The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-07-04
Es0LLESTEH.
4 le Ride s.oE. Fort Sill TO LeGycu-
worth.

OET ELL, 1. L, June -
EDTOR TEES :-Beicre leaving this post,
permit me to return my sincere thanks to
Gen. Davidson and his most estima5ie fam
ily for the many Ainiuosses and cgurtesle5
extended TO NE during my sojourn here, as
well a. TO DR.. Goddard aEd vile nee Mss
Clara Webbing OF this city. Also to every
officer here Tor many items o: information
that they alone could give. ! took occasion
while here TO visit
TIE INDIAN SCHOOL
which j. located about mile from the
post, under the charge of Prof. Cox, who
undertakes the education Of the young
aborigiHe uEder contract TO iced, clothe and
educate them at 30 much IL my per head,
their annuity goods and raiious thrown in.
This school consists Of about seventy
scholars Of both sexes, and ranging in ages
from seven TO seventeen The Professor
put them through their PAGES in
READING AND ARITHMETIC
up to short division, and wound up by hav-
ing them sing Tor us Jesus Lo'.s Me"
with nasal twang that would have been
the delight OF the most devout Plymouth
Rocker, but with very little OF melody. 1t
cannot be denied that the little savages are
learning something, but whether it is OF
a kind that will stay by them," time
alone will determine. 10 me it seems that
too much Is done by rote, and that too much
time and money is being spent in a kind Of
education tIat will do them but little good.
The present standard Of our civilization
was not achieved in one or two or a dozen
generations, ard TO commence with these
people where We LETT of seems prepOsterOus.
But whatever eau be done TO tone down
their savage nature should be accepted with
pleasure, and due allowance should be made
ior those who labor faithfully and earnestly
10 that end.
LEAVE FORT SILL
to-day, and with Lieut. Cooke for travel
ing com panion-than whom a more genial
companion, a more accomplished gentle
mar, or a more efficient officer would be
hard to linda spanking team OF mules
and a bllmy June day, the journey prom
ises to be pleasant one.
Just as We start news comes 10 the post
that J. J. Evans 4 Co.'S license has been
renewed and their store opened, greatly 10
the delight OF all the denizens hereabouts
During the absence OF the prcprietOrs, their
business is lett in charge Of our Carl Mol
Ter, who, with a corps OF able and pleasant
assistants make their customers feel that
1t is good 10 be there" The first days
journey brings Us to
THE WICHITA AGENCY.
located on the banks Of the Wichita river
about 81 miles north OF Fort Sill, and
under charge of Col. Hunt of Fort Sill as
agent. Here are located the last remnants
oil the Wichitas, Caddos, Delawares, and
perhaps other tribes. Here is also located
q school, and altogether they seem 10 be
getting along finely. The Indian trader,
Mr.. REYNOLDS, seemed 10 he head over heels
in business, and here We saw more OF the
genuine trading" than any place yet. The
Indians are as shrewd and short on a trade
as their white brethren, and the sentimental
phiIantrophist need not fear but he always
gets the worth of his money.
FORT RENO,
forty miles farther north, located on the
north fork oflthe Canadian, wasIreached the
next night, when We were taken in charge
by Dr. DeLafire, who made us feel perfectly
and at home This post is
beautifully located, and all the buildings
have been constructed under the personal
of Maj. Miner of the 4th
cavalry, and to say that they combine
beauty and utility i'll L greater degree than
is exhibited at any other military post |
have visited, is but just tribute TO the
good sense and judgment OF Maj. Miner.
Here are stationed two companies of the
10Th infantry and two companies of the
4th cavalry, and with the sterling good
sense and military efficiency OF the post
and with the social life OF the
post organized and led by his charming
and accomplished wife, life at Fort Reno
cannot but be pleasant. J. 5. Evans Il Co.
have the post traders store here, and under
the immediate supervision Of Mr.. Neal
Evans, who is well known In Leavenworth,
everybody is made happy, and citizen and
soldier alike are made TO feel that they get
the worth OF their money in dealing with
them.
THE CHEYENNE AND APPAPAHoE AGENCY
under the direction of Agent j. d. Miles, is
about mile from the post and on the OPP
posite bank of the North Fork" Here is
located school with an attendance of
about $50 pupils, together with farms,
shops, &c. Agent Miles has got his In
dians down to chopping wood, cutting and
putting up hay, and in various ways trying
to turn an honest penny" 1t is by first
teaching these people the use OF money in
buying them luxuries, and how to earn it
that they are TO be civilized. Lee X
Reynolds are the Indian traders here, and
the day we were there large train came in
loaded with buffalo hides, and then came
the squaws to get them TO tan into the buffalo
robe of commerce. They were issued to
them on cards, specifying the number each
was to have. These they will tan and thus
earn money for themselves, not much to be
sure, but still it is something. From Fort
Reno
l15 MILES BY STAGE
brings me into the State of Kansas at the
town of Caldwell in the Southern part of
county. And right here let me
protest against our teachers endeavoring TO
arbitrarily instruct our children which is the
first city in the United States" 1t all de-
pends upon where you come in. And now
to recapitulate what / have seen of the In
iian Territory. | have Travelled along
.hree sides of a parallel grade, about two
hundred miles in length and about one hum
dred and sixty miles in width and | have
not seen a foot OF it that would not be
available 70 agricultural and grazing pur-
poses. The soil is fertile, the climate
is genial. There is an abundance
Df water and OF timber taken altogether: as
lar "a | have seen it is far too fine coun-
try to long remain in state OF nature, with
The enterprising white man on all sides OF
it. The time is not far distant when this
system of wheel within a wheel"-a sepa-
rate and distinct nation or several of them,
within this American nation-will he ex-
ploded and swept to the four winds, and the
Indian will have to be amenable to the
same laws and the same rules as the white
man; and then will this beautiful Indian
Territory be settled up and be made still
more beautiful through the thrift and enter
prise OF the white man. And with this fact
in full view, the Indian must bend his ener-
,ies TO struggle with his fate, or be swept
Iut OF existence.
IN KANSAS.
From Caldwell. diagonally through Sum- |
ler county, from southwest 10 northeast, We
pass through one stupendous farm, unfenced |
Except occasionally where farmer, more
ortunate than his neIghbors, has fenced in |
/ few acres for a pasture. This county |
,laims about 10000 acres Of wheat this |
Tear, and if the balance Of the county is as |
hickly sown as that through which | pass
ID, the claim is not exaggerated. yelling
on, the county seat, bears evidences of |
hrift and prosperity, and the statement
hat it has DOUBLED in size and population
Turing the last year would not appear to be
lnfrne IL Mould seem that IL would nav