White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-11-29
Correspondence.
(For the Chief.)
Up SALT RlVERi
HExnAH RAncHr, Nov. Is, 1860.

h0f0 ro40 20 W8vcls ! weos ooVeso ~ PeSes
ger packet Plsek. .'Ik-Is," lying At the Bur.
Oak Wharf," bound up Salt River. Ny prin'
cipal baggase vas . jag Of "tangls- foot" sis'
" sod.corn," which was donated to ne BY ny
friend, Mr.. Narkhao, when be was In Bur.
Oak, - . conplinent for being the 6rss maa
be had seen in the Territory that was uglie'
than himself. The Republicans Of Burr Oak
thought they ought 70 60 With me. but Insist
ed that I should 90 alone. and that they should
remain where they were, to "do good in battle
time" for the Republican cause.
Ere long the old craft hove In sight of Uriah.
standing on the shore In company with Capt.
Whitehead, swinging their hats, and yelling at
the top Of their voices: 'Boat ahoy" A they
came aboard, the Captain eyed me closely. a.
though hs thought I was . suspicious passenger
no doubt thinking Mr. Markham would be .
better travelling eenpanion for that trip than /.
I thought 20 70. Mr.. Editor, don't you think
so7 To allay the Captains fears, I forthwith
produced my present, the jig, and proposed to
drink healths. Heslths drank-contents ofjug
lowered six inches!
The noble craft was soon plowing the briny
waves, and scarcely had We time to realize our
position, when our craft rounded % at Troy. to
(for) Wood, which was essential freight, this
season of the year. Jug lowered four inches
more! While Wood was coming ON board,
saw Eli amounting Samuel, preparatory to the
journey, and they soon were snugly on board.
They all seemed to regard me with suspicion,
as . passenger, and began myself to feel -
though were In strange company. I. as .
passenger. created 20 much suspicion, that the
wharf. master demanded my passport; whereup-
on I produced my present, the jug, and be said
"sll right on the goose" Az our vessel was
weighing anchor, the "Skillet Heads" slias
F." True Blues" sang
"whsrs, Oh. where 10 our Bsn oak candidate.
who. for his Dsnyi sake. submits 70 bis fate
Cbssfully. and will not rstaliafs,
A. martyr in the eah River L.ndi
He has NO ffisads up there TO meet him
Kansas Niiends ap there to greet him
Up il the Great sah River I.and.
Night setting in, with heavy fog, our boat
was tied up at the mouth Of small stream,
which. from the bearings Of the compass, shape
Of the hills, and bowling of cayotes. our pilot
declared was Wolf River. Jug getting light.
Scarcely had the boat been made fast, when .
dug cut showed out Of the mouth of the stream
and came alongside, bearing Hoffman. with
blank books for assessing property up in the
great Salt River Land. He came on board,
and, like the others, regarded me somewhat
suspisiously-jug lighter:
Amer supper, We hoversd round the stove
and DISCUSSED the Goose Question, and passed
resolutions, till late hour. Space will allow
me to give only few of the most important
resolutions:
lss-By Uriah-R.sslDsd, That Jenkins treat.
(Jug lightest!)
2d-By Capt. Whitehead-Rssslued, That
Abe Lincoln could not split sycamore rails out
Of gum timber. (Applause.j
3d-By me.ssN- -Rsselued. That the Goose
Question, politically. morally and sooseolosic-
ally considered, means that the gander should
ses half the time.
This resolution elected spirited discussion.
in which all joined. Thomas Dicks writings.
Burke on the Sublime and Beautiful, Carlyie's
Essays, the Declaration Of Independence, and
Dsvy Crockett's great speech on the Crown
Lands. were all quoted copiously. Srs and con.
in the discussion, which was finally decided
that the Goose Question actually means that
The gander sAssld set half the time; and that
'hould be the final settlement of the question |
and 20 decided BY 10 unanimously.
AZ all the crew had scruples against sleeping |
With Republican, of course had to take .
tate room alons-s vide berth. To say I slept
'oundly, would be slight sxaggeration; for my
lreams were haunted With blue devils, and Wis.
ons Of krock-kneed eats and Cross eyed snakes.
aying nothing Of an occasional visit of she
'osturnal horse Of the feminine gender.
By daylight We we're on our way-jug dry -
contribution boz! Al We neared the Point,
il crowded. to the forscastle to look out for
harley. Suddenly We heard shout, and We
aw man running at full speed down Main
treet, In the direction Of the wharf-and the
unning was like unto the running of Charley,
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!. m;nr,s. w.;,.,..s,." ,, = u"'u -.
. - 'o"'.eae On 'ne ueA-
came aboard. Charley thought was an in.
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