, 1873-06-15
a WESTERN TRIP.
from Chicago to the Rocky
Mountains.
nhs Plains and Their Inhabitants---
How nIr. lcdeater Proved.
Himself a Wolf.
peou|e en- the 1rain---Emigrants, Con-
sumptiyes, ard Newly-Mar-
ried People.
nonrer and Its Peculiarities-..Health-
Seekcrs---Pike's Peak and the
Specimen Hunters.
sbae.al Correspondence Of The Chicago 4ti1t.ne.

sbse.A Correspondence Of The Chicago Tribune.
Denver, Col, Mag, 1873.
1came out here as one Of an excursion party,
one-tenth,-and, if the Lord permits, won't
:rs7el With party again, barring my wife and
{,milv, of COURSE We came from Illinois,
rood place to come from, and better place to
ret back to. We came BY rail, mostly. Some
d the party suggested an emigrant-uagon but
Life is too Short SO we took u Pullman drawing
rom car. There is more poetry about the
euigrant-wngon; hut, on the whole Pullman 8
Institution is preferable. We left Illinois on the
paer side OF the Mississippi, hurried through
sas Bomb1e and ancient city OF st. Louis (ln
Mssorri), and followed the setting sun (thls
.hr,se has been used before) over the St. Louis,
x.ns.s City d Northern Railway, over the St.
fh,rles bridge, and past numerous station-
hrnses, farms, and trees. The people along the
Ene had
THEIR HANDS IN THEIR POCKETS.
The ability and patience with which they keep
tbei, hands in their pockets is surprising, con-
e;dsrino they have fertile country which they
richt be cultiyating; but cultivation involves
rluging, and plowing is hard work, Is I found
mt once when sat down behind p1ow, while
.he point was going towards the centre Of the
rl.net, and the horses we're running away With
ths bxrness. That WAS my first and last attempt
.ifxming. I discharged my employer, paid him
of. .nd forsook the agricultural profession.
In the meantime We reached Kansas City.
About this time the party WAS joyous. Two OF
fh,ee Of them, with noses Of extraordinary in
tsuisence and Of immense range, were con
sipced that they smelt the Rocky Mountains, 900
and %f,o nafhToafiN
serted that he felt relieved in the vicinity OF his
diamond bzeast-pin. We got aboard the Kansas
pacidc train. aud woke up in the morning
ON TEE PLAINS.
There is great deal Of land outdoors On the
Pl.ips. It rolls in pillows like the ocean, and is
raoootonous and tiresome. Look out Of the
pl.ts-glass window in the morning, and you see
plains covered with sage-brush and stunted
erssa; look out every five minutes during the
dlg, ard you see stunted grass and sage-brush
md you go to bed at night wearied with the
right, to dream of the vast, unfenced expanse,
md wonder where it ends. The only scenery on
the route is occasional herds OF buffalo. squad
ot antelope, OF colony Of praine-dogs. The
sahons are few and far between. A lady on the
tain was running up the road to call on neigh
bor 100 miles away, and most OF her neighbors
were farther of. The inhabitants are few, and
not select. There are haK-breed indiana and
BUFTALo-HUS1Ens,
tho latter ferocious set. Familiar with the
eight of blood buschcry being their trade, when
they cannot kill buffalo they kill each other, and
occasionally, by way Of variety, somebody else.
III 4udeate7 fqf nstspee. Ve4t into saioon,
ID youth replied that he did not sec anything
very wolfsh about him. Mudeater responded
bJ drawing navy revolver, and, without wa1n-
tng lodged bullet in the young mans heart.
IN that climate, bullet in mans heart pro
duces death. The victim never stirred, and the
amiable Mudeater still roams unhung, and will
lauteu1y cu.4tf11uo tv zoant 1a+s1 81. down IN
lis tracks. I made up my mind that. il man
took me into his confidence and informed ms
that ho WAS wolf, should entirely agree with
him; that should indorse the proposition, and
if necessary, subscribe An affidavit to that
effect. Under such circumstances, am the
most accommodating person in the world; It is
not that am afraid, mot bit,-but like to
accommodate people. Society on the Plains is
highly educated in the use of fre-arms. And
get it il great country. AL it needs is water
ind good society, which would make Hades
itself inhabitable.
went through the train to see what
KID OF PEOPLE
were going ont to stay md enjoy the amenities
Of Life There were emig1ants from Europe,
dirty and haggard after their journey toward the
Land Of Promise,-the men smoking their misery
A"hy I4e HoA4eA ottoAa446 W "Ao "@~Ako "
children, their only wealth Ihey
dropped of he1e and there, at some colony to
which they were consigned. There we're con.
sumptiEes the hectic banner OF death hanging out
n tneir cheeks, ana the tfaces o1 oiaease IN tnen
weak forms and attenuated hmbs- MANY OF
them ware going to graves under the shadoW OF
tue mountains. Many Of them we're alone.
1helr faends In AZ hndness sens 1ne1n OUT.
neTer to return The palace cars were 1oh OF
Tourists young couple we're on thelr wed
ang-1oo1. 'Ihat WAS easlIy seen 1aey were ~
!at9e1tsa ~ eaen utuet, onl ea4I tt "ae "a
Eatc9sf4y a1talo tne oIner "oq1a casc1 Gun
r t;,nas A uPon ao1 p4i ~ terra1 n | sha rressed
lin eo ~ ~ ~ - ~ ar.nst ~ ..nas- von|}i catch
eoIds - as On 4 S hnraan of thar sonr
Thax NJ rs ne & p.nltth 4. thst n uood tine The1
ths:ss ~ stra1,a1, T;tb ana dors
n the h.ceseee.caT' s..T Thev Ind mnrderous inten-
TONS toe.ssd hnf.io At - distance. There vere
fhres i,a;as ra+,raeantino th1as oeneratons@
erandnothe,, ,nnthar an9 danohter,-cnItiyafed
and Tes1thy, v;th streak OF heautv
in form and faat11ra r1nnjnp through
them Ill. The grandmother. born in New ENG
land, migrated to Hhnois The mother, born IN
Illinois, was rierntinr to Colorado: and tho
daughter viii thns become the founder Of an
other generation. which nsy mierate to the Pa-
cifc H1nne &cnord;nz a. 4L;s ;t+.Laa four oan~