, 1867-02-22
Journal OF an o~erlaut Trip 10 the Itlau,Ie
State~. NTTI


WYGNoorTE. Kansas. January lTth, 1857.
Arrived at Jtuetion last night nv coach, four
days aud nights from Denver, AIS miles, and
came dowa here this morning by raI-l3s miles
We were pretty we'll tired out, having been in
the cOarh tor mast Of the time, for 10 days and
nights, with but little sleep or rest. Afer leav-
Ing Deuver our course was due east, over beau.
tiful rolling prairie.
Six miles from Denver we begin TO come iuto
the coduiry OF gtme. The most beauiifui cks
Of antelope all over the prairie. Ia one drove
We estimated over 1000, They we're not Wild at
all, TOR IN many instances as .he coach approach b,
ed, they would eauter of some two hundred
yards, turn Arouu ! and look at us pass and 20
quietly to feeding again. Their hesh Is most de.
lieious. The station keepers shoot one from
their dnor nearv every time they need meat
Add the stocS tenders told me they became so
gentle When there WAS snow on the ground that
they would jump into their corral aud eat hay.
THE BuTTALo ooUSrRT.
Next day We came into the bulf,lo country, and
al times there certainly was four thousand in
sight at once. They were really so numerous
that in crossing the road the coach had to stop
hll they passed.
ON The WAR PATH.
The Cheyenne aud Arrappahne Indians are again
on the war path. We found down the smoky
ulil every hilernete stAtlO0, sOlulerS,
stationed to project the mail coach. Bat about
the only SAFETY for the coarh, between the sta,
riUUs, was u splendid g0ad team. and keep a
sharp lookout not to be wAylaid, and then, in
case the Indians came dlwn on the coach 10 put
whip to the team aud run into the next station
before them-the stage stock being so much finer
aud sHperinr than the indian ponies they could
ruI Aw y from them. TINS they have frequently
done on this and the Platte routes, and was the
nuI y Uu he he we'd he
pauy have Il re, large, fat horses on this route,
aud ~ nne of the y t>seugrrs told me- who lad
been over this road niue times, and had been fire.
qurnriy IN lIdiIn Ii iEhtS, said If they could get
40 yards the start of the Indians, they consider
I'd tbemselv good for the station, sur
pri>ed At the nu nber of graves and amount Of
destruction Ih It the Indians committed On this
route within Two years past.
PAsrURAGs.
The route from Denver To this place passes over
n be tHriful rOlliHg country, ufordIHg the finest
yraz,ng. and extending most of the wy through
Kansas. $50 mles, and through n splendid agri-
cultural valley, with plenty supply Of timber
MINERALS.
There is also 6as supply of coal, iron, lime
aud gypsum, scattered through tue State.
TIMBER.
All through the eastern part of the State there
buternut e1n &e. rrlFe rlFeiaante HI r. pieSSerx gscan,
scattered all through the groves, and in many
Instances covering the whole tops of the trees.
IN some c ,s"I tue vines are six inches in diAme>
ter At the grnurI. Tne grapes are said to be of
n very Fl Ie qu,Iiry. have collected nuts and
seeds of all tue trees, and cutring' of the grape,
crAb>appie &c , wuich send to Walla WHlia by
tu.mprrOT's stage. hope to have the pleasure
of seeing tusse nuts and fruits growing in Wal
ia W ALA Valley within very short SINE.
WYANDaTrE AND KANSAS CITY.