New-York tribune., 1867-05-24

reRretfuly. There few persons nos sesoa'' ~ -, -,
there by the tide Of business that Is s" i
about the place who win spend any time Heeu0 go -
ohat tho Omabalans regard as the coming oi'S "a "a w "a.
West They boast greatly Of tho rare NuiIo' ,,as -
--haytng had snow-storms thunoeT-soInS' - 80
impossible mud, choking dust eal'iq ,-o .
bree,As and burning suns all In the space OF Vni
80 onooda all theylclam in way OF variety Dut
sa most of them differ with me, when told theul tna'
notb,n0 but hrstclass earthquake OF geherai "e W
6.ttar or burn down these miserable buildings VIII eNer
mako Omaha what doubt not u hUs1 !eS De-" s"O9'
tial. thrifty. growing town. -.
Iba Union Pacific Railroad Is row completed 70 TINS
oonta distance Of 205 miles, and the trains run with
comparative regularity. tits good western road-enloiu
better than the part of the Chicago and
erp and makes the 2O5 miles in 10 hours 1t suffered con
sdorably by the late food but completely repaired
The inundaon Of the Platte Valley must have been rear
full saw as much half mile OF railroad uaoA tno
ties and rails stn connected, sWert away Ior nan e
from the bed and strong rails bent heaIy uouo "
the violence Of the water But such noods are NOT o
euent and presume that is safe to calculate tha TINS
road will not be more subject to interruption by noods
than ara arst.class Eastern roads, After passing out
Through Nebraska for q few miles the evidence OF pro-
gress marked There are but few settlers on tDe
line OF the road and after we enter what is called the
Platte Plains about Fort Kearney there seems TO DC niue
Ahat can ever invite the husbandman The Valley or Vat
plain is bonnded on every side by vast bluffs ranging
from 20 TO 60 miles apart and the bluffs seem to be terribly
sterile and repulsive The Platte River rolls lazy along
youth Of the railroad, hugging the southern puns "t
imes and again striking out near the center OF the val
lev but 1t tires the eye to look at 1t and its surroundings
1T s murky shallow, trcacherous stream with sh1ns
lands for its bed and naked banks skTng it most Of tho
Uay have looked for miles along its banks without
seaing 80 much shrub, much less tree but al umes
when it nears the bluffs, 1t puts out along It's Danks
fstunted miserable growth Of cottonwood. have NOS
veen tree of the stream in the great Platte valley thus
far and not one even on the stream that would make
cut Of rails telegraph pole The valley is miser-
sbie waste and fear must be. They profess 10
Craze on it-but it never can become great grazing
country for want Of rains and water. have not
found a single stream in 1t but the Platte River
tha whole Plain thus far north OF the river not
furnishing single tributary. In addition to this
there are but few rains during the Summer and no pos
sble means Of irrigation The pass is now covered with
white coat OF aka and all the water even nom tAe
wells strongly impregnatod with It, The oXIaiN go
Ing West by this route keep south OF the Platte between
te river and the bluffs and learn that there is better
grass there and an occasional stream running TO the
river but either side the grass never good ana oen
almost vaueless There not habitaton on the route
for nearly two hundred miles but such necessary
10 accommodate the railroad and travel Here and there
rabe adobe shantles win sighS GnS 0ncn8 b8
whisky and other luxHreS 10 the WesIy ca f az iod
pr patch, for fully one hundred miles, Inc a%I %
Soundisss curiosity until some ambitious sport would
send bullet after them. They would look for moment
eahe dust raised the bullet, and then fly OF with BE-
SIeciinS grace The buffalo grazed quietly eight miles
north Of us at one place, on the PIalhs ana lne ra
s$s5s. ss%s and owl occasionally r'ep,a w. 't @
Tn5is, d var roine or We were advised here that
band of Cheyennes pronounced ShieI) had made raid
an the horses at the American Ranch, and burned me
Earvew Station beyond had an an GHs S on his o 0d
yceswere indenite and he dia not Iny tie't ere i1g o
bTt eommunoated it to me Just as lie had received it. in
asmuch about to travel the route he had peen
Julesburg and Denver by spotted Tail aud swift Bear,
two Chiefs of the Ogalaas and BInes wIo haNS 9gSa %
suy They have about 500 Of those tibes ho are for
Am to tho Platte where there are good hunting grounds
They have interpreters and scouts with them
mace themseves and not to allow hostile tribes TO move
nearest military post few Gays ago spotted Tail sent
messenger to Cen Augur with word that 20 lodges OF
np 70 the Republican Fork from the Smoky H and tn, th9
they were offering every mel 70 geI bS [ He
was offered boses if he would join the hostile oeS
with his lodges TO some place where the hostile tIoeS
would not harraSs his people ana ana seduGe ms os m sbont
five persons TO each so that there are about SO h9se @
Union Pacific Railroad, and near enough to both stage
and railroad lines TO raid upon either or D0t Nh the5e
not over $50 warriors that Dumber enough to
strike great thoroughtare any place IL sliech @ Tt 100
are rep resented by Spotted Tai TO be the Indians
Sc en cnSer Was snpposed to be- driving far South
One thing certain that Gen Custer has found no hostile
rom and is equally certain that hostile party turns
up several hundred miles in his that did not cross the
eIpedton south The troops sweep down toward Tie
Arkansas while Indians make the plains resound with
their warwhoOp upon the Republican, and the bellger-
each pursuing their hostile purposes at the unusu
of 800 miles In this We have but foreaste OF our
offensive Indian campaigns 1t will be no fault OF the
commanders that these expeditions, generally regarded
East offensive movements VIII prove ludlcrous it
ing orders and will do much good in their way, but ihe
practical results will not be papabe to the masses OF the
people who patiently waiting for Gen Hancock or
Cen Augrr, Cen Terry, 70 write the eptaph OF the
hast Red Man with his sword 1t has been aeeransd by
py the military has the Government about sl5og
Rather expensive rstcass funerals must be confessed
70 lavish on barbarans but do not look for the Indian
funeral market to decline materially In pTlee during any
of theprcsent campaigns.
Tie defeat Of the b proposed recently in Congress to
transfer the Indian Bureau to the War Departnent was
reds Of thousands OF dollars than wasted this sum
Gen. Augur commands Large Indian department,
controls its armies projects its campaigns and fights its
battles do nothing Some Indian Agent,
but TOO often unscruPuous speculatOr or daynrght
Ogallallas and Bru6s, temporarily the Republi
70 be transferred from the pers and the influence
into their hunting grounds One reason given by the
friendly Chiefs Is that their young warriors cannot be con
oIn IN hostities The young brave has but hope OF
distinction. He can become great only by warfare He
tory known to tie barbarian and his dusky br1de or
Sweetheart ever prompts him deeds of blood With
good therefore, do spotted Tail ana swif Bear
two veteran and faithful Chiefs advise that their follow
ers be removed from the baefG influences OF the hostile
tribes. But who IS TO remove them Gen. Auglr dare
NOT aud there Indian Agent nearer than Fort Lara
nS vino mas amy amy eEe but his rsdicton ends with the
pawnePs When Indians 10 be removed they must be
they eat but raoI properly Issued and labeled by
the Indian Department IL the whole management OF IN
we should have started IN this war with half the battle
gained by at onee sweeping rom position tne swaIns OF
dian troubles and military commanders would now
be empowered TO treat transfer feed or hght item az