The Red Cloud chief., 1881-04-07

C0<xrSo CAvr, An1na. Nas. a, JssI.
In. CHrKs. Thinking tina, your
readers woald like 20 hear from this.
the southwestern portion VI this gr~a,
American Republic. wiih . Ssscr,p-
ton o9the country past through. its
people. their mode Of living &c.
Having len Red Cloud Jan, eth.
via b. 4 ~ 70 Pacific Junction. where
.fer . delay Of Eve hours. We took
the X. c. s. Joe 4 c. B. which lands
Us in Kansas City Al S q m next
morning /; II S:3s, We board the A. T.
4 s. r. for the west, which lands us in
Albuquerque n. NJ. At } m. Sunday,
Jan. %.
While passing through Kan.
We sav some very fine country in the
eastern part ; along the Kax river
We saw the finest timber that We have
seen west Of the Big Muddy.
Afer lesvieg Lawersnce We strike
the prairie, and believing ourselves to
be . judge Of a prairie country. we
must say that the central porto, Of
Kan, is the finest looking country
that il has yer been good fortune
to behold; the farmers premises
speak Of thriftness, having seen some
very fine orchards, hedges and highly
cult waited fields Al Great Bend on
the Kaw River We struck the cattle
range, the cattle LOOKED - though
they had gone in very poor. all along
the line Of the road We saw large
punches that had died from the effects
Of short pasturage and severe storms.
W. saw nothing Of any historical
note until We reached Las Auimas
Colorado, where Nc see Fort Lyon,
situated ON a very beautiful plateau.
OH the north bank of the Arkansas
river and gsrrisoned by o detachment
Of the 9th U. s. Infantry.
At La Junta Junction LA Hunts)
Col, We branch of for Sante Fe,
Southern New Mexico and Arizona,
after a run Of SO miles we reach Trini-
dad, a Mexican town At the base of
Ratoon Mountain, where q second
Engine is attached to the rear Of our
Pullman to help US owe the mountain,
the first six miles eigthcr way from
the top of the mountain has a grade Of
1877 feet to the mile, while at the top
the train passes through q tunnel 400
feet long. which enveloped US in total
darkness, ourselves enjoying the
luxury of the smoking car, did not
have an opportunity to make love to,
or embrace any of our angclical trav.
cling companions.
The mountain scenery is not Is
beautiful as fancy had painted it 10
my minds eye, the gulches, gorges,
rocks and rills and mountain pine,
draws quite . contrast to old Nebras-
ka's beautiful landscape; a full and
correct description of this romantic
country would test the mental powers
OF q genus. ! leave a more graphic
description to you or some other GEL
ebrated person that may wander this
way.
THE MExICANs y THEIR HOUSES.
The Mexicans are as a general thin z
q dirty indolent set of beings, and 1
should judge that the lower class were
several grades below Nebraska Indi-
Their occupation in winter seems
to be to pack in small packs of Pinor
On their burro's which they sell for 25
cents and spend the money for poor
whiskey. l believe the Mexican and
burro to be closely allied to each
other, - seems to be about rs IN
bilious rs the other, the burro ID a
small animal of the Jack specie, and
for a more accurate description, would
say I should think him to be q cross
between Squire Harvey's little white
mule, and a jack rabbit.
Mexicans all live in adobe houses,
built on the same principal of the sod
houses of Nebraska, covered with dirt
and plastered with adobe; I judge
them to be more tidy and q better
house than the sod. All Mexicans
little and big. old and young sleep on
the ground.
JUSTICE IN MEXICO.
The next day after my arrival At
Albuquerque three Mexicans-some
of the murderers of Col. Potter Of the
geological survey-was arrested. one Of
them confessed that on the 5th day Of
last October five of them met Potter in
the Zandia mountains Is miles east Of
Albuquerque. he made some inquiries
in regard to the road, they misdirected
him, and by a short cut they came in
ahead of him, and fired upon him
from an ambush, killed him and his
horse, robbed and burned his body. On
Jan. 3lst, three of the was brought
into Albuquerque and lodged in Jail,
that night about 40 men took them
out of Jail and hung them. Now let US
draw q contrast between justice in