, 1870-09-04

PFoKFcA~ OF tho knnAna Pacific
Railroad Eacur&ion-Efon Isro0k-
vile TO Sheridan, KAnzas-LiIe ON
the Great Desert.
Special Despatch to The Chie7eo Tribaae.
SHERIDAN, KaA, Sept. 2-Learlng Brookville.
this morning, the Kansas Pacific excursioutsts be-
gan the ascent Of the divide, and entered upon
that dll1cult couuntruu, the Great American
desert. What It Ra4 dune for, how It MAS m1de,
and WhAt l. tp be done with u, &se questions which
will probably be scitltd before We reach Denver,
but the subject Is too full Of interest to be dh-
custel or dismissed In = brtef despatch.
TAI Hays Cit5 the car Azy from tna military post
The Appearance Of both officers mad men bear
Testimony 70 healthtulness Of climate aud efficacy
TO wort, to which General cuAtar Is prompt to
call them when occasion onerS- There IA no 1tar
when he !s about. The e2ReEness and confidence
with which sonie Of our COMPANY p1epareis tnls
morning fora worthless siauanter q her4s Of
correctly an Indian attack on Us could be met.
10th were wise enough % keep awaJ.
Isaw they would nave bit the dust haA they
WIN which our men could hit q 1idRe ln The prai-
he, t~cht5 feet uixh and half mile long, at a
hun:lIea ssris: Tnn buffalo 9rtzed In pesee
shots, though none we're very Lear. Dlsappolnt-
cd in larger game, the mA1Esnen turned their
stttnsi6a anu their guns 70 pra!le dogs, which
dese,t has great many more bullet holes Than tt
had thls morning, but its iuhsbltanis are none
the fewer for our crossing Il But there has been
70 much practices thai. perhaps, to-moErow We
shsl, 1pa, ourselves with srotts. Our tired hunt
ere 60 to the oas-room and bed with this p,eAnnx
hope. Such is life, even On the desert, and
amonK thE bison, Along the hortzou Of these
b0undlcss p1alcs lo7ms up occasionally mirage
llat seems, s%ometlHt~, % to he distant lAkr.
great fields Of waving grain, which a weary trHv-
ciler might hope to reach By uuc more desperate
eao,', a., looiiEE M 4. Il T2th longing ana hungry
men thus found 50 far a mirage OF another sort.
but the effect y III be greater In Futlman's car
excursion allowance. Hut We might have hal
betief luck IN shooting Indians than shooting
lunalo, had they come Mt a.1 for, probably.
tley Would have Tome nearer. Thanks to Gen.
eral Cnstaf, however: there are 70 Indians along
this lsne- Every station has !ts e Of soldiers and
tia little underground hut, TO which they retire
bJ underRr uuud Ealtcr1.A II the saya9es
indsan siiataxen, una ths aoi,iiers ptek of ,5eIr
cnr1ny at their leisure The stations have been
itt alone snce the Indians fonn't they were thus
1mpFrTnatte.
Tonight we stop at Ktt Carson, which Is sail
to he quiet place in the daytime and a lIttl,.
heHnt night. As the way Is tu sane Of these
DENVER, Col. Sept, a-To.day we have passed
over tlai l5o miles u tue Kansas I4cluc Koasl
from HI Carson 10 Denver. built since tpFll 1ast
Si 9se II e t Is
track should Ie laid by Angus, IS, which PROMISE
i Eas supposed might he ful1eti any time before
December !. On August Is there Te,e ten miles
t. he flushed. At ) p. H. that day Engineer ".
Weed put Oh Ills gang working westward, and L
i@s and la , ten ,o,1s",;s nss5s
nnishc The last spike driven, at,1 the promise Of
General Palmer fuldled, thu. IN 100 days the ta0
Lilies should bu fraty for the TRIM This Is the
most aid part Of the great desert on the line;
h4y1ay Tree In the whole view large enough for
walking stick: great butut-up, batren plaiD,
where everything for construction and construct
cfA Was brought from Afar OF, and mule teams
rrad progressed. There were no settlements,
no human creatures, except hostile Indians.
ENORMOUS az the difficulties were, thcy were
overcome with an energy that was equal 10 them.
Sn1ne Uf the gentlemen who accomplished tllls
work came out from Denver to meet u, anu must
have felt more than ordinary satisfaction they
saw this magnificent tt1in Approaching on tho
road which only & little mote than hundred days
ago was almost = uackless wilderness
To-day public meeting vas held, ami clear
statement OF the p1ospects aud purposes OF the
NJ. Looni*, The President uf the Ma
purchased some Of the kansas Pacific lands, gave
snme remarkable facts "a tn their settlement,
The subject Govern too much ground for more
than A:ief mention here.
About SERENITY miles from Denver the train
stopped, anu netRhboEtnR emlnenoc wns ns-
cen,ird for ttEst view uf FlKe's Peak. In due
time more extended sight Of The Rocky Noun.
horizon. AMI the range. $50 r.tlcs In length With
I,krs peas, Longs PEAK, and Gsn,'s Peas, rising
IRON 4 ,oeo to 1900 feet, grows more and more
DAuuifCent