
improvements of the hush Indm M alrea ~
0mmrnced-rruls,e qu'l, if not superior,
20 any natural roads el>ew here III the Cr-
r"n, are ow opened. leading directly t"
he golden IlarerS, through COUNTRY
,b;:ntihmIIy SUPP lied with timber, grass,
and water. and fertile as any other land
IA the West. Legislation, b0.h loc Il and
governmental, has already commenced il.
behalf Of this rich domain. The attention
1t the people Of the States, and, in fac',
of the whole civilized WnrlI, is low fairly
lirected towards this new field of fortune
and adventure. In fact. everything that
The people can do, as pioneers, to convert
his section Of our public lands into rich
md productive resources for the whole
country, has already been done.
The most important step TO be taken
TO accomplish what has heen begun,
aid is still going on, viz: The buliins
up of sn other large and powerful ate
in the Great West, is speedy and full
survey of this gold region. Heretofore,
when Territories have begun to settle up.
an! emigration from all sections of the
Union has been directed thereto, the first,
or pioneer settlers Of these Territories, have
always experienced great trouble, and
met with serious Inconvenience and
losses in consequence of the tarlinpss of
he government i'll making survey of the
lands. The early settlers of X insas ex-
perieLcad these difficulties-many men
having made claims and expended money
II Improvements which they were at last
compelled to abandon in consequence OF
;heir Lines" not falling where they ex-
pected.
No man, who has not had experience
in this bus ness Of settling in new cnun-
Try, upon unsurveyed lands, can ever have
IN adequate idea Of the disappointmenis
chat a pioneer is Subjected TO, simply in
consequence Of the lands being not sur
veypd.
That this state of affairs may not exist
in the new Territory that now promises TO
he one Of the most wealthy and pnpulous
ronfederacies of the Union, we urge upon
he General Government the necessity of
IN immediate survey of the region en-
bra' ing all that tract Of country concluded
wiIhia the meridians of longitude 25 deg
md 81 deg, and the parallels of lati ude
So deg. and "a deg, which is an area of
above az, $50 square miles.
Aside from The vast mineral wealth
which the last few months has developed
within this scope of country, we have the
evidence of our oldest and most trustwor.
thy mountainous, that it is one of the
richest farming regions west Of the Mis-
sissippi Valley. The natural produces Of
his country, such as robes, hides, furs,
pellries and wool, Constitute another ele.
ment Of great commercial Importance in
our estimate of its richness and res .urces.
That in the ell! spring, an emigration
similar IN many, OF every respect, to
that which characterized the great exodus
To California in l840 and 1850, will he on
the march to Ihese gold regions, we have
every reason TO believe.
These being The facts, the existence of
gold, the agricultural aud pastoral resour-
ces, the natural products of the country,
the tide Of emigration already setting to
wards these lands, the roads already OPEN
ed, and other facts of equal Importance,
connected with this country, clearly es,ab-
lishe,l, make it important that survey
be male immedia.ely-Journal of Ion.
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