, 1869-04-21
IMMIGRANTS,
Letter OF Information from Conanis.
saoncr WilAon, OF the Lnnd Office
Where to Se1tics

GEsEaAL LASn OFT1cs, April Il lsS9.
Hr. L. LelthcK. p1prt!,n-&. M.
III oue IT The he1s eI ~ 10 tae ooan .
for yourself and d uurrt,er Of families n1nsc;ed
ihc question IT iocaiity IA ne ,Iencnn a. ,1rn
Oh ,ndivdnal preftrctice, aud the Yarions o;iscts
that different t,ersen5 have In view, that Ii Il no
easy matter to a1swe, such an inoury
II The object ID to obtain government land under
Homestead or Presumption laws, the choice nav |
Be made In ans Of the States Or Territories from
the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, with the t
understanding that west or the aett1el por- |
tons Of Kansas and Nebraska the Indians mas be |
ment Of several hundred persons located togetaeT.
supplied With arms and ammunition, could !
protect Itself securely against these nomadsc occu-
The example OF the Mornons In the valley Of
SAT- Lake shows what mar be a:eou'p!shed u the
compact colonies capable Of rendering mutna! IS
ss1anee. and possessing within themselves per-
sons skilled IN the various handlcraits thar make
From colony Of 151 individuals they have In
ctrased in twenty Seats TO over 1ooMl', passess-
Ing over 1tst noershtng towns and sillaSes, more
than 100 miles Of Irritating canal, lourtshing
mills, saw mills, cotton and woolen mills, fuFla-
ecs. folges, iuundr.es, tanneries and other mana
featuring Establishments; large quantities Of hoE-
and cattle, The dnest breeds Of sheep and hogs
with orchards Of choice nrrcs reaches anA rears,
81 m,ea 'S 10
The success of these settlements haa hardly
been su1passed u nc most 1asoTsh portions o.
country ~ the mountain Ief1atones more iasos-
lake VIVA twenty wears aco Some pa1ts u
| snnttern Idsho 0f uuTthcasteru Oregon AMI the
| snrfhcastern psrt Of Washington Terr1toyv, win
thc southern portions of New Mexico and Arizona
cnnfnin large hotea OF unoccupied lands a fertile
M nny In Ijtah with advantages IN other respects
! snrcr}or IN thnsn in that Te9T7tOry
Portions of Seyadn ami California are In the
sn1nr condition me valleys Of the Colorado, Of
| the H}o Virgin and |ts branches in the south.
castrr1, nart nf NcsuIa ana representcI "a ycry
snnerior ftrnf;hfnc IN rrnonnt Of rood land sui-
neinnt ~ arcnmnnxInte q larce settlenent nnl
hnf narti.,1x crrnnled AZ the nrrsent JiTne. Thc
eot1 mn e1nate ~ fhcsc ynlteye are well alante,l
~ % cnT n1 onh coI,on cnns,,cr.6e nnanfsias nj fhe
iottcr hortnrv ts.cn ralse.i iurinsf rhe Iast few
Tenrs bT settlers already there, Being Ut tbe
{cad n neviretion m fhe Colorado River. thIs
nnInt nreSents nnnnrt1,nittrs for sctlements tich
aara nnix M.ninntr Ia fs nrOpcrly anprectated aud
| when fke mipern1 resources Of Sye county arc de-
re1one 70 their mi extcnt as thcr arc certain t
he nj M stanf t,ay there viii he fen localities Ii
the mineral onaiil gurpasstnr In advantages th!:
: nortI0n Of SeynIla
, | These lands arc. for the most part unsurycyetl
! Int eetteTneuts NAV be made unOIr them 1T aaJ
time: nnt! aftcr thcy ars suTycyed by the govern.
mrnf the settlerH r1ay enter them uDtcf the Pr.
rnnton or Humrstea,l law.
IN Kansas NebrasEa, California, Western Ore.
| ,,on and the western nsrt Of Washington Ter1tory
. | fsnjs a,ree,v snrreyeb mny hc entered ,ntei
fhcsa 1nyrs- ana in Datofn flfst.casa iande cttc1