Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-18
AMOYG the cHOcTAWA
IRON Mauard 10 Gfani Ma Gr.ililhs'.
a Wagon Hide Across the
Indian Territory.
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Crossing tho hills southeast q Man
ard, We jonfneyed 10 Gafngli, now
lone rguch, the store and Town ha'in.
been moved 10 Bragg, o RAILROAD tla
ton on the Iron Mountain. Elder
Hooper, Juppton nni Jensen accom-
panied their Sal. Lake visitor part OF
the way on his southern Zip tho iaiiti
two 10 bring the team back from
smlth's, where We oxpecini 10 meet
Brother 3. q. aiahfy fUm Eulf.9wl.
Our klnd friend Jlcie huniuc4s iuf'
nlehod ~ the liti1 blue ilf-ts' anu Ny
courlcsy OF Mr. Auucllon wu oIiainri
Wagon.
FOR ,omo distance We Travelled
through bottom laui aud hunIly
climbed q rough bill about one hun
dfpd ioet hign, Oh the time winning
through the denec w01dt. On the hiii
We crossed au almost lev Iairau
covered with the various hiudH o. hurt.
wood native 10 tho sunny south TOT 10
least ulght milus--a wllIcrue8T, uuuls'
turbed by hill or Trniris hud hardly "a
human being Vegetation grows every
where, scarcely n spot Of hni, rock
or place where trees, rrla aud moss DO
not grow.
We have now crossed the plateau
ami are descending along tho hilisllc
aud on the bottom laud We crlsa Green
Lrai, n stream which IN high water
arnsUn becomes small fivtr now
aimuut dry. On tho bottom Auus AMI
near tho streams grows the beautiful
~ camOfo Tree, distinguished ~ lm
white bark and IT. night, no thia
famous beauty reaches above ofIlrnry
trees vi tho country. On the lowiauI
II found great variety Of uudefbfu6n
and shfubhrfy. Ia the summer may
DO found tho cwbcfTy, blackberry,
raspberry, mhybuffy and other Will
iruits, grapes IA abundance, anu In thu
fall n variety OF tfcn iflit', such ~
cherry, plum, perimmOns, pecau,
hickory AMI walnut anu many Kinds
ol ncofns. Among these groves h0gs
get their living from tho mars That
falls from the trees, anu ON the roots Oi !
vegetation. Here anu there Ia a email |
farm made by the Indians, by clearing |
away tho uuierbfush aud young |
timber, allowing the large trees TO |
siaud-nolohed around those man.
moth OAKS remain ~ monuments OF /
what had once been q forest.
We DID not stop nj Garfield. Tue |
changed condition shed nn unwclcomu |
influence over tho place. Our Old /
infldrl friends, Mesh. Cuokston aud |
Madden, merchants, have moved away
and Mre. DnAfman recently diui,
the only occupant now being n family
Of white renters.
A gmiual ascent, climbing u Hill,
nui again We arc rolling ncfota nu.
other timbered plateau. After several
miles travel we commence 10 uoscend
By way Of a rocky guich, and following
a stream for some distance, We arc At
LlndeT's. About mile anu half
from the pretty, clear Illinois rlver,and
ust below n rugged blun on the rocky
bank Of a stream, In an enclosure we'll
shaded by native codhm and walnut
trees ana the creeping vlnes VI honey
uuckle and ivy ~ green ~ epriug, 10
the cosy little home VI our ifiends the
Linior lRmily.
Word was sent out and soon after
our arrival the renters on the farm ~
tembled ami we held hn evening
meeting. The Lindor farms, like many |
others on tbs bottom lsud, are separate /
by several miles from any others
More like spring than the 2sih OF
December, the sun rose In spiondof.
The air was warm, anu on We again
climbed the mountain, viewing the
vcrdufo Of grass aud trees, tho CEDAR
aud moss, anu listening 10 the singing
OF blrif, warmed through by the halmy
atmosphere, We almost forgot We were
celebrating the holidays Of 1893. Once
again ON this elevated plateau, We sru
far In tho distance continuation
OF JUST such rolling young mountains
anu yRllrys--a river, a small utream, q
level tract OF land, a valley with IL
rich ioililo farms, un abrupt cliii, a low
mountain, q plain. Descending from
our elevated TOsd we drink ~ the
sulphur Springs ON the Wcbb1r's Fails
anu the TahltquAh rosd, and are soon
amid the immense forests Of the Atkan.
raw bottoms.
The Iron Mountain II n branch Of
the Missouri Pacific railroad, connect
log Afkansaw aud Kansas. Follow.
lng along tue river they pass our friend
about three miles above Mcb-
bora Falls. MT. Smith II white
who does not spoag u word
OF Englisn, while his good little dark.
skinned Indian wife 10 well educated
IN the Ergilah language ana attends
10 MI the buaiuois. Owning over 700
acres OF cultivated land, those Chero.
kee landlords have several families VI
white renters working for them.
Opening their house q the Elders,
the people assemble and these kind
Indians, liko many Othrrs, assist /.
placing before the people tho oyorlast.
ing Gospel. IL seems Rlmus. ptoyi.
openings that nfo being
made Ia this territory Tor white PEOPLE
who have not had opp0tluuitios
elsewhere. 10 will be remembered
that ATkansaw has passed laws prU.
hibiiing the preaching OF the Gospel la
their land, aud many MitsuuTlans and
othoie, NOT otherwise instructed in the
plan ot salvation, listen u tho Elders
VI lerael Ia tue land OF tho Ltmanitss,
Brolhrr y q. Mabfy mol ~ at
We parted with our brethren
anu proceeded southwark. The ATkau.
haw rivur Is fully half mile
wide when tho water Is up. We iufdtd
II near tbs ialis--simply ripple IN
The water. On the north side ls mi.
nos station aud on the south Webbor
Falls.
Uuclo 5eaba young mule toam
being gO0l travellers, by the time thr
sun was hiding urhini the western
forest We greeted our ffitnuB at cur
bflart0wn Indian house.
Along tho Arkansas river bottoms
may be seen u specimen OF tho poor
suffering ignorant humanity, mainly |
from that state, which Tor fear Of her
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