The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-10-04


etical license, unless his rams and
lambs belong to that class of huge
extinct animals that we read
about. t..
In order to zee tile Valley, you
must take the Union Pacific rail.
way at Omaha, and stop about
every one hundred miles, and
take ride on an Indian pony
over tho prairie. If you merely
pass over at the rate of twenty-five
miles per hour, on the cars, you
will have a very imperfect idea of
the extent and character of the
Valley. You can find some kind
OF train passing almost any hour,
upon which You can ride To differ
ent stations. The Union Pacific.
the great trans continental rail-
way, is equally as great an attrac.
ton as the Valley itself. 1t is i'm
possible to estimate the present
and future influence of this road
in developing our West and in
fusing the East with American
ideas, and Christian civilization
1t has certainly settled the Indian
question. There will be no more
protractcd Indian wars with tho
facilities afforded by this road, any
number OF men can be transport
cd and subsisted any where on
the frontier. Formerly n small
tribe of Indians could successfully
defy the Government-now every
rancho is protected and there is
scarcely train leaving San Fran
cisco that does not bring Japa.
nese and Chinese, travelling ex.
clusivcly for information. The
only way for nations and individ
uals to advance in knowledge, and
to be emancipated from igno
rance, local ideas, prejudicies, and
absurd superstilions, is to nix
with each other, see with their
own eyes in what respect they
may be deficient, and sec the
great superiority Of a people they
may probably consider interiors. -
All islanders are generally ex
elusive, and they are provcrbially
stupid. In crossing the Missouri
River, | was amused at young
lady from Savannah, Ga, asking
her brother if it was salt water
Upon told no, she said, You
must be mistaken, for they have
fresh oysters here"
The Union Pacific and other
corporations, are building roads
to connect at different points
along the main line running
north and south into Montana
Oregon, &c. The building OF
this road has also spoiled Brig
hams grand, ambitious idea of es
tablishing and pcrpctuating the
great Mormon Church and Gov
ornmen:, which he. and his chill
dren AFTER him, would rule over
lhe best laid plans Of men and
MICE" &c. Brigham is now un
happy. The United States au
thorities suppressed him on the
forth OF July last, and took pos
session of his beautiful city, ant
the Godbeitcs has caused schism
in the Church, by opposing polyg
amy. For my own part, | dom
believe that when men and wo
men were commanded to o.
forth, multiply and rcplenish .Rc
earth, that it was either the ob
ject or intention of this divine
command, that one man should bt
compelled or expected to do NOR,
than the work Of one man, and
find that both Clark and Sco,
tSsres %nn.saow with me in this opinion.
"ohocr ""av-'"~-ii i.a tho opin
ion of the Editor?
On going aboard the train,
did not seat myself, but walked
more than once through the fou
tirst.ciass and two second elias,
coaches. and gorgeous sleepin,
and palatial drawing room cars
all crowded about half of the pas
sengcrs being from Europe, ASH
and Africa, travelling for pleas
ure. l could hear all talkin.
about the Platte and Yosemite
Valleys; and the English PATHS
which you hear spoken on al
sides by the foreigners, affort
considerable amusement.
Twelve months ago there wa
only one claim taken in Hamilton
county, Nebraska ! now it ha
1909 settlers. On the sixth O
April last, there was not q singh
settler twenty miles north O
Grand Island. A county wa
laid out at that time, and nov
there are 500 settlers. The frs
settlers are principally Danes
Norwegians and Swedes. Tn
Impression Of persons a. dis
tance, is that the country be
tween the Missouri river and tin
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