The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-22
Three Days in Kansas-Oa the Wing.

p4~sOn the l3tn ofmthlSs month atwLne
Hover landing Of Leayenwerth, l first
stepped on the soil Of bleeding
Kansas, of which had read and
heard and Furmised SO much. The
missouri, noted for taking libefties
with it's banks, fwasIso low that We
icould not reach the near front of the
lefty, but had = walk off one, mile.
IErem this walk and the gravel and
1stone GENERALLY, l should judgeait TO
Hbe good poirt-for, the boot busipess
Il am sure 7 lost d quarter of an Inch
:Iof sole in this Sunday rambling. BE
ling in charge of recruits for the 10th
sCelored Cavalry at Fert Riley, Ii
ought to haveSreached that place ON
the 18th, but bad connections in
North Missouri forced me to spend
the Sunday in Leayenworth. y u r be
city is surrounded ON three; sides by
high hills, in fact too much surron nd
ed. for these hills shut out ther south
wind and greatly increase the heat Of
the sum mer months. .sess
1t is city of about thirty thousa nd
inhabitan pts, and many fine, bulldogs,
among them . Several G beautiful
churches. ] attended, the morning
service at the Methodist Church,
which is in a sfourishings condition,
and has young and eloquent minis
ter. O n q regular trains lrnnlg on Sun
day, but at 81 P. NJ. stock train
started for Lawrence, and in our anx-
ietyste getEon we took night ride On
ton of fEo Cattle 20 PC N n n m No =, 70; IL
several gentlemen who lived 10 Or
paid for our }1 night ride By the besuti-
full scenery seen by the light of d full
moon, between, Leavenworth Eald
Lawrence, especially On the Delaware
Reservation After two hours Estay
at Lawren nee Depot we swhirled On to
Fort Riley, which we reached athat-
1ieht]ons Monday This 4ise a BLEAK,
wild spot. on the highest bluff of the
KaW River. There is nothing On lit
'but the Government buildingsI not
seven. Suffers villages hut hree
miles beyond and in full view, near
the mouth of Republican River, lis
situated Junction City, a. beautiful
place, only three years old, and
already containingthree thousand in
habitants. There are no soldiers at
the fort but black recruits, and as
fast as they arrive they are formed
!. into companies and sent ON the
plains to fight against the Indians /.
& the black against the red man..
Entering the square Of the Fort,
ncrowds of jolly, we'll led adarkies, In
Government blue, surrounded us, and
greeted the new corners with Dues
lions. shouts Of laughter, and cries lof
fresh FISH, In u-nl's
m-e-A-t .Look out for your scalul !
&C., &C. The African seems Ito
preserve. bis spirits, full as well as the
Saxon under similar circumstances.
The return train was due at 9:15, and
so Ishurried through my business,
took a canp-tin Of coffee ana / half
ration of bread, and tearfully bid
adieu to my-dear- nigs" If either
of the five ever reach Evansville after
five years servicesin. the, West, it will
be more that I expect.
I came down. the Kaw Valley in
] daylight9 a beautiful daylof this, most
beautiful season. The valley here
has an average width Of four or FIVE
miles, though we run nearly all the
way near. the northern bluff. Moth
ing surprised me more thar the i'm
mepse quantity Eefs building std ne
all along the bluffs. For prairie
country, II take itfto he something re-
markabie. +. r This stone isyyellowish
white in color, and when ,frstDtak / en-
from the quarry SO soft that il can be
easily Whitfield or cut in any share. but
hardens by time and 2 exposure, to
the consistency of gfa nite9 Itisvery
, different from the. celebrated said
Stone of st. Paul. Mihnesota, and
Seems to have no grain at ALL All
the buildings at Fort Riley are made
efiosf If the neigh bofaF tdWhs. I IS
Oasafs III sf IKE gest s
The richness Of the ssalleyisTNik BED
me- Whatever it may be in general,
KANSAS isanot this year as dry as In
e sl4a4pfsss at Least this opaFt .9flt. The
corn is quite heavy. / saw but few
fields of Fall wheat, but they looked
well. There has been no heavy frost
yet. and vegetation is still dark green
Mr. Lowtlthe poor Indian - and
family are stilf nufnerons in spots.
At Lawrence the last remains of the
Ottawa tribe, about sixty Yererwait-
ing to take the cars fer Michigan. In
the whole tribe l saw perhaps q dozen
were, psarly white. Contrary to pop
ular opIhion, weak eyes and nervous
:. diseases affect, nearly all the mixed.
nblools, and pulmonary diseases are
common, Sp far our good will has