The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-06-07
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o..,.,nopaeuee Of the Hask-Eye
Coanc,l Bluffs, Nay 26. 1859.
Your remark, IN connection
Us Ip ..,nru,ng emigration from the PIX
9Th tae ,h., .those editors along the Mis-
Pe.k a'ns, md their correspondents wso hav'
soar' SOi. r.,blished glowing accounts OF golf
srasn -" ~, Of mercenary motires. and .to
ei.eoEs''es - fn,xndeving those shom they Nigh
skPs'po1 General execration" is pertcctl.
jslsSt, oes. ;.,.s,ne there are but few who vii
just, ea' - the charge. The people ant
plead gatn. ,be Missouri Slope" are no worse
ediors ss.nle. 's'o"s and are no more liable to b,
tA'a o'',, ,,sn "plundering" than IN Other part
eaa,sss s,sa,ry. Our editors have published th'
Of the eC41s r.m. 10 hand; you and other editor'
pess q ~. ,he same, and nov according &C
hsse oos. .,r,s YOU have all been deceived, bu
some 'ceoaS. g., ,ba, reason fall 70 calling names
should you ", ,,.ce al the responsibility upon
and as ous. lang the Missouri Slope and their
"the edro,s Why, Mr.. Editor. We are not
eoresponos.'hs hsre: We don't plander people Of
svsges o.' =, their goods, and are no more
their moDe. general execration" than the
deserving "L;nds We al know that some ol
"rcss o. ",o.in, accounts that have been pub.
tse mo.' ,bs pines, have first appeared in
hsaeu - .n.r.-some OF them, u l am not
I''W'" on in the Hswk Eye Itself. True,
efesu. ss,tl,d that there was to be an I'M
snep ..;a,,,ion to the South Platte, the towns
- -, The SLOPE were each zeaions'y e"p'oyeo
.aeei,,;oc Out the peculiar advantages o' 'neif
.'ra,,s route. That was certainty na'uai. anu
i,snt sou. Nr. Editor. did some'h'he VI tne
l,nd Ros many articles nave appeared
T. ,on, columns, exIoling the superior a"vah-
- n, South Platte route, VIA tacinc Oity
Wy pV",,smou,b bu, never word 10 favor OF
snu .a ,a .Ionc The north eide OF the Platte via
u w ~ ~ .nd om,ha. We didn't complain Of
80, At all You have q right TO pun the
ssn,e II which you are interested, but do you
~ ~, re..op become liable to the charge Of
me isct is, the people along the Missouri
oae s.re pundered nobody. They have sold
NJ ewiersnts corn, and -four, and provisions OF
n kinds a. least 80 per cent. cheaper than they
.oud be bought at any point east OF the Des
apes river. This is sckno wledged by all par.
!. Aud now that many OF the emigrAnts are
ssss back. We hear no complaints against the
,,le Of the .'Slope" Tor setting them OH on
IN sestern ventures. They all tell us, that
+, reled upon information received from
md. sready in the m'nes-and not upon the
rasnts published in the papers Of the ''Ssope y
ally report that Omaha, Council Bluffs,
.s.uoath, Nebraska City, &c. were TO be
r.d by the indignant emigran's was simply
a-n bad rot . word Of foundation In II.
sPke's Peak q bumtuey That question yet
,..ns to be settled, The tao. that disap.
k0ped gold seekers are returning from there.
no esidence that it is SO, any more than IL
81 in the case OF Cal fOrnia. Some-many
Y, relu,niug-hut others are pushing on
krpv u. unfavorable news--others bring US
syer reports and The ghttering metal itself
mere i gold on the South Platte and its trIbu
kue,-uo one denies that's there enough TO
bAy Tor digging i.-that question yet remains
a be decided, hut whether there be little gold
| 4, much. the teope OF the Missouri slope will
essbd acquitted IN the eyes OF oil fair minded
nsg Of .piundering" those who have sought to
ecure IT.
Yours truly, d. C. BLooAER.
Friend Boomer, in the first place, informs US
fa the newspaper correspoa dents aud publish
h on the Slope are not obnoxious TO the charge
hating wrilten and published lying accounts
n gold on Cherry Greek, out OF mcrcenary mo-
Er and then proceeds to defence. II the
~er,ion is true that publishers at Council
).fs, Omaha, Pacific City, st. Joseph, Leaven-
scrlh aud elsewhere have printed nothing but
bta, they believed to be true, they need no de-
enee IRON Mr.. Bloomer or anybody else, and
Bore especially il they have done no more than
De Haxk-Eye and other newspapers published
bn the Mississippi, as Mr.. 3. asserts. But we
t,Ae the assertion ho2ly that they are the par
IL guilty above all others of inducing this
(aslrous emigration. The Hawk Eye has pub.
btei every thing favorable and uniavorabis
Fau the heginn ng, aud always when an opin
vas offered, asserted its belief that gold
\. not exist 10 Kansas in sufficient quantities
"a, Tor m ming; for which II has been tre-
asHty abused by Council Bluffs papers.
The Slope newspapers had and still have their
pfqaaiutsnces and neighbors, who have gone to
Ee mines, tor correspondents, who have all the
ksson AID still continue to write glowing ac-
Pcunis Of the gold diggings, asserting that IS,
y aud even $50 per day can be made at
n,Oing. They have endorsed these letter
Friters as intelligent and truthful men and in
Iited The public to give iull credit TO their let
lsrs, Even the last Council Bluffs Bugle invites
eter,body TO dlscredit all other reports, read
u. Aliens letter and believe that he is making
y pei day 20 The hand over all expenses!-
DOES Mr. Boomer think this is right! ls it
honest and Gonorables Does it look as though
ns Bugle was anxious the truth should be
saOsn, or only aiming to lure Oh the gold hunt
m TO certain destruction in order to sell them
her ol,i,s
Are the mines bumbug or is there gold in
Western Nebraska in quantities 10 pay Tor mi
nas' There is every reason TO believe the
shole ,hi.g ssindle. Many OF the letters sent
nom the mines are known TO be false in every
Representation ma6e-msnutxctured out Of
sAole cloth. Letters have been forged to
eseeEe sad delude emgranis, as is nov well
established. Although one thousand persons
shieted n the mines, and q great many more
laSe been there during the spring, no dust has
!enrived 10 the States, and i, is fair to presume
Wal there is none to arrive and that there new
I" 'M be any worth naming in commercial re-
ports.
iAe most charitable conclusion it is possible
"1fi'e al is to suppose that these early miners
'ao passed the plains during the incement
'eaiher OF last December and wintered on
e's''' creek, laying out towns, building houses
'1a aAing accommodations for gold seekers
'D' we're to come in this spring, through rep.
'''eu'ations OF themselves and friends, were
'ece'seo 10 regard to the amount of gold exist
'og there. That finding the color every where
'e'! jumped at the conclusion that large guam
""es existed which would enrich miners and
maze Western Nebraska a second Cal,ornis.-
u'! Jumped a. this CONCLUSION without
sr'dsrce.
: 'Vsoipose that gold does still exist at Pixies
10 paying quantities would be most vic
presumption, 10 the face Of the facts that
'"e 1'' YET been mined-that hundreds have
- - y 'ls 'aeor and expense OF going to that
'y AID prospecting in every direction
'e y vas expected to exist or likely to be
'lo have returned aud pronounced it 9
:. NC ut'ersal opinion Of the country is thai
. e"'ndie abou, equal in enormity 70 tha