The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-09-12
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sfter ending the issvseu viii hs Jsssn CITY Isesd
sp In the rising TAsss sseptnG eszs afs has1y
have aboat II tAsy = nahs - t..ss: - ssss a.
usual; but yea becsoe ussa y sSsa u sssfss q
| very few yeas
We took breakfass Il ssisa tAe hstAsst pa.t vest
which 700 psks ys.r isss - hooss for Z
As yoa adv.ses toward the setting SUM- the prscs
iBe.ses; bst yssssve the sqsifssiu.. tbs quality
decrssses Sana b beautiful Place situated % leve
Krvssd sdisisisx - oDsky I'm River. and ssressded
BY forest tre Asr issv,g sasa the country becomes
lss ssd Iess inviting until resehes Tie positively dreary
Bsyoea Hays CITY IL ~ cir csoes co Tie plains
ho0 furnace. Il Winter supPse the cold b cores
pssd,siy fntesse Dsf lswes ns ~ relief - sth
erwise desolse Aas relief esisfs along this
for every sids stretch and miles II Wild
Aowera These sevee abseat ftoo ths sght except
when night shsts the scene Even far In the
tans where the cactus and the pines lay claim to the rich
Of lie snlss rocks the Wild sanaower occasionally
nsy Be Hi.e IL checsfnl face like redhesded
girl peesi,g up i.1s the hsynow. 10 inquire what il
trumpa
Fr.rsdces alss - apinatoa the scese. They nay
b seanpsrns the prairies in an dreenss sit
ting mp thsr hiadee e.ds like squirels vhea noise
attracts their attsssa then diving into their ho,s I'D
bddsg the struase farewell With Art q their tails.
Another curiosity 4 the plana the large rcd snt which
throw bin u whitish gve eostanins In insaan-
cea several v.sua lssla By going near and watching
them, these ass nay be coming carrying gravel
three or four tL.ss iasyer sAa. thensslvea
Some Of the paasenger aid hey antelope; and the
an umense herd of hns passcd The train. But
.eithes live baaAls a,telope But II what we
Of reass asy ndicaos Of the destruction Of
buffalo their ssaghfer tAe plains nass be terrible Ar
getting beyo.d he setaents The remains Of bua-
10 Be In every stage fo beached bones to de-
caynx An .ss the rod In every direction.
this debris may be md presume they abound in
tiona many q bones had been collected piled up
suppose for shipmest. At this rate the buffalo will
be extefmiRated.
The cattle trade the only busincss carried on in
that region In the neighborhood Of an the stations
immense herds Texas cattle from Abilene to within
few miles Of Denver They find good grazing in the val
leys but the upands ok dssolate and IL will be long
time before they a for eultvaton Mr.. Elliott the
industrial Agent Of the Kansas Pacific Railroad
volumiuous upon the subject Of planting the
plains; but making them grow, ID smother question In
many places along the ruad trees have been planted but
Of them dead Evea the cottonwood which al
most spontasesus and hardy prouctio. weeds docs
not aourish.
But beyond The line. II Colorado grasshoppers do
flourish One day. sfer rain, during halt Of the train
the passengers s.acthins struggling in the grass
which they took for toad larger animal But
gentleman went ont and picked up gr.sshopper about
the size ofa humnng birdone Of the reessed fllowa