New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-06
RAILROAD TO THE PACIFIC.


jeeed loss Of half their lsDd' through treaty ,ipaton
b, which they to aid IN the construction Of r,.
20 run Kansas City The insshcAnt peeeAs a..
ofcouse 20 tribe bnt the thing looks very oh
,re land had been convey than Necessary any xi
mate osd psrpcsss The rsmsiaBg bsf ss-srya. 4.
10 Be 20 surv yed that every Indian viii have his portion proper
( ly secured to him.
Your rpecsI dispatch sgen. has been imposed upon
most egrepiousy by some De gnine person. m relson
DO the contents of ths Delaware rresy (which vas
ratified by the United States Senate on the 9th Of
June lac. without dissenting voi,sl, or hs has not
read il with any other object than to msrepresen ss
contents and thereby do the greatest ipas.ce 70 our
Railroad Company, with which the material interests
of Central Southern, and Wes.erD Kansas, and more
e,pecslly the valley of the Kansas River close
" identified Believing this, feel il my duty TO
ret in this manner aay erroneous Impressions that
may be created by the said dispatch. .-t
You have berstOfc re been The steaffag. frsnd Of
meas and Der inter sts end cannot eve thai you
will give oountepance 10 snythi09 that would initiate
in the sghtes degree agsnst the great interest of the
Territory, viz: thu LeaV ca worth, Fort Riley d West
err Railroad from tbs city, up the valley Of The Kan
River by Fort Riley 10 the direction OF the gold
region of Pixies Peak, doe west of NJ. Tbis city,
with her 0OO0 people, a. her large Wsstrn trade
this valley aud its flour shiDg towns and far MS and
the Rocky Mountain region Of gold West OF u.s. are all
familiar 10 you you were but recently in our midst
fell therefore, that addressing friend OF our
interests and OF our railroad en- erprss especially.
Wi this land, the subscriptions obtained, and the
cree il of the road We hope 10 be able N bald 70
Fort Riley JIG miles distant by the line OF the road.
Ihis the Only road that has solid basis west Of tbs
Missouri River All Of the rival enterprises projected
wes Of this river are relying largely upon city and
copnty bonds and town los at fabulous prices for
basis They gotten up by parties haviog large
town interests aud pusd into notorety by barbe-
cuee and celeb atoms TO make lots cell These tangs
DO not deceive sensible lapcs should BE- grant
ed for railroad purposes byCongress TO KaDs's, no
It'd eaf frOu On
would get any land for the first hundred miles, because
the land is in secood hands. Therefore none OF the
many speculative projects could raise the means TO
build to the land, If they had II granted
TO them How differ Mt is it with the Leayenworth,
Fort Riley and Western Rail cad. The Della ware
tribe consists Of bout 100 lDdians This reaty ses
10 each 20 of land in fee simple, without ths
power of Alienation the residue 600 600 or 10 GOO
acres il 10 be cold 10 the leaven worth. Fort Riley
and Western Railroad Cmpany 81 not less than
81 % per The proceeds the Indians receive, TO
improve their farms. The Company pay for this land
10 six months after the surveys are made. When the
Company build and equip - miles Of road, p ient
Issues for oIehalf Of the land aud when the road IL
tUilt and equipped 20 miles further % the western
boundary of the reservation, the patent issues Tor mo
balance. This is the substance Of the trea'y. The
Government hiss rarely if paid oyer ~ cents per
acre for Indian lands and very FIR queny not over ~
and 90 cents. IL has bought millions OF acres In THIS
Territory at these prices II is now selling as good
land 10 and 90 cents per for land warrants the
each Irice is 81 25. Can there BE- anything unfair I'M
oppressive 10 tue indian IN THIS treaty n
great any Of these Isdians intelligent and as
well educated, probably. as your correspondent. sni-s
understand their own business quite well AZ he doee
Congress has given millions Of of land for rail-
road purposes in the various States for nothing and
there has been no complaint; but the moment rail-
road company in Kansas buys from the Indians ~ w
or 200 600 Of their land at 81 % per acre, IS
Gus cious affair and somebody cheated In the face,
too of the fact that lsndgraus and appropriations for
public buildings bridges, &c. have been refused as,
say there is deg ee OF inconsistency 10 the course
! Of your CORES oondent that cannot comprehend .
By an examination of the map OF Kansas you viii
sea that the northern boundary Of this reservation
within Elk and half miles OF this ely il 1: ron
ten TO sixteen miles wide, from south 70 north, and
/ forty miles in length, from east 10 west extending
from the Missouri River 10 six miles west OF Leconp-
ton on the Kansas River. Toe road VIII pass through
these Lar d. and very if not tbroogh Tie ssVos
acres reserved by the Indians which viii b. doubled
! and qusdrupled in value by building this road Inc
land is surrout ded on all sides by hourshlog towns,
! such as Leayenworth City, Quudaro WyandJtte,
PaIkville, Kansas City, Westport, Lawrence, LeSomp
ton, Tecumssh Topeka, Osawke, Askaloosa1 &c Il
is in the iDidst of the most d5nsely populted and
hourshng portion of Kansas. Ii is surrounded on al
sid. by well improved agricultural districts, and here
in this center is this large and fertile well wat red
and well timbered tract Of land, unsettled, unculu
waited unimproved and TO all utents and purposes
valueless TO the Indian and white man. | ask you,
how much better will 1t be for both ~ have good and
substantial farmer each loo acres and good rail-
road passing through it and the center Of the hsoss
valley Your correspondent lie much 81 fault N hs
geography in his know ledge of the contents OF the
treaty. His idea is that the LeaveD worth Port busy
and Western Railroad stars from n ansas Cry 10 mis-
! souI The fact is, it starts from D@avenworb Clty
/ adjoining Fort Le.venworh in kausasi Il is the
largest city west of St. Louis on the Missouri kVer
and the commercial emporium OF ksnsss ana ,ne
| West. The road passes up the Kansas River vauey
to Fort Riley three-fourihs of the route almost
natural roadway, the valley being Level ana rom
three to ten miles wide This valley extends
by the Smoky Hill Fork of the ksns4s
/ River TO within short distance OF me psse
| Of Pixies Peak; there Is an abundance OF eoA,
wood, water and grass AL the way 20 Denver
ard Colorado Cities. A good emigrsnt road has o;eu
recently established and opened, which makes ms pe
lance one hundred miles less than by any oshsr
route now Travelled There only ten miles OF SANDY
sd, and only place where is eighteen mlss DC
tween the streams, on the " hole route. Atf he!'
the trade AID travel Of New Mexico, the "Goii ne
gion,' and Utah, be concentrated, az wen -
troops munitions of war and the mails 70 and rom
the far West 1t is the only road Running wess IrOm
the Missouri River which will have for s;ye a yesss
way trade and travel, exclusive CT through oaaoeT
that will pay running expenses. The mrs. diVnon a
al eady located, over cheap and eAcshen' ~
We are makug our arrange uents as rapidly as Poeoi
TO locate the remainder by Spring, and pdi t9e "nG
under contract to Fort Riley, distanes oil Ito nes
from this point, Leavenworth City is about q uai ~
north west from KaDsAs City, the future =,
the ST. Louis Pseic Road. We hope next year 70 Ru.
a road under contract which viii connect wi.n uls
Pacific Road at its terminus. Our Dearest POM " ~
Hannibal and ST Joseph Railroad is CamEon, - mnN '
distant. The Counties of Platte and Clinton u ne
souri in conjunction with our county, Wal coni 49,
building road connecting the two pon's To-
Spring; the money is marty all raised 70 90 10 ID
Hannibal and ST. Joseph and Pstte County " 80;
will complete, by the LIST day Of JanG2 ne1 ;,bin
| road from =. Joseph down the Tlyer 70 "es''"' "
six miles of this place. ana
have gone thus fully into this mat'er, MAJ yVe "a
your reaCers may fully understand our eohuasv ~,
position as railroad point between TIE Eau