, 1870-09-22
THE K. P. EXCURSION. .
The !White> >sayases:: Of fhe PlaiAls.
:, s7:se 4: - ~ III <
:, Irrigation. -: I
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a New West; for Stock Breeders and
Farmers, :.:s-

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But there are white sAyages as well As rcd
res along the line Of the X. P. Road. IA it
roye away one kind Of vultura, it Attracted
mother. Wherever 1t stopped for season,
making, for awhile, = temporary ternainus,
lid this other kind gather, .Thithar came the
'ictirns and their deyourers,' They were
lwelle1s under canvas and In shanties, and "a
he railroad moved on they struck their tents
nd followed, and either moved their shantiea
IL left them, ss was most convenient. Some,
however, took moro permanent root, and still !
remain amid the debris OF those nomudio |
hsm1ets. Hays, Sheridan. KIT Caraon.s and
others, are Of this kind, to which soIno little |
trade has gwen sort Of pafmancncy. 6i.ntlaE !
comm unities sprang up along the limo or tue |
Union Pacific noad. and viii consinue, no doubt,
ing the wilde1ness. They make an Interest,"
ing feature in the landscape. and are . study |
for the philosopher and the philanthrolist.
For what, in the States, = man knocks another
down, or replies with an objnrgasiop, mild or
otherwise, IN these pleasant hamlets the re-
summing himself on the platform OF . rtation,
With his arE in eliug, We inquired tho ma
t1re and cause Of hts wound. He was driving
cattle, not long before, for q droSer and
when cooking his breakfast, one morning, one
OF his companions,. little irritable from
nights debauch, kicked over his coiIee-po.
and knocked things about generally. The re-
ply to remonsHance was three shots from q
revolver, one ct which vent through his arm
and another through his side. The nerves OF
the AeBailant, well-knoGn ruffian, wera not
30 steady az they should have been, aud the
ibid you hut him2" s.Well,' waa the quiet
answer. she has gone where ho won't kick
over no more coffee. pots.s, He bad shot him
dead. Two days before We reached Kit Car
son one OF its amiaGle Inhabitants had shot
two men at tho gami1g-tabie, killing one OF
them Instantly and wounaing The other des-
derer was to be tried. He was pointed out to
us on the plstform, the centre Of clrcie OF
sdmiring friends, his waist oncir-
elea 6g leather bait in which
hung two eix-shooters-a shot
apiece for bis twelve peels, who we're to try
him for his life in the courae Of the after
eide therefore might be very confidently pre-
dicted. The scene of this not unusal occur
renee was poiuted out TO us. It was called
the Den Of Thieves, wns kept by m Eastern
man, and was we'll supplied With gaming
| tables and prostitutes for the entertairment
eary to make money, and that was III easy
! way by which he netted about $50. .009 q year,
and piously supported bis widowed mother Of
homo. where be meant to 60 and live cleauly
!! when be had made enough. 1twaa disap-
pointment to those hospitahla people at Fit
rive there till late at night, and they were
greatly diagusted when, On surrounding ,thc
cars, they found the doors all locked, aud tllat
hundred and fifty people mad actually gone
II bed regardless Of the numerous attlac.
tlons which Kit Caraon presented to the
traveller. Al Hays a bnrial-place was point
aud an IN new Wal a 'place. AGod;s Acre" vas tbs
rame the early. sa1ons gnve to place O
eepnlture. This ut Hafa is the DEVILS Aero
There are twenty-nino graves IN it, but oul.
two Of tltose who lie In them died in thel
beds. The other twenty-seven died 'switl
their boots on "--that is. were shot in brawl
the trellis-Nork OF rni!road bridge owe
rayine near by, which IL considered
in that ntighborhood, ono OF the importau
facilities which tho opening Of Tai|raI al
forded them. One Of these rufians. indeed
begged that his boots might be takoa OF or
he was hing up MS ripe fruit upon that trellil
work, for his tender sensiu:litses wers woAnt
cd that such 4 reelection as "died Will, Ii
boots on should be cast upon the fragrat
memory Of bis life. Bis p,ous wish. bt
!. licvo, WIS granted, AMI he died with grat'
ful sense Of unexpected Kindness from y
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,, banged il only It might DC in. his stocking
feet. At his grave-hcad, perhsps, as at th
! | OF many. others, CLEANS white memoir
! stnne, erected hy somo sorrowing friend,
: record TINT he rho had gone from ,sor
I to rewards suddenly depast,sd II this Il !.
! IN IN one me- Of these 5 towns ' thsro : :
" sixteen houacs: touctaeu Of them a
:, gsmbling-hclls and gros- shops combined; t.
i other two are hotlses OF prostisuion. Su
: are the amenities of life on the plains. 3
$ after all this il only an exceptional and te,
: rorary condition Of society. The villages
This sort s1e only the outcrop Of 'front.'
yicioutucss, tho gathering to head of t
wickedness which must find an outlet sou
where. The towns wlicn grow up legitiu,a
Is, where the business Of the road and I
wants OF the country aa it becomes settlt
require them, quickly purge themselves
stance, where the first house was plls up Il
ix months ago, but which has now rorulatl
a of between 1hreo and four hundred, Is meet
al for the farmers who are settling in its nei{
Of torhood and the operatives attached to
h extensive machine shops which tho railrt
/. company is erecting there. Hither came
.. outlaws, men and women, which Lad III,
is other places hideoust bnt Bro0kvllle wo
40 bare mono Of them. and drove them out it
r. night after that perfnncto-y fashion VIZ
re good and bad alike resort to in regions VIII
D. there is no law but the Law OF tho strongi
in Go or be hinged is the perempto1y alter
Iv tive.
IN But can there ever be many such to,
no through that Desert of hundreds and dhun1r
q. Of square miles There will be town
III there shall be any rural Population, my
be- tlemeEt OF the country. and it ia precisely
at interesting problem which the opening Of
II EaGsas Pacific Road is to Holve.. a rec
Of which, from time immemorial, has suofoi
m | yearly ht rds Of thousands upon thon0an1E
n buffalo and antelope, cannot properly
nd called desert, for It il q desert onlf i'll
Of want Of water. Nature has covered it :
sss- the buffalo-gTass which lives and aouri:
inl | without moisture, is sweet and nutr,t
ce. food when green, and Thon dried up by
M heat Of summer is simply hay on the roo
which the buffalo GROWS fat, and which
sn mestie cattle will feed and flourish upo'
,as the year round, and cat in preference to
ew other fodder. When the butYalo-g1ass is b
h. h. ont rain, as green and fresh aa in the spr
ut. time, md though il is thus evi
Ter M that It is peculiarly adapted
mr. soil WHICH iG without moisture. 1t does
|ey follow that that soil is destitute Of those
rle s,itnepta Of fertility which, under other
ich ditions, would 1T it for the production OF q
hat vegetation. It's observed that So the
Ita. road has gone westward, and settlement
ere cultivation have crept slowly after it, tho
cas- ert, so-calted, has receded. Aa the go
~ turned M new GRASSES and other veget:
ion come in and drlvo out the buNalo-graz
lat that where in parts of Kansas 1t was
on- prevalent, it is now unknown. a remarl
the evidence OF tbs change IS shoWn IN me
[as- croachment Of the sunilower upon the
or aoil Of tho plains. The rich bottom Ian
Eau:as are covered With their brilliant
min rank growth in fields Of many Inilee, a
I in deep, fat eoil secms to be their natural
-ger tat. Yet thes hare gone westward pari +
Z. -Her
.000 soil has BEEN stirred for hundreds OF n
New and where it iu difficult to account for
nor presence on any other theory than th:
Eonr Spontaneous generation. The Same is
ueh, Of other weeds and grasaes new to the p|
t, at and Of grains. -, whoae seeds
abi- OF by blrds, thoug! their anpoa
the Is less obvious and striking thon in the
ofli1. Of the supflower. The observant resIt
fast attribute tLis change Of vegetation to til
.ent. sorption Of moisture from the atmosphe
ozen tho upturned aoll, aud 70 the bringing
ster. SO long baked by the sun, ia broken au
and earth exposed to the action of mir and
an Some 70 further even than this, and d
[art, that positive change Of climate il graz
ton. taking place with this encroachment Of
|,uve ity upon TIE barreunesA OF tho pllins,
tRe | that rains arc becoming 1norefreQnent Il
sell ia broken up. But while, doubtless,
Sev accurate observation md more positive
,Tns are needed 70 es!aoNsn tns ia;9cs ,H-ot
this | conclusion or az 1sr isat :: II cst 1Eo ":
; for fertility IN eosi, nnt tae vail ~ !amsso
rawu render that 1e11lEty ae11se, ttss ase''s
Con- plains barren q a!!noet cS2SSs".
heir bi1aialo-Efass' 1hat tue u me a slEs
l in portion o. the country, e1esls '1s' 'ue1e
Bos- OF sand, tbefe can ua1uiy .a 1una
peo- there still remalna the RE- R,ooleulC"he5e
yew uuproductive for the want Of rain, or ri
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per- tnefe IS no talu l1uan shs WI. a3,1, as1
sem and from the parched soil which reties
,anda | beat and coudeuaes no uolstutes u