, 1879-06-20
:. Finding tho Frontier Of the State
IA Trip into Scott
County.
raad Suitable tor Large Cattle
Nanchcs---The Smoky
Hill River.
fbe Ground of The Fight with the
Northern Choyonnes Last Fall .
Indian G:neralship.
1 Fiuo Game Countrywide Monument
Rocks Crop-pr0specss -. Tho
1lansas pacl(lc Ilnilrend.

AnNDAH \ AC2AN 4kn1lG puQt
Sptttdt Correspondence NJ Tho Tribune,
f;n,NsELl, Kas., Juno 15.-1f had ct,tcrtatu-
ii apy doubts in regard 10 'cAere the 'front.'
pro, Kansas coutd be found, theY no longer
,1i,t,-a trip during the past week southwest
om thts ooce into Scott County having settled
tbe question that was really on the frontier.
atter leaving thu settlements upon tho Hack
kuf. altccn miles south Of this place, for
distance Of forty miles traverscd ti,cro was HOT
,,sgn Of settlement, not u furrow turned, no
Adm marked, and nc hnblsatIon except tho
t,nps OF cattlc:men or hunters.
rns COUNTRY .uonDERIN1 THE BMoKr hill
RIVER
hot The eame character as that described In my
Int, upon Lane Co1nty,-tlic numerous creeks,
1hch nearly all flow from the southwest, being
tordered hr q wtlc extent Ut broken land, with
deep and nbrnut draws. or canons, branching
o. on either side, rendering It entirely unit for
ordinary agriculture, but admirable for stock
,suehcs. This Is especially the case with tho
Dtaycr, ilnc, clear, running' stream whose
course we followed 10 beyond the "Grcat Dcnd,'
ps,r thc centre Of Scott County.
Leaving our camp On. tho Smoky In the morn.
hs and following the Divide, or high land, be-
responsible for tho nnmc) at moon re tried to
e.t to tho creek for water, but spcnt nearly
three hours before NC could oven find place
where we could lead our hourscs down The
tlufIs, leaving our wagon Oh the prairie above.
The valley, which Is from half mile to mile
v!dc and with fine grass and considerable tim
w. Is here for h long distance walled in by
.bfupt hluffs,-1nuch Of tho way for one.half of
tLn- htt,,t II iIr,tn& f,f roat.
the canons leading up to the open prairie arv 40
.lrupt, nurroHi and chokc1 by masses Of fallen
rock, as to bo irnpassablc. BY u moderate cx.
pndlsuro OF labor In closing up with rock the
. fen pnees where cattle could climb up OF down,
A RANCH COULD ne MADE
ofscreral mics In longth, with no ingress or
.gtcss except by tho course Of tho valloy from
oelog or above. Somewhat to uv surprtsc, 1
found no cattle held IN the valley th[s year, al,d
10 Indications Of Its having been grazcd last
y.ar.
Following up stream, the bluffs grow smaller,
I'll at tho "Grcat Bcnd," somo twouty miles
from Its mouth, the stream Is renched BY nj,
ta.y grade. Along the wholu course OF the
yallty, cool springs break out from the baso Of
the bluffs at Boms distance nbovo the etream,-
makingit one Of the most reliable streams in the
country. It is curious fact Tint mauy Of these
tributaries of the Smoky unl River, which
heads array west In Colorado, run moro water
lhan the Smoky does nttcr receiving them.
Tic latter Inns q Wide, sandy bed, and carries
the most Of Its water telow the surlace,-ruu-
ming but thin stream aboro ground till hall
Nay actoss the State, Except for furnishing
Etoek water, ills
. oxH or THE MOST WORTHLESS STREAMS
know Of, unless Il bc the rlattc.--furnIsbtug
aits eutttc course neither navigation nos,wnter-,
poMcr,-thouEs there arc gomo attempts to
utilize it tor. the latter purpose ut some fow
places - ~ eastern mart Of the State. ~
70 Fortunate as to meet Mal. lokum,-a pres
man," hp having been '40-cr to California, and
barring spcnt n portion Of almost every year
tiou Tor him. rs for almost every ut,o who lives
upon hetn for time, which hc ands It hard to
ttttst. lie wAs looking for aomu stray Stock
haynE stock-lntetests tn tho Arkausas Valley,
.nd 'si. '9%e 'S" Of his stocs having Ieen missing
been found IN this locality, where II had re-
uAinel ever since.
Learning from him that tho battle-ground Of
1ns FIGHT WITH THE NORTHERN cnErExNEs
ia.t fall, iu which Col. Lewis was killed, was
onl, two miles below, and tl.at his (the atator's)
*saecep1cu the AtaIor,s offer to act rs guide ii
rsl.!ng It. The plum Of the Indians ia vcrY ap.
earCnt from m inspection OF tho grouud, and
noHed Dull-knifc to be Gencral Of no ulcnn
h5 tna military, ind knowing perfectly tic
country, DO Determined to face about, giro
tattc, and 50 check the pursuit that he could
more OF for distance unmoltstcd. The ground
tsleetca was the high bluffs bordering tho
Hiram. Gu. BY numerous and deep canons, On
efefy kuoll ald htgl' point commanding his
Hatl on whtct tho troops would follow BIZ con-
Nsueted fort!beatlos u rlileplta of otuuo, large
eaoqeh esfq u hold about thrco men. The women,
Sfo'!are1, ana pack-animals weso corralled
msln force Of. mounted lighting
nen IN auosher to the right, ready to charge
sosn Wnen tl.e troop wcre engaged With Ills
l1 Gea In thu ritlc.pits. Unfortunately for his
Neuve. showed themselves abova tho bluffs 10
!!eonaoitcr. an.l thus exposed their position to
as ~, teonls' a. Il was. lie accomplished hls OBJ
oy.,t!.sn " .saesk!o tue parsu and was not again
sma. Usno who eseaued the slaughter IN thcir at
"apt s to cscape frolu Fort RobIuson lust winter,
y, ~ noW held at Fort Dodge, to nwalt trial by
10 CIVIL authorftics Of Kansas.
A QuHHr.
Wore thcsc lndlans simply b,ood.thirsty mur-
sess s.es dssery!u to te slaughtered OIL sight. or
peonlc, thc former lords OF the soil, forced
sslln.t their will from their home md kludred,
.aa plaSed under restraint In n country thou
~ au 'Hl!es away, NAeFt their numbers were be-
Ms fapldly reduced by sickness caused by IN
Shaeongcnlal ha climate and lack Of food; who, In
.ns w., face of almost ,nsurmounsa6to utCl-
,at.tI!e', stI had broken aMay, Ill supplied
H.. aa arms aud mcans Of trarsporta-
son. taking their wives n,ll litt!o ones
,,ai Sah an, and fought their nay TO back to
ntr old hotae crosstlIg three ltncs Of rallrnad,
saa aelea,!uS Or eludlng all thu force tho Gov.
"ument ".,a1Gt could muster for their capturo,-!t
ss".a soua hare been regarded as Ole of tlu most
as assolc achievements on record. When thu time
sa,nea s.nn that our prciudccs agninst the 1ndal
sn gwen wny III our sclisu O! Justice, u!,d VIC
wae 10 tecog1txe alld acknowledges tue wrun1s
rss sns'c aont b!ul mud The proyucatlons wc havO
tsa, msn, thu day may con,u When a monument
iMI.snemoratlns II. the bravery ot Dull.KnIIe a,ld
Rs..oafd r. oafd Will bo erected on tho bluHs Of the
,lo,o0nl atonl the banks Of the Beaver tho country
ssHSnes son,S 1 away III an unoroken plpln IL the
cu.S11rCTE or EITHER Watch Oh riMBEn,
TTeIs To,'ts touthcast, the heaa-wnters OF Pawnc0
s,,s ht9 eroassd; but, except tIis, there il nu
Of s ~, tlll li'e Arkunsus River Is reached. some
rro,rs xs naps locate lako or basin tu nbout tho
iaw in''e 20, Of scott Cuuu.5, with cresk empty
IT. auio u from the west. called White
to,nnau,i's tun'a,i's Creek. But / haye reliable In.
...hatlon from hunters that bnth arr dry.