, 1875-04-27
Through the Wilderness from
PENNSYLVANIA to Illinois.
Tie Great National Road.'.A Credit
MobilIcr job Of tho Old Days.
Tort Dearborn (0hicago)-The Forlorn
Hope Of tho villago-st. Louis
as IN Alma Mator.
C2 Tho Chicago River In Pirosae-~'ne
Portage Road..-The Sun'm|t-LeSoE'''
&lltwacke.. Chicago Indians.

WAsu.Sorov, D. G., April 2i.-Fifteon cents
invested at q secondhand book.stasl, Which
eccrnsd 10 l1ave boom all old book-htall In tho
Colonial DAYS, eaabIod mo 10 tako tho
fouruoy from philadclphta 10 Chicago re travol-
srs found 1t in 1891. Tho titlc-pago 1an thus:
Narrative Of all Expedition 10 tho sourea Of st. 70
tsss lsirrr Lake winncrres iaIs q .Ae Mo1as' &C.
G ii Stephen It. lang. Staior u. 8. 7. e. cotnrilo
s.S1 sa caho s s Sy !, wsi. Ay' IL yk'estie T. Il, e
irasor Of slneraogy and Chemistry ~ anpl'el to thu
iIstoriosrapher 10 il1e EzrcJltltn III two vHlomea
Yhsdclpiiis: II. g. Carey l. ]. Lea, chesnlit street,
hud not heard that Jain G. Calhoun svcr did
10 uaosul tlltng. Party fcalty dictated tho next
page, III tllcac wor1a:
To h!. EzrcIloucy. James Monroe President. os q"
Unilel Saies IT Anertca tl!1 wurk. cousaihnK tic
result Of observations made during -. espsnn III.
Inscribed by tho nt1shUss.
Tl8 HAND W TIME.
Thcro was no trace Of ownerahip upon tho
pook saya tlti.: "Allnitt6d into paHt-hos-
pital. July g. 1868, fran Dry Tottugns, For'dn
Christopior c. Thompson, Fifth United States
Artillery, Fort Jefferson, Fla" Ruthless liands
had torn from the musty book What would now
DO Of great Value" the map Of tho country
trayorrcl by tho expeditions" Tho compiler, In
bis preface, declares that llo Ia inexperienced
In tho art Of writing for tho pubEIc."-a state
meut which will readily DO accepted. a!'all try
10 follow tho travellers by rapid stnEcs through
the wilderness" from Chicago to what thoy
aomoti,nes nrsn Chicngou.
THE o1jEcr or TIE EXPEDITION
is TINS exptaincd:
Thu auecesa which attended tho exrnalten to tho
Rocky s1ountnius, nnI tlo important tni.Fn,ata'
which It impaired conecrntnH the ,atnTe Of s4e valley
d1aluBd by ihe Missouri sd !ts tributaries. Of which
nothing war known l,ut what lad lcru observed by
1tenis und Clarke, Induced the doScrime1t, 0! tho
unel satcS to contnur its enlcayor to c1rlore TIM
wlicS atpeared 10 il dcserSing Of inse.,icaton wus
tbs district Of country ionuded ,y tho Missouri, tho
btassa.
ThlB Is tho reason for tue book. They had a
free way Of doing things, sufficiently daspotic
for those days of " Cnsarsna." Congress seems
to lave lad nothing to do tu ordering the expo.
dilion. Tho story continues.
Accordingly 1t wns determined In the hrrIng Of 1871
ned out i"r ex1oriug lie Eiysr 81: Irers aud tls
country situated t1lo northern boundary OF tile
unte states, botween the He'd 1usor Of Hnsuna Day
Ths command nf tho expedition We. intrs.s.et to
Mai. T. II. Long, and hc received oreH from tbs ar
Department, dscd April Is, ta.t Ut which tho follow
Ing Ia An extract:
Tho route Of Tho s1petllston will bo as follows !:
% :. ps.S taenSs be rnsof ~ s, @
Wayne: Themes 10 Port Armstrong or Dubhn,,aa Lad
,es; thence w Tho attssls'pp! q ort 81. Anthony:
% H. p pons o Of fI ~ u Sstwae 1 ver ~.
the 4st' ,lc91eo Of north lattdo tlonca along tho
nosior: and thence homsrard by tAe Lasc..
"Tho objeat OF tls expedition ta tu mako general
Ss e r % hs 5onts sa ~ 3D. os TO-
70 a.cvrain TIC lalitude snd longitude Of al tho.
merkale polnta; 70 et1ntne an aa.srhe ~ rrodac-
lnto tho character cstop, etc.. Of The Inisa tribes
tnlAhtsnG tho Hatic."
,opE OF TnAvr1.
Tho party Travelled in light carriages from
Philadelphia to Wheeling, where tsloy
dlapoaed Of thom, aud purchased aorscs
In exchange. THU part Of tho jour-
ucy wns performed In elsyou days. Tho
usual route through Lapcaster, Columbia, York.
kud Gettysburg, was travelled. Here they lclt
Tho pitsaburg turnpike road. and reached
1Ingosstown in Maryland croaa road; from
Hagcrstown they continued along tho Maryland
turnpike road to Cumberland where II unitca
with the National Road, upon which they trayel-
cd to Wheeling.
They had contracts and contractors In those
days, ami the latter do not room 10 ilnve boon
oyor.houoat WitnoBs this commentary on tho
GREAT NATIONAL. ROAD.
It MAS tho Way thny solved the question OF
H.
aeenss TO have been 0sodlt-Mobilios In those
Stone bridgeR,
Art 4as dons little to add to the chas1ns of tic
naarsl scenery. y EXCEPT n .ao e .f road
Aonel expense, Communication bctwecu The Ohio
and posoao, lad bcea .nueh tho subject Of diac,ls-
which q h&u been executed and thn loo favorabls
ids.. Which ws aIt. pe5hsrs, sMays led to form of
What carries With nRtloual ciAractcrs t1GethGF With
nj aecouut Of tlla imnsnse expenditure Incurred Ia
tao making Of ths road. lad prepared u tor lnag-
nlncsp! war2. We weFe !hetsfo1s s.,z!ewlat dta4n.
pointed 1t tho state 10 which found IT, 1t n very
Inferior ta sxscutIsn 10 thu Masy'ana road, Which
eonneeh With u. There ~, ~ ths Who'll. Of tho NJ
t9n4t isoau, but sle 10 Justify the lish enog|uns
Naish hsys been p4saed upon 1t. Tho i,nme.se az
psnaS, amounting TO nea.ty tuo mllltnns ot dnl!ass
actountoa io1 hui " reference Ia shs dsfcuty Of
making road 4crnsd hHh and Gtrep FiIRes, Which
ri s G
- Me think. to tue 1u5udclous manner in which Tho
Tf,x,,.sl sar.sa1s xpro given out. va cred!hy
~ nothing thenaevta but portion Oh tler oouracls
~ second a!ss: Of eaatraetar md ta sos rass4 Il
the work, tAs oshnr eon.rac.oFs swconll4 1Hay in
aon1s suma without any labor tOao Ii thssa Il aid
wy lisd the routs lten properly divIei juto su,a}
o', snd these Gniy g!ye' to ench ~ rssy quail
essta sasuF would ls1s s1ssa sa 81 ohsasd hs se
ting out tto ltrgs sections had ths dasdyantsse n
nss y Ss Il "a q ps
Contractors. ="
coxTkAuToHss jon.
AhoihN eaupa VI tho Krest sxpsl!Ss which attended
wae tie location or is MtSt0Su cul u tla y4lIsy al
maes!ing Creek, lnatsad OF ratr5tE 1t over I'M kio
..sa hpna dnsrsues VI opnion s1ists IL ths ca,it.
" a. y tue pEuprteY Of this s4lectiou No were H.
!o!Mea w ,nsIY that this location had b<sn fnaJs
VILE ns,n w W.. snea. Private nerss. !han
II, aas s ~ nnmlNr Of br!dges which required III
"a ~ asa thronsh ths railey added very considerably
.t saisnss at thp rusd. There ats no less tlan
af thts valley road, -" '''''1 '~' "'9s''' ~ N4ts
:, InS n., Union Pacific euguee.s perhaps learned
" "&*e crooked roads from this example.
r, CukAP wIt1RxY.
h.1a iG t.i. easly travellers aese mordlists. 1lsy
nsss ns thls "a say Of tha crops in Coatral Ohlo;
i. dsnan! fofs sft@5s4 @ ~ agriculture 70 sar .1eees
L.s j.sa ~ - hssd. @ Q, r. pscs Of ss.a
Sonsa Ia sust.!uua W. aaly mode Of dsposng Of It
auAntss' !, III s.1h =. sad ~hsn rstalsd In small
ists! Ia " Iis Il. o. rSur.e b. check upa ii IL.
salea " oneFinH tsMrstlos 10 intorjcsttnu s.hh
VOC many md 1t t'nl1sslta 10 se..st WHICH
Arrived It Fort Wsyus tls trayelsr. ,.x t,,v
made r1angepanla to cross tl,o rd.. .n5 s'oy "