The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-02-05

eclipsed her former glory. She has proven
true the words of the poet;--
Freedoms battle once begun,
BoqueAihed by bleeding sire to son,
Though bafHed oft, is always Won
But we must hurry on; and to quicken our
journey, we will make leap Of two hundred
and ffty miles, and alight at Fort Hayes. We
are now on the plains, and among the In
dians. AS far as the eye eau reach, we be-
hold level plain, with nothing to break the
eternal sSmeneSs, except, now and then,
herd of Buffalo, or party of soldiers re-
turning from a scout, Not tree is visible,
and the broad expanse Of the prairie suggests
to our mind an Ocean that had been suddenly
congealed, and ever afterwards remqined so,
At the Fort, we find a number Of Indian cap
tives, belonging 20 the Cheyenne ArapachOe
and Kiowa tribes, taken by General Gustar
in his fghtof December 9th, 1868, at which
time, one Chief and l5O of the Indians bit
the dust. The prisoners are sullen, and evil
IDENTIFY only await release to wreak ven
geaucs in moEs bloody deeds. Many friendly
Indiana, belonging to the Kaw tribe, are to
be seen in and around the Fort, and, in fact,
all over the State Whatever wrongs those
miserable beings have suffered at tie hand
of the white man, OF however highly romance
may laud them, we are satisfied, after wit
Messing their deeds Of barbarity, that they
are deserving of but little pity.
few more years and their race will be
extinct. Already, their destiny is written,
The onward march of the Anglo-Saxon race
tells, with unerring certainty, the fate Of the
"red man" Already have his quiet haunts
in the dells of the Rocky mountains been
broken; already have the plains of Kansas
and Utah drank the blood of this ill-fated
race and, ere long his retrcsting footsteps
will be found on the shores of the Pacific,
Fastening to the "happy hunting grounds"
But fear reader, that ifyou are notweary
FOLLOWING the "will O. the wisp" that is
leading you, that the composition is 50, we
will hasten to Fetrace our steps eastward oue
hundred and fifty miles, take peep at Tope-
ks, the capitol of Kansas, and then say our
adieus. We find Topeka to be very pretty
little town, of six thousand people, situated
on a beautiful plateau, sloping back gently
from the banks of the Eaw river. The coun-
try surrounding it is beautiful, undnlating
prairie, of great fertility, on which ten years
ago, the frst white man settled. Yet, it is
hard for US to believe thatso many improve
inents could have been made in so short a
time !, yet, it is true. On commanding emu
inence near the centre of the city we see one
wing" Of a large marble building, which
we are told is one wing of the new Capitol,
which, when completed, will, in architecture
and design, resemble the Capitol at Washing
ton. The Legislature is now in session, and
as we enter the Assembly rooms, we find a
fine looking body Of men Most Of the mem
bers are young men, who have cast their lot
with the young State, and are growing up
with it. We find Governor Harvey to be,
comparatively yOung man, with dark,
piercing eye, anda savage mOustache, and a
farmer by profession. We spend an hour
here and learn bnt little of the moduS ope-
randi" of law.lnaking.
Tired and weary with our long journey,
we hasten to the "Capitol HOTEL partake
of the good cheer set before us, and as
we rest in comfort, we are ;hanSful that our
long journey is over, Reader, we know that
you are. Respectfully yours,
W. II. SMITH.