Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-02-10

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Ma. ED,roa :-Psfmst mo through your
columns 70 lay before the public what l
know from actual observation, and what
fssts have been shls ~ collect fsou all
sources within my reach. have endeav.
ored to give the subject proper olteution,
sipce'the fra rspof.s Of gold liscpveries.
This, 10 connection with the fact that the
last sixteen years of ny me Rave besu
spent on the froatisr, may snabls me to
give some information that will be found
useful to thoss Nee fsmilias with these
things. The writer bss bad ample oppor-
tunity 70 test the different modes Of trsv.
cling in IN unsstsled country, and hss
fouad from expsrissee thsG Tie greatest
dihiculsy IN the way Of the enisrant Is the
steams and low narahy lands. In choos-
ing the route, then, the first thing to con-
slider 10, what rouss il the clea.est Of these
diaicultiss, for Il Is better to travel much
farther on solid road or divide. All will
agree with me in this, when they become
acquainted with Nsbrssks creeks and
rivers. The channels sre invarisbly very
deep, the current rapid and The banks
miry, which m1kss the crossing very diff.
esh. and causes much delay. This fact
accounts for the Aornons, living in the
vicinity Of Council Bluffs and Ousbs,
coming Up the divide between the Elkborn
and Aissosri to > point directly vest Of
Sioux City, and shsn tursiog- westward on
the divide bstween the waters Of TIE Platss
and Niobrars ri,ers. They Travelled this
rosie two seAsoss-she yssrs of 81 snd 2,
the former knova - The "ssiuy ssason."
On this route there 10 10 . stream to cross
from he r4issewi river " Fort Laramie.
Tho road keeps the top Of tho divide. and
denotes 81 immense amount Of travel, be-
ing worn down in the solid ground to q
considerable depth, and it remains hard
no matter how much rain falls, 80 that
the trains can travel At oil ,imet. ID, -sr FL,
By reference to Lieutenant WARREx's
Map 1.-THE only aathsntic one published,
bsing taken from actual surveys il will be
seen that F. Laramie Is directly seest of
Sioux City, ard the general course Of the
divide is sssaish. - . line for that point.
The whole distance, ss reported by War.
Rem, from the mouth Of The Niobrarah il
three hundred and twenty miles. being
four hundred and twenty from Sioux Guy.
by striking the old trace about Is miles
west Of the latter place and leaving the
mouth Of the Niobrarab "a miles north.
The Omaha papers put Fl. Laramie
down - the esss centre Of the gold region
- now discovered. Nov ve ask Why
leave such route ~hers ~ are sure Ne
can travel 1t al times, and 70 between
one and tvo hundred miles farther 70 10
The same route the Mormons, after . care
full exploration Of she whole country, came
BY our place 10 avoid travelius. Even 10
the Cherry Creek mines il Is ssfer and
better and one hundred miles nearer 70 70
this route 10 F. Laramie and than south
on the military rosd, than 10 70 .. DR..
KuSKEL directs. Game will Be found
much more abundant on the divide than
on the Platte river route, and probably
no Indians will be seen. Is thew are alvsv.
collected along the main ,horoux hfares
for the purpose Of trading with and steal.
ing from the emigrants; they are never
found out on the divide excep, on fall
hunts"
All Who propose to 20 in the spring
should be on the Missouri river before the
ground ,hsxs out, rs i. 10 always disagree.
able crossing the State of Iowa early in
the spriug. At no point on the river ere
there better facilities for feeding aud wait.
ing for grace than il this vicinity. Feed
is abundant sad cheap, besides the excel.
lent forage in the groves where many
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