, 1864-02-20
IDAHO.

Re,narks made 6efor Chicago Board q. .1,.ude,
Fs6. eth, 1864. BY CAPT. JAS L. F1sK.
Throughout as the ages, to great or less degree,
the subject Of Gold has excited the conimunities
q the nnlEeIse And AZ. h9r % pIopitioas i It. now
tons Is looming and lowering upon Us, that our
own resources still respond and relieve Us Of al
anxiety sonesfningg the payment Of Interest and
Like. the Goddess Of Liberty upon Plymouth
Rock. fair Idaho steps boldly forth from among
he Euered Rocky Mountains, with cheer On her
c1ous metal, and says to- Father Abraham OF Uncle
Chase. Here's twenty -hve millions, II Toutl come
sa s H. s snses nss a
just yonder-1. 200 Of 800 miles north 9, ives. Q
sear as aso tbsfe Tele but and hef psoduss as'
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means Of conveyance to the practicable head Of
navigation on tie Mississippi, 9r, T. you please,
81 on es u H. psss q shse sGhs sss
eagerly sought gold Fulches Of the Yellow Stone
to tie three forks 81 the Missouri to tic new
tie fs Rocsy t Monntains, mailing roato faiiy 500
miles shorter than the old one, and in evc7y other
respect far more desirable, to tho new Il Dorado
The distance from Omaha to Bsnnock OF Viz
gia!at Gi.y Is asoo miles; from ST. Panl to sstaa
posn1 oect IL ~ h neetp with this assembly Of the
sold non. H. thesefore. for Tho pn1po.e 81 direct
Ing your attention, to the necessity the praetica-
hlllty, and great advantaeea Of direct thorough
faro through our own northwest to this new en-
pise dawnl1g in the mountains.
would have the mighty column Of emigration to
and from that region as Wcll A. to and 1fon the
western depots of supplies, and Inducements for
settlement, aud would hare NJ glory (whcn once
this in the sxdd 5s;. e The
to pronounce .upun 80 desirable pnblie highway.
There is now full the sum OF S!5e00,0 600 lying at
Rannock and Virginia Cittes. md IN the cabins OF
tho gulcEes making down to those places. awaiting
safe means Of transportation. to the East. =.
feeling IS to dc proper return route to the east
G ves Il %: q s. fsu H. X s11T asa ,Gas aad
while there, that upon ny return from the noun
tains next tau, thcy would furnish NC company In
wonld have made their piles and stand ready to
journey homc by the neasest and best route.
The gold region Of the Yellow Stone ia under
The northern base Of The Black ais. and in AZ .hc
ron st. Psui direct to tho nearest gold-acldz of
he host Of em1g7ants may iead oat this coming
spring, Is not more than go miles.
From that point Wcst TO tho Great Range, over m
vastly lich and extcnsiTo deposits Of gold. Ono
hundred thousand persons will ernisrate to Idaho
this coming SUMMER on account OF tile new dis
toms Of another great stampede from the mother
countr1es-thc demand being now sreater than the
means OF Transportation to america.
As commercfaI men you must certainly SEQ by
what means ron can turn all this great tide Of EN-
fgration, not only hom abroad, bnt from the New
England, Eastern and Central States through your
own metropolis thence on their destination, aud
teap a wonderful harvest for Four pains.
My opinion now fa-reasonfpg from the bluutest
facts. and what I absolutely know.-th2. tho rad-
GUS lines of surrey; routes proposed foE Pacific
Railroads. are fmparticable. comps speak
ing, most assurediy go ;and now look forward
with fresh hopes, to day not lar distant, when
aholl see, If Tive, line OF road known as the
Northern Pacific. leading, necessarily, from ZONE
point on at the sources Of the Minnesota for St..
Pcter's} River, across the Coteau Des Pratties to
Wide Water OF Big Timber OF the james River, to
tie mouth Of Grand River old Rec Village on the
Missouri; thence to the mouth Of Big Horn upon
the Fellow Stone, to the three forks Of tho Missou-
II. paseing all the gold fields OF East Idaho, and
| through tic Big Hole Passes Of the Rocky Noun
tains, to the Columbia, probsbly along the old Nez
Perce f1ai1. =.
And this is the route nov proposed to meet ptes~
ant wants as wogon road, to bo regularly estab-
Ifehed and protected By line Of military posts-
The dgnlded position and great influence Of such
body OF commercial men as compose this Cham
her. have believed would weigh heavy in the
scale toward securing these great cnds-1t the pro-
ject Seems to ron to be feasible and e1pedient+
ITopld have our people Of the Northwest, who
are 20 similar In sentiment public spirit AND char
acteristfc cuatome to reach out with this line OF
Communication and shake hands with; the people
oY the Pacific States and Territories.