, 1870-09-22

IA viii herds can be raised on tho natural
irssses (which have 10 long fed aud fattened r.
He bufalo. IT. nothing mora than thus can 20
lone. TIP gainto The wealth OF me County
,.pca- -fsEma uf' millions Of acras of lang noW j.:
1sel lssa.' lust beyond tho borders OF tho states.
I3ut moro than this undoubtedly can % done.
h the ne1ghborhood Of the living dtreams the 1
IRRIGATION Of the soil IL only, question OF
tried with wonderful results in the immediate
vicinity ct tue older settlements Ihat the
land 10 rich there iu no question, hnd II only
needs that water should be at the command Of
tho cultirator to make it immensely proaae-
tive. About Denver they havc tapped the
Platte, and its waters percolste througha:e
etreota aud over tho outlying farms. held IN
dor perfect control bF little sluice-gatas, TO be
lot OF or on zs the farmer requires upon ms
cultivated folds: Tie result ia not only aston-
amount Of n4oi-ture needed ID always at The
command of the en1tivators. On Ex-Governor
Hunts farm, near Denver, We stood IN Clover
up to onr knees, which had bean threo times
cut this summer, and which, At the h1s. cat,
ting, vas high az mans W1iat. Wheat and
otta and rya and barley produce more to tho
aero and heavier grain thsn anywhere 10 tho
States, nnd the excellence OF its quality IA
shown in tho fact thst there ia no market Tor
Eastern -four in Colorado, their own being 80
spd Of forest timber ia alike remarkable upon !
t.eseir1igared lands, and, ns timber ia gtown |
and the lind cultivated by the help Of irtl3a- |;
ton, 30 undoubtedly thero will bs moro con- /
densation and moro rain throughout tbs whale !:
region. There Is certainly nothing more inc !
tetesting, and nothing more important, than
this gigantic atsemptto tnns turn tho forces
Of natnre upon herself and ruleem, by Il raw !
application OF her laws, territory row. in
ono sense. desert many hundred miles id cx- |
tent, and hesto= It upon nankind = 1rgion
teeui,g with fraitfuluess and wealth. For IN
dividuM settlers, Or as public lands, thia
country would remain forever valueleas. It ia
for the interest Of railroad crossing it that It
should 10 opened and made Of ynlue to the
grazier and the farmer. To do this, The OK
needed, both OF which are at tho command Of
great corporations aud ou. Of tho reach Of tho
Ordinary pioneer. Tie Kansas Pacific Road,
Notwithstanding the large through-business
which it docs already, and Whi:h is rapidly in~
creaeing, hos an immediate eld iu1mensei in
tereat, not ohlr in The imorovement Of its own
lands a1ong the line. OF, The road, but in the
redemption md settlement OF the
whole. region through Which it passes.
II it succeeds in rendering thus
, the boon it will odnfer upon the -:hole coun-
| try will ho immr-:sa and that it will sucdeod
tlero seems IL I've no reason for doubling.
With the assistance OF its energetic ooaojut9r,
the National Laud Company, which has the
! agency far the sale Of its lands, and al exten-
al over Europe, experimental colonies, like
that Of Greeley aud BsookyiIle. are already
spuuging up upon the plalus. When. by tho
labor Of cooperative settlers. tho waters Of
the creeks and rivers shall be turned into new
channels to develop tho dormant richness Of
the soil trees shall be made TO- grow whero
hitherto the rays Of the sun baked
tho ground on which none but moving
shadows have ever fallen !: fields Of wavlng
grain, which fetr no dr0uth or hest. aha1l give
eye roams over patl1ess, dried-up waste.
where great herds Of catte.etal roam-as, in
deed, they are doing aIre>dy in tho neiglhoE-
hood OF tow1ls-ih place OF the wandering buf-
fa1o, then the Great American Descrt, Of
that part Of it, At least. that extends from the
Rocky Mountains, will vanish, AZ so much els
has vanished that seemed appalling in tbs
distance, before the steady tread Of American
civilization.
But the Indians must first be driven oil, OF
rendered harmless by confinement to thou
reservations, before occupation Of these land:
IL possible far from the limo Of the railroai
mud the military posts. AS a question OF bu
n,anity this hss two sides, aud the Western
people feel, not unnatural1y. that sone con
ei6craiion is due to tliom ~ well as to the
Red Men. On the Saline River, only fifteer
, miles from Fort IIave, thore ii, at this mo
{ ment, camp of llaynnakers cutting .he rank
buttorn~g1 ass 10 fulfill ; contract tef the sup
t ! ply Of liay at the poet. Though 70 near
: considerable body OF military, they do no
, feel that their aca1ps sre safe, and have re
| cept1yasked OF General Gutter protection lror
+ any sudden attack, which. they fear. may. :
! Rny time, ba rnade upon them. Of course, .
8 lopE as such danger 81 this ezists, the set
ss~sas mueb & q f0un5 ST. A"ssvGs i soSs s9s
= Solomon. tho Saline. the Smoky Hill
Is ths sandy, and other rivers, mus
6 be very slow. II tho practical suggestion c
= General McCook, the Governor Of Coioraat
It that bands OF Sioux ard Arrapahocs sEoul
20 Eastern cities, to gain their liyolhooas thor
Is as ti,ey gain them at the West, should 10 ca
re fisa ont there would doubtless be 3 raoi
9. change Of public opinion among Eastern ph
% 1ayma1era on tie Chelsea meadows, nea
10 Boston. OF the Jersey Flats. near New Iori
ii hucklet on their revolvers as they went ont
Mt work, md listened for WAT whoop IS the
u made their wiarows, with minds mese inteo
of on saving hair than saving hay, thsy, wonl
10 1iculiural industry under Indian difiicultie
O. The Saline haymakerB, with many others una
e. similar circumstances, turn this question ov
|,s iu their minds as they look upon the hroa
ID. rich hottom lands whelc they would like
Of mako their homes, but which fhey can only Wis
D. for few days at time, and then armed
ur the teeth, and at the peril Of their lives. Th
on turn il over in their minds, and como to Il
cd conclusion tlat white man hns soms righ
H. which the government should compel an !
llc dian to respect, Alid that, II it does not, /
nd at 1cuat, will fall back on the first pr1uciE
he | that hundred or two square miles to an !
de dian, with IN unlimited privilege Of scalpit
lid and no lAlltl at all to a wli:ts man, and nu
a fence against outrage, is not in accordan
icA will tho eternal fitness of things- And
rrs acts sccorcingly, Wien he has chance,
st, sardlcsa OF the lamentations which may roa
ua- him occasionally from Cooper'e Institute.
tho disappearance CT the noble Red Man.
E1,s does uot accept tho theory that tho Indiat
eds ! q foreigner With whom tue United States n
il | only go to war under certaiu cti cumstancos
lat accordance With International Law, II
l,,s simply believes him to be, on
the whole. an uDni,lgated saTage. y
ion should be compelled to keep the peace :
ted punished at the utmost extremity OF tho i
:of ! at auy cos,, ii he docs not. There is
be gree pf pori,ivenets and sound lorBe-se
its IL tbie view Of tho subject whicl. will n
nth i:se,f felt in the lang run. Like tho 7robl
LIES OF irrigation, it il sure to work Itself out
ous the water and cultivation drive out the
the faIo and tho bufTalo-grass SO the Indians
On recede before the white 1nau. and for six Ii
DO dretl and fifty miles through the desart
all 4, p. Road draws line from whi:h as st
auy ing poiut the area of civilization is wideniu
,rnt exti1patiug, CT driving or everythingT
it'll. beara upon it tho mark Of mere savage