Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-05-06
SIDNEY STATION, U. P. r. r., J
Z O'clock A. NJ, April goth, 1870.

" cioch II. NJ, Aprll AOth, 1871.
DEAR COURIER We wrote you on ycster
day and left it at the telegraph office ut Co.
lumbus (01 miles from Omaha) 10 mail aud
as it had the requisite "stamps' upon it, sup
pose it went. We find that our interesting
notes (to us) arc accumulating SO fast, that
VIC concluded, as the train halts, to dot down
some eft them to you. After writing you, we
passed Columbus, jackson, Silver Creek,
Clark, Lone Tree, Chapmans, and Grand
square meal for 1.-TWO 1 haIyes. iGy Yeavins Sf"a
thcro about 7 o'clock p. NJ, passed, during
the night, Pawnee, Wood River, Gibson,
Kearney, Stephenson, Elm Creek, Ovcrton,
Plum Greek, Cayotc, Willow Island, Warren,
Brady Island, MCPHERSON, North Platte Riy.
er,-cross on bridge ono mile long,-O'Fal-
Ions, Alkai-this is very poor and rolling
prairie region Roscoe, O'Gaaha, Big Spring,
then Ju!esburg, noted in history as the worst
plaoo on tho railroad in its building 1t is
now without any noted specially; has but
one sort of store and Glow grocery" and sta
ton for few troops; is ST. miles from Oma
ha. Then Sedgwick, South Platte, Lodge
Polo, and the station We now date our noto,
distance from Omaha, $40 miles, in the poor
est alkali region imaginablc-not house be-
tween stations for hundred miles or more,
and will never be settled, we guess, as we can
sec nothing 10 induce one to squat here
We saw the sun rise at Julesburg, and to ap.
probate "sun rising on the plains" one
must see It. We don't think that pen can
describe it, aad shall not attempt it. We
had white frost this morning
We are now in the hostile Indian region,
on their "pass" from the Rocky Mountain
sections, on their buffalo hunt (and cmigrant
hunt too) towards the Arkansas country; but
we don't apprehcnd any disturbance, to our
train. But last week only they "tipped"
over freight train. The country is we'll
protected with troops, and if they would do
their duty, no danger need be apprehcndcd
from Indians, but, too often, they are found
to be in collusion with them. At Pawnce,
there is one company of Pawnco Indian
troops, and are said to bo good men.
on our geography, and instead Of horses and
cattle, substitute buffalo, deer, antelope,
wolves, prairie dogs, prairie chickens, geese,
ducks, 60. We have not seen any Of tho
first named to-day, but they are around suro !;
but wc have, of tho others named, seer .hem
without number, almost since daylight. You
may look on any side you will, and sec tho
deer and antelope skipping along, somo-
times at play pretty near tho train; then,
bounding away through tho prairie at full
speed, aud bringing up on a high mound, or
alkali stone pile, In the distance, seeming to
bid defiance to tho passengers. To say that
we have seen hundreds, within four hours, is
small tale.
We arc now at tho station called Prairie
Dog City, about $50 miles from Omaha, and
il takes its namc from tho number of these
fellows around. Their "city" is as numerously
populated as New York city. They arc
about tho size of our fox squirrel, and as you
pass them thoy dodge into their little mounds
raised ono Or two feet high with holo in top,
and peep out at you, and bark something
like our small dogs. This section is too poor
for anything but wild beast and sandy undu.
lating grassy plain, but littlc water and no
wood. el
The amount Of travel on tho Union Pacific
Railroad is. immense, and tho freights almost
endless. You might sec on somo of tho
oars on the other side Of the Missouri River,
tho numbers from two to eight thousand
marked The mystery sooms, how can they
fill them oil, We yesterday, at ono point,
saw ID cars loaded with cattle on the tracks,
and all other froights accordingly. Tho mail
on board Of our train ills one entire car fall;
and To- convey II across the Missouri river
yesterday, and transport to the train, four
two. horse wagons piled as full as thoy would