Wichita eagle., 1889-10-25
\ o are very kindiy enter

corn and wheat o are very kindiy enter
| tanned by John Minncy, who speaks broken
| English. His wife is a very good scholar, q
| Wyandotte, and withal a good cook IL Is
hard to say whether the good food the
pleasant conversation, the beautiful scenery
or the earnest Christianity and calture most
captyated US
Next day we, as in duty bound, attended
Sabbath school and taught ciass, part Of
whom could read, and preached 10 good and
attentive audience, part Of whom were pa
/ gans. Monday We drove over TO Cowskin
river, water Of wonderful purity, 80 that
at depth of ten feet the smallest object N
clearly discerned.
We pass many wonderful springs coming
out of the loose gravel or from under soms
I cliff. Near by Minney's is "a remarkable cliff
/ under which one may walk one hundred feet
I back, and for long distance, where appar-
entity a river has had It's course, pieces Of pet
rified wood abound At a distance Of BALI
mile is a cave OF considerable extent but an
explored. On or return 10 Wyandotte W.
follow Sycamore creek, q most wonderfully
rich bottom, with very dense growth Of f-ess
and vines, with a few cabins and cornGssds.
Half nile 10 the right is 6 cave which IL IL
said has been explored 10 the distance OF ons
mile, and only a river running through hin
oers further exploring
We stop for dinner with an Indian widow
named Jane Alsop. Her daughter is a tho
scholar and successful teacher By tho center
table is an unabridged sWebsterj dictionary;
on the table Shakespeare and other poe1ns. in
one corner fine upright piano: on the walls
some nice paintings, the daughters handi-
work For dinner we have fried chicken,
very white bread and golden butter, frosted
cake, and a.! that belongs 20 the best Of fare
We call II the Seneca Shawnee and Wysn-
dotte boarding school, maintained BY the gov
eminent, with ninety children enrolled nsost
Of tee TINE. al tidy and comfortable. SsIt
comes tie agency, which - Just now ncsriy
deserted ilagy OK tie employees are absent
Ga vacat.oa and me agent haz gone twenty
Eve miles vest % drive 81 herd Of 600
Texas cattle By order Of the government He
has a large pose Of Indian polies but Were
shan be send the cattlei The csn<4z p-oyls
meet him with strons force sad vel armed
and strongly posted vita Cannon, tho Me
sourisns refuse adlajttanoe AID tbs CbsTo-
kes's nation will not admir- thern on their sda
Hundreds Of ths cattle have s4,be1 died II toe
fever OF been .kot By hostile ~hise. ard ISdi-
sn2 Finally they are cosrslisd bss~asn two
anal cresxA
Our nertstop ia with tbs Hostoc tribe. ~hsrs
~s spend another Sabbath Tia tribe are
nearly ali members q TIE Friends shzrcA
am shown some pictu-s< Of ste Lava b-<.s. toe
scene of tbs bioody war. bot nocs q than
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wat % talk" Scartsos Charlie Il vsry End,
but MT pleasant IN spp>srsncs william
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