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

tious than the very tall grass. i
consider the lands OH the Loup
Fork, one of the principal triba.
taries of the Platte, as better
adapted both to farming and
grazing, than the lands nearer the
river. Though this section has
not yet bceii surveyed by the
Govci nrnent, the surveyors are
there now. No coal has as vet
been found in this Valley, though
there is abundance Immediately
east in Iowa, and west on the line
of road.
The Sioux Indians, who occupy
the country extending north into
Minnesota, are the only tribe that
arc still troublesome. They have
deposed Red Cloud since his re.
turn from Washington, and Spot
ted Tail is now their principal
chief. When Red Cloud returned
and told them of the wonderful
promises of the great white man
in the East, and how many people
lived there, and the kindness of
the pale faces, they "no believe" IA
single word. Red Cloud got fine
gun /; got fine presents he got gold
and silver plcniy-wo will choose
Spotted Tail to sit in our councils"
"Such is the late fate Of place."
How like white men The Pawnces
are now OH reservation, near
Pawnee Station, on the railroad.-
They and tho Winnebagoes. VIII
were once very hostile, now
sit and smoke the calumet with
the Danes and Swedcs. There
is not the same antipa,hy existing
between re Indians and foreign
ers as there is between our own
people. 1t is very seldom you ev.
er hear one of the old Indian from.
tiersmen speak kindly of the red
skins. These frontiermen aud
women, who had been crowding
and fighting the Indian for the
past thirty years, are, in many res.
poets, The most remarkable people
you will see, travel where you
may. Out here in Nebraska, you
see them living i'll their cabins,
made of sod, all ont of doors :;
nothing but the great wild prairie
around and the heavens above
They have to keep their powder
dry, and both eyes skinned, full of
resource, more sense than q horse,
rather taciturn- always hopeful.
All Of the towns on the railway
are laid out as if the owners ex.
pcctcd them 10 grow 10 cities.-
This cutting ont large cities re-.
minds inc how my dear mother
used to fret me, when was young
and growing very. fast. by cutting
my trowscrs a little too large. :
Every one of these fronticrmen are
profound philosophers. l was
talking about the Bible with one of
these sagcr, when he astonished
me with The remark, that if Elijah
asccnded to heaven in a chariot of
fire, then the laws of gravitatioE
,, must have been suspended, or
Newton's theory was false" You
meet one here who is the life of
this post, the pet OF the officers,
and the delight of all. l mean
Prairie Rose, who is n half-brced
Indian maiden, reported to be
nearly related to old General
Ilarney. Sue received a finished
education in the East, which, with
ont having tanned her, enabled her
; to WELD u most despotic influence.
Fluent, fascinating, graceful, &C.
!! complishod, beautiful as houri,
cliaste rs vcstal. wild as an In.
( dian. she prcsides here the un
T uisp"tcu "'S|, ,,.iastess. in this
l great temple of natures wun-
i ders. | remarked TO her that
+ thought she would be happier in
3 the East. With q voice sweetcr
z than melody itself, she said, "Ah
: sir, would be miserable there
: The wild prairie rose of the Yves,
q would soon languish and die in
the atmosphere of the East" She
continued, /" Your Government
e does not seem to understand the
;, fact that my people are tere nat
j urD; and making this tundamen
q tai mistake, their policy toward
my people has always been mis-.
S cradle failure" She elaborated
n this idea with great force and truth
SCI proving that her people would be
4 restless and dissatisfied under the
Q most benign form of civilized gov
f ernment that could be established
5 She talked much and long. / lis
v tened, entranced by the pearls oi
It wisdom and diamonds Of wit, tha,
J, sparkled in every sentence. Be-
o fore she commenced to talk, l ex
j. pected to hear one, crude iu
!. speech, and little blessed with the
G soft phrase ot'peace." Her story
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