Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-12-20
COMMUNICATIONS.
Items of Interest from all
paris OF the County. by
the HeraId's Corps
Of Correspond
euts.
FREEDOM.


In meditating on the North American
Republic of the United States, there is
no other part Of it that fIls the mind of
: the average citizen ofour cities and pop
ulated states with such vague fancies as
. the undeIoped regions of the far west.
Gold, rich agricultural land and rail-
road schemes have alternately caused
/ the people of the east to leave their
farms and shops for the purpose Of tax
| ing possession Of & precalculated for
tune. 1t WIS this desire Tor the I'M
/ known that led th6 writer to the banks
of the Yellowstone river, at Terry Sta
ton, NJ. T. We did not expect TO find
a golden statue planted in the valley OF
the river nor {. grist Of wheat sacked
ready Tor the nail; bat did hope to find
q soil sufficiently productive 10 put as in
/ possession of both with, however. a dill
ferent form Of the fOim er. Ne left the
Powder riN er, and aihO the road from
/ DeadWOnd to niles City and taking q
hOrLheaSterly course, we headed our
( prairie-schOoRer toward Glendins,
travelling wa hOut any road and depend
ing upon pocket compass Tor our d.
rectlOn. Glendiue was then the great
! com nercial nucleus of the Northern Pa
( ci1ie people, if we drew our conclusions
! from the false statements and eXag-
Z gerated truths Of that company.
We left the rest Of our train, which
consisted OF fifteen teams, on the Dor
, der OF the Powder River basin, six
/ Euiics south Of the bed of the stream
waiting for the water 10 suhside so
/ they could cross over; on the bank
were u0 less than one thousand teams
some Of the most energetic and ingen-
] iOus We're constructing refs, but the
! very rapid current would make the
I attempt to cross baZaTdOug in thceX-
J IRENE.
{ Il would seem to those not having
experienced life in the Territories that
/ Tor two men 20 start out into a track
! less waste in q country occasionally
/ Inhabited by roaming bands of In
dlans ana nlurdcrOus bandits would
/ lntimidate the peacefully inclined citi-
/ zen; bur an absence of u few months
outside the limits Of law ana civiIiZa-
/ ton makes man reckless and perfectly
! fearless Ufauy contingent evil.
! The country in this direction is the
paradise Of the herdsmau; the surface
( is alUernatcd with high, semi-circular
ridges and extensive fats covered
with y dense growth OF grass. the
ridges are narrow. atfOrding SPLEEN
! did projection for stock: while on
/ their crest is 81 growth OF pine and &C.
! dar for fuel and buildings, and now
and then cOpjous spring issues from
] their base, coursing It's way through
! the rich aud wide bottoms until il
reaches the Beaver or Box Elder
/ creeks the two and only important
streams in this region.
! The extent Of country drained by
: these creeks is about 100 miles north
and south and 50 miles east and west.
! After leaving the basin Of the Box Alder
we enter an arid, rough, dreary and al
/ most treeless region, where the Red
! skins tiud no congenial dwelling-place
and the Pale-face once within It's con
( fines seeks egre,s by the nearest route.
! On the I'd OF July we had travelled, in u
I boiling sun, for 20 miles without uudlng
water, and, darkness overtakiug Us, we
were Obliged 70 camp in some neg
lected spot with nothing to quench
our thirsg or apYease our hunger but
( expectations of future iscOverIes.
As soon rs Fate would allow, we i'm
merged ourselves in our little beds,
hoping that our miseries might be
! drowned by dreams of gin cocktails,
! -four bread and water: nUtwithstaDd-
( ing our usual drowsy prOcliyities, we
: were up at dawn, and II O'Clock found
Us beside q flowing stream, after having
! gambled with Nature tor q hours while
/ holding a very poor hand. A startling
discovery was made at this place, which
I will be described in 1. future cOmmuni-
! cation. GOLIAH.