The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-08-18

prairie, for about six miles. when we struck W
the valley of the Cotton wood, up which we tt
afterwards travelled We arrived about Ct
noon at Mr.. Simmons; here We rested. and "
took what We were informed would be our
last drink of weil-water until osfs return. G
Soon after leaving Simmons, W came to
what is called ihe French settlements and q
encamped at night at Bruno's RanehesPn the n
banks of stream which bears tieRame OF :
IFS proprietor, and near al exceneht sPrihS =
| of water. 80 :
After leaving the high prairiefo-day, we
passed through most beautifnl country, \
and that is yet but partially settled: Fer
haps most Of the timber clSims are taken,
but there is a vast amount of excelient bot I
tom prairie still left.
i bills, or rather swels, which bound the
; northern side of this valley. Il is difficult :
to rive such description as would convey
a correct idea of them to the reader; there
is nothing in the older States Ike theme[l Z
Imagine succession, for manys nils, OF
hay stacks, fattened down on the top so as
!, to resemble bake.oven, the back sac OF
which is turned towards you, and asnooth
!, and regular as if it had been shapes oy
mason's trowel; and as you look upethe
little valleys which separate these monnus'
2 you often perceive that they olsect o'her
. valleys which separate another succession OF
. swells Or mounds, running way Out hoFth
Y as far as the. eye can reach. =
We had an early supper, after which each
/, one stretched himself out upon the grass,
, where l Law drinking in all the novelty of
= hunters camp life. Anecdote. jibes, repair
q tee. and snatches of song passed hVelyl
= around. Some of the latter were extemPo-
= raneous-such as
q "The hunters camped at The Freneh::an's rancho
= And Bruno was his name
B-R-U-N-O,
! Bruno was his name"
All Joining, until they came to the letters
e B. r, &c, when The letters were sung out
is in their order by one at a time until they
If arrived at o, when all joined and sung TIE
* balance as a chorus. ..
"a Trifing and insipid as these STHe inck
m dents may appear to the par!ss err to us
a. tbev had a peculiar charm1zFsssst which
"a those who have never Witnessed SUCH
n scene would be unable to appreciate slruer
III and Drawer men-more noble hearted land
ut generous, God never spired with the love
n OF truth and Justice. than such as these
ng our fellow voyagewrs. True, noble men are
Us not confined to a particular class; he who
d suffers his heart to remain IN the place
a where God put 1t, Is. whatever may DC MS
nd situation and condition in llfe-a gentle
:. man.
l" Two accidents occurred here. Tom, our
= near hind OK, got entangted IN the rope
- with which he was fastened to the wagon
Id ana broke his tail near its origin; and as II
e,I rendered him unable for some days to raise
~, or switch it. proved serious inconvenience
,,n to the poor fellow. The other was the mys
." ,erious death of one Of the Frenchman
" chickens. The cook, as he invited me tC
ler nsrt,ke of some of it for supper, declared
ecu that he was amusing himself by. shootin;
at mark with revolver, and that, just a
"" he shot, Tie plqyuy fool Of a chicken '0atke'
r;okk in tie touy of the ball! Il is true, b
nee ave Significant witch of his shoulder
'eI 1 and l thought 1 perceived laughing dew
* in his eye rs he gave me this version OF In
matter. Il is due, however, to Cook, to So
lne that on our return he gave Mr. Bruno I'll
9e' same account of the affair The French
re man laughed heartily at the story. and eS
"" claimed, :" By Gar, sarve dem chlcke
"P rinht - Such occurrences as this IN iron
y, tier life, are looked upon as practical JOKE
- and be upon whom they are played Is To-
~, ~! if he does not join in the laugh.
I nn Wednesday,, July 18.-Crossed CottoT
,r.a wood and lett it to our right and travelled
0l'e southwest course up the north side
Dovle Greek. The valley is exceeding
3 % :" fertile, and capable of sustaining quite
an, r. large population for some ten or httet
nj, miles up this stream.
I'm, The afternoon was excessively hot. y
to- cattle became fatigued-so much So that '
flied fell behind, AID were soon ou' VI s''O
read our companions. lo""'os s;sr,..
pal countered a tremendous s'o'in
mos came down in torrents, and It blew pe:ie
hurricane The ropes which, fastened t
his /? cover to the bows snapped like pack threa
oara and awav went the cover over the PFaiF
4 lis leaving US exposed to the fury OF the stor
/, the In few minutes it commenced haiiln
- Our cattle became unmanageaole-th
: Its turned and ran towards ravIne, ana Tor
wbat few moments we were in danger OF expe
,tin,s encing a general smash-up. AT length II
and succeeded in Selling the near lead OK oy
and horns, and held him. Coke was equa
ness successful in securing the oH-Wheei OK
k its During all this time we were beng pei
this by. hail-stones as large as puiiet-eggs.
IA the ran to Coke's relief. STOPPING over hIm
artor prevented the hail from striking his hei
rrae and protected nv own with my hands
,unas These however were sadly cut and bruls
aaz4d and the blood ran freely. Hail storms
Measure. have their end ours did not
;.nar-l over fifteen minutes. We gathered up
,ar;or lfuritive wagon cover. and were soon
JcI-oi 1 -,
rather route tor camp Alter hlta'"s :, So
To and dripping progress Iof aoou. 'hFee ~.
which we came upon our eOaspogniOns en- voyGJe
ago. who had encamPea loF me laI ~ : n,
who called The Mud hoie' a. Tue it"u - -
nd in Creek bat insteai oIsFecei. iuS "ny
aid be patty from them, We soon found curse
indian the objects of their jeers and ridieult
ows- Such occurrences are quite too frequen
ne fire. be regarded seriously we iounu
~ A,aYyf IN cr0n
team equivalent Tor All theH noU'S a.
TO the which they had prepared. anu oe'ot
very we turned aud smoked I'll osuE
at the Coke. after sitting silent anu
nd the some time before the hre' e2s'aimSu; -
means sigh, eli this Is the way oaHe'o
stag goes, wish we haa seayeI - 100
drink, exclamation which was ee oeSs7sonl
mn the afterwards many a hard joke at his expe
nee ofiWe slept o-night in our wet clothes. al