Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-09-08

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a Aftsy making . good Sabbath dsS's Jour.
ret, the Commissioner and patty, a romts
for the gnqd Indian CounciIat Fort Smith.
arrived ct the sa-6abbath place of Fort
Scott lsst Svenmg.. EThssparty Quilted, 40
FIR - goods and supplies are concerned, Il
the city Of LAwrence--north from Fort
bcN' 100 miles From this place snescort
wlAtsQ0upany thu - peditigp.
The Commissioners now with IN are
3 ldge Cooley, Ccpsiisnner Of Indian AZ.
fairs; Col. Sells, Superintendent Of the
Southern superintendent; Col. Parker
principal chief u the Six Nations snd Aid
to Gsn. Gr4ht Mr. Nix, who has been
chief clerk IN the Commissioners Office for
thirty years, and Mr.. Wistar q member OF
bs Society Of Enlnds sof PhilTle phis,
who goes ont in The t&o- fbld relation N
Commissioners and upon q mission Of labor
and loye1 istiucs tin lndians to adopt the
benefcent and truly Christian practices OF
that worthy ffstersiay. Mr.. Wistar made
the journey from the Gulf Of Mexico t. St
Louis and up tho Missouri river, in 1920
forty five years ago lie is naturally aston.
ished and surprised at the marvellous pro
gress and development made here in the
Weat That Ne Ais7s euccsesi in notifying
The wild r'assioks OF the I6dio hthe car,
nest wish Of every humane and Christian
man. That there is to be in many respects
radical change in the. administrator OF
Indian Efairs. the country may expect...-
Judge Cooley the popular and efficient
Commissioner Of Indian Affairs, is taking
hold Of this difficult broblcm with great
energy, and is bringing to aid in its solu-
tion liberal views and enlarged intelli.
lgtncc. The forthcoming councils looked
upon with great interest throughout the
entire West and the country. II is time
that craftsmanship and vigor, sagacty and
prudence were applied in the treatment OF
the Indian question. have the strongest
faith and confidence that in the future
treatment of the question the real interests
Of the West are not to be jcopardized The
country cannot afford longer to trifle with
Western interests. This question of West
crn dcyelopment-th bringing to the sur
face the latent and undeveloped wealth .oi
the productive Far West- beeoming a
question of finances The country with a
4 dsbt an ioptanls of *3N00, 900 900, With an
annual interest of one hundred and eighty
millions cannot afford to let the minerals
of the Rocky Mountain region lie conceal
ed in the gulchcs and gorges Of that coun-
try, and the fertile valleys and productive
prairies Of Kansas and the West 90 until
ed. We need all our resources in tllisemcr.
ccncy. The country can hardly afford to
carry on an lridiar war. It is the most cx-
pcnsivc of all wars. We now have abou.
$4,000 troops west of the Missouri river IT,
rcprcss the hostilities Of Indian tribes. We
have 10000 cavalry at Fort Karah. When
we come to haul corn from three to six hun
drcd miles To support our cavalry, costing
Government about five dollars per bushel,
it is worth while to countepathe cost Of +.
prolonged Indian war II is well worth
the attention of Government authorities to
attempt some other way of settling our In
dian difficulties. As a question of dollars
and cents il would ccst less To feed as pau
pers, the 800, 100 Indians of'this country
for ten years, than to fight them twelve
months, to say nothing of the humanity
| side of the question.
The party obtained its outfit and sup
plies at the city of Lawrence. The trip
/
| Lawrence is 100 miles due north of this
place. The country passed over is generally
a level plateau, interspcrsed with streams,
cree Ks and rivers, along the banks and
valleys of which are heavy bodies of tim
Der. ia coming the 100 miles fiom Law
| renee to this post, we crossed twelve rivers
and creeks. This makes running stream
Of water TO every 81 miles. Along all
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| consisting Of oak, walnut, hickory, hack.
berry and other hard wood. Southern
Kansas has an abundance of timber for all
purposes of settlers and business with any
thing like prudence and economy. The
general surface of the country Travelled
! oyerhAs been IL level plateau, free from the
hills and undulations of Northern Kansas
The valleys are rich and productive beyond
comparison, and notwithstanding the com
motions and disturbances of the last few
wears, are quite thckly settled The pla
teaus are covered with rich and nutri
tous grass that makes excellent hay. IL
the valleys the grass grows more rank ane
luxuriant but is not considered rs good fol
hay purposes. During our three days tril
thus far, We have rarely been out of sigh
of well-fcnccd and wclI-cutivated farms
| Upon many of them are growing excellent
orchards. At dinner yesterday, we had
that universally appreciated luxury peaches
and cream-peaches grown upon Kansa.
orchards
In this vicinity coal exists in incxlausti
be quantities. 1t crops out in Il vein cigh
teen inches thick in several places on thu
town site Before the war coal sold her,
at tive cents per bushel a few miles from
here am told, it crops out several feet il
thickness There is scarcely a limit to til,
supply.
An order has been issued to discontinu,
this post. 1t WAS first established as IA mil
itary post in 1916. Quite a town la
grown up here of some 1000 TO $500 in
habitants. 1t contains thirty stores, thrc
churches, Il hotel with sixty rooms, a schoo
with three teachers and two hundred an,
seventy five scholars colorcd school will
fifty scholars, a steam grist mill that has
capacity of 10000 pounds Of -four per day
u carding machine and wooden manulactd
| ry, mandatory of agricultural nipple
ments &c
The party start to morrow for the gran,
council at Fort Smith-two hundred mile
south of here. There will be an escort q
= one hundred men, and quite train of cal
, rlagcs and ambulances The leading town
OF Kansas have sent delegations. Fror
Fort Smith the Commissioners go to Il,
headwaters OF the Arkansas to treat am
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