Emporia News, June 3, 1870.

BEAUTIFUL INCIDENT.

A young officer was connected with Sheridan's brigade. It was in one of those forced marches, when they had driven back the enemy, and had been in the saddle for several consecutive days and nights, that the trooper availed himself of a temporary halt to slip from the saddle and stretch himself upon the turfhis horse meanwhile browsing in the immediate vicinity. He had slept for some little time, when he was suddenly awakened by the frantic pawing of his horse at his side. Fatigued by his long ride, he did not rouse at once, but lay in that partial conscious state which so frequently attends physical prostration. Soon, however, the faithful animal, perceiving that his efforts had failed to accomplish their object, licked his face, and placing his mouth close to his ear, uttered a loud snort. Now thoroughly awake, he sprang up, and as the horse turned for him to mount, he saw for the first time that his comrades had disappeared, and that the enemy were coming down upon him on a full gallop. Once mounted, the faithful beast bore him with the speed of the wind safely from the danger, and soon placed him among his companions. "Thus," he added, with emotion, "the noble fellow saved me from captivity, and perhaps from death."

Emporia News, June 3, 1870.

LETTER FROM CRESWELL.

[The following letter was accidentally misplaced by the person taking it from the office, hence the delay in its appearance in our columns.]

EDITORS NEWS: Pursuant to notice the people of Cowley County met in convention at Creswell on Tuesday, May 11th, inst., to consider the questions connected with the pending occupancy of the Osage Lands.

After some discussion the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted.

WHEREAS, We, the citizens of Cowley County, in mass convention assembled, believe that the time has fully come in which the interests of civilization demand the extinction of the Indian title to the Osage lands, and

WHEREAS, We regard with regret and distrust the inactivity of our Senators upon the question, therefore,

Resolved, That we urge upon Senators Pomeroy and Ross, and Representative Clarke, immediate and definite action looking toward the removal of the Osage Indians from these lands, and opening them to actual settlers.

Resolved, That while we are opposed to all great land monopolies like those contemplated in the "Sturges Treaty," we favor the policy of aiding the construction of Railroads, by granting to them alternate sections of lands now unclaimed, or the proceeds of the sale thereof, to the amount of ten sections to the mile, reserving to immigrants upon said lands the right of pre-emption and ultimate purchase at a fixed maximum price, not to succeed two dollars and fifty cents per acre.

Resolved, That we regard immediate action upon this subject as of paramount importance, and that we earnestly urge that the question be finally settled before the close of the present session of Congress.

Resolved, That copies of the above preamble and resolutions be forwarded to each member of our congressional delegation, and to the EMPORIA NEWS, Walnut Valley Times, Topeka Commonwealth, and Lawrence Tribune for publication.

C. R. SIPES, Secretary.

Emporia News, June 3, 1870.

The Senate Committee on Territories have agreed upon a bill to organize the Indian Territory, south of us, under the name of Oklahoma. The Indians, we believe, are pretty generally opposed to the measure. The settlement and organization of this country by whites is only a question of time, and Mr. Indian might as well succumb to the decrees of fate. This territory will make the best State in the Union within the next twenty-five years, and the Indians must either jump into the current and go along or be thrown up on the dry land. But let us beg of the committee not to encumber the territory with that name.

Emporia News, June 3, 1870.

The fore part of this week a rumor reached here that the Kaw Indian Reservation was open for settlement, and thee was an immediate rush in that direction. Nearly every quarter section is taken by this time. This Reserve is nine by fourteen miles, and is composed of the very best land in the Neosho valley. It has been closely watched for years by many who desired to get homes on it. The same kind of rumor has several times before caused it to be suddenly settled, and after the claim hunters remaining a day or so, it has as often been suddenly unsettled. How this rumor got in circulation is more than we can explain, but this we do know, that the news from Washington has contained nothing that would lead to this rumor.

The rapidity with which the Reserve was taken up, and the public sentiment which sustains the settlers in going thee, even though they have no right to do so, only proves how impatient the people have become at the foolish and unreasonable delays of the government in opening the land to settlement. They have waited in vain for our Representatives to do something for them. They will wait no longer. We have heard rumors that these settlers were to be driven off of the Reserve. We do not know whether this this is so or not. It seems the only way to get the miserable Indians out of the way is to crowd them out, and thus make the government do something to get possession of the land. We hope there will be no violence on either side.

Emporia News, June 3, 1870.

The business notices of Newman & Bro. were taken out of the paper two weeks ago by mistake. Read the new one. Newmans mean business, and they know how to get it.

[SAME AD RUN BEFORE!???]

Emporia News, June 3, 1870.

WELL. H. B. Lowe found a fine stream of water on his lot, just back of the stage office, on Commercial street, at a depth of twenty-five feet. This is another evidence that plenty of water can be had by digging.

Emporia News, June 3, 1870.

We observed a large steam boiler and the machinery for a saw mill of no small capacity, this week, at the depot. On inquiry we learned that it was billed to W. H. Speers & Co., and destined for some point on the Little Walnut.

Emporia News, June 3, 1870.

Newman & Bro. are selling more goods per week since they moved into their new store than they ever did before, a fact that we were very much gratified to learn, and which we are pleased to tell to our readers. Let all who are glad to hear it give them a call, and we are sure their sales will still be enlarged.

Emporia News, June 3, 1870.

We see that a mass meeting of the settlers on the Kaw Reservation and the citizens of Morris and Lyon Counties, is called by "many citizens," to meet in mass convention at the railroad crossing of Rock Creek, on Monday, June 6th, 1870, at 2 o'clock p.m., for the purpose of considering the interests of all concerned, and for the formation of a Squatter's Protective Union.

Emporia News, June 10, 1870.

Col. E. S. Parker, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, has recently made a report of the number and condition of Indian tribes in the country, from which we copy such facts as will be of interest to our readers.

The Indians in Nebraska are the Santee Sioux, the Winnebagos, the Omahas, the Sacs and Foxes of the Missouri, and Iowas, the Otoes, and Missourias, and the Pawnees. They number 9,483.

In Kansas we have the Kickapoos, who emigrated from what is now Illinois. They now number 265. During the war a number of them went into Mexico, and remained there.

The Kaws, or Kansas Indians, are indigenous to the country and number 718. They are poor, lazy, and improvident.

The Pottawatomies, north of Topeka, came from Michigan and Indiana, and number 2,025. They are moving to the Indian Territory.

The Osages are indigenous to the country they now occupy. Their diminished reserve extends along the southern boundary of Kansas, commencing fifty-five miles west of the eastern boundary of the State and extending to the one hundredth meridian west. They number 4,400. They will soon be removed to a new home.

The Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi originally occupied a large tract of country in Missouri, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Most of them have now removed to a new reservation, south of the Cherokee lands. They number 957.

The Chippewa and Munsee, or Christian Indians, number 85.

The Ottawas, of Blanchard's For, Roche de Boeuf, are from Ohio and Michigan. A reservation has been assigned them in the Indian Territory, but none of them have left. They number 171.

The Wyandottes are from Northwestern Ohio, and have been in Kansas since 1842. Population 200.

The Shawnees are from Missouri, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. They number 650. They are soon to be mixed with the Cherokees.

The Miamies came from Indiana. They number 95, and will soon remove south.

The Peorias, Kaskaskias, Weas, and Piankeshaws, numbering 200, and a majority have already gone south.

The whole number of Indians in Kansas is 9,237, but very few will remain here. In the Indian country there are 54,658. In the whole country there are 378,577, counting the 75,000 in Alaska.

Col. Parker's statement is very valuable. Of our Kaws he says: "The attempts to educate them and induce them to engage in agriculture has proved failures." Of the Osages he says: "They have often suffered for want of food." White men get all they want to eat and amass riches on these lands, and the fact that the Indians will not or cannot do it is a proof of their incapacity and worthlessness, and a sufficient reason for filling their places with civilized races who need the land and will make it into homes. Leavenworth Conservative.

Emporia News, June 10, 1870.

Two hundred U. S. troops sent to the Canadian border to watch the Fenians, have been ordered to Fort Leavenworth for duty on the plains.

Emporia News, June 10, 1870.

Red Cloud, the Indian chief, now visiting Washington, declines to have his photograph taken. That's the first Indian we ever heard of who didn't want to figure in the picture galleries.

Emporia News, June 10, 1870.

There are a great many men in Kansas who consider Sidney Clarke a very promising manfor instance, all who have been promised that they should be Register or Receiver in the new land office.

Emporia News, June 10, 1870.

The Government, in its generosity, offered to endow professorships in Highland University, provided the institution would undertake the education of Indians, and we see that at the late session of the Presbyterian General Assembly, at Philadelphia, the condition of the government was accepted. It may be well enough for the government to try this experiment, but we have but little faith in its doing any good for the Indians or government, unless persons are selected out of whom the copper is very nearly bleached. We have heard of several instances among the Sacs and Foxes, Osages, and other Kansas Indians, where they have been highly educated, and after being returned to their homes they took immediately to the breech-clout, pack pony, and the nomadic life of other Indians. The women are worse in this respect, we are told, than the men. While the experiment promises so little, it is well enough, perhaps, to try it. Our red brother is getting about as troublesome as our "colored brother" formerly was, and let us try experiments with him till we get him disposed of in the most liberal and humane way. Meantime, while we are trying these experiments, we are still in favor of the old-fashioned powder and ball receipt for those who commit depredations on our frontier.

Emporia News, June 10, 1870.

PROSPECT OF THE OSAGE TREATY.

There seems to be some prospect that the pending Osage Treaty will be ratified at this session. We confess to a lack of faith in anything being done, as we have steadily believed this treaty would be put over to make political capital of in the coming campaign. But there are now good indications that we have been mistaken. We shall rejoice with the 20,000 settlers on the Osage land, if they are given an immediate chance to secure their homes.

In reply to Gov. Eskridge's "open letter," Senator Pomeroy writes to that gentleman the following encouraging words.

"I am much pleased with your `open letter,' as I see it published. This bill has been up twice and will pass, I think, at the next reading. We have already made a new land district, embracing these lands, and as soon as this passes and the lands are surveyed, all settlers will get a homestead at $1.25 per acre, and have one year after the survey to pay. School lands will be reserved and granted to the State. After the money is refunded to the Government which is pledged to the Indians, then they are be declared `public lands,' and all the laws applicable will then attach to these lands."

A discussion took place on this bill on the 24th of May. Its passage was opposed by Senator Morrill, of Maine, and ably advocated by Senator Harlan, of Iowa. Mr. Morrill took occasion to say that the whites did wrong in settling this land; that they had no right there, and reflected severely on the settlers on the Osage land, applying to them various uncalled for and unjust epithets. We received the paper containing this discussion at so late a date as to render extended extracts impossible. We will merely say that we are personally acquainted with many of the settlers on the Osage land, and know they are as intelligent, peaceable, and industrious as the constituents of the Senator from Maine.

From the following extract from Mr. Harlan's speech, it will be seen that he has very correct ideas about the situation of affairs on this land. His reply to the argument of the Senator from Maine, that the whites had no right to settle on this land, is both true and just.

"This treaty, to which I have referred, was concluded, as I before observed, on the 27th day of May, 1868. Previous to action on the part of the Government and the Indians the white inhabitants were excluded from these lands; afterward, neither the Government nor the Indians objected to their settlement by emigrants. The Indians did not object, because they believed that they had sold their lands; the Interior Department expected the treaty to be ratified in some form, either with or without amendment. No one objecting, the emigrants moved on to these lands as a matter of course, believing that the Government would adopt some practicable means for the removal of the Indians." . . . .

"But, sir, admit that they did do wrong, that they did wrong willfully, that they are as bad in fact as the honorable Senator from Maine supposed them to be; it is not probable that you can exclude them from the territory. There are too many of them. They have organized county governments, as you, sir (Mr. Pomeroy in the chair), well know. They have organized township and district governments within the limits of their county organizations. The State of Kansas has extended over them its jurisdiction and its laws. They are, in fact, represented in the Legislative Assembly of the State, and aid in making the laws for the government of that Commonwealth. They have been improving their lands, fencing in their fields, putting out their orchards, erecting their houses and barns, erecting their churches and schoolhouses, bridges, and roads. It is believed that at the close of emigration last autumn there not fewer than twenty thousand of them. Even the honorable Senator from Maine, if I understood correctly the proposition with which he closed his speech, is of opinion that their removal had become impracticable, for he said that in such a contest between four thousand Indians and about twenty thousand white people he supposed, judging from the history of the past, that the Indians would have to go to the wall; that the Indian must go under in such a conflict. If that be the result of his matured deliberations, then pray, why not pass a law carrying into effect the substance of this contract which these Indians themselves have made? If they are now under the feet of these bad people, if they are about to be crushed, that furnishes, in my judgment a reason for immediate legislative action on the part of the National Government, rather than for delay."

Emporia News, June 10, 1870.

The above is the name of a new town located on the site lately occupied by the Creswell town company.

It is located near the junction of the Arkansas and Walnut Rivers, and is surrounded by extensive and rich valleys of land, and plenty of timber. It is at the point where a railroad down the Walnut Valley will form a junction with one up the Arkansas Valley, both of which will be built at no distant day.

It possesses a splendid water power, which Messrs. Beedy & Newman are under contract to improve by the erection of a water flouring and saw mill at an early day.

It now has a splendid steam mill in successful operation, owned by Major Sleath [Sleeth], late of El Dorado. A shingle manufactory will be in running order in a very few days.

Twelve buildings are up and in process of construction, among which is Woolsey's hotel, which has a front of fifty feet on the street, and is thirty-two feet deep. There are in the town at present four stores, one hardware, one grocery store, and two that keep a general stock.

Twenty-six buildings are under contract to be put up just as soon as the lumber can be obtained. Among these we may mention buildings for lumber yard and carpenter shop, bakery, restaurant, boot and shoe store, drug store, clothing store, dry goods and clothing store, meat market, stage and express office, book store, cabinet shop, residences, etc.

The Southern Kansas State Company will commence running a tri-weekly line of hacks to Arkansas City in about ten days, carrying mail twice a week from El Dorado. They have become interested in the town, and will immediately put up large stables, and make this their headquarters for the stage and express business in Southwestern Kansas.

Many of the new business houses to be put up are large two-story buildings. Among these is a town hall, 25 x 40 feet. A schoolhouse will be erected during the summer.

A ferry will be put in running order across the Arkansas at this point, at an early day, and it is thought much of the Texas cattle business will be done at Arkansas City this summer.

Native lumber is furnished cheaper than at any point in Southern Kansas. Stone is plenty.

A newspaper will be established here during the season. For this object the company offer liberal inducements.

The town company offer great inducements to settlers. No lots are sold, but they are given away to those who will build business houses and residences.

There are plenty of good claims within two to five miles of the town.

The people are enterprising, wide awake, and will do all in their power to assist newcomers.

One or more churches will probably be built this season.

The Arkansas and Walnut Valleys are unsurpassed in the West for fertility of soil, and plentiful supply of timber.

Water has been obtained in Arkansas City at a depth of sixteen feet.

Now is the time to settle in that portion of the country if newcomers want first choice.

Emporia News, June 10, 1870.

We understand that the meeting on Monday last on the Kaw Reserve was tolerably well attended. Speeches were made, resolutions were adopted and a Squatters Association was formed. There is a good deal of dissatisfaction over this meeting among the people in the vicinity of the Reserve, especially at Council Grove and Americus.

Emporia News, June 10, 1870.

J. C. Fraker had an ad containing the following:

VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE. TWO BUSINESS LOTS & HOUSES.

On Commercial Street, No. 163 and 165, in the most central part of the cityone a large stone, with brick front, 70 feet deep, and two stories high above cellar; well finished throughout. The other a small frame house. This property rents for $1,750 per annum. Price, $10,000, $5,000 cash, balance on 6, 12, and 18 months' time.

[WONDER IF THIS COULD BE SOME OF A. A. NEWMAN AND O. P. HOUGHTON'S PROPERTY???]

Emporia News, June 10, 1870.

PERSONAL. A party of El Dorado gentlemen were in town a few days ago, consisting of T. B. Murdock and J. S. Danford, of the Walnut Valley Times, and D. M. Bronson, Esq. Mr. Murdock has bought out the interest of Mr. Danford in the Times.

Emporia News, June 10, 1870.

DEXTER. On Saturday last we received a call from A. Stevens, Esq., of Dexter, a new town on Grouse Creek. The people of that section of the State are very anxious for the establishment of a mail route from Eureka via Elk Creek, down Grouse Creek to Arkansas City (formerly Creswell). These settlements have a population of from 500 to 700 people, and they are now without mail facilities entirely. They have to go from 60 to 75 miles for their mail. The country is as fine as any in Kansas, and will soon be thickly settled. They ought to have a tri-weekly mail. Will our Washington authorities look into the matter and help them?

Emporia News, June 10, 1870.

Ad. Groceries at reduced rates at McMILLAN & HOUGTON'S. [This type of ad has been running for some time.]

NEWMAN AD SAME AS THE LAST BIG ONE...NO INDIVIDUAL NOTICES!

Emporia News, June 17, 1870.

EDITORIAL AND NEWS.

The bill to remove the Osage Indians and give the land to settlers at $1.25 per acre, passed the Senate last week. There now seems to be no doubt but that it will pass the House before the close of this session.

Emporia News, June 17, 1870.

Here is a good one on Old Subsidy Pomeroy: When the Osage land bill was under discussion, Senator Garrett Davis asked Pomeroy if there was any steal in it. Pomeroy replied that there was none that he knew of. Davis expressed himself entirely satisfied. He knew if there was a steal in it, Pomeroy would know it.

Emporia News, June 17, 1870.

Gen. Ellet, celebrated during the war as commander of the Marine Brigade, which did such admirable service on the Ohio and Mississippi, was in town last Sundaywas Prof. Norton's guest. He has two sons in this State, one at El Dorado, and another at Rock Creek, in Cowley County. He is intending soon to locate in this State, and has arranged to take a look at Arkansas City on the 4th prox., with the view of making that his future home.

[LOOK AT WALNUT VALLEY TIMES...NOT SURE NAME IS ELLET...BUT EVEN SO RECALL AN ARTICLE IN THAT PAPER OVER THE MAN'S INDECISION. SEEMS LIKE HE SETTLED DOWN WITH SON AT EL DORADO.]

Emporia News, June 17, 1870.

THE FOURTH AT ARKANSAS CITY. Our friends at Arkansas City (Creswell) will hold a grand celebration on the Fourth of July. Max Fawcett's celebrated claim is the spot selected. Music, a big dinner, an oration by H. B. Norton, toasts, responses, and short speeches by Prof. L. B. Kellogg, General Ellet, J. S. Danford, and others, and unlimited boating, swinging, and sight seeing are on the programme. A large party will leave for the new town on the 31st inst.

Emporia News, June 17, 1870.

"Straws show which way the wind blows." As an evidence of the good feeling in favor of removing the National Capital to the West, we notice that the House of Representatives, on the 11th, rejected the Senate's amendment appropriating $500,000 for the commencement of a new building for the State Department, by a vote of 22 for to 127 against. The amendment in relation to the extension of the capital grounds was also rejected: yeas 31, nays 122.

Emporia News, June 17, 1870.

The great Indian pow-wow at Washington does not seem to have been very harmonious, or very beneficial in its results. Red Cloud made several speeches. In this respect he is as prolific as some of our Kansas politicians. He told the government authorities a good many plain things. He said he didn't want any more musty flour or "rotten terbacker." He says the government can't play that on him any more. Neither does this chieftain want any more "old soldiers' clothes colored black." He says the officers in the Indian country are all whiskey drinkers, and that the soldiers are all afoot, and the government is "throwing away money for nothing." Secretary Cox did not succeed to any alarming extent in convincing him that the government would live up to its treaty stipulations, and he went back saying he would not take the paper with him, as it was "old lies." He said he would not return angry, although it was evident, says a telegram, that the Indians were not well pleased with their visit. It is a matter of extreme doubt, in our estimation, whether the benefits of this pow-wow were worth $50,000, the sum Congress proposes to appropriate for Red Cloud's traveling expenses, presents, etc.

Emporia News, June 17, 1870.

There are some fresh and encouraging indications of the passage of the bill to increase the number of Congressmen. . . .

Kansas wants this bill passed because it will forever put a stop to the "one man" business which has been so damaging to us. With the immense patronage of the State all in one district, any political demagogue with a little shrewdness, can fasten himself on the people as long as he wants to. If the State is divided into three or four districts, the power which patronage gives a member will be much smaller, and then when a man is in a small district the people can watch him closer. Let us have this bill by all means.

Emporia News, June 17, 1870.

The last spike on this road, in Kansas, was driven by Manager R. S. Stevens a few days ago, and the first spike across the line in the Indian Territory was driven by Col. Boudinot, a Cherokee Indian. Trains are now running to the Cherokee Nation! The road is graded fifteen or twenty miles into the Indian country. We call that business! Nearly two hundred miles of railroad built in a little over a year! The race between Joy and Stevens to get to the State line has been won by Stevens, and Joy has been scooped! The great Railroad King has been headed off and non-plussed by a new man. Bob Stevens is now the Railroad King. The beauty of this all is that the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (formerly Union Pacific, Southern Branch) road will be, in all probability, the great trunk line to the Gulf! People up about Lawrence and Leavenworth who used to smile when the building of this road was talked of, can now realize what they smiled about. The fact is, the building of this road is the wonder of the age.

This road was first provided with a grant of land in Lane's Kansas railroad system, as a branch road to run from where the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe road would cross the Neosho River (then intended to be at Council Grove) to where the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston road should cross said stream. The bill was afterwards changed so as to make Emporia the point at which the A., T. & S. F. road should cross the Neosho, and, through the influence of citizens of Emporia, the branch, as it was then called, was extended to an intersection with the Kansas Pacific road at or near Fort Riley, and given an additional grant of land.

A lot of earnest, hard working Neosho Valley men took hold of the enterprise with a view of making it a distinct and grand trunk road to the Gulf. After years of hard work they succeeded, and now they have their reward. One thing is about settled: this road goes to the Gulf. It will soon have two very important eastern connections; one via Sedalia and Ft. Scott, and the other from Holden, via Paola and Ottawa, to Emporia. It is also to be extended from Junction City to an intersection with the Union Pacific at Ft. Kearney or some other point. Then it will be the great thoroughfare for Central and Southern Kansas, and all the Southwestern States, to the mountains and Pacific coast. Then it will be the greatest road in the West! Then it will be what its projectors and builders have always intended it should be. Passengers from the mountains and Pacific slope will change cars at Kearney for New Orleans and Liverpool! Hurrah for the noble and enthusiastic eastern capitalists who built the road! Hurray for the people of the Neosho Valley who have lent the helping hand and given this enterprise all the assistance in their power from its inception! Will the gentleman from Galveston pass the fresh oranges, while the fellow from the snowy range dishes out the ice-cream?

Emporia News, June 17, 1870.

ONE AHEAD.

The great defaulter, J. Speer"honest" John, has been trying to joke away his defalcation. When informed by the United States Attorney that a balance of $159,000 was found against him, and that he must fix the matter up, he wrote an excessively funny reply. But here is an instance when one of the men whom he retaliated upon by a joke, got a little ahead of him. Geo. A. Crawford is one of the editors of the Fort Scott Daily Monitor, and is too much for "honest" John. Go up head, George. . . .

Emporia News, June 17, 1870.

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Dispatches received from General Pope's headquarters say: Fifty Indians attacked Hugo Spring Station, thirteen miles west of Kit Carson, Colorado, and were driven off by the guard, with a loss of three killed and several wounded. No whites hurt.

A dispatch to the Commonwealth, states that the well diggers at the end of the Kansas Pacific track were attacked a few days ago, by Indians, and two of them killed.

The Senate has passed the bill granting lands for the extension of the Central Branch Union Pacific railroad. The grant enters upon even-numbered sections as well as odd, so that the effect is to give all the land the Government owns in a belt fifty miles wide and two hundred long, and part of this is now held by the Government at $2.50 per acre. The Washington correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat says: "It is doubtful whether this measure would ever have passed the Senate with such an excessive grant, but for the persistent lobbying of the former principal owner, at present Senator Pomeroy." Senator Ross voted against the bill.

An appropriation of $50,000 is asked for to pay the traveling expenses of Red Cloud and his staff.

Emporia News, June 17, 1870.

KANSAS NEWS ITEMS.

Large droves of cattle have commenced arriving at Baxter Springs.

The Texas cattle drovers, having concluded they had been skinned long enough by the Kansas Pacific railroad, for freights, are now driving their cattle north to the Pacific railroad. Five thousand head were recently driven to Fort Kearney. So we learn from the Clyde Empire.

The land sales of the Central Branch Railroad on three days of last week amounted to $24,000.

DOWN IN THE NATION. The M., K. & T. Railroad have completed the grading of their road as far as Cabin Creek, 15 miles below this place. The piers for the bridge across Russell Creek four miles below here are finished, and the bridge, a fine structure, will be on in a few days. Chetopa Advance.

Emporia News, June 17, 1870.

Mr. Meigs, of the firm of Tisdale & Meigs, passed through here a few days ago on his way to Arkansas City, to place on the route the stock for the stage line to that city. The stages will be running to Arkansas City tri-weekly in a few days.

Emporia News, June 17, 1870.

The other day we were shown by Mr. Wm. Jay, a worthy citizen of Emporia, some very interesting relics in the shape of old papers and documents. Among other things there was a copy of the New England Courier, printed in Boston, in 1723, and edited by Benjamin Franklin; also a copy of the Weekly Visitor, published in New York, in 1803, by Ming & Young. Then there were various checks given on the U. S. Bank about a half century ago, and signed one by David Crockett, another by J. C. Calhoun, another by Richard M. Johnson, another by Lewis Cass, and another by Sam Houston. Mr. Jay also showed us a copy of the Declaration of Independence in the hand writing of Thomas Jefferson, with interlineations by John Adams and Benjamin Franklin. Probably the most interesting paper of all was a deed executed by Peter D. Vroom and James W. Wall [?] to Mr. Jay, and acknowledged before James Buchanan while Minister to England and witnessed by O. Jennings Wise, Minister to Prussia. Mr. Jay has many other interesting relics, which we intend to examine at some convenient time more minutely. [Wall could be Watt...very hard to read!]

Emporia News, June 17, 1870.

ARKANSAS TRAVELERS. A large party of emigrants and excursionists will start for Arkansas City (Creswell) on Thursday, the 30th inst. The intention is to go in covered wagons and ambulances, take the eatables along, camp out of nights, make short journeys and long rests, and be generally good looking, sweet, and happy. The party expect to stay over the Fourth, and come back at their leisure.

Now is the time for parties desiring to visit this famous region to go in good style and good company. Don't all speak at once.

Emporia News, June 17, 1870.

BIG AD PREVIOUSLY RUN BY "NEWMAN & BROTHER" IS STILL BEING PRINTED IN THE PAPER...NO SMALL NOTICES. NO NOTICES RE McMILLAN & HOUGHTON ARE APPEARING EITHER, BUT THEY WERE PART OF AN AD RE GILLET'S BAKING POWER WITHOUT COST FURNISHED TO ANYONE WHO DESIRES THEM.

Emporia News, June 24, 1870.

FROM ARKANSAS CITY.

EDITORS NEWS: We have had more rain here this spring than we have needed, but of course it is all right"better too much than too little"but at times it makes things considerably juicy. Our gardens and unfenced small fields of corn are growing finely. The Arkansas River is rising gradually, caused by the snow melting at its sources in the Rocky Mountains, but it is still fordable. Things are livelier here now since the arrival of Sleeth & Co.'s mill. We will soon have one or two more mills to supply the increasing demand for lumber. There are six nearly finished houses on the town site now, and several others commenced, including Col. Wolsey's [Woolsey's] hotel.

We are going to have a regular old-fashioned celebration here on the 4th of July, and we would like to see a number of familiar faces from Emporia on that occasion come down, and we'll insure them a good time.

We have organized a brass band here numbering fourteen members, and propose to get a first class set of instruments. We also have a glee club of fifteen or twenty members.

There are a great many good prairie claims vacant yet within a few miles of town, and occasionally a good timber claim may be found that has been overlooked. There are very few persons who cannot find claims here to suit them, provided they take time to look them up; for in no part of Kansas is there a greater variety of soil, situation, and scenery than here. We occasionally hear rumors from the not far off North of deathly doings by the bloody Osages: Sometimes we are being driven from the "happy land of Canaan"; and at other times,

Our scalps, our sacred pelts,

Hang reeking, pendant

From the wampum belts

Of noble Ingins.

None of which we credit. M. F. [HAS TO BE MAX FAWCETT]

Note: Fawcett always says Sleath for Sleeth.

Emporia News, June 24, 1870.

[Another letter from Arkansas City...Max Fawcett.]

ARKANSAS CITY, June 14th, 1870.

EDITORS NEWS: We are having frequent and terrific rains here now. Our town is improving rapidly, forty more houses are under contract, and are being built as fast as lumber can be obtained to build them with. Mr. W. H. Speers, of Peoria, Illinois, has a new thirty horse power stationary steam saw mill on the way, which will be here in a day or two. Mr. Speers has had a number of years of experience in the mill business, having run mills in Iowa, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Illinois. When his mill arrives we will have two mills. Mr. Wolsey has his shingle machine in operation and is turning out six or eight thousand first class shingles a day.

Our four merchants are doing a staying business. C. R. Sipes tells me that he sells four times as much as he expected when he commenced, and our other merchants, Norton, Bowen, and Goodrich, are not behind him in sales, and all sell at reasonable rates, nearly or quite, and sometimes below, El Dorado prices. Our carpenters are all busy. Messrs. Channell, Smith, and Thomson, carpenters, have just finished a neat, roomy cabinet shop, and are running a lumber yard in connection with their other business. Channell starts for Emporia tomorrow for the purpose of bringing back his better half.

Tomorrow we are going to commence tracing the southern boundary of Kansas from where it crosses the Arkansas River to a point directly south of Arkansas City, and then measure the distance from Arkansas City to the line. There are a great many first-class claims vacant down there. I will write you a description of that part of our county when we return.

We are preparing for a grand time on the Fourth, and expect to see a number of familiar and welcome faces from the North on that day. M. F.

Emporia News, June 24, 1870.

A WOMAN'S "POLICY" ON THE INDIAN QUESTION.

EDITORS NEWS: When I left my home in Vermont, and came to the West, I felt, as I presume every philanthropist in the East feels today, that the Indians (the noble red men) were a much abused race. But since my residence in Kansas, my views on that question have undergone a radical change. When I see them, male and female, as they make their appearance on our streets daily, in the summer season, with their wild gooseberries for sale, wrapped in their old filthy blankets, no change for the better to be seen in them since their first contact with the white man, I cannot help feeling that there is something wrong somewhere; and when I think that they have been here since the earliest settlement of the white man, and have seen his gradual advancement, by industry, from the rude log cabin and raw prairie, to the palatial residence, fertile fields, and orchard teeming with abundance of delicious fruit, I cannot help wondering that they do not appreciate the benefits of civilization enough to conform, at least in a slight degree, to the customs of the whites (for they are remarkably fond of vegetables, coffee, sugar, etc.), and I have arrived at the conclusion that it is their tribal relation that causes the difficulty. And oh, how my heart aches for the women, when I see them in their degradation, made beasts of burden, and doing the work of the stronger sex, that rightly belongs to them to do.

Now, my "policy" toward the Indian would be this: Break up the tribal relation entirely. (As one of our Generals on the frontier plainly stated a short time since, that he could do nothing with them on account of their tribal relation, unless they committed some overt act.) Now, take their firearms and ponies from them, and give them agricultural implements in their stead, and place each family on a homestead, and I presume there are philanthropists that would willingly instruct them in the art of agriculture, for would it not be a missionary work indeed. And as our Quaker friends have shown their willingness to try to ameliorate their situation in the condition they are now in, I should then think thee would be an added incentive to labor for their advancement. In regard to their tribal relation: Why should they be allowed to retain it? Why not make them accountable citizens the same as the white man? and how absurd it would look in any white man in the United States to set up a plea for an organization of a like nature.

Just think, if such a thing could happen, what a change would come over this western country. If the white man could go where he pleased in the West to make a home, without fear of molestation from the Indian (except on lands reserved for them) would it not be the case that the added acres brought under cultivation would bring into the revenues of the

U. S. Treasury in a short time, much more than the settlement of the Indian question would cost? And when the Indians had learned the "Art of Peace," their land would also yield a revenue to the Government. But do not think because I write about the Government being paid for such an act, that my only object is gain to the white man, for I think it would be an act of charity and humanity to the Indians themselves; for if their arms and ponies were taken from them, it would check the tendency to roam about, which they now have, and as time would hang then rather heavily on their hands, they would be the more ready to enter the path of industry. Although it would probably be rather a "bitter pill" to the present actors in the drama, yet the rising generation would be benefitted by the change, and perhaps the "mothers" of the race also. But while the females remain so degraded it will be impossible for the race to improve. But this article is getting too lengthy, so I must stop; although I had much more that I wished to write on this subject, and perhaps if this communication is not rejected, I shall write again. L. A. C.

Emporia, Kansas, June 20, 1870.

Emporia News, June 24, 1870.

INVESTIGATION.

S. A. Cobb appealed to the public some ten days ago to "suspend judgment" in the case of John Speer, thief and forgeras we know and can proveinasmuch as Speer's case was "going before the courts." Sidney Clarke wrote to the same effect to the New York Tribune. We thought the case an extraordinary onea mean and sneaking one. The "public judgment" had been suspended for seven years by artful and wicked appliances, and by the use of bribery, here and at Washington, and, as far as our thousands of readers were concerned, we refused to "suspend" any longer.

The grand jury of the United States Court has been in session at Topeka.

This matter came before them, but it was not investigated. The grand jury will not be in session again until the State Convention is over, and that is the reason that Clarke, Speer, and Cobb want no investigation now. The U. S. Marshal is running Sid. Clarke for Congress, and he also "runs" the grand jury.

Three or four changes were made in this last grand jury, until a few days ago it voted, nine to seven, that it had no business before it. That is the way Speer "goes before the courts," and that is the way the public are compelled to "suspend judgment." Geo. T. Anthony, a successor of Speer as U. S. Collector, informed the grand jury that he had here only certified copies of the forged and bogus papers made out by Speer as "abatement claims." He said he had sent to Washington for the original papers, and had heard that they were mailed to him, but he had not received them. Perhaps that is the last we shall ever hear of them. We may have a repetition, in this case, of Sid. Clarke's carpet sack. Men who can rob the Government, forge papers, commit perjury, and conceal the fact for seven years, are capable of this or any other crime.

Another significant phase of these crimes is the fact that two-thirds of all the deputies Speer ever had have left the State. Van Horn and the rest have followed Barricklow.

By all means let the public judgment be suspended. And when it is fully done, let us elect John Speer for Governor, Sid. Clarke for Congress, and the useful Quantrell to the Senate.

Leavenworth Conservative.

Emporia News, June 24, 1870.

Speer is now known in financial circles, as "old abatement claims."

Emporia News, June 24, 1870.

A "big injun" that weighed about 500 pounds died at Topeka a few days ago, Abram Burrett, since which time the Topeka papers have been filled with locals about his size, the size of his coffin, his religion, etc. This old Indian was a wind-fall to the Topeka locals.

Emporia News, June 24, 1870.

On the 20th inst. the A., T. & S. F. road was authorized to continue its line over three hundred miles to Albuquerque, with a branch of one hundred miles or more, which by the terms of the billalthough the fact does not appear on the face of the billcan be run through the Osage lands. The grant obtained by this road involves over six million acres of land.

Emporia News, June 24, 1870.

Capt. Smith, of Gen. Custer's staff, called on us on Wednesday last, being on his way to the Osage country to get scouts to use on the plains. He says the Indians are quite troublesome on the plains. Gen. Custer received a telegram from Kit Carson the morning Capt. Smith left Fort Hays, saying that about 20 Indians had just been captured who had made a raid on a Texan train, killing six or seven men.

Emporia News, June 24, 1870.

The Denver Pacific Railroad has just been completed to Denver, and the cars are now running to that place from Cheyenne. The workmen on this road are now engaged on the Denver branch of the Kansas Pacific. They have 60 miles of iron at that end of the road, and the track will be put down with all possible dispatch. By the first of September we shall be able to take a seat in the cars and not get out till we reach Sacramento. There will then be a direct communication between St. Louis and San Francisco. The Wyoming Gazette says Mr. Pullman is now constructing thirteen of his gorgeously decorated and adorned palace and dining coaches to put on this "Through St. Louis Line," as soon as the Kansas Pacific shall be completed.

Emporia News, June 24, 1870.

The Interior Department was very generous in complying with Red Cloud's request for horses. It gave him seventeen splendid animals. He says now his "heart is big," and he returns to the scene of his depredations in an excellent mood. He thinks the Great Father, as he terms President Grant, a perfect gentleman.

Emporia News, June 24, 1870.

THE INDIAN QUESTION.

It is a noteworthy fact that the East and West are in opinion diametrically opposed to each other on the Indian problem. Is it because our Eastern brethren are so far in advance of us upon questions of a humanitarian nature, is it because they are so much more civilized, cultivated, and refined that they advocate a sugar and plum policy with reference to the red man, while we of the West believe soldiers and soldier's bullets are sometimes necessary? We do not believe there is any less true philanthropy in the West than in the East. The only difference between the two sections in this respect is that the Western people are on the ground, in close contact with the Indians and are thus enabled to thoroughly understand their nature, and intelligently determine what sort of treatment will alone be effective. Should it be so ordered by Providence that a number of these Eastern philanthropists be compelled to come to the frontier and pass four or five years where every day they could behold the noble savage and witness his praiseworthy mode of life and become victims of his pleasant treachery, they would find it easy to discover a more deserving subject for whose benefit to propagate their "humane" theories.

We do not believe in being unnecessarily cruel to the Indian. We know he has suffered irreparable injuries at the hands of rogues and rascals, still in every instance that he has been abused, he has taken his revenge by butchering innocent white men and outraging innocent white women. His work of retaliation is more than complete. But whatever may the wrongs on either side, it should be borne in mind that if the demands of the Indians be granted, then civilization must suffer at the hands of barbarism. They virtually insist that thee shall be no more railroads built across their country, that there shall be no more mines explored along their hills, nor any more white men settle along their streams; that no more of their soil be cultivated; but they want money, and blankets, and food, and horses and powder, lead, and rifles. If the Indians in demanding their rights did not thus come in conflict with the growth of our country, and block the wheels of the car of progress, then their requests would be entitled to some consideration. But if what they ask for should be granted, then the pioneer must be restricted to certain well defined bounds, the developing of mines must not be extended beyond such and such limits, and the building of railroads with the tide of teeming multitudes of busy, active men they carry with them must be checked. But the fact is, this state of things cannot come to pass. The encroachments of civilization are inexorable. The buffalo, the antelope, and the deer retreat as the white man with his ax, his plow, and his shovel advances. The red man must, in the natural course of things, unless he is willing to give over his romantic life, lay down his bow and arrow and become a tiller of the soil, depart also. There is no other way for it. The progress of the world cannot be stopped in order that he may hunt his game unmolested.

No man, be the color of his skin red, black, or white, has any right to insist that mankind must stop its work in order that he may live in idleness and ignorance. Red Cloud and Spotted Tail must either take hold and help the white man develop the great West, constructing railroads, working mines, and building towns, or they must remove to new hunting grounds. Extermination is a terrible word; but finally, we fear, they will come to know fully its bitter meaning unless they subdue their wild, restless natures, and consent to engage in the peaceful pursuits of civilization.

Emporia News, June 24, 1870.

[Letter received from Indianapolis, Indiana, re drouth...in New York and farther East, the lack of rain insures an almost total failure of wheat, oats, grass, and barley. In parts of Kansas, particularly Southern Kansas the opposite occurred...lots of good moisture will help to bring in crops, etc. I DID NOT GIVE DETAILS.]

Emporia News, June 24, 1870.

H. Tisdale, Superintendent, The Southern Kansas Stage Company, announces service from Emporia to Wichita: on and after June 18, 1870, will run a tri-weekly line of coaches from Emporia to Wichita. H. B. Lowe, local agent in Emporia.

Emporia News, June 24, 1870.

Coal from the State line is coming up the Valley road to this place.

Emporia News, June 24, 1870.

Topliff & French offer some special inducements to persons in need of anything in their line of boots and shoes. . . .

Emporia News, June 24, 1870.

The excursion to Arkansas City (Creswell) will start on Wednesday morning, 29th, instead of Thursday, 30th. Those interested should make preparations accordingly. H. B. N.

Emporia News, June 24, 1870.

Newman & Bro. are having unprecedentedly large sales just now. They are receiving new goods almost daily. George is down east now. They will get an extra stock of new goods next week, and when George gets back, they will receive a super-extra supply How everything grows in this country! It is astonishing! corn and commerce! [I skipped business notices.]

Emporia News, June 24, 1870.

[STATE NORMAL SCHOOL announces closing exercises of the Spring Term. This occurred evidently about the time paper issued announcement.]

Emporia News, June 24, 1870.

Population of Emporia: White males 1,527, females 1,124; colored males 60, colored females 39. Total population: 2,750. Data gathered into City Directory.

Emporia News, June 24, 1870.

[City Council proceedings: the Clerk read a letter from the Secretary of the Holly Water Works Company in reference to water works for Emporia.]

Emporia News, June 24, 1870.

Go to McMillan & Houghton's for the best Washing Crystals and Blueings.

Those Torpedoes and Fire-Crackers have just arrived at McMILLAN & HOUGHTON's.

Go to McMillan & Houghton's and get some of their white Castile Soap.

Emporia News, July 1, 1870.

Red Cloud, when allowed to look upon the piles of gold in the United States Treasury, was rude enough to remark to Boutwell that he did not like the looks of the gold as well as he did those of the female clerks in the department. The savage was at once taken into the open air.

Near the close of his speech in Washington, Red Cloud pointed to a lady present, Mrs. Fanny Kelly, and generously asked that she should be paid for the property his people had destroyed in Dakota out of the money apportioned to them. Mrs. Kelly is young and fresh- looking, bearing no marks of hardship or trouble. She said that while a captive to them the terrible war chief had treated her with the greatest respect and kindness.

Emporia News, July 1, 1870.

CLAIMS OF A DISTINGUISHED INDIAN CHIEF AND GUIDE. The claim of Black Beaver, a Delaware Indian, is now before the Senate Committee on Military Affairs. He belongs to the Delaware tribe, and was in the employ of the Government all or nearly all of the time since the commencement of the Mexican war. During that war he was Captain of a company of Delawares and Shawnees in the United States army. Since that time, up to the commencement of the late war, he had been employed as a guide and interpreter by the different commanding officers at the posts of Fort Arbuckle and Cobb, in the Indian Territory, and by the superintendents and agents for the Indians in the vicinity of those forts. He was at Fort Arbuckle about five years, and at Fort Cobb one year, immediately preceding the last war, and during that time had invested all of his means and earnings in cattle and hogs, and had, at the breaking out of the war, a large stock. In the spring of 1861 General Emory requested him to guide his command, as also the combined commands from Forts Smith, Cobb, and Arbuckle to Fort Leavenworth; but he hesitated about leaving his stock until General Emory assured him that he should be paid by the Government for his losses, and on that representation he complied with the request, and came with the command to Fort Leavenworth, and remained there till the war ended. When he returned to his place, he found his stock was all gone, some of the cattle having been killed by the wild Indians and some by the Southern army. He never realized one cent for the property he abandoned, and is now in need. He sums up his losses at $22,268. Gen. Emory speaks of Black Beaver's invaluable services, and earnestly presses the justice of the claim of "this aged and worthy man," and says: "The extrication of the commands of which Beaver was the guide, from the frontier of Texas and the country of the rebellious Indians acting in sympathy with the South, which I was enabled to do by the aid of Black Beaver, had a momentous effect in favor of the Union party, on the destiny of Kansas and the State of Missouri, and I exceedingly regret Beaver's claims have not been before acknowledged. New York Herald.

Emporia News, July 1, 1870.

The headquarters of the department of the Missouri, Major General Pope commanding, have ben moved from St. Louis to Leavenworth.

Emporia News, July 1, 1870.

We see it stated that Web. Wilder of the Conservative is to write a history of Kansas. We are glad to hear this, as a reliable history of this State is much needed. The thing gotten up by a fellow named Holloway is not deserving of the name of a history. Wilder will make a racy, and reliable book, and we are glad to know he has undertaken the task.

Emporia News, July 1, 1870.

Sid Clarke is coming his old dodge again, by introducing R. R. bills at the last of the session. He has never yet got through a bona fide railroad measure, but on the contrary has been found working against them. Of course, he will come home blowing of the important measures he has introduced, but for the sure passage of which he must be returned. It won't do. Osage Chronicle.

Emporia News, July 1, 1870.

Lieutenant Young and his command came up with a party of 200 Indians about twenty- five miles from Rawlins, Wyoming, and happily killed fifteen of them.

Emporia News, July 1, 1870.

KANSAS ITEMS.

One hundred and thirty-two post offices are supplied by the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad.

Messrs. Tisdale & Parker commence running stages from Ottawa, via Pomona and Lyndon, to Osage City, on the 1st of July, carrying the U. S. mail.

The grand Army of the Republic is now being re-organized in this State under very flattering auspices. Here in Topeka a post has been established, and the membership is increasing rapidly. We understand that it is the intention to establish a reading-room in connection with the post for the benefit of the members. Commonwealth.

Railroads, like some individuals, change their names to suit circumstances. The name of the St. Louis & Santa Fe road, familiarly known as the Holden & Paola railroad, is changed to Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad. From Holden to the State line it is called the Missouri division, and from the State line west the Kansas division. Paola Republican.

LET 'EM SQUIRM. We publish elsewhere a communication written to the Kansas City Journal on the Main Trunk question. The tone of the article indicates a lively squirm. The contempt once shown for the Southern Branch has been supplanted by an inexpressible horror for the impudence and audaciousness which has prompted its builders to surpass all previous railroad building in the West, and which now induces them to set up a claim against the great Railroad King for the Main Trunk. To soothe their nerves, we will say that some seven or eight years ago a few clod-hoppers conceived the idea of a Southern branch to the Pacific railroad scheme, via the Republican and Neosho valleys. They succeeded in inducing the heaviest corporation operating in the West to take hold of such a scheme. They have succeeded, notwithstanding Joy is supposed to be the best railroad lawyer in the country. Kansas City can have her branch.

The writer says the claim of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas builders to the main trunk is simply black mail, and with a good deal of contempt says that it will be a misfortune to business interests if Joy does not buy them off. Joy hasn't got money enough. In the course of three or four months Kansas City will learn that the same fellows have built a branch or two, which will leave her several miles to the north. Then look out for another squirm.

Junction City Union.

Emporia News, July 1, 1870.

The following are the names of the railroads in the State and the number of miles completed.

The Kansas Pacific: 421

The Kansas Pacific (Leavenworth branch): 33

Missouri, Kansas & Texas: 182

Union Pacific, Central Branch: 100

Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston: 52

Olathe Branch: 12

Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf: 102

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe: 27

Missouri River road: 28

Leavenworth, Atchison & Northwestern: 21

St. Joseph & Denver: 40

TOTAL: 1,283 miles.

Emporia News, July 1, 1870.

IN DEMAND. Arkansas City property is changing hands rapidly at good prices. Several shares have been sold here within the past week.

Emporia News, July 1, 1870.

PAPER AT ARKANSAS CITY. We understand Mr. Mains, of the Emporia Tribune, has accepted the liberal offer of the Arkansas City (formerly Creswell) company, and will start a new paper there by the first of August. He has already ordered the materials. The addition of a live newspaper to that town will help it out wonderfully.

Emporia News, July 1, 1870.

Prof. Kellogg and family have gone to Lake Superior to spend their vacation.

Prof. Norton will vegetate, ruminate, and rusticate at Arkansas City, on the banks of the "Walnut" and "Rackensack," During the Normal vacation.

Our Mr. Williams, in company with Ed. Cunningham, started on Tuesday for a trip to Cottonwood Falls, Chelsea, El Dorado, Wichita, Arkansas City, Eureka, and intermediate points. We hope the people on the route will treat these young gentlemen kindly, and that they will be able to bring back a basket full of greenbacks as the result of their trip.

Several of our teachers, including Profs. Kellogg and Chambers, are in attendance upon the State Teachers' Association at Wyandotte this week.

Emporia News, July 1, 1870.

District Court Proceedings.

J. Jay Buck, J. D. Hoyt Chamberlin, Frank A. Newell, and Augustus Ottent [?] were admitted to practice in this and the several inferior courts of the State of Kansas.

[Seems garbled...no comma after Hoyt? Paper had Otten t???]

Emporia News, July 8, 1870.

Sidney Clarke has resorted to the old dodge by introducing a number of bills in the House granting lands to railroad corporations for the sole purpose of gaining popularity in the localities through which the roads are to pass. We imagine the people of Kansas will very easily see through this flimsy scheme of Mr. Clarke's to secure their vote at the next State Convention.

They have doubtless read some of his speeches during the past year against land and railroad monopolies, denouncing all such things as detrimental to the interests of the settlers, and ruinous to our Republican form of government.

Mr. Clarke introduced the bills in the House which subsequently passed, granting land to the Neoso Valley road, and the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston road. He also favored, and was one of the prime movers in securing the ratification of the Cherokee Neutral Land treaty, which he has never attempted to deny. It is well known that on a certain occasion in Philadelphia, when it was rumored that there was a probability of the treaty failing to pass, he made the remark: "I must hurry back to Washington to help make the Joy purchase."

On the 5th of September, 1865, we were in Paola and heard him make a speech, in which he took strong ground in favor of ceding all the Indian lands along the line of the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston and Border Tier roads. This speech was published, and from a copy now before us we make the following extract:

"This policy ought, and I think will, secure to your road (the Border Tier) by treaty, valuable Indian lands in Miami and Johnson counties, and the Cherokee Neutral and other Indian lands south of Bourbon County.

"The Osage Lands, west of the Cherokee Neutral Lands, should, in like manner, be ceded to the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Road. What I can accomplish to this end, as your representative in the Lower House of Congress, I shall labor earnestly to do."

For once Clarke was as good as his word, and supported the measure right straight through. But he wanted the Border Tier then. He soon found out that there was great dissatisfaction among the settlers on the Cherokee Land, so he concluded to change his policy after he knew he could affect nothing towards breaking up the treaty, and turned against the treaty of 1866, and the Joy supplemental treaty.

Now there is to be another election this fall, and Sidney wants more supporters; but he will hardly deceive the people into supporting him again on the same old dodge, with his black record of demagoguery and political corruption behind him. Fort Scott Monitor.

Emporia News, July 8, 1870.

Articles of incorporation have been filed for the organization of a company to build a railroad from here to the Southwest. The names of the incorporators are as follows: C. V. Eskridge, S. B. Riggs, L. N. Robinson, E. Borton, E. B. Peyton, T. J. Peter, E. B. Crocker, M. G. Mains, Jacob Stotler, T. B. Murdock, and G. H. Norton. The road is to run from here via South Fork and Walnut valleys to Arkansas City, touching at the principal towns along the route, and thence to Fort Belknap, Texas. It is intended as an extension of the Kansas City & Santa Fe road, which will probably be built to this point at an early day.

Emporia News, July 8, 1870.

The necessary papers have been filed for the organization of a new company to build a railroad from Emporia through Greenwood County, via Eureka to the southern line of the State at some point either in Howard or Montgomery County. The incorporators are Henry Keys, of Vermont; George Opdyke, of New York; T. J. Peters, of Cincinnati; Ex-Gov. S. J. Crawford, Harvey Bancroft, and H. C. Cross, of Emporia; and William Martindale, of Greenwood. There are two vacancies yet to fill in the road corporators. We have heretofore urged the organization of such a company, believing the proposed route to be one of the best in the State for a road, and we are glad to announce that the above step has been taken.

It will be seen at a glance by the names connected with this enterprise that the corporators mean business. Mr. Keys is the President of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe road, and also of a prosperous eastern road, and is a man of immense capital and influence. Mr. Opdyke is also a heavy capitalist. Mr. Peters' reputation as a railroad builder is already established. He is the manager and superintendent of the A., T. & S. F. road. The other names connected with the enterprise are well known in Kansas for energy and business qualifications. We do not think it out of the way to say this road will be built at an early day. The interests of several railroads extending as far east as the Atlantic, together with those of several large and important cities demand that the road should be built, and the backing which it gets farther north than this insures its success.

P. S. Since the above was put in type, we learn that the names of Hon. E. Tucker, of Greenwood, and Judge Andrew Akin, of Wilson, have been added to the list of incorporators.

Emporia News, July 8, 1870.

A TRIP TO THE SOUTHWEST.

We fear there was no acceleration of the beating of Emporia's pulse indicative of sorrow at our departure. There was no beating of drums, no booming of cannon, no flying of flags, no waving of handkerchiefs, not the slightest approximation to a demonstration in honor of some unusual thing happening. Indignant at so lamentable a lack of enthusiasm upon the occurrence of so important events, we, Judge Cunningham and ourself, passed beyond the precincts of our beautiful town bound for a trip to Southwestern Kansas. . . . [Going to skip parts of this lengthy article.]

". . . We are traveling up that first of all our valleysthe Cottonwood. We are nearing Plymouth. . . . We have reached Plymouth, a quiet, pleasant little town, nestled on the brow of a ridge, from which stretches in every direction as fine a country as the sun ever shone upon. Plymouth is a Quaker town. . . . Pretty soon the railroad will stretch its iron arms along this valley and through this quiet village. A busier life awaits it. It has every prospect of becoming a place of considerable importance. A railroad, a splendid surrounding country, an industrious and prosperous community, render this much certain.

As we pass beyond Plymouth the valley widens. We never saw a finer country than the Cottonwood valley from Plymouth to within a few miles of Cottonwood Falls. Toledo is off to our right several miles. The railroad will miss her. Thee will be a station on Buckeye Creek, about three miles southwest from Toledo. We stop on a branch of Peyton Creek to get our dinner, which we enjoy in true frontier style. The Judge is a good cook, and makes as good a cup of coffee as anyone could wish to drink. . . . [talks about visiting with A. J. Crocker, who has a farm on the western side of creek. They soon arrive at Cottonwood Falls.

The town is small. It has a fine location, however, on the south bank of the Cottonwood. The citizens are anxiously awaiting the result of the vote on the bonds to the A. T. & S. F. R. R. which takes place on Friday the first of July. The life or death of the town they think depends on the result of the election. Every effort is being made to have the bonds issued. Parties were just going, as we left the Falls, to Bazaar, where the strongest opposition to the bonds will be felt, to discuss the wisdom of voting the bonds. We called on Messrs. Beck & Follet of the Index, and found them busily employed....stated that that paper is much ahead of the Banner, its predecessor, in typographical appearance.

From the falls to Bazaar our route lies over the upland prairie with the South Fork of the Cottonwood on our left and the high rocky bluffs on our right. We do not like what upland we have seen in Chase County. It is too rocky; too broken. Lewis & Hoover are doing a fine business in the grocery line at Bazaar. They are so located as to catch the travel from several directions, and they have plenty of customers. The valley is well settled from the mouth of the stream for fifteen miles.

Five miles from Bazaar we stop for the night. We lodge in the vast wilderness of prairie with the buggy over us for a protector against the inclemency of the weather and a revolver beside us for a protection against thieves and robbers. This was our first experience. The Judge was used to it. He was soon fast asleep. We were wakeful. We had trusted to him to arrange everything for our safety and comfort. After lying for some time watching the starry host above us, and listening to the sonorous snoring of our legal friend, the thought occurred to us that if we were attacked in the night, and the Judge should not be readily aroused, it might be well for us to know the exact position of the fire arms so that we could defend life and property. Consequently we got up to reconnoiter. We found everything in the most satisfactory condition possible. The revolver lay at the Judge's side at a distance of ten feet or more with the muzzle carefully turned from him. This was so safe an arrangement that we went back to bed with our confidence in our friend's ability to protect from danger fully restored, and soon fell into the embrace of balmy sleep, nature's sweet restorer.

At daybreak we were again traveling along the valley in the direction of El Dorado. The valley is narrow, but very productive. The corn, oats, and wheat all look very fine. We soon leave the South Cottonwood to our left and strike across the upland eight or ten miles to the head waters of the Walnut. We are now in Butler County. The character of the upland prairie has changed. It is more similar to that in our own county, not so barren and rocky as in Chase. The Walnut is a fine stream, lined with thriving farms. Chelsea is soon reached. No one could ask for a more handsome site for a town. It is growing rapidly. The people still feel confident that some day they will have the county seat. The have a fine school building, the best one in Kansas southwest of Emporia. Chelsea has not only the advantage of a beautiful location and a fertile adjacent country, but it has more timber in close proximity than most of our Kansas towns can claim. Several streams form a junction with the Walnut at this point, all very well timbered. The best field of oats that we have thus far seen is just below Chelsea.

We leave Chelsea and traversing nine or ten miles more of the Walnut in a southwesterly direction reach El Dorado. We are agreeably surprised. We expected to see a wooden town of fifty or sixty housesa part of them old and dilapidated. But the town has more than twice this number of buildings all new and neat in appearance. Every branch of business is represented. The Chicago business house would do credit even to Emporia. Dr. White has a very neat drug store. They can boast of the neatest and handsomest paper in Kansas. Such a paper as Bent's is worth a mine of gold to any new town. The circulation is already large and rapidly increasing each week. The citizens give it a liberal advertising patronage. They evidently appreciate it. In our opinion El Dorado is some day destined to be a large place.

Butler County is one of the best counties in the State. It is rapidly settling. Two railroads at no distant day will form a junction here. The K. C., Ottawa and Emporia road will come down the Walnut Valley, and the Sedalia, Fort Scott and Humboldt road will be sure to strike her on its way to Wichita and farther west. With these two roads she will be one of the best points in Kansas. The citizens here say they will not vote bonds for the Kansas City and Ottawa road unless it will come by way of Emporia. If it goes by way of Burlington, they will not get the 5th parallel road, and of course they want to secure both.

Of our visit to Wichita, Arkansas City, and other towns in Southwestern Kansas, we shall speak next week.

Emporia News, July 8, 1870.

We clip the following sensible article from the Walnut Valley Times. It certainly takes the right view of things for the interests of Butler County. This road, if built through Butler County, traverses the Walnut Valley right through the heart of the county, thus benefitting all the people of the county. We can say to the Times and to the people of Butler that the sentiment here for the road down the Walnut, touching on the towns in the Valley, is unanimous, and that the people of this section are determined to leave no stone unturned to accomplish this object at the earliest possible day. The Times says:

"This road will be completed to Ottawa by the 20th of July. The original route as surveyed west from Ottawa is to Emporia; and as to this place, an effort is being made to divert it to Burlington and Eureka and on West to El Dorado.

"We will probably get the road, if we render sufficient assistance, by either route. The Humboldt and Arkansas River Railroad and this road are the only ones spoken of as likely to pass through Butler County. If the Kansas City road is built by the way of Eureka, we will get but one road, and Eureka will get the junction of the two roads. If it is built via Emporia, we get the junction of the two roads here, which would certainly be the more preferable. Therefore, we are of the opinion that it would be to our interest to encourage the building of the Kansas City road by the way of Emporia. Coming this way it would necessarily have to traverse the entire valley if it should be built to Arkansas City. We do not think it would be to our interest to vote bonds for the road to come by way of Burlington. The Kansas City and Santa Fe Road is being built very rapidly, and we will soon be called upon to do something in this matter. We will be asked to vote bonds for both roads. The question is: Are the citizens willing to aid these enterprises by voting bonds? The proposition should be carefully considered by every property holder, so that it can be voted intelligently."

Emporia News, July 8, 1870.

[SKIPPED ARTICLE RE THE FOURTH AT WICHITA.]

Emporia News, July 8, 1870.

DIED. On Wednesday, June 29th, at his residence, near Seden's, Mary E., wife of Eli M. Hiatt, aged 21 years.

DIED. Also, at same place, on 28th, infant son of Mary E. and E. M. Hiatt, aged 15 days.

Emporia News, July 8, 1870.

Hank Lowe, the great "Stageist" of Southern Kansas, was in town last Tuesday. He is stocking up the route from Emporia to El Dorado, and from El Dorado to Wichita and Arkansas City. Hereafter regular trips will be run by this company, making close connections with all eastern bound trains. El Dorado Times.

Emporia News, July 8, 1870.

ON A TRAMP. Davis Peyton, Addison Scott, J. Hamilton, and Hiram Conner, of Emporia, and N. M. Carter, of Plymouth, started out on Tuesday for a trip through Montgomery, Howard, Cowley, Sedgwick, Butler, and Chase counties. Their object is health and a look at the country. We hope they will have a pleasant trip.

Emporia News, July 8, 1870.

KANSAS ITEMS.

Judge Brown recently held the first Court ever held in Sedgwick County.

The Union says that at the instance of the Indian agent, a squad of soldiers left Emporia some time ago, and went to the Kaw Reserve for the purpose of driving the settlers off. None were found.

Emporia News, July 8, 1870.

Need I premise by telling where and what Arkansas City is? I think not, though three months ago, Arkansas City had neither name nor existence, and none save the Osage Indians had traversed its site. Yet, on the Fourth, it had denizens enough to celebrate, and being patriotic, as all American citizens are, they did celebrate. They did it after this wise. At ten o'clock the citizens and residents of surrounding country were formed in procession in front of the Woolsey House by Capt. Smith, and proceeded to Max. Fawcett's grove, on the banks of the Arkansas. This grove, beautiful by nature, has been rendered more so by Max's artistic hand. Arriving there, strolls and chats were indulged in until the dinner hour, when the crowd crystallized around different points of gastronomic interest, and proceeded to discuss, with much interest and apparent satisfaction, the contents of diverse and sundry baskets, buckets, and boxes. To our certain knowledge the Arkansas City people have good things to eat. The city takes pattern of its Godmother, Emporia, and discourages the sale and consumption of intoxicating drinks; but the oldest soaker would have gotten his "red eye" in the presence of the bountiful supplies of pure cold water flowing from Max's springs.

Dinner dismissed and the crowd settled, a selection of vocal music was finely rendered by a number of ladies and gentlemen. I may say of all the music, both vocal and instrumental, that it was creditable, not only to a town not yet six months old, and standing as an out-post on the borders of civilization, but would have been considered highly meritorious in any place. After prayer by Rev. Swarts, and another piece of music, Prof. Norton, the orator of the day, was introduced, and for about three quarters of an hour, addressed the people in a most interesting manner.

Dismissing the past and matters of more general importance with a few eloquent remarks, he directed attention to things of the present and future of great local importance. He appealed to the people to plant trees, and urged the necessity of it, because of the climatic influence they would exercise; because they would afford homes for birds, the sworn enemies of all noxious insects; in order to supply the demands of the future; and in order that town and country might be made attractive and pleasant. He directed attention to the importance of railroads to their country. Spoke of the wonderful agricultural resources that would be opened up thereby; and of the cheapening of all foreign imports by means of a railroad that must soon be built to tide water, down the Arkansas Valley. He urged upon all the vast importance of the Common School System as an element of permanent future prosperity, and expressed a hope that that place would never exist a starveling college, with its wise looking and pretentious professors, and its conceited students pouring over the foolish fables of a long since dead language, while the living, scientific truths of a living age should go unstudied, but that in the place thereof should be the well regulated public school, full of the life and spirit of the age.

An abstract cannot do justice to the professor's speech; it was eloquent, applicable, and well received. After the speaking and singing the crowd dispersed, some to their homes, some to the river to sail and fish, and all ready to declare that the first Fourth of July celebration in Arkansas City was a success.

There were well attended celebrations at three points in this county, in which county, one year ago, there were not a half dozen white men's homes. The change is marvelous, and what is better, the people are happy and contented, and sanguine of the future. Of course, not very much of a crop will be raised this year on the sod freshly turned over, but next year the lower Walnut and Arkansas valleys will laugh with such a harvest as will surprise even Kansas.

Emporia News, July 15, 1870.

We left Emporia on the 28th of June, bound for Wichita. Our luggage consisted of a Botany, a small trunk, packed with our inevitable alpacas, and a well stored dinner box.

We took a last lingering look at Emporia from Jacob's Mound, sixteen miles distant. During the p. m. we passed and met forty wagons thickly laden with lumber, bound for the Southwest.

We camped for the night below Mitchell's, in company with Messrs. Williams and Cunningham. We immediately entered into a friendly compact not to criticizes each other's good looks on account of the dust. Next day we passed Mercer and Sycamore Springs. At Mercer we rant to the top of the hill and looked down a vertical wall of smooth stone, at least thirty feet, shaded by waving trees. It was a bit of Scottish scenery in a Kansas prairie. At Sycamore, a large spring gushes from beneath the roots of a branching tree, which is fairly embroidered with names, showing that some people know how to get their names up in the world.

We found El Dorado all rightour first greeting was a fine view of two Irishmen holding a "R. R. Meeting," over a bottle. A mile beyond, we found Cave Springsa nice place to camp. A flight of rough stone steps leads down to a pool of water from which flows a large stream under the rocks. It was deliciously refreshing to gaze upon.

About noon the next day, the Arkansas River came in sight. Shanties appeared on every hill. The first we passed possessed half a roof and part of three sides. In case of rain we thought some things might become damaged. There we had a fine view of the Arkansas Valley. Arriving at the "Dr's.," we found his usually hospitable domicile barred and bolted. We felt "circumvented," as Sam Weller hath it, but showed our innate burglar talent by effecting an entrance, by the use of a ladder, over the lower sash of a second story window. Imagine the surprise of the family on returning to find their citadel thus peopled. Towards night we heard of a proposed buffalo hunt and decided to join the party, to start at once. Supper was eaten, dinner box packed, and we were soon following the track of the hunters, expecting to overtake them at Peck's, seven miles distant. Night came on before we reached thee, so we stopped at an empty house and prepared to camp. Men soon appeared. While one was drawing water, R. asked for some to drink. "It don't taste very well," he said apologetically. "We clean it out every morning, but it tastes." "What of? bugs?" quoth R. "Yes'm, bugs; that's just what it tastes of." R. wasn't thirsty. We found that the two occupants were a Vermont Union soldier and the other a South Carolina Rebel.

We aroused, gathered ourselves out of sawdust, shavings, etc., at half past three in the morning and proceeded up the Little Arkansas. After crossing we beheld the hunters, nine in number, whom we will allow to introduce themselves as the story continues. After eating a hasty breakfast, we started up the Great Arkansas River and nearly parallel with it. At Park City we were met by an immense delegation of Buffalo gnats. Like the sword of Gazul, they "pierced through hide and hair." We found a few new varieties of flowers, beautiful crimson mallows, spiderwort of a dazzling blue, and the delicate, rose-colored, sensitive brier. Lead plant and buffalo clover abounded.

We cross the Arkansas twenty-five miles from Wichita. The first team floundered considerably in the quicksand, causing no small commotion in the minds of the girls, but no more trouble was experienced. We were now beyond all civilization. One of the horsemen rode to the top of the hill and rushed back with the cry of Buffalo! Sure enough, there was a buffalo, about three miles away. The Dr. took the spy-glass"Yes that is a buffalo!" The Captain took the glass, "Yes, that is a three-year old buffalo!" "Why, Cap'n, how can you tell so far off?" "By the wrinkles on his horns," quoth he. "I can see him wink," said Dan. "Yes," said the Rev. Dr. "I can see him switch his tail!" "Well boys," said the Captain, "just say so, and I'll bring him in for dinner." They said so, and three of the most valiant rode after him, while we proceeded to make ready for the buffalo steak. In half an hour the hunters returned saying, in disgust, it was a hole in the ground! It was supposed that the buffalo, seeing no escape possible, sunk to some U. G. R. R., and left the hole where he went in. Our dry dinner was eaten with solemn countenances, and we resumed our journeyseeing nothing new but a beaver, and several sticks cut off by the busy workers. We stopped to fill our jugs with pure water, consisting of mud, polliwogs, etc.; and then arose quite a discussion about Beecher's sermonswhether they were published in the Independent, Christian Union, or Plymouth Pulpit. From this place we struck west, with the comfortable prospect of no more water till noon next day. The heat was intense130 degrees in sun, we guessedfaces burned, almost blistered. We were fairly on the plains. Everything looked desolate; no timber, short grass, and endless hills. Soil consisted of blue and red clay, with some very fine gravel. The country seemed to lie up close to the sun, and, as the Dr. said, to have been cursed for the sins of a former race. We passed a communist village of prairie dogs and owls, and, farther on, saw a bald eagle. Night came on. We fortunately found water and concluded to camp, having seen no buffalo, only their paths and wallows. Antelope were also numerous. The Captain ordered the teams to be corralled, remarking that he "never looked for a snow storm in July, but such things had happened and it was best to be ready." (The girls thought he meant Indians.) After retiring, we were regaled with yelping from the wolves and the talk of the campers, of which we give extracts.

"Which way's north?" "Yonder, don't you see the north star with those two pointing towards it?" :"Used to know a good many starsthere is Sirius and Orion." "Who's that lecturing on astronomy?" "I've just found out what a long tailed linen coat is good forto turn over your head to keep mosquitoes off." "Came across a prairie smelling bottle out here today." "Where is the Cap'ngone to roost?" "Not yet"; and the tones fell lower, and we were asleep. The next morning, the Dr. announced buffalo! This time he was right. We could see dark lines away to the southwest. We were soon going in that directionhorsemen far ahead. We soon came up to one of them and found him somewhat demoralized. He had led a favorite horse all the way, so as to have a good chase, and while galloping over the prairie his horse stepped in a hole, throwing him, breaking his gun in two places and his saddle, and nearly killing him, as the others thought. He afterwards remarked, "that he didn't see how a man could stick both eyes in the ground at once and not scratch his nose!" We could, his eyes were "bugged out" looking at buffalo. We bivouacked near the timber less Ninnescah. One of the teamsters, hastily unharnessing his team and taking his gun, started off remarking that "he would have some of them buffalo if he had to walk clear to Santa Fe." We corralled our wagons near a sharp bluff, so that in case of a stampede, we would be safe, as buffalo always avoid abrupt places. We girls, the Dr. with his broken arm, and Mr. L. with his broken eyes, climbed the hill and "viewed the landscape o'er." Thousands of buffalo met our astonished vision. They were pouring over the ridges like an immense army, heading towards the Arkansas. We were heartily repaid for our weary journey. We confess to an uneasy sensation as we saw the dark forms moving over the far off hills, and remembered that we were fifty miles form Wichita, the last outpost of civilization, miles farther out than any party had been this summer, and on Cheyenne hunting ground. We returned to the wagons and in their meager shade awaited the coming events.

Noon passed without any dinner. We could see the hunters crawling on hands and knees, and occasionally see the smoke of their guns. About 1 p.m., they came back with no buffalo, and very tired and thirsty, all save Santa Fe. They again started in pursuit of the shy though ponderous game. In an hour our Santa Fe friend appeared, walking like a man that had done his very best and failed. "Why, wasn't looking for you till the first up train on the R. R.!" "Thought you'd gone speculating to Santa Fe!" "How many buffalo did you salt down?" Were part of the salutations which greeted him. He took them good naturedly and gave his experience. The buffalo didn't mind his shots much, but obeyed the scriptural injunction by turning to him the other cheek also. "How close did you get to them?" "Close enough to tie their hind legs together with a toe string." "How far did you travel?" "I walked sixty eight miles and crawled five hundred!" With a long sigh, he gave the concluding remark that "if crawling would make a man a baby he was about two years old!" He had seen barefoot tracks in the sand, with toes turned in, which again suggested Indians. About four p.m., Mr. L. came back and said Dan had actually killed a buffalo!! The wagons started at once for Dan. Yes, there the huge animal lay passive, beside a little ravine. A small one, they said, but much larger than an ox. Head and fore quarters covered with long shaggy hair and hind quarters nearly bare much like an elephant's hide. It was quickly dressed and place in the wagons.

Everybody was now in favor of returning. We were tired, short of provisions and ammunition, weather intensely hot, game wild (an Indian camp had been discovered, only two days deserted), and the Fourth was near at hand. We returned to our camping ground of the night before, which seemed almost like home. We supped luxuriously on dry bread and buffalo steak, having eaten nothing between sunrise and sunset.

The next day was Sunday. It was not our intention to spend the Sabbath traveling, but the buffalo were so unaccommodating as to be twenty miles farther off than we expected; therefore, that day found us and the Rev. Dr. forty miles from Wichita.

We recrossed the Arkansas River at noon and camped for dinner. The Dr. and E. took the pail and towel and started for water for teacoffee being "played out." They waded out into the river to obtain clearer water and dipped it up about the color of well creamed coffee. They had just returned to the shore, and E. was wiping her feet with the same towel, when "Bud" came along and wanted it to strain water for lemonade. She handed it over, bidding him wash it out cleanwhich injunction he obeyed. On the road again, the Dr. perpetrated this, "R., can you conjugate Fleo?" "Fleo, flere, flevi, fletum" "No! Fleo, sketere, bugi, gnatum." We applauded loudly. Fighting mosquitoes and drinking bugs enabled us to see the point.

During the ride, the Captain told us some of his experience in fighting Indians. He was with the troops under Gen. Custer that went out to rescue two white womenMrs. Morgan and Miss White in 1868. The Indians refused to give up the women. Thereupon the soldiers wished to open battle. The Indians sent the General word that "if he began a battle, they would kill the white squaws." Therefore, he was obliged to be cautious. The troops were starving, and grew reckless, and were determined to fight, saying "that was what they came there for." The General told them such a course would insure the death of the women whom they had come to save, and they must be patient.

The Indians asked leave to join another band a few miles away. He gave it. The next day Custer marched thirty miles and camped. He had some of the chiefs in his camp. The next morning he threw ropes over a large tree and sent word to the Indians if the women were not brought to him in two hours, he would hang every chief in his camp. Within the time the women made their appearance. They were in a most wretched condition, having no clothing but a buffalo robe tided with a sack about the waist. Their hands were drawn into a frightful shape by fire, as the squaws compelled them to hold them in the blaze if they came near to warm themselves. They were obliged to perform the work of the squawssuch as carrying large wood, etc. Once they had escaped about a hundred yards, but were seen and afterward strongly guarded. They could not believe they were free, and said to each other, "It must be a dream." Said the Captain, and we honored him none the less that his voice grew husky, "We are pretty rough here on the border. I'm pretty hard myself, but there wasn't a dry eye among the twelve hundred men, and some cried like children, when those women were brought in."

It was just sun down when we reached the Dr.'s House. That night we slept in civilized fashion for the only time on the trip. The next day was the glorious Fourth! Our little Captain (he stands only six feet four inches) was grand marshal of the day. Speeches were good, of course. Fourth of July speeches are always good. We know the dinner was good, in fact, we were surprised to see the good things that the people of Wichita had to eat. We didn't see any barbecued buffalo, but were told it was calmly reposing neath the placid waters of the Arkansas. A trace of border carelessness was evident in the top boots and spurs of the reader of the Declaration of Independence. Several men were carrying revolvers and bowie knivesamong them Gorderoi, lately confined in the Emporia jail on charge of murder.

It is impossible to chronicle half the wit, humor, and kindness, and pleasant incidents that made our trip one ever to be remembered despite the intense heat of the season. We are glad we went on the buffalo hunt, and advise everybody to go and do likewisein cooler weather. We reached home on Wednesday, enthusiastic for Wichita, but oh! so glad to see Emporia.

Emporia News, July 15, 1870.

Why don't Clarke secure the passage of the Senate bill to remove the Osage Indians and open up their land for settlement? That bill passed some weeks ago. It gave the settlers their land at $1.25 per acre, and paid the Indians well. If he is the champion of the settlers, as he claims to be, why don't he do something for them? He never has done anything for them but promise and blow. Here is a chance to do something. Instead of attempting to secure the passage of the Senate bill, he introduced a new bill which he knows cannot possibly pass at this late day. And thus he goes on, shystering and fooling with the people. While he has made speeches, and fought treaties, and wrote letters, and raised a cry of settlers' rights, he has never introduced or secured the passage of a single solitary act for their relief or benefit.

Emporia News, July 15, 1870.

It appears that Attorney General Hoar was compelled to resign because of the pressure made against him by Senators and others on account of his opposition to their political scheming and shystering. He was not a politician and would not obey the behests of politicians. He would not endorse the political friends of Senators for appointments unless he knew them to be decent men and qualified for the offices they sought. And thus he soon became very unpopular with Washington politicians. They made a fight upon him, and the odds being in their favor, he had to succumb. He stirred them up for awhile, but they made it too hot for him. The Senators who had so often been snubbed by him refused to confirm him. Thus a good and honest man goes out of office hated by politicians, but esteemed and applauded by the people. May the fates send us many such.

Emporia News, July 15, 1870.

The third morning of our journey finds us, at an early hour, on the road leading from El Dorado to Wichita.

[AT THIS POINT I SKIPPED ALL THAT WAS SAID ABOUT EL DORADO AND WICHITA.]

But we must abruptly break loose from Wichita and move suddenly down the river sixty miles to Arkansas City. This place is situated on an eminence; the former is in the valley. Here, we gain a splendid view of the whole surrounding country; there, no such privilege is afforded. Here, the valley is comparatively narrow; there, it is extremely wide. Here, there is quite a large quantity of timber; there, there is almost a total absence of it.

As to size, Wichita is about five times as large. But the place is growing just as rapidly as it can, with the present facilities for getting lumber. Two large steam saw mills are now at work and the supply cannot keep pace with the demand. Here, also, we find several of our former townsmen. In fact, the majority of the citizens came from Emporia. Prof. Norton of the State Normal School is the leading spirit. He is full of energy and enterprise, and is determined that the new town shall grow and the country develop. Max. Fawcett is laboring with a zeal that is truly commendable. The stranger has not been in town one hour before the question is asked him, "Have you seen Max Fawcett's claim?" If not, you must go at once. When you get there, you are glad you came. With Mr. A. C. Wilkinson as our guide, we visit it early Sabbath morning. We reach it at a distance of one and one-half miles west of the town. It lies along the banks of the Arkansas. We first hasten toward the spring for we are thirsting for a drink of pure, cold water. A strip of timber lines the bank of the river ten or fifteen rods in width. We reach the edge of this timber and find ourselves on the brink of a precipitous bluff. Our guide directs our attention to a path that leads down the hill through the trees. Our eyes follow it gladly down farther and farther until they behold away down ever so far the most beautiful stream of pure, cold water flowing from out the hillside that it was ever our good fortune to see. The path has steps of stone carefully adjusted by the hand of Max. himself. Descending we find that an artificial reservoir made of stone receives the water to which it is conducted by means of wooden troughs extending back to the hillside. From this reservoir another trough carries the water eight or ten feet and precipitates it down a descent of three or four feet, where another smaller basis carved out of the rock receives it. A cup attached to a chain hangs by the side of a tree near the main basin. While you are drinking you look eastward and a few rods in front of you, carved on a big rock, you read: "Stranger, you are welcome here."

You look southward and on another rock you read:

"Better than gold

Is water cold,

From crystal fountains flowing."

You turn to the west and a few feet from you, you find two natural chairs formed of rock. On one is written "easy chair"; on the other, "hard chair." You sit down on the easy chair and sure enough you sit as comfortably as on the softest easy chair in your parlor at home. A path leads you along the foot of the bluff in a westerly direction until you come to the mouth of a great cave whose inner chambers have not yet been wholly explored. We wish we had time and space to tell about this cafe, other springs, and other pleasant retreats.

But we must say farewell to Max and his beautiful claim, with the advice to everyone who goes to Arkansas City to be sure to go and see Max.'s fountains, springs, and caves.

We are now on the road homeward bound. Between Arkansas City and Winfield, twelve miles north, you pass over some very fine prairie. The land is all rich, the grass tall and luxuriant. Winfield is on the Walnut, has a splendid location, plenty of timber in close proximity, and is the county seat of Cowley County. We remain overnight with an old friend of ours, Dr. Wm. Graham, in whose pleasant home we spend a happy evening, talking of the good old times. The next morning we are on the road bright and early, anxious to get back to Emporia. It is the glorious fourth. At Douglass the stars and stripes are flying to the breeze. They are making big preparations for a celebration. This is at present the best town south of El Dorado. We hurry on toward Augusta. Reach it at noon. We find several hundred people assembled in a pleasant grove celebrating our national anniversary in dead earnest.

[SKIPPED THE REST...JUST MENTIONS ROUTE TAKEN BACK TO EMPORIA.]

Emporia News, July 15, 1870.

ARKANSAS CITY, COWLEY CO., KANSAS, July 6th, 1870.

Our celebration on the Fourth was a success; weather cool, no mosquitos, large attendance, and much applauded; instructive and entertaining orations, delivered by Prof. Norton, of Arkansas City, and Mr. Cunningham, of Emporia. A number of Emporians were present. The programme was carried out to the letter, and all were "gay and happy." In the evening a large number repaired to Col. Woolsey's commodious hotel, where many feet kept time to enchanting music till late in the evening, when supper was announced by Col. Woolsey, and all sat down to one of the best suppers ever gotten up in Southern Kansas. The Colonel is one of our most enterprising and accommodating men.

Prof. Norton (who is the mainspring of Arkansas City's prosperity) and lady arrived home on the 2nd.

Mrs. Slocum and daughter, Mrs. F. B. Smith, and a number of others came down with them. Mrs. Slocum has a claim near Arkansas City, and intends making it her future home, and judging from what she has already done, we believe that in a few years she will have one of the finest places in Kansas. She went to Emporia in 1858, and immediately commenced planting fruit and forest trees, small fruits, shrubs, and flowers. She now has one of the most beautiful places near Emporia. Very few men have done as much.

Mr. Mains, of the Emporia Tribune, will commence the building for a printing office next week, and as soon as it is finished he will commence the publication of a first-class paper, worthy of the patronage of an intelligent people like ours of Southern Kansas. It should and will be supported. Suppose it will be called the Arkansas Traveler. The first number is to be out August 1st, 1870.

The following are among the more than fifty houses now being built, or under contract to be built in Arkansas City.

Norton & Co., a dry goods and grocery store.

Mr. Sleeth, one neat residence finished and another commenced.

Livingston & Gray, a clothing store, building 18 x 26.

S. P. Channell, a dry goods and grocery store.

H. C. Meigs, a building 20 x 32, two stories, with cellar under the whole building.

C. A. Wilkinson, building to rent.

Beck & Woolsey, restaurant and bakery.

E. I. Fitch, millinery and dressmaking establishment.

Mr. Walker, dry goods and grocery store.

D. Lewis, stone store building, 21 x 31 feet.

S. A. Moore, paint shop.

Mr. Johnson, carriage shop.

Harmon & Endicott, a building 20 x 50 feet, two stories, the lower for a store; and the upper for a hall.

Paul Beck, blacksmith shop.

C. E. Nye, harness and saddle shop.

A. D. Keith, drug store.

Dr. Alexander, office and drug store.

Mr. Groat, a restaurant.

F. H. Denton, store 18 x 24.

Mr. Bridge, a hotel and bakery.

Pond &. Blackburn, of Emporia, have established a real estate agency here. Persons wanting to buy or look up claims will find it to their interest to call on them. They are accommodating, and are well posted as to the location and quality of nearly all the claims that are vacant, and those that are for sale. They are honest and upright young men. They are building a neat office.

The citizens of Allen, Wilson, Howard, and Cowley Counties will meet in general and mass convention at Fredonia, on Saturday the 16th of July, 1870, for the purpose of effecting a railroad organization and electing directors of the Humboldt, Fredonia & Arkansas City railroad. Eminent speakers from a distance will be present.

We had another splendid rain last evening, and the weather is now delightfully cool.

There is little or no sickness here now, not a case of ague in this vicinity. Our doctors and lawyers are the only men that look downcast and discouraged.

The Arkansas River is rising, and is nearly or quite past fording.

We were unsuccessful in finding the State line when we went to look for it a week or two ago. We are going down again this week to try to find the marks on the east side of the Arkansas. We found plenty of mounds while on our last trip, but they had "dead Ingins in 'em." M. F. [MAX. FAWCETT, I am certain.]

Emporia News, July 15, 1870.

NEW AD.

Ho for Arkansas City and WICHITA!

THE SOUTHERN KANSAS STAGE COMPANY On and after June 18th, 1870, will run a tri-weekly line of coaches from EMPORIA TO ARKANSAS CITY AND WICHITA.

This line is fully equipped with both horses and coaches. Leave Emporia Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 5:30 a.m., reach El Dorado at 7 p.m. of the same day, and Wichita at 11 p.m.; arrives at Arkansas City next day at 7 p.m. Be sure to call for your ticket at H. B. Lowe's office, on Commercial street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues.

Emporia News, July 15, 1870.

Sedgwick City is the name of another new town in the Southwest. It is located on the Arkansas, near the mouth of Sand Creek, about twenty miles above Wichita. The town company, we are told, is composed of men who have the capital and energy to build up the town. Success to the enterprise.

Emporia News, July 15, 1870.

CHANGE. The day of the departure of the mail for the West and Southwest having been changed from Saturday to Friday, we shall hereafter endeavor to issue our paper on Thursday afternoon of each week, in order to accommodate our subscribers at points west and southwest of here.

Emporia News, July 15, 1870.

Six weeks ago, to get to El Dorado, Wichita, and other points in the Southwest, travelers were somewhat embarrassed, at times, to find means of conveyance, but now tri-weekly stages make regular trips from Emporia to Cottonwood Falls, via Plymouth, by one line of the Southern Kansas Stage Company, and to El Dorado and Wichita, via Bazaar and Chelsea, by another line belonging to the same company, connecting at El Dorado with a tri-weekly line to Arkansas City, and all the intervening points. Another line of tri-weekly stages belonging to the Kansas Stage Company make regular trips between Emporia and Wichita via Madison, Janesville, Eureka, and El Dorado. The latter, we are told, will soon be a daily. As an evidence of the influx of people to Southern and Southwestern Kansas, we will inform our readers that these new stage lines are well sustained and profitable investments. Many people will remember how, a year ago, between Emporia and Topeka, and six months ago, between Emporia and Burlingame, the stages of the Southern Kansas Company were loaded down with passengers. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad has knocked the bottom out of the stage business between those points, and the new routes opened up to the Southwest will ere long do full as heavy a business as they ever did between Emporia and Topeka.

Emporia News, July 15, 1870.

Rev. Winfield Scott, of Leavenworth, favored us with a call on Monday last. . . . Mr. Scott is one of the finest speakers we have heard in the State. He preached an eloquent and able sermon at the M. E. Church.

Emporia News, July 22, 1870.

We "pensively" call the attention of the "pensive" young men who are so anxious about the opening up of the Kaw Reserve, that their great mogultheir god of mammonSid

did nothing for them at the session of Congress which closed last week. It seems they have not heard this, and have gone into the "pensive mood" over what they imagine the misfortunes of other folks. People who understand this "pensive" business will undoubtedly see where the "sigh" comes in. Clarke's little demagogues feel bad, but are trying to make people believe it is about "others' woes," instead of their own.

Emporia News, July 22, 1870.

THE OSAGE LANDS.

The Lawrence Tribune, of Sunday morning last, contained the following dispatch:

WASHINGTON, July 15, 1870.

Editor of Kansas Tribune:

My amendment, disposing of the Osage lands to actual settlers at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, excepting school lands, is adopted by both Houses.

SIDNEY CLARKE.

We take it for granted that this dispatch is true and correct, although we see nothing of such action in the Congressional proceedings, and no other paper contains anything of the intelligence conveyed in this dispatch. We believe Mr. Clarke's amendment was similar to the bill passed by the Senate, and gives the lands to the settlers at $1.25 per acre. This dispatch contains good news to the settlers, and no one rejoices more at their good fortune than does THE NEWS. . . .

Emporia News, July 22, 1870.

NEWS ITEMS.

The Indian appropriation bill continues the Peace Commissioners another year.

Recruiting office for both the French and Prussian armies have been opened in New York. [War brewing in Europe. The French Emperor seems bent on crossing swords with the King of Prussia.]

Emporia News, July 22, 1870.

Paper announced the arrival of the A. T. & S. F. Track Layers. On and after July 25, trains will run on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad to Topeka, etc.

Emporia News, July 29, 1870.

AN INQUIRY. Editors News: Who is "Wec," that writes such a partial, one-sided report of thee picnic at Arkansas City, July 4th? What he said of Prof. Norton's oration was but a just tribute to a well written, well delivered address. But he entire ignores that fact that we had another speaker. A Mr. Cunningham, of Emporia, who spoke equally as well, was as heartily cheered, and as highly complimented. He gladdened many hearts by his cheering words to our brave pioneers, and his manly words for human progress. His pleasant address will be remembered for many a year by the first settlers of Arkansas City.

Hoping that "Wec" will apologize to Mr. Cunningham, I am Yours truly, J. H. Slocum.

Emporia News, July 29, 1870.

"Of all sad words of tongue or pen

The saddest are these: "It might have been."

We can say, with happy, thankful hearts, "It might have been, but it was not." We were surprised and astonished, ten days after our safe return home, to learn that we narrowly escaped capture by the dreaded Cheyennes. A band of twenty or thirty followed our trail all the long Sabbath day. The Arkansas River was rising rapidly, of which fact they were doubtless aware, and supposed we would not be able to cross, and at night we would be an easy prey. Their plan would have been to steal the horses, and take us girls prisoners. The thought sends a chill through our veins even now. They might have done it. There were only seven of the men, two having gone home another way. Three of those left, were armed only with revolvers, and there were only two guns that could be relied onand being short of ammunition, we could have made but a poor fight.

The Captain saw them in the morning, and so did we. A light mist lay on the hills so that we could not clearly distinguish objects at a distance. Away to the north, perhaps a mile distant, we dimly perceived a large moving figure. We noticed that the Captain looked anxiously and intently at it, but as he said he "guessed it was a stray buffalo," we did not know that we had seen the Cheyennes. The camp we found the day before was known to be a war camp, but we were told then that it was probably the Kaws on a buffalo hunt. Now that we know thee was real danger, we are not ashamed to confess that we felt afraid, and were glad that the wagons were kept in the ravines instead of on the hills. The Arkansas had risen about a foot during our absence, but we crossed safely. That night, our red skinned followers attacked another party, camped near where we forded, and compelled them to give up their horses, twelve or fourteen head.

Since our return home we have met Mr. L., a Government scout during the late war. He had just received a letter from Gen. Sheridan, offering him any price to join his army as a scoutamong the Indians. We have a realizing sense that the cloud of Indian war is thickening. Apropos to this is a statement made by an intelligent Texan to a friend of ours. He said that he looked for the Indians to make a raid into Texas, and if they chose to do so, there was nothing to hinder their striking far into the State, as the ranches are far apart, and many of the young men gone north with droves of cattle.

The object in going thee would be to secure horses for a fall campaign, from the numerous herds that run almost wild on the prairie. We must add a story of Indian adventure, told us by one of its heroes.

During Custer's campaign, in the winter of 1868-1869, our friend, accompanied only by two scouts, made a journey of 250 miles on some urgent business. On their return they camped one night in a little ravine, where they were attacked at day-break, by a hundred Indians. A hundred against three. It was fearful odds. Arrows whizzed continually, and some bullets were fired, but they seemed to have few guns. The whites kept cool, wasted no ammunition, waiting till sure of their aim, they made every shot tell. For six long hours the conflict rages. At last, one of the scouts jumped on top of the bank, and waving his hat, dared the Indians to come on, and fight him, saying that they didn't know how to fight, and that they could not kill him if they tried. Without firing another shot the Indians turned and rode away, leaving them to follow their journey without further molestation. The story seems to us worth of publication. R. & E.

Emporia News, July 29, 1870.

EDITORS NEWS: As the news from Congress a few days since renders it certain that the Osage lands have come into market to actual settles, and as information in regard to that rich and fertile portion of the country would be acceptable to many of your readers, I have concluded to give an account of a trip recently made by several of us.

We left Emporia on the 5th inst., to visit Southern Kansas. So many good things had been said and written in regard to that country, we naturally felt a disposition to ascertain their correctness, and the prospect of its becoming valuable to those who might desire to settle there.

I had never seen Eureka, and upon arrival there, I was agreeably surprised to find the place in so prosperous a condition. Nearly all the buildings were new, and some of them very good. A few months previous, anyone traveling over the prairies in search of it, and coming up to it, could properly have exclaimed, "Eureka! Eureka!"

We crossed Fall River at that place, and went up Spring Creek about a mile and a half, at which point we reached a high, rolling prairie.

The twenty mile strip of Osage land, so well known in this part of the State, commences about four miles south of Eureka. The northern part of this strip is high, rolling prairie, and is generally well adapted to cultivation; at least the soil and general appearance of the land so indicates, and are sufficiently good to have induced a large number of settlers in the last few months to improve it.

We crossed North Otter thirteen miles from Eureka, and South Otter three and a half miles beyond, and Elk River at Blizzard's crossing, four miles further on. On these streams there is a considerable quantity of fine bottom land, while the uplands are good.

The Flint Hills, extending through several counties, begin about four miles from the crossing. They were plainly seen for many miles before reaching them, and to a traveler, distance did not lend enchantment to the view, for their summit seemed almost inaccessible, but as we drew near them the anticipated troubles were far from being realized. We reached the top of them by a gradual ascent, and but one point was difficult to ascent, which can easily be avoided. We went up on the divide between Elk and Clear Creeks, a distance of about three miles from the base.

Near the crossing of Elk, in the corner of Howard County, a new town has been laid out, called Union Center. Elk River is a good stream, with some fine farms of bottom land.

The Flint Hills and country on top is much better than I had supposed. A considerable quantity of it is tillable, though it is generally rolling and somewhat rocky. We reached a water in about two milesthe head waters of Grouse Creek, which we followed down four miles to the crossing. Before reaching there we saw seven deer on the prairie, the first we had seen.

From the time we left the crossing, the bottoms of Grouse became wider and the timber heavier, and before we reached the mouth of Cedar Creek, ten miles south of the crossing, the bottoms were splendid, being generally from a mile to a mile and a half wide, and from the crossing to the mouth of Grouse one is hardly out of sight of houses. Grouse Creek is one of the finest streams in the country. The soil is very superior, and the timber is very abundant, so much so that many claims have from 80 to 100 acres of heavy timber, and the water in it is supplied from springs, and it never goes dry. We were told by those who have traveled over that country for years that in some very dry seasons, when the Walnut was dry, thee was a plenty of water in Grouse. It affords much more water than the Neosho at Emporia, and especially so in the summer season.

Dexter! Yes, that's the pont we particularly desired to see, and a lovely spot it is. On the west of it is Grouse Creek, skirted with a fine body of timber. At the northwest corner Plum Creek empties into the Grouse, and still further west, four miles, is a fine stream, called Silver or Wolf Creek. On the east of town is a high and beautiful elevation, overlooking a rich and fertile valley. Two miles further west is Crab Creek, and three miles west of that is Beaver Creek, while two miles north is Turkey Creek, and in the eastern portion of the county is Cana. The town site is all that could be desired. There is not a break in it, except a spring branch running through its center, and the elevation named. On the east of it are not less than ten fine springs, one of which would supply water to all of Emporia, and is so situated that water can be conducted in pipes over the whole place, and would, in most parts, reach the second story of buildings. I had the pleasure of eating a fine mess of fish, caught in the spring branch.

Dexter, geographically, is about in the center of Cowley County, and from its natural and superior advantages, must make a very flourishing place, and it is believed that at no distant day it will be the county seat. The thriving and pleasant towns of Arkansas City and Winfield being situated almost on the extreme western portion of the county, cannot reasonably expect to have or hold the county seat, but to them we send a friendly greeting, and shall be glad to notice their prosperity.

It is said that every town in Kansas expects at least two railroads. In this respect, Dexter is not behind others. Already two roads from the east are proposed to be built through that tier of counties, making Dexter a point. One thing is certain, and that is, no road can be built in that direction through the county that will not reach Dexter, as by this place is the only practicable route west.

As to the prospects of the place, they are all that could be desired. Mr. Beckes, of this county, will take his saw mill there next week, and a fine water power flouring mill will soon be built on or adjacent to the town. Already Messrs. Tyler & Evans have taken a fine stock of groceries there, while a large number of residences and business houses will soon be erected. And we understand lots will be given to all who build. A Sunday school has been organized, and through Rev. Overstreet, of Emporia, a library has been bought. A new post route has just been established, and a tri-weekly stage will run there from Eureka. As to the country in general, it would be difficult to say too much. Fine, rich lands are abundant, and from what has already been said, it must be apparent that it is well watered. The uplands are rich, and will be fine for cultivation, for fruits, and grazing. Six months ago there was not a house in that part of the country, but now you see fine fields of corn and vegetables all along the streams, and the country is settling up very fast with a good and industrious class of citizens. Ten days ago I ate fine green corn, potatoes, cucumbers, beans, and tomatoes at Mr. James Cloud's, adjoining Dexter, raised on sod ground. His cabbages had begun to head. The same may be said of all others who were there in time to plant.

As an evidence of the growth of timber, it is only necessary to say that there is an elm just adjoining town that is seven feet in diameter, and an ash tree that one accustomed to sawing said would make 2,500 feet of flooring. As a stock raising country, it is unequaled. Grass is two or three times as high as in this county.

But I am extending this letter to a greater length than I had intended, though much more could be said.

After a twelve days' trip, we returned to our beautiful city, and found her, as ever, the queen and pride of Southern Kansas. C. B. B.

Emporia News, July 29, 1870.

[SKIPPED TYPING UP THE OFFICIAL COPY OF THE OSAGE BILL AS PASSED BY CONGRESS, BECOMING LAW, IN THIS ISSUE. Paper only printed Sections 15 and 16, which were quite long. Bill was approved July 15, 1870.]

Emporia News, July 29, 1870.

We suppose our Congressional delegation have returned, with the exception of Pomeroy. He stays in the East until just before the time when he wants to be elected to the Senate. We are not in favor of the return of E. G. Ross to the United States Senate, but we wish to say that we believe he is by all odds the decentest man of the three. He is made respectable by comparison, if by nothing else. He has quietly attende