The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-02-23
THRse MILE CRKkk Near Fl. Riley,V
Kansas IT,, Feb'y Z, 1859.

Aessrs Editors Having been reader ol
your paper from its debut to the present time
| and feeling an interest in your success no edi.
! tors and publishers, thought / would write
you sketch Of what think Of the Kansas
gold mines.
And first Living, a. I do. about half way
from your locality to Pixies Peak, aud having
travelled in the last four years considerable
distance from my head quarters in every direc-
ton, l have made up my mind that Fixes Peak
is truly q land Of gold. have come to this
conclusion. not by reading and devouriag every
thing have seen in the newspapers IN regard
to the gold rcginrs. but from ,oaat / hape som.
have seen scores ofmen direct from the mines.
and have examined them separately and apart
from each other, and have been shown the gold
. It was taken from the earth. With these
facts, how could dishelieve1
Know that in the States, the whole country,
cas,, west, north and south, 10 in blaxe about
Fixes Peak aud | do not write line for the
purpose OF encouraging emigration t. that point.
lear TOO many will go--I fear the seciiun IT
country in which live will he nearly depo u.
lated. Persons who go there ought. ere they
st'rt. TO know that they must cndu very
great miny hardships and inc.n, enicnces.-
And then the lelsa,s who 20 there. thar are
temperate. industrious and economical, must
succeed. Don't let the banc Of western life,
Whisky. get the better Of YOU think could
insure competency through life, 20 every
energetic man who goes there, II he but swear
before he starts not to taste spiritnous LIQUORS
until bic return. | zee already the preiara.
'i.ns to ship large quantities Of whisky to the
mines.
Now, there Is one thing ] want tn call the at.
sent'on OF yulr readers 10, and then am done.
This is In relation to the Route. ! see that in
your issue If tan. 29i, you reprint letter tn.
Ken from the Pittsburg Gazette. The writer of
that letter LETT Kansas City. taking the Santa
re route TO tie crossing OF the Arkansas
Well. what Of III Does that prove that every.
body else ought to take the same route Now,
lot me tell you: that route, for long distance,
il destitute Of fuel and ssater The grass is a
full mouth later on it than on the Smoky Hill
route. Now, sirs, the way to 20 is this Leave
the Stats at Leavenw,Fth, taking the Military
Road TO Fl. Riley. From thence up thu Smoky
Hill to its head. When you get there, you are
~ near through shat you can see through
Whilst you are travelling On this route, you are
going the exact direction all the time that takes
you to tho region If gold. Then you have
wood and water and grass in abundance wher.
ever you may want TO stop. and wherever night
overtakes you. There is not q stream IN the
whole route that will not long before you reach
It in Spring, either have ferry or b idpe to
carry you over. Besides. on this latter route
the country 10 settled for seventy five miles west
OF Fort Riley. and there is abundance of corn
all the way for that distance. should the emf !.
grant see fit t. start SO early IL the Spriny
tina. the grass is not sufficient 10 keep his stock
in living condition.
@rrs S. b. WHITE