Nebraska advertiser., 1871-08-17

have been out we have passed over
some of the finest land it has ever
been my pleasure tobehold. After you
pass Red Cloud you come to the gar
den spot Of the West, and as you go
West for one hundred miles or farther
it continues to grow finer and OF
No. ! soil. Emigrants are coming IN
every direction, from Iowa. Wlscon-
sin. Missouri, Cheyenne and from all
parts of the world. It looks strange |
that where only year ago roamed |
the buffalo on the great neutral if'iilt-
ing grounds of all the Indian tribes,
the home OF the "prairie dog" ante
lone, elk and wild turky, is fast be-
coming the home Of the white man.
Fine fields of corn dot the view all
along the Republican Valley until
YOU reach Napoleon at the mouth OF
"Saupy." Corn planted on the sod
in June is now producing fine roast
inrears, and viii turn out from 40 to
90 bushels to the acre. Splendid po-
tatoes, cabbage, water-melons, toma-
toes. and all kinds of garden sass can
be had all along the Valley. l never
knew until now that Nebraska con-
taiped so much Ens, farming and
grazing land, and it will pay any one
; to 90 up the Valley to appreciate the
wealth and grandeur of his own
State. "Tbat great sandy desert" is
played, sthe alarm of Indians de-
f creases as you go west, the settlers
; all along the Valley of the Republi-
2 can, Prairie Dog and Sappy rivess are
D pouring in in such vast numbers that
1.-THE "Loi family would stand poor
e chance. Soldiers from Ft. Hays in
4 Kansas patrol the south side of the
: Republican every three weeks, and
: three companies of L. S. cavalry are
!, stationed at Turky Greek, and afford
J, ample protection.
D Senator Tipton is one of the boys
on a trip of this kind, ever ready for a
t Joke or fun of any kind, anti has dill
e gently enquired of the wants of the
= people all along this beautiful Valley
Their great want is mail facilities" d"
9 They all extended to him 9. warm and
: hearty welcome, and so we'll pleased
q is lie with and surprised at the vast
:. amount of people who are coming III
q the Valley by thousands that the
d Senator wants to go again. He says
the wash pan is the r1Ost useful artl'
n Gle a man can take on q Western
i trip. it can be used as vessel fol
> milk, bread, butter and to wash in
d always clean. Willie Upton and
= Perry enjoyed the trip and will have
t, great stories to tell their Washington
e juvenile friends. Corwin Upton me-
d with quite an accident. 1t was an
7. nounced that we would arrive in the
e buffalo country on the morrow-we
p were then camped on Mill Creek
e Con. concluded he would try his horsf
in the manual of buffalo drill. He haC
:, gone scarcely yards before MS horse
o threw him about fifteen feet, ant
d sprained his ankle so that we were
e compelled to leave him at Mill CreeF
: in good hands. During our stay a
e Mil Creek, Capt. Starry and son, Mr.
r Collier and myself concluded to eros:
ever the river and hunt some ante
h lone. we succeeded in finding some 2
a. in herd. Walter Starry and | started
e after two young antelOpes, chased
n them some 5 miles and drove then
n up by Capt. Starry, where he started
1t after them again with fresh horses
J. The Captain chased them some tel
miles and would certainly have
l. caught them had they not hid in tht
,e high grass and hard rain setting il
=, compelled him to abandon the chase
er Eph Caldwell, Mike Aveny ant
d brother were compelled to return a
le Red Cloud on account ola lame horse
l. John Il. Wilcox has located at Rec
a Cloud and stuck out lis shingle as at
torney at law, &c,
N lst night out camped on Little Ne
NJ maha.
& 2nd day passed through Tecumsef
st and camped four miles west, good wa
d ter, &c.
r 3rd day. Passed through Vesta,
10 small village containing post office
j. saw mill, stone blacksmith shop, &c
d The surrounding country is improv-
,e ed and rolling. Camped at Beatrice
q The town is situated on Big Blue Riv-
t er, beautiful, clean, rock bottom
r stream, containing flne fish, pickeral
&c. Has fine water privileges, has
n population of about 1000 persons,
70 eight residences, court house, school
E. house. built OF brick and the finest
% buiIding stone in the State, has all
that is necessary to make life COM
n Portable, and nearly all the privileges
n of the east, live paper, published by
4 our friend Coleman. While there we
e met our old Brownville friends, c. G..
and George Dorsy, J. i. Webster, Dr..
le Cowlcs. &c, ali looking fine. Caught a
r, mess of pickeral in Blue River.
E. 4th day out Passed over rolling
G. prairie and camped on Big Sandy, q
Of beautiful, clear stream, good mill
power.
N 5th day. Passed over the ridge
i' come in sight of the flourishing town
C. of Meridian three miles from Sandy,
l. situated on Little Blue River, con-
Sc tains some 20 houses, post Office
III stage Office, two good hotels, one gro
Gerry store, mill, brick yard, law office
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