The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-24
T0IRD0
TOLEDO
we fancied fha corn halter than an


been so wet as to lnjure the crop con-
siderablS. Many fields seem recently |
planted, and the stalks small. Others
are full of patches entirely drowned
Out. Paris Miles has the only store in
Toledo, keeping such articles as farm
ers generally wish to Hse. He also
has quite an apiary, ami thinks the
business profitable. Tie Friends have
a large church here, not yet completed.
An effort TO secure a blacksmith and
wagon-maker is about 70 be success
full. The school district has voted a
tax to complete a. two-story house, the
present one being entirely too small
for the number of "young IDEAS"
Mr.. Meier is their favorite teacher.
SOuthwesterly, across Buckeye, is
Toledo's rival the city of
Stafford.
consisting of a railroad depot, station,
schoolhouse and one or two residences.
Time alone can determine whether
Plymouth. Toledo, Stafford or ''Smut"
Is to be the town of this part OF the
valley. III. T. Pickett is TO teach the
young Saffordites this winter.
BUCKEYE CREEK,
coming from the northwest towards
Toledo, has some beautiful farming
lands near it, with excellent stock
range on the adjacent hills. The corn
up this valley is hard to beat. G. w.
BrIckell has fine field. The Canaan
ties, near Brickell's, have elected
Mr.. Clayton teacher. Passing from
Buckeye towards the north, a high
ridge was assembled, from which q
boundless ocean of grass stretched out
on every hand.
Just over the ridge is Cahola creek,
with few dwellings here, but thickly
settled further down.
About eight miles north of the
head of Buckeye Is Wolf creek, q
tributary of -Four Mile. This is a
part of the Kaw lands, and has sever.
al valuable farms along the valley.
Four miles south of Council Grove,
running from the west into the Neo-
sho, Is the beautiful valley of
FOUR NILE CREEK,
having an almost boundless stock
range on either side. Considerable
timber skirts the stream, the bottom
are dry, there are no buffalo wallows
in then, springs of excellent water
abound, the soil is very rich, and the
growing crops are unexcelled.
Charley johnny and w. P. johnson
J. c. Pickett, and s. J. Way have ex-
cellent claims in this valley. The
people in their neighborhood have Or
ganizsd an n. E. church of nearly 81
members. Rev. Stuart, of Vol
creek, formerly of Eagle creek
breaches for them every two weeks
A Sabbath school is also organized
and steps are being taken toward
building school houses.
Passing down the valley, the reser-
walton stone houses, in which pool
"Lo" used to keep his ponies, soor
appear. We found some graves dis
closing the bones OF the poor red man
with the skeleton of the ''stranglei
pony" lying above him.
Near the mouth of this stream il
the saw mill of Mr.. Terwilliger. HI
owns splendid farm, upon which
were counted 26 stacks of wheat. NJ
better residence than his was seen OF
the Reservation. He seems to NEAR
business.
AS we near the Neosho. the bottom
lands seem more Objectionable. Ere
quently, they are of sloo like nature
have been recently flooded, and TIT
corn is readily seen to be inferior.
Nowhere between this point AMI
Americas do the corn fields compare
with those of Buckeye or Four Mile
IOpposite the junction of Four Mill
and NeoshO Is the
OLD KAw MISSION.
AS we look at this and the numerous
stone buildings put up by the govern
ment all along these valleys, we cam
help thinking how much pains ami
expense our country has taken t,
give the red man enough OF civiliza
ton to gradually, yet surely kill him
But a few years, and culture will
have done its work for the Kaw; tn
feeble remnant will fail to adapt itsel
to their new circumstances, and grad
ually 1t will dwindle away forever
About half way between America
AMI Council Grove, few houses hav
been built, forming
DUNLAP,
the only place on the Reservation
that aspires to be town. IE has sew
eral general stores, q boarding house
} blacksmith shop and wagon shop.
blacksmith with five or ak hundre
dollars capital can here find one of til
very best locations In the State. Th
, griss mill was burned the night befor
we were in the place-the saw mi
bang little injured. Loss estimate
at 81, 800 to $4,000. Incsndiarism.
Mr.. Webster of Emporia, lives jul
above town, and Is engaged in shee
, husbandrys having at present abou
. 1000 head. Mr.. Parsons, of Patty
mill, is farming on large scale jul
,, south of town. If Dunlap could Sc
|. tie her troubles, she would soon be-
!, come quite little village.
The amount of ground that has bee
recently fenced near
:. AMERICUs,
Is simply wonderful. The town ez
hibits considerable activity, and
gradually growing. This may be az
counted for by the fact that abot
100 copies of the News are taken OF
here and read by subscribers VIII
!. never fail to pay.
J. II. Hill has been unanimoueI
, elected principal of the Americr
schools.
Below Americas the crops are be-
ter. A stroll oyer the country Il
these DAYS of luxurfank vegetation