The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-17
FREIGHTlNG IN TIE WEST.
OLD DAYS ALONG THE SANTA FE
AND GREAT SALT LAKE TRAILS.
Tho Period when They Supplied the Chief
Lines OF TRANSPORTATION to the West and
the southwest-DanEers and Romance
Of the Career of the Bullwhackers.

Mt Henry Inman at Topeka, Kan, and oil Capt
John p. Ireland at San Bernnrdino, Cal within
the last month has started n reminiscent mood
among the old time plainsmen throughout the
West concerning the glorious days of bullwhack-
ing, or froighting with OK teams along the utah
and Santa Fe trails when rairoadswcre unknown
ives, Of the Missouri River and when tho plains
.I. H. :, III. ,,o,,h,.,s ho,,., ,b,n N,
knew the iiie o' plans 'rs'sn,ers ".i 'naa M
..I.d sIso the reat AXE trail and became well
-, h.o.,,s, The uo,r,ns chose that route
~ p ,s. inland sea in their migration from N.uvoo
III under the lead Of Brigham Young in 1546
and ls4z The route had. however. been ,raver.ed
several years previous by inc ehped,tons under
worth TO INC "o'ncn na~ WIN mo nnn'ng OF
gold In California IN leis 'ho otah OF Great oolt
,Iaii became the main highway across the plains
ROCKIES anu o'errhs !" 'n' Euoiau" III '"o mes'.
Retween the years 1si9 and 1855 some 10000
,yhits mamie went over the Utah or G. rent SAT-
Wn"o po'p'' "'p r.,,, -. I'M, ~
Lake "ah 10 .aii'olnia' oes'uos in,,lonS Ut
E.et The discovery Of gold in Colorado in
ESQ -. a, A.. p,i..,. p..l .,,.u,.,, - -.
lsss ,oo 20 .no i,se psNn anu ,ons
,..m. ,r.verard the Utah trail as far as the Rock
oA N.', - r.',,,, :, ~. -. -, 60,
les un'n ,no ouna.ns ., 'n M" aau
.,sc, in 1870 Then the central western troiIs
os., III LOVE "'I Wv '''''"' "'''''' ''"'''
suddenly became memory
The Utah trail some 400 miles long
7, led In the level valley Of the Platte River from
:, S,, W ri g., Roo II. -. -. -,
the missouri River FOR on" mhcs 'nere was n"
obstruction. and the Chcyenncs and Sioux IN that
49, 10. G. -. -, -. 49, -.
phgns against ven Halney ,nat 'h'E "o'q pcace
able to whites a,'sr islo westward rom For,
, az. I,iia,. 80. ho.,,,. ,rh,o,,.h ana.
ana hs INDIANS no,c nus',,e ln'ouSn tnc
alknIi deserts of Green River, among the grim
a,orn,.,ns ~ I,,.h .r,nss n. aros, w..o,rh
range the eastern slope Of the Sierra the traveller
found constant difficulty IN travel and many hard.
ships mol 10 speak 81 dangers from rowing oands
Of Indians and occasional Mexican outlaws
The Santa Fe trail lay several hundred miles
10 'no SCUM ana was much oder IMAM 'he lhh
trail A good part Of 1t was followed by Coro.
Co,o,.ao - ,...,.rn Wsns.s 49,. inr.d.d T.,
S"ofsoo anu western Nahsas were invaded III
ques, Of golden treasure among the abongines.
TrafBe bepan over the SANTA Fe trail in 1903
- ~ 80, -. - D..
under ieSo oi french 'fc"e named fero Le
Lande and kentuckisn named Pusley. who
had made their way from the AIississippi 10 SANTA
E. ", ,I.,i.o rh. d.,a.,. - ,or,.,..
=, a.. ,r.u .mora ~. comonrhss xiom.s .nd
s. a - W" Io. poa NV. u was IN
pueblos at Santa Fe and Albuquerque made bull.
vhackinR' on the Santa Fe trail a pursuit that
-. -o,,..- 80, a, a.. We, ,,,,,, q, a.. -
many !ouhs men VI '"o VS. 'ui's w '"l years
before the Utah tran become known For twenty
years the sole means ot TRANSFORMATION TO Santa
+. wa. NV n.cl rnuIcs bu, nv isas -, ,c.ms
~ ' ~ '' w "o"''
had become common
Until the .Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe
the hull whackcr was a picturesque institution
in the Southwest Many a gray.haired man
in the West. who has become a cattle king a
mining capitalist the owner Of square miles
Of grazing land dates the beginning oi his pros.
perity 70 the hard training he got in bull phsck
ing on the Santa Fe trail In many ways IN.
story OF tho Santa Fe trail is more interesting
than that Of the Utah trail Mr. Inman rccenuy
said that the Santa Fe trail was an elongated
graveyard from Independence, Kan 10 Aibu.
queIque. ". n:
The Santa Fe trail when first established by
tho Government under the lead Of Kit Carson
and Jim Bndxer. of New Mexico. in iSil. lay
entirely through the Indian country. lnul
1854 the western line Of Missouri was the eastern
boundary OF the Indian territory. That year
Kansas territory was organized but there Mere
Indians along the route long as II was used
Until tho lato fitios there was no white mans
Meditation from wcstport now Kansas CITY, 10
tho Spanish puehlos in New Mexico Indians
Is from Independence 10 The Arkansss tbs,e
was U,tl> dance, to-, s.,.n.. ~ nv.