, 1873-08-04

dom Tint you see troe two foot In tllamotor,
There aro tho poHt-oak, tho hickory, pncan, cot
tonwo9a, haeklorry, ola1, whito md blue aah,-
both Or tho lattor differing from our Northosn
BAH Of tho Ha,no name. lilo whito ash il n soft
tlrm, valuable tinlbor.
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Is tho great fostnre OF tho State and large hordu
aro hoon Ut all noints:, could loarn nothing in
There ls, no question TINT :. It Is
not 2 hoAlt!ly country for ourimprovod broods of
cattlo but ollr gtny hor0 Loo Bllort to lohrl
| 1nucli about It, Dealors In latll aud interoDtod
parties did not, or could not, giyc III tho iufor-
| nation.
Aftor supper tlio phrty adjourned to meot tito
COMMERCIAL CLUl
| OF Dalas, III order to lAton to statements IN
regard to tho condition Of tho country, past,
! nrcsont, md prospective. Tho spcakerHInHiatoa
| that tho bloody oliaam no longer exietod., that
1t had boon t1lled up ind brflgod over
with rich soil, TINT, in oil future timo. would
g9oa to ena GasS Taey a
| IT should bo., All Of tho oldor men aro natives
| OF osher statos having l'eon hero from ton to
forty veara.,. From what ooula loar imml
grants Of all olaaaoa will DO kindly received, md
DO ~ ento in thoir peraon and property aa in any
part Of tho country. Tho oattlo-mon aro rough
cot Of mon with pistols In tho hauk part Of tl,or
pantH but this Is mora fron, habit than my real
| hee,a Of auoh implements.
, IN tho past thirty years, tho date Of those aet~
tlemonts, no attention has been paid to tho
planting Of fruit-troes and vnos. Tho poBt-oak
and mustang, grape aro about oil th6 nativo
trnls: Tho strawberry, Il is aaia, Ia noarly
frnit grow flnoly. But this, liIko othor soutnorn
batoB, hhH boon Hown to politics. and no one hos
giyon attention to tho roal comforts Of life.
4 NEW nAoE OF MEN
IL required to improve this condition OF things,
| aud make TAxRA what 1t ought kH 1sN Of the
garden placoB Of tho world.
/ Jutx A.-Wo loft Datlas last night, and this
morning took breakfast In DoniHon. It la 6
o'clock, and fow Of tho cltizena are astir. Wo
cross the lod River, and arc again i'll tho Indian
| country,
should havo aaid OF Toxas, that tho Osago
orange, tho honey-locust,, tho awoetbriar,, aud
aud the want OF timbor for fences should not
Btann in tho way, though 1t has boon great
drawback to the cd settleSs. Whon hodges aud
orchards, gardens and school-houses, ahall
;,,,,af b. sppr'qiistGd To1as 9 will will bG
achool-honses and enterprise, and It is to DO
hoped that both of these viii soon be supplied.
Tho Red Rivor is not largo atroa1n at this
fzation. Tho Indian docs not court society save
whom intont on taking HcalpB or begging for cold
yictualH, and 10 sinks AWAY from lib Oh does hts
own coyote The party haSo, on moro than one
- rns INDIAN QUESTION.
and thoy appear to agrood OH the point; to givc
each Indian family a farm, Bay 100 ormore acres !;
aoll tho remainder Of tho lan1 for common
make them subaerviont to all tho laws that our
people aro compelled to oboy. It tho 1ndian
cannot maintain himaolf OIL his la1ld, as other
people do, VIC should treat them aa savagos,
and@runiah them for their cr1noa. The past and
present Indian policy il policy looking to the
ontire destruction Of all slo Indian tribcs
It is time that aomo humane law
should bo intorposod to Bavo this
society by patient industry. But. SO long as
contractors are allowed to swindle those Indians,
and so long as we hnyo an Indian Bureau, 10
long will tho work OF deci1nation go on, and 80
| long will tho white people be Bnbioct to the
barbnrism Of those saYages.
The Red 1iyer is not I'll inviting stream, and
| tho country along it's borders is OF htt'e va}io.
the control Of tho Indian tribes. At few OF
tho stations arc
FAINT ATTEMPTS
! by the Indians to cultivate tho soil but, ns
have before stated, the Indian avoids tho society
| Of tho whites, and in oil this 800 miles we did
| were oithor lAlf-breea white Or lnlf-brecd negro
and Indian. at Caddo. tho second station north,
wo met tho first natives. few milos north OF
this point tho country becomes quito brokon: ol We
try is more or loss wooded, poat-oass
boing scatterod over tho prairie. and
| morD thicAlv on the hills. tu go11o
places giving tho appearance of fult-grown
| forest, Most of tho hills aro ridges Of blue
limestone. and Limestone Gan is q point at
whioh this rock Ia boug auarriod for tho uso Of
tic road, At this point aro two civilized Indian
families. ono Of tho uouaws being o half-brood
Cherokee with a Choctaw husband. One Of tho
women had q Bowing-,naohine, and her house
prosouted quite civilized aspect.
rnr oz4pv RANCE
| ia a acrioa NJ 1;mcatono i,;ila' from 200 to GO0
Scat h;ch an] moro or 1ona covoret1 with fnraAt
treea. @ "~ 1''N1 ~~ '~0 ~'~'~
Thc sontb Canadian River in a nna atrenm,
1v;th rotrar haasv Tr,nna ~ t,nhor a}nnH IT,
hanks. Wo soon cross lie North Canadian' and
n fav m;fea fnrtt1er ia tho Vor1lirris. Thogo
at-o",,a ,,nito anna n,;1aa eout at Bnrt f4hson
'ond ti,n Gan"d;nm ia thoncn nnTipa,,ln. Norti'
| ~ thia no;nt fla cnnntrv il rnntlv roIjnr md
syitLnnt mnch timhar and tba2 littfo along the
anna1i straamp'
The nnrtv I;ned at nruscoeu. in q ono-story.