The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-08-18
A TRIP TO THE GREAT PLAINS.
From Emporia to the Arkansas aud Back.
sr J. b. WATSON.

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Hoorah for a buffalo hunt and wild (
plums Well have glorious time ! Mo-
Their and Mary Jane will go along You |
WON'T, Ell? "Look nice p Why. OF course
you would. Roasting and perishing with
thirst p How silly you talk | Well have
a cover on the wagon, Ireckon, and you
can ride along over the prairie as cool and
comfortable as you would be here IN the
parlor; and as for water, Mr.. Allen says we
will not suffer for it. sleep 2" Why,
sleep in the wagon, of course. - Hard
Sleeping % Cant We take bed along
IL didn't expect we would all sleep there,
/ guess Sam, Ras. and could lay on the
ground. Evolves ?" Pshaw :! They
wouldn't come within Fifty yards OF US
Indians q" Just as if there was any
danger of them |! never saw such cow
ard. Who cares for Indians l expect
we will have our pistols with u.s. Well II
YOU won't 90, who cares? Mother will
know. "Like to ?" Yes. of course you
would-'twiA do you good ; and then the
plumsl s.Foolish % 'Twould be foolish
in her TO let such good chance slip. Don't
try to put her out of the notion. now
We'll. I am agreed to leave tito him. Here
he comesI John Ship, we are going on
buffalo hunt, and mother is going along
Yes she is, though. Mary Jane has
backed out: she hasn't spunk enough
i Good sense 90 l think she shows her
cowardice. What say you about mother
going? Crazy % 1 think it would be
the most sensible thing she could do
Never mind what they say, mother. Come
eo-do! There, now, you have put her
: out of the notion of going. never did
see such a chicken hearted set as you are
Well, we will go anyhow-won't we. pap
I'll be darned if I'm afraid !
Master Coke argued and coaxed' anc
t though he possessed all the volublllty OF
1 Frenchman, and exercised his gift most in
dustriously, he failed to convince his mo
: Their and sister that the trip would be
pleasant one to them. Disappointment II
this matter did not, in the least, aoate Ill
ardor. The zeal and alacrity which he dis
played in making the necessary preparation
Tor the trip, showed no" muUn MS ne
was set upon the enterprise. His youthit
mind magnifed all its pleasures ana wa
intoxicated with its anticipated romance
In this the boy was not alone. truth com
$. nels me to admit that his widest vision
81 were 10 some extent shared Oy Tue o'ue'
= man of the party. Alas how often doc
stern reality dispel, not only the oright vi
, ions of anticipated joy. but as often u
ria most plausible theories OF fertile ana ing
mons minds What pity that all the II
cidents attending the great Dsttie OF II
should not prove realization oil the haPl
dreams of our childhood
est After making a hasty preparation,
: started on SUNDAY, the 18th of July, on o,
"hunt." In the first place, let Us take
lance at our outfit. Two yoke Of cattl
FAMED Tom and Jerry, Bob and Dick ; o.
set' NOW called BIllv-sometimes Camanch
,rood WAGON. pretty we'll covered sa
1853 nenner. vinegar, molasses, sugar, brea
anpr. bacon, beans, &c. The most impt
,ant mart of our outfit consisted in our arr
and munitions of war. and this deparfme
l.. If had been principally left to the supervise
,an- ,f the military genius of Master Coke
a. we afterwards called him, ''Nimrod j
Tick Nor" Our young Nimrod had provide
5. shot-bag full of bullets. of various siz'
= two mounds of fine shot. one and quar-
lAhr mounds of powder. three or four boxes
caps, one double barreled shot gun
IS, nepper- box pistol, four bars OF lead, q
two butcher knives. Such were his pre-
rect rations for killing buffalo and Indians. h
resi- and Sam. however, knew better than Il
York I've, would 90 prepared to kill buffalo
= hence they provided themselves win eac
srr,l- bo, ed ritie--a little heavier than Tn
r. used by our Ohio farmers to shoot crow
scare blackbirds from their corn-helds.
No.. often became a matter of jocular inqu
best who would stand the best cnance OF Kill
If a buffalo, the little boy with his shot!
and pepper-box pistol, or the larger Q
with their comparatively small bored riH
how AS we passed up our beautiful Cot
o tn wood valley, we observed everywhere
v ar, dences of the dreadful effects of the dro
then WHICH now affects Kansas and Missouri
.'t tLe The drouth in Kansas will, think. o.
salts about As often, and affect agricultural III
r pat ests about as injuriou$ly as excessive
docs in Ohio and Indiana. One yea
- FIVE or six will probably be dry here,
is wet there. One thing has. however,
fully demonstrated, that no part OF
100 world can suStasn uFoutu iohSCi
as. injury than Kansas. In spite OF drouth
hard times. the farms along the Cottony
present evidence of substantial thrift {
oWs, Portable dwellings have been erected, a
vast amount of fencing and breaking d
,nable This is very perceplble in what IS c
45y the Quaker settlement. A conSlde
BODY of Friends have settled about
miles west of Emporia. They have
ING regular meetings for worship at the DIVE
of John Moon. They are about, as
"a. informed, to erect meeting house
lan in near the farm of A. G. Proctor, Esq.
would settlement extends over to the Neosl
: hand Several families of Friends have settle
other the south side of the Cottonwood-sor
the immediate neighborhood of EN-
:: lI2S and some as high up as the Falls.
number, and religious weight OF char
entities them even now 10 the privilege
meeting for discipline, and their breth
home will do them great injustice il
LnCer longer withhold this from them. The
R. is near at hand when monthly ms