New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-18

then drops into h;s hole and ;. sien' and iaTls-
jb,s. The hoIes are no. vsD regularly pi'ced' but
anne thirty feet apart, aud when say TIA: De-
le.e re have to-day passed within sight OF stieas'
the. .ousre miles Of ;hese holes, the reader can
gue.. low many Of these animals must exist here,
even .upposina that there usually bur one 70 eseh
hol. / Judge that there canDo. BE- lees han
hundred ,auare miles Of Prairie Dog towns within
The PRESENT B0falo range.
That the Prairie Dog and the OUl-of 3 small,
brown backed Thite-belEed species-do hTe har-
moIiously in the ssme hole, | know. for have
seen il. presume the Owl pays for hi' lodgings
Ike gentleman, probably By turning IN .orne pro
visions toward the supply Of the common table
II 90 this .the mos. successful example OF ladui-
trial and Household Annexation yet furnished.
That The Rat;lesnake il ever admitted as third
partner. | Indignantly deny. No doubt, he has
been found in the Prairie Dog 3 houe-lt would De
Just like him 10 seek 20 cosy nes'-but be dolot
lees entered Ike true Border Ruftian, and con
triyed 70 make himself deal more free than vel
come. Politeness. or IF you please prudence
may have Induced The reh,ful owner 70 submit 10
iont tenancy at aill-tbe viii Of tie tenant, not
that Of the righiful lsndl0rd-bH. no consent was
ever giseD, uDless under constrant Of tia. potent
logic which the intruder carries al the Up Of hs
tail.
OF Antelope, have seen msny, but not 50 near
at hand a. could wish. defer speaking Of them
in the hope Of better acquaintance
A word now Of the face Of the country:
l.. -, 81. bsck I b.-a
no stone, ard think there j. none, except at great
depth. Solom0n's Fork, Hhere We left its vicinity,
is now stream two rods vide running but four
10 Elk inches Of water over bed Of pure sand at
depth Of some three four hundred feet below the
high prairie level Of the country infer that there
il no rock in place for at least that depth. The
subsoil Of the prsiries is generally loamy clay,
resting on bed Of sand The violent though not
frequent rains of this region form sheets OF water,
winch rush down the slopes into the water-c0ur'es,
which they rapidly swell into torrents, which,
meeting no resistance from rocks or roots OF trees,
are constantly deepening or widening the ravines
which run down 10 the creeks on every SIDE.
These gullies or gorges have originally steep, per
pendlcular banks, over which, in times OF heavy
rain sheets Of water go tumbling and roaring into
the bottom Of the rayines, washing down the sod
den, semi liquid banks, and sending them to thicker
the waters Of the Kansas and the Missouri. Thus
the prairie, save sOme narrow, irregular ridges or
divides" is gradually scooped and worn into
broader or narrower valleys, some Of which have
three or four little precipices at intervals up their
sides, where they formerly had but one, and viii
eventually have none For still the soil is washing
away and running of TO the Gulf of Mexico; and If
this country should ever be cultivated, Il prog
ress Of this disaster would b. materially accelera-
ted. It needs 10 be tmbered before it can be fit
for the habtstion Of civilized man. But still few
low Cottonwoods and Fins along the margins of
the larger streams-not cord Of wood in all TO
every hundred acres-I had almost said TO each
square mile-is all that is to be seen. hear Of
some poor Oak on the broader streams, and an oc-
casional White Ash, but do not see them.
The prairie wind, shaking the wagon so that
write in it with difficulty, bespeaks storm at hand
Adieu H. q.