, 1870-07-22
THE ARKANSAS COLONY,
Report oi tho Camullttcc ou Exploration
.lpuo1ntrti By rAc Chicago Cuivrr,ity.

The following abstract OF the report Of COM
nlttee appointed unhet the auspices Of thc Chi
cag0 University to make explorations In Arkansas
with view 10 the selection Of suitable sic for
the location OF ctlony tn tH made up In Chicago
3ss been submitted fnr publication.
The committee let Chicago Uu the evening OF
May 81, Ism. Our reception By the people OF Ar
lalsas Was cordial. anu on every hand the most
eainest ats'rc MAS eSifrsse that VIC saon!l settle
among then-
1'1e 1lart s,:sc,ed Is fertile prairie, OF rare
ieauiy, and tnterfIrrsed w::h leauEfn1 grutes NJ
heavy oak anil hlCknry, the xooita being about
one-tltth OF the whole, and 70 distributed that
Zach farm 1naJ have ts wu.4I-}u1 {ahau1 one-11&n
OF the tEAGt Iufchnsef} w!thlA at least tED Incs,
afta often alusGst at tte slonr+
l. is not what Is commonly termed "rolfin'
rEatrie, INIT tss Enrfarc rrraents EcItrs uf eS-
tensige srfftts, each Que reachiuV over m area vi
about . na,ir, thus preventing all .'wash,na =" oi
TIC soil, while the tract AZ u who'll, ls elevated
non1 stscnty-nyc ts:3 1rti' aiseSc tiae river, t,e
wat,i which tie tuiltc body OF land gradualiy
must. necessarily. prevent Ill accnt.ulasl"n5 oi
water. Ii IL probably safe SAT, that there ts moi
an acre in the whole tract that Is not avall .b!,'
ri1he1 fn1 tiinTe, timber, or pnstuzr, AMI, no our
acre that Is nut to-'ay worth NOR: than .ioubIr
the price asked. This prairie Is cntrsl5 free fsoa.
hIsh-9EoKtli, aud eau h more zsadltg broken
than The fEo!s lard, A. It Ia lighter AMI wafmes
loan, CONTAINING morr stltttous mattet, rr sana,
md 6euce IL much more easy Of cultivation. The
farmer car, therefore, ralse snn1cieus during thr
.dIxt year 10 meet the wants Of his family.
The climate IL mid, and there ts long growing
season, ercasls 1cssening the annual expense fos
f,Gd anI fuel and ctothlng-sucn Important items
in large families. There IA a,so perfect safct'
from all violence. as law anti 01cr Iir; all through
cut the entire Ssste. Their are no Iadians ID Ar
kansas In Surveying the sracr, The committee
co0.a not hut woEtseE that slrt country Ehoulti
hare ren ulucd so long unsettled.
II shouli be Stated ,has the hea. noes not Pre-,
vent Northern white ul.n from laooring In The
nelds throughout the whole Frar.
The cosoUy IS not limited as tc numbers. tt
fho.e who tRvc not read tho rFpsrrc:tls AMI i'2H
rh&ct ,atcls Issued. It mas ae pcres sary t. say
that this colony Is tr coi!l,any Hf sIsculat.tr-
as all the ltcfiEtf sulyA VI land accrue 10 The Cot
lcGts acnc. Nor IL n rr,totyo Of cumtnhnt>s. TX
The contrary; Cach family Is wholly separate, all,
Eas Its separate interests, precisely as il un)
other community.
Their will I've general meeting Of nil intcrcsse.
m TarS4iav, Jn'y e@. nj nssnek T. H.. III thr Eni
versitf OF Chicago. at which the members Of III
Exploring cruu Ntrc will bc +resnf, AMI max
fuller etat<1nctts respecting the soil, climate, ltit
| productions nf Arkansas, and at w:tch 1ncttti;
| the Executive Committee will tH prepared 10 *ri
lsnds per maps presented. Eisins land warrant
| for the same.
| THOSE desiring The circular Just fssuel, eant4!n
| ing details Of the rcnort, will please aalre$s
II. II. F1isf, University, Chicago