Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-04-10
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Insesesasss from the Geld Mlses.
DE- soro, N. T.. March %, SO.
Once more FROM Eastern Nebraska,
and it will be the last from here for
this afternoon we start for Cherry
Creek. We will get ont Z miles to-
day, then tomorrow we can easily get
AS far as Elk Horn. News is daily
coming in from the mines, both g, cd
and bad. Two men arrived IN Omaha
last week from the mines. They re-
ported no gold worth digging for, and
all that were out there, were either
thieves or spectators. But they we're
not IN town very long, when news
came in that two men describing
them) were compelled to leave Den
yer city, for taking things that did not
Justly belong to them. The descrip-
ton just suited those gents-where up
on they soon decamped to parts un-
know. In your Weekly Of the 10th inst,
you had several letters from the mines,
written by the Hon. +. Z. Stout to his
cousins, to which you give credit to
the Marshal county, N. T., Press. Now
in the first place Hon. +. =. Stout is
citizen Of this place, and has been
for over three years prior to his emigra-
ton to Cherry Creek, last August. In
this place his cousins live, and to them
he wrote them letters, and they we're
first published in the Washington CO.,
(Dc Soto, N. T) Sun. We expect to
meet Mr.. Stout at TT. Kearney.
L. A. Allen, Esq, Of the firm Of
Beall & Allen, Attorneys at Law, Of
this place, writes to his partner, from
Loup Fork. He says the ferry COM
pany there were in no hurry to cross
cmigrants over the stream. They
kept their ferries out Of repair, and
down the stream-so as to compel the
emigrants 70 purchase food and neces-
saries out of their stores at cxorbitant
prices. At the time he wrote there
was full two hundred teams awaiting
there, and some of them had been
there for over week. But he expect
cd to get across next day, as they had
taken the liberty on that morning, of
informing the company that if they
did not commence to run the ferries
that evening they would do so them
selves, free of charge.
Mr.. Allen advises all who 90 with
teams to be very careful after they get
to Loup Fork, Of the water that they
give their cattle. for in most Of the
small streams and springs the water is
strongly imprcgnated with alcali-
which has caused the death of a great
many cattle. DO not give any to your
cattle until you have tasted it your
self.
He advises teamsters to take some
tartaric acid with them, which will
cure the water so as to be fit for use.
The Yellow Stone Mines are not
causing as much excitement at present
as they have. l learn that . great
many in Souix City intends to 60 to
Yellow Stone on the first steamer.
The Platte River is said to be high
or at present than it has been for the
last four years. The Missouri River
is rising very fast; last night it raised
twenty -one inches.
Companies are daily leaving Omaha
for the mines. The old saying, that
"Brds Of feather flock together" is
we'll adapted to the cmigrants !;
for mule and horse teams will 60 to-
gether F.; oxen with oxen, and hand
carts with themselves,-thereby form
ms an Independent company Of their
own kind.
A company arrived from Keokuk
last week, in Omaha. They had four
horses to the wagon and intended to
lay by, and recruit, until the roads
dried up. Now the roads are perfect
ly dry.
While in Omaha fell in converse
ton with an old French Trader by the
name Of Joseph st. Peter. He has
been trading in and and around the
mountains for five years. He says
that he thinks the soil fit for agricul-
tural purposes, but if you get near the
timber or mountains the grasshoppers
will be very troublesome; and if you
go on the plains the wind will blow
everything out Of the ground. He
says that the best pine timber he had
seen was on the Cash ala 1ooodr, (Por-
ter's hiding place.) lie also advises
all, and especially teamsters, to take
goggles with them; for when the wind
blows sometimes on the plains, you
can hardly see your lead cattle for
the dust, which causes very sore eyes.
He also says that q water key, (which