The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1865-07-01
Notes b. ! pilgrim to owyhee.
SlLYER CRY, Owyhee Co, I. r.,
juno 18th, 1865. r.

hnytnInB aoout tue 1eokeS1 OF learn the pros
poets of the camp generally, will confin,
this to the trip across from Idaho City, ant
+promise sort of description of this countr.
for another number of your paper.
STAGE TRAVEL TT YAH
From Idaho City to Boise City, allow me Il
remark, is confirmed nuisance-was gotter
up for the purpose Of amusing the drivers
and contributing to the funds of the propri.
etors, at the expense Of the shoe leather anC
pockets Of damphOols and others like myself
| had wrong opinion of the kind of road
from Idaho to Boise; / thought the road rar
along Moore's creek till you crossed over the
summit into Boise valley but come to sum il
up, we had seven of these SUBMITS to make
and had ten miles to go yet. Three of these
occurred before breakfast, all averaging hall
a mile in length. What fascinating, irresist-
able philosophy the driver will put forth to
convince one that such an amount of eyer
else is necessary to producean appetite, when
one feels at the same time like eating driver
and team! Then it is indispensable that you
should swallow three or four more of these
mountain-plls to reduce your breakfast to a
heaIthful consistency. Speaking of break
fasts, reminds me that living on ranch is
much preferable to the hash.ho servings
in vogue at the hotels at either end of this
route. Plenty of fresh butter and milk, on.
ions and radishess string and juicy, tend to
make. one wish for country life. The road to
Boise is so confined to gulches that it is a
continual annoyance TO the stage in the way
OF passing teams, and on that day the road
was lined with those of the long kind. AT
nearly every turn the passengers had to carry
the stage out into the willows in knee-deep
water, to make way for freight wagons The
nils are all graded, too, so thatlhey are long,
er and more steep as you come out of the
Basin-leayipg one to infer that those who 90
in loaded. are supposed to come out empty
Ut course ] refer only to freight wagons. FL
nally the stage energies from q long ravine,
At the mouth of which, and on level plain,
. mile or less from Boise City, is
tI3a FORT BOISE. e#NsBl'il
This Fort e. consists of collection of one
story houses, scattered around SO as to look
more like little colony or village than a
structure generally known as fort. But
everything goes in this country. Things
n and around this institution look clean
nd healthy, barring few exceptions among
be privateS. Soldiers, among a collection of
oldlers, all having the same opportunities, it
J not hard to discover the natural character
/ the man. There seems to be about four
egrees of dress and habit visible at first
ght-some are neat and tidy; larger pro-
ortion decent in their every day garb;
ODDLY number are seedy as the devil, and
ne balance ragged and dirty-dirtier. than
le ground they parade on. There were
bout three hundred soldiers at the place
st week, but one hundred were expected to
south of Owyhee this week. The quicker
ley do it and make themselves properly USE
i, the better. Indians that want killing |
cry badly are reported ingreat numbers be- y
Veen this and Star City, Nevada. Fort Boise
opears to be the principal headquarters of
ov. Smith and others among thee civil author :
y. The srations are more substantial and
S. expensive outthere and the interval be-
Veen town and fort affords employment for 5
coach-and-two i and while hitched up /
light as well drive into @3ss'aN as3
m NO BDISEs CITY. 81 N%8EEfg& 81 r.
Others, to hear the city a.
Extremely abused, and then say-THAr's WITTY"
This city OF the plain has o great adyan-
&c. over Idaho City--it has either plenty of
ON to spread itself " still more, or fill up J
tween houses 50 that one can distinguish
e streets from open lots. The buildings :
e mostly of wood, but there are some very
bstantial brick and stone structures j !
ould be tempted to say that the inhabitants
ssessed large views and little capital, but | 4
ppose it must be admitted for the present, j
at it is a /" CAPITAL" city. tits the center
what is considered the agricultural por- ]
IN of the Boise country, but as yet "a
thing in the vegetable line is visible but Il,
ionsat the table, onions on the side ); II
ions on end in tumblers; onions strong Z
ough TO stand alone; in,short, onions till !.
u can't holdlyour breath. If IIWere the Leg Y
atnre, Ishonld change the name of the place a.
Onionville. Withalit must be soothing p
place tareside at, by keeping the streets y.
il sprinkled, as the Chinook winds have v
e access-and lit is an i'll wind" &C., Ii
u know Being an acknowledged news
ater, in absence Of telegraphs nosy the jo
blication of newspaper in that place Z
ould be.comp aratively easy-good health ~
uld be all that could be required aud
,ording to the philosophlc Billings, ga tn
cd reliable set Of bowels are worth any w
antity of brains" IF had to live at any la
st-class crossroads in the land, and had M
chdicn T,ShnnId corta;nIyy l;vn IN Raise | =.