The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-07-25
Colorado and the noutc 10 IL.

NJ Case, Esl.orBryau,writcs to the VIII
uams County Ledlcy an account ofhis recent
trip to Colorado, of which Territory he is
the Surveyor General We make the FOL-
lowing extract.
We arrived ut Omaha on the Sth of Juno,
having came VIA the Hannibal Il st. Joseph
H. Il. aud the Missouri river. Everything
appeared to I've quiet in Northern Missou
whcH we crossed. We saw more Stars and
Stripes ty.ug than Secession rags. The II.
y st. j. Il. H. runs through Us beautiful II
country most OF the way as over the sun
shoue ON. | could not but remark the diff
| ference between that country AND Illinois
! both appcarcutly of equal fertility audnatu-
/ raj beauty, while Illinois, as yuu sweep
! over 10y rail, looks like magnificent garden
| Missouri lies Gs it oamo from the hand Ut
/ the Creator.
! From Omaha wrntoNcr to Council Bluffs.
B, and found my old friend Kiusman. who took
me around and showed me the city and it's
surroundings.
We were obliged to wat ut Omaha rour
days for stage to hcuVcr. "Wednesday
morning at | o'clock Il. IN, we took our
places in the starc (murc OrOpctlv called IN
! W isrousiu y "icrly,') and breakfast time
found US nearly To the valley of the, Elkhoru
the E.&horn, we passed. into the valley OF
the Platte. The country from the Missouri
to the Ellhorn lisa high rolling prairie. very
thiuly settled rs yet except along the route
10 the plains. The whole route from Oma
Ia to IT. Ecamcy is filling up with ranches
and corn enough is planted this year t.
supply the settlers and the travel to Kcarucy
We were obliged to stop one night iur ,
prairie storm, which, we noticed the mex
morning, took thc top of from Il house a ht
tie farther ON. That detention made another
= when we como to the ford of the Platte n
Kcarucy. The Platte at that ford, including
lslauda, is some two miles wide, the waite
in the deepest place about three feet deep
Travellers in crossing have the pleasing
reflection that the bottom is QuicEsaud mos
of the way, and that it the mules (siX il
uumhc) should "talo their bits in thri
teeth and STOP" the coach would most pro
| badly commence going down.
Kclmcy City about mile above the ford
| is built of suls. The buildings are ON
, story with the sod walls about eighteen il
chcs to two feet thick, with earth floor
, covered with u carpet of Guuny bags
{ Some of the groceries and ollicos rejoice |
{ a board front WhitcWashcd; while one iram
5 building two stories high is being built an
!, is already looking down upon tho old sc
, tiers, There are some frame buildings a
the fort, which, by the way, is fort witt
S out (ortiicationS.
t From Kcarucy this way for ovor 3O0milo
n there is no attempt made, as yet, at raisin'
+ crops: but ranches are located all alon
/ the route ut intervals of from four TO liitec
= .milcs. These branches" consist of on
= house made of sods, with an adjoining "coI
+ rel" which is u yard enclosed with hig
5 wall of sods. At the Express station ther
f is Il stable in the "corrcl' for the mules
+ As we approach this place the stations az
better. built of wood. We got very goo
4 meals aloug the route, paying therefor iroi
$ four to six bits each, II sort OF initiation
Il Denver prices. The Indians are hangiu
=. about every rancho, begging from rancI
. men and travellers. There is nothing lili
i hostility manifested by them, nor will hcl
$ he if they are not most cgrcgriously ahusc'
c We passed in the first days drive wc'
9 of Kcany going west, lTS wagons draw
! 10y lao cattle, horses and mules. \ rcgr
: lar freight train drawn by cattle consists {
% wagons with six yoke of cattle Gael
: making You see, 800 oxen.
: We arrived ut this city Monday morning
G juno 7th tired enough, of course, Of 81
I hundred miles of staging.
s. | will leave Il description of this city tC
II another lcttrr