Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-10-28
Trom lilo Galycston CIVILIAN.
Yonsasaud Gulf Railroad,


T., orr lac, We pubishcd u short article,
shn,,ing thai the war had not driven 'his
on,ernri,o on, of the heads Of our Kansas
n.igLbors. Great US this undertaking may
seem 10 be TO come of our disheaIieheu ct
i,ens we have confidence that II Wlil DC
nrosceu,ed 10 successful and prohiaplo
termination. The whole line from LeaVvn,
worth to Galveston is put down tOzo ihll's
IN Icngtb Forty Of this is now under way
in Konsop viz, from Ieavenworth to Law
renee. One hundred and fifty, viz: from
Galveston TO Millican are now III success
ful oreration in Texas-leaving only iit-
tie over four hundred miles to be buiH'
Tho Indian Territory extends from lSti-
,ujc 3SIo 10 $40 north, and longitude lIS
lSs TO 93o west from Washington, or go
miles in length by 225 in width, embracing
nh area Of 7l,127 square miles. ~ Is
bounded on the north by Kansas, east by
Missouri and Arkansas, and seuth ana
west by Texas. With the exception oil
ozark mountains or Wichita Hills the
country is a vast level plain, sloping gem
tly towards the Mississippi river OH 'hs
one side, and Red river ON the other' anu
watered by the Arkansas, ana us hunler,
GUS tributaries, as well as by ked river nnu
its atluen,s The inhabited portion IL Ter
tile prairie, interspersed with gentle s"ei's'
moderate hills, and woodlands.
The Indian Tribes which occupy ~ arc
the only considerable bodies OF civiiihea
and enlightened Indians in the oniteo
States. They embrace about ZO,ooo oreeks'
25, 900 Cherokees, and 2l ,OOo Choctaws, DC
sides 5000 Scminoles and 2,eoo QuaPa"s.
Each Of these tribes has its own INTERNAL
government and forms separate s'a'e
or community.-They were before the war
on peaceablo terms with the General uoV-
ernment, and by late treaties have new
ed their allegiance, though large portion
Of them took up arms with the so-caliea
Confe leracy.
They have valuable farms and planta-
tions, and many slaves, the CherokeGs nav
ing long held them in Georgia, and ooth
they and the Greeks carrying their slaves
with them when they emigrated. Ihey
have written and printed language OF
their own and presses which publish papers
and books both in their own tongue anu IN
English. They have also written constltu-
tions and laws, regular governments Win
legislative executive, and Judicial depart
ments. They plant cotton and make thc
greater part of the cloth for thelr own
clothing.-They have towns and villages
with brick, stone, and wooden houses. they
use the modern Improvements in cultiVat-
ing the soil, have numerous herds of hor-
ses, cattle, and other domestic animals, tne
orchards, and produce abundantly the com
forts and many of the luxuries OF civilized
life. They carry on most of the mechanic
arts, and have mills, cotton gins, numer-
Gus schools, and churches. The country IS
capable Of producing an immense surplus
of live stock, wheat, corn, cotton and other
agricultural products, and is also rich In
mineruls.
Kansas is 800 miles in length by upward
of 200 in width, and embraces ll4,SOO
square miles of territory. The eastern por-
tion is undulating, with rich soil, we'll
/ watered and timbered. The streams flow
through valleys usually with border OF
timber from quarter TO half mile IN
width. The country produces corn, wheat,
and the other products Of western Missou-
ri in abundance. The middle portion OF
the country is more level and uniform in
appearance, and with fewer streams, but
affords much good grazing land. The coun-
try along the eastern slope of the Rocky
mountains is we'll watcred, has sufficient
timber, and is represented as fertile and
beautiful, abounding in grasses, and sus-
ceptible of the most successful cultivation
The climate is temperate and agreeable
and the country will produce most OF the
staples Of both the North and South.
Salt is to be found in immense beds OIL
the plains in the Indian territory, ana al
Northern Texas can be supplied with 1t a
no greater cost than the freight.
No road in the world runs through
greater amount Of the best wheat country
than this would traverse. Its completion
would make Galveston the greatest whea'
and wool market in the world.