New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-11

mostly hat covered with poles and earth At more I'M
ten or Fifteen The house in which the family of the
sauonlnaster lives, in which meals are taken IS poor
structure With several low rooms wei hleo WIN DedS
ana furniture aud all the walls are pasted pictures
from HopefS Weekly and Frank Leslie IN ar-roOns and
gdmDng establishments are spread out lhe Illustrated
pages OF The Days DOings and Police GGzee Generally
there clock, ana sewing machines are not inirequent
The looking glasses twist ones face horribly indeed
straight looking glass ls rarity IN the lar West.
SOue time the middle OF the night We stopped for
breakfast Not being inclined To eat so early sat ny
the fire IN the barrOOm or store while the restae Around
table lighted by single amp sat Ioni men one SCI.
geant on duty, playing cards one rongh, hut smart
young man. looked at me Eeenly, as II he might have
seen before and also as II he expected to recognize
me- ana tancled tha he Ndh eduy 10 rise anu draw ms
pistol To back out through the door and disappear
met his searching glance calmly and he turned To his
dollars in fve-cent pieces and they played away, almost
always speaking with an oath. and now and then they
usec phrases and words referring to life aud scenes IN
quiet rural homes among the orchards and farmhouse.
Then we travelled on The night was cold, and we drew
thick blankets around US and fell into short maps AFTER
that crossing the Big Sandy, and that only few
miles distant this stream the scene OF tho Cniy,
year. Next to sandy district several miles IN
extent who're progress slow, aud we trleu 10 sleep
-., THI FIRST NIGHT on NE ROAD. .. ,u,or,
IT IS said that the first night in coach Is most wear
some and that afterward u is quite tolerabe kened
the position To being seated in WOOD mouse on cOi9
81 bcir tioG f,st M Fcd sat in front of me aud he
seemed 10 have little room; still be was much
confined, hut he made no complaints indeed ne was
w yT,tl at iniinebt i'm his guarded tent"
At last day dawned, struck upon hard road, fresh
horses were Obtained al a desoate station. and by
OcOc; drove into the cheerful grounds OF fOrt Lyon
on the Arkansas River.
This fort is in command OF Col Dodge loyal native OF
North Carolina. There arc line buildings oi stone ana
wood aud many other cottages surroundings nice parade
ground. "A Widespread table, with clean napkins, a
Cheerfurc and the OF two welldressed polte
and handsome ladies made US forget the dlScOm'
forts and horrors Of the night. After witnessing
the Sunday morning parade, we oDtalHeu
four.horse ambulance and started our jour.
ney w crossed the Arkansas, beautiful ana broad
stream, bv substantial bridge then passed through
large grove of cottonwood through which runs the FUR
gatory then came large plantation owucdDy
Mr. Bocc. who is arcatiye OF Kit Carson No saw Two
half breed children OF this renowned tralpef ana We
heard that Sherman has taken one OF the boys TO
educate. Here are found large fields on WnSh e9rn'
wheat ana oats had been grown By means OF rIiEa
ton yields o bushels 20 the acre; wheat So ana
oats 40 In addition, several hundred head OF stoeh are
Kept Inc valley OF inc ARKANSAS Is seNcia nl.Ss S,
the soil deep. and the Arkansas has fail OF 70 ieet
pcnse Of bitches Is much less than iencre helc Gonl
mences OF the largest estates IN our country ~ Is
square, ana u includes lhe NalleYs OF lnl
side the Arkansas all OF which can be irrigated IWcHy
river In few places saw hundreds OF lat cattle;
but only house during twenty miles travel noticed
line shale similar 10 that OF the grape regions OF New
DIX and Ohio, ana ] suspect that line grapes can he
many miles We travelled long time through a most
beautiful country. over an excellent road GOOD roads
,b ty.eed tI,cv are az or 10 feet broad and as
level hard and smooth IA In NeWNO DIRK Central Park.
The SUI went down. aud yet no house appeared and
o'clock we came 70 house built like a stockGde Of cot
tween With mud ana having a Nat roof iuade IN the
same way with dirt piled Oh top. this climate such
houses sufficiently tgnt, but II II Should ram nara
the house. We got the out OF bed and he went TO
work IN another room to get supper, while hrGd man
helped turn out the mules learned mat ne haa Aou
900 for which he paid an acre anu that most of
u was irrigated IN an nonr ne had n,stn r snPed
in the cabin and slept. In the morning ne Aa9
rst-Cas breakfast ana he baked IrlddIt caheS' DIS
cults eggs DC IN reply 10 lhe question WI! ne u nuV
get wife. nc said Il not III place 20 bring womau
We asked if there were many women about ana
another four miles of. another six miles,
and another Il. his charge for keeping us was $40.
shabby ookiDg houses corras for ncoslng stock,
Tor the valley OF the lluclan9 wien We cHhe upon sDue
extensive ranches, 90 one q which steaiucnghc was
hue which leads from Santa lie 10 Denver 40 miles.
Aftcrward, seeing that II led straight through the co'
informed that n was am independent line, aud wholly
built by the people OF the two named cities 40 cost Of
enterprise as u the City Of New ORR had Dl ihe Mnoe
Of the Pacific Railroad Fne miles further We came 70
he ST. Vrain grant, and has several mile, |
square, which ls Hls own property, he mas |
w. has model barn. several hundred head of hogs, vast
herds OF cattle and large number OF McXcahs s hired
Dlden times In garden all kinds OF small traits
he has apples peaches and pears too young 10 bear while
% Inn ba5 ~ he baicd nv WatSous Gjl miles from
the Missouri River and that all those improvements
have been made since the war; must Dc seen tha vast
required. Westward az 40 great distance tie
ucriauO comes through canon Of lower spur Of the
Rocky Mountains, looking luuch Ike Oily gateway,
while pcaks and points OF rocks high IN the air and
proudly swelling and ttce.css hills crowned with ucl
rama grass spread IN a GRAND solitude, as eye
Fan reach Alter dinner Col craig brought out a map of
city 20 be called Los Atiuas and located opposite
ort Lyon TO which St. yraiu grant extends where
chief one leading from the bridge being called tho Cyrus
Feldave." AS In haste, Col Craig cent as for
ward his fine ambulance drawn by four elegant horses
10 PuoJla IS miles While the conveyance IN which We
came sent back 10 Font LYON. y miles.
Puebla rs a small but growing town on the An. /
kansas, 10 miles from Denver Here We stayed |
over night aud were joined by Prot Parry, |
otanst of the Department 81 Agriculture at washing
On. Snow fen during the nshi, aud We started Tor
colorado CITY with carriage ana only Two mules.
Progress slow, and IL evident could not get
through. We now assembled tie Fountain Qu IoHlle. |
beautiful little river whiCh has 80 uc idli tha Wtcl -
brought from above IN bitches upon the elevated plain
Ranches became frequent many Of ines. houses were or
adobe or huuOutAed DITCH occupied by IdIAet uUt 10
fences were 10 be seem Having a lunch along, We |
stopped al an adobe house TO warm and 10 eat. Two
D suOlderug fire 10 the fireplace dirty table was
oyered with dirty dl'hcs ana mere were 5o,eda iaigo
logs good IRE wac buiIi, aud swept UP Tue HcaIl
with stump Of broom Of the men sat on the bed
iver the FIRE the other washed the dishes with small
lish cloth and after squeezing u win one mana wiped
Work Their Olsc0'hs are 700 sindI'' anu Il"I WHle
cooking they smoke pipe. lhIto more men tLeH |
We ate our lunch. Some Of these Irish, ana
rad served IN the Confederate army or
more likely deserted from IL from the Union |
army; others from the Northern States, |
jut what they came for did not learn. !
When asked why they did not marry, they said they |
rad wives m the states, and that they were waiting III
here peace with the Indians, not to bng out their
wives, but that they might get squaws.
After ayeing 81 mles night cano II wah Impossible
further stopped at small house % see we
,ould get a change OF horses II we could stay al
night Tie reply that there no horses, ana
hat they had Mr.. Archer went IN ana IN Two
we a
hey could The house about 1XlG, with ~ back |
Kitchen aud there and his vile, ana i've
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