Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-09
AMONG THE CHEROKEEs


Editor DsSercl NclcG-
On New Years. day, cneounterlng u
cold wind, aud snowstorm rom tho
north-wost, Elder NJ. Dalton aud my.
selfarrived hero, cur old field Of labor.
We LEFT Salt Lake CITY on Tuesday,
Dec. 20, 1891, anu met with consider.
able snow In crossing the mountains,
but had not seen any more, until the
New Year storm here. We had Il
pleasant trip. We laid over At Pueblo,
Colorado, for Ave houra aud took In
the sights, including tho street works,
where railroad rails are rolled out, and
also ascending one OF the towers com
maudiug a view OF the surrounding
country. There are some fine blocks
aud public buildings. A bout foity
thousand people have spread out and
are building great city. We halted
again at Wichita, Kansas. walkod
several miles, sight-seeing, aud ilaally
went ON tho tower Of the Sedgwlek
County court house, which gave us a
glimpse OF the country Tor miles
around, and revealed the iact that the
old indisa trailing and outilting pOlnt,
on the Arkansas river bottom, hau
sprung up 10 beautiful
city. There are several miles of
paved streets and sidewalk, sewer
age and electric cGrs; In fact, all the
modern Improvements. We were In
deed greatly surprised after getting ois
at such q common depot " find such IA
clean and orderly city.
The Indian Territory has not
changed much, except that u bfsnch
OF tue NJ. p. II. II. runs through from
| COlievllle, Kansas, to Fort Smith, At
kansas. The people have had SPLEEN.
did crops and good prices for wheat
and corn, but nothing for cotton. IL
| has been quito season OF sickness ami
death; In grippe has not entirely let 10
OF the people yet. During the legisla.
tive session recently both Chief j. Is.
| Mays, and Assistant Chief Henry
| Chambers (a great friend OF ourr) dicd.
| The council have again motaud elected
| their chief executives and made an.
other start. Now the new chief, G. j..
Harris, Is prostrated by the SAME NAL.
ady.
Disease Is not alone the destroyer Of
| life. In the last three weeks niue per.
sons, mostly whites anu negroes, have
been shot. Then there have been "A
number OF holiday rows, the killing OF
a u. 5. marshal, ana 10 on. Prairie
fires have destroyed considerable prop
erty.s
The weather has been warm and
plrasan, up TO New Years, since then
cold snowstoFm. The weather has again
cleared up and everything assumes u
spring-like appearance.
ManarJ Is the name OF the poa,olllce
aud little store conducted 10y our friend
w. IL. Hendricks, and the place Of
business for the uoighborhoot scattered
for ten miles up the creek, "BayOu."
This Is the fret landing place OF the
Elders, made dear TO them from this
fact AMI that they receive their first
letters through this post and meet theil
first Cherokee friends.
At our Indian hOme we met Eldel
Harvey NJ. RawlinA and Lester i5,ott,
besides our warm friends Uncle ant
Auntie Hendricks, and others. w,
had joyful meeting. Tho boys ar,
well and enjoying thelr labOts. Pc
culiar feelings were experienced OF
turning curve In the road ant
mounting little rise about quarte
OF II mile from the post0fiic,
on again seeing our Indian home,
welcome spot To all the Elders from
the many circumstances surrounding