The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-09-08
We eneamllpsetd 10 Tonight On Tie bank of tie

/. VI BLANKS OF all Kinds constantly % hand.
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- We eneamped tonight on tie bank of tile
river. Some one of our party IN swadingz
Yaboat IN the streams iIun6Rsb water snffi-.
Il gently deep battle in, discovered a Mains,
stiature bay where the water Was quae cold:
this was a great comfort 10 US, as we had
'fhad nothing to drink all day but warm. 4
muddy river water. We every where see
1 what hunters call signs of buffalo: hus =
no live ones. The innumerable paths made
.fby them in passing 10 and from the river. =
ipresented quite an inconvenience 10 travel
ting. 1t seemed like passing over an Ind.
Z ana corduroy bridge.
! Saturday 2l-Contiuued our course nm
Il the river bottom, seeing, as Yesterday, i'm
4 Vulnerable ''signs" of buffalo. The plains
were literally covered with their ..chips.,.
/ You western readers must not be told that
J prairie Yoyageurs use these ''chips" for
ffuel. We learned from the returning hunt.
4 ers yesterday, that large BODY of Kiowa z
and Camanche Indians had been buhnnH
:; here few weeks back; but that on the ap-
4 proacht of some U. S troops and Texan
Rangers, they had suddenly Disappeared
that the troops and some friendly Indians
were now about seventy five miles above US.
4 As am Tot friend of Buchanan's ad-
ministration. forbear to give myiown opin-
4 ion respecting his Indian policy, but will
1 give the views of our Nimrod--Mr. Snider.
who amid his many amiable properties, has.
in my estimation, the fault Of being a real
I simon pure, negro hating Democrat In Z
conversation with me upon the subject,
Mr.. Snider remarked; Il have Travelled
J through the Rocky mountains. and all over
] these plains and have watched the course pur-
, sued by the Government towards the Indi-
: ans. The red devils will commit some dep
{ relations, such as numbering mail train. q
I or tomahawking and sCalping company OF
. emigrants. The commander at some Fort
q hears of it. and after scolding and threaten
Ling for a month or so, finally sends he IN
2 diuns Word that he will be out after them
in the course of two or three weeks. and
will giye.them severe chastising. Pune
! tual to his promise, he sends out,a compa-
0 my of Dragons, who go numbering over the
0 prairie to the point designated, and when he
y gone. 20 make the matter. still worse. he
Q generally employs the Kaws to- help hunt
0 the Kiowas. Now, these Kaws are the most
lying, treacherous, thieying set of rascals in
g the world; and whilst they pretend 10 help
0 the troops, they are in secret league with
0 the enemy. Well, sir, the grand hunt is
Q generally attended with no better result than
: tcapturing some old blind Indian, or lams
2 squaw. Thus. whilst our troops are hunt
o ing them in one direction the Indians are
Q committing their deveiment somewhere else.
u At length il is discovered that this method
n Of conquering a peace, does not pay, So
70 government sends out a few wagon loads of
y presents--such as blankets, powder, lead,
y guns, tomahawks, and butcher-knives--
a calls the Indians together, presents them
10 with these articles-lells them to go home
20 and behave themselves, and please not kill
~ any more white men. He'll and damnation. :"
% said he, striking the air+with his fist, and
80 stamping his foot upon the ground, this is
: really hiring them to murder us %
believe l replied. r'that you Democrats
urge it as a serious objection to the Wyan-
u dot Constitution, that il does not al ow
90 these red devils, as You call them To exer-
20 else the right of suffrage. Perhaps the
. policy you condemn is intended to keep
these rascals in a good humor till that good
: time coming" when under Democratic rule,
they will be enabled to relieve US white men
20 of some of the vulgar drudgery of voting.
sol That is just the way with you Black Re-
publicans; a fellow cant say word about
g. the government, but you must run right off
50 into niggerism, fieeloveism, spiritual;sm,
- graham bread, grassealing and sugar cauO
"a molasses."
SO Having no disposition to steal your thul-
60 der I did not, believe. say word about
s0 ceeding interesting, and edifying TO you
SOL Democrats"
col .'TLe mischief you didn't! WI en- I was
50 H. t.,
oo0 ing white men, did mt you put right in with
90 your Republican slang, and fling out your
so slur about sbreech-clout sayages'' and al
60 that kind of thing 90 pr
SSf al beg your pardon nv dear sir, meant
60 no disrespect to you or your political breth.
so ern and am free to admit that your rotor
30 was both logical and profound.'
al 4.Well, damn the Indians aud the ringers
60 too, / say-but here is Cowcreek, now turf
go off little to the right, Henry. there is better
66o0 crossing just up there" ..ss
IN Cow creek is beautiful stream and it,
so waters are as clear as crystal Further uF
60 this stream il ie pretty well timbered. Tho
% region of Cow creek seems TO be the bufa
90 los paradise Near its mouth The plain Is
GO literally grooYed up With their paths, and
SO covered with their decaying cafcasses and
60 the stencil arising from them, was grea
81 81 annoyance to us. II IS singular that ".
sol have not seen live buffalo since We lsf
so the tributaries of Sand Creek.
50 Three of cur party started on horseback
p to explore salt stream on the opposite sid
So of the river They intended To ascend ID,
stream to its source. at which point The.
K. expected to End an inexhaustible ted Of rocl
salt Soon after stopping 10 night, We wer
Joined by our salt hunters. They fount
the water becoming more and more salty :
be they assembled the creek, but finding ths
rs it was leading them too far from The. rive
is 10 enable them TO return that night they CAV
adj up the pursuit for the present and stafte'
to- '.for camp" killing buffalo on the va.
lis which was very acceptable TO Us. as we ha
ng had no fresh meat since leaving Sand Creel
ed We hear buffalos all around us to night.
of Sunday 22-This is the blessed sabbath
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