Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-01
rxsLoRrNe TEE EVERGLADES.

EXPLORING TEE EVERGLADES.
 Ever since James Gordon Bonnet
 sent Stanley into the dismal swamp
 and juneles of the Congo. newspaper eI
 peditlons have been sent out in sesrc
 of new discoveries, with more or les
 success. The latest venture is that O the New Orleans Times-Democrat, on, 5t the leading newspapers Of the cres s7nt ei'y, but which has not yet reached s position among the leading iournall ,s the E st, thai entities it to rank vitl .be great Gailies of New York, Chicago St. Louis. Cincinnati, or even Kansas City. Recognizing this fact, it sought a1,g-ieiy. and for the purpose of doing little advertising on it's own account aa expedition was organized by the Times Democrat, to navigate the Ever .la les. winch are nothing more than a -a-ies O; swamps and sloughs extending 5vs- .he low lands ct the southern DOT non o' Florida, from Lake Okechobee 5u tas Atlantic, and Charlotte Harbor ID the Calf of Mexico, south to Cape Sable. which is the extreme southern oa!nt in the United States, and en- braces territory To the extent of about l59 niles square. This low mud flat is .r .he form of a sh;eld; and while there is little in that can be of interest to any one. yet like all 1nexplored regions, ulvst srious stories have been told about ,t= dismal depths. in which Billy Bow ,srs the noted Seminole chief for so many years was able to escrpe the vigilance of our army. The Seminole WAT which was fought m the country around Lake Okechobee, was one of the most expensive of all our Indian wars, and from first to last. If we remember rightly. eos. ihe United States about Sl-UlB0 Most of the tribe was cru4uer-d, and removed to the Indian territory. b1t few remained behind Tn ,le -vamps, aud for many years their numbers were so magnifed and exagger- a,=E as t0 cause continual dread and fear ,a.8u- the settlers in the southern part af Florida.
 This is the country the TImes-DemO- --at expedition have been losing them selves 10. IL vas perhaps necessary that they should become lost, otherwise bur lltf!e notice would have been taken of the progress of the expedition. l. was yell for the Times -Democra; that ,he saw grass ot the Everglades was fired winch endangered the lives of the Bi- ysulurers. But !. is safe to sRy they knew what they were about, and did not fire the grass until they had frs. found a safe retreat, where the stihing smoke of the suamps could not reach them. Tue Times-Demccrat furnished the fol- lowing record for the enlightenment of taa world. and ss Arizona is still in the v5-ll. ss are fully entislei to what tae-e IS ofil:
 Tue e-ped.ti9n reached Lake Oke- saooe- Nov. l; encountered two severe gales al toe lake; two boats were svlup.J, but nobody lost. The expe- duion t.lnd eight large rivers running from t6- lake south into the everglades, which were partially explored; made slz un-uceesstulG attempts 10 cut through the sVamps: 18th of Nov. went up I. D. fiyer Hines Democrat five miles. From tae banks os this river cut through ta the surrounding marsh. The expedi- lion !s DOW within half mIle of the great saw grass, sad goIug at the rate of qlarter ot a mile each day. There is uei-her sufficient water to float our ca- uoes, nor land to stand on; nothing but mud and marsh grass, ten feet high. We ore going through,if it IS in the power of mortal man. All well.
 A subsequent dispatch from Fort My CTS indicates that the expedition Is m treat danger, fl not lost altogether, be- cause of Q great fire in the saw grass-
 At this dreadful period in the history .i the expedition, tine Times-Democrst sl arranged thinCs that DO tidings came from the brave men who had risked their lives ID mud knee deep, but mot enough water to float their canoes" And for i've long days the world was in total lg- norance of the destiny of these men! But at last the cheering news came that the "r. D. Ex." was sate-mud scows and all What 6 glorious victory; es- raped from the very jaws of death grass ten feet high and alligstOrs 90 ieet-out iu ;he "T. D !' II 1t were not ont of place, we might state that NIT. Disston s Co, Of Philadelphia, who have purchased a large tract of this swamp, snl have already opened canal inland for many miles, and cut through st least half of the sloughs which the "E D. expedition discovered as great rivers; but 1t hardly seems right, so soon after such great geographical discoveries have been made. However, the expedition of the T. D. has proven all that it was in- t5aded-Gn advertisement for paper seeking higher rating among its neigh bors.