. The street railway review . what to do with it. The whitemen came to their assistance and showed them how to exchangetheir money in the growing town of Kansas for firewater and East-ern blankets, and the Indians expressed themselves as much this way a lively local trade was inaugurated. Crops were good around Kansas City. Farmers had plenty forthemselves, and became rich supplying the Santa Fe trade withcattle, hogs and grain. Their prosperity had its direct effect onthe merchants, and Kansas City lost some of its wild west aspectand took on an air of pride. In the earlier years o
. The street railway review . what to do with it. The whitemen came to their assistance and showed them how to exchangetheir money in the growing town of Kansas for firewater and East-ern blankets, and the Indians expressed themselves as much this way a lively local trade was inaugurated. Crops were good around Kansas City. Farmers had plenty forthemselves, and became rich supplying the Santa Fe trade withcattle, hogs and grain. Their prosperity had its direct effect onthe merchants, and Kansas City lost some of its wild west aspectand took on an air of pride. In the earlier years of its history the Santa Fe trade, which beganabout 1838, amounted to from $50,000 to $100,000 in merchandiseconveyed each year across the plains to Mexico. Outward boundcaravan trains consisting of two or three wagons each were loadedwith whiskey, provisions (including fancy groceries), cotton, do-mestics, prints, notions and Indian goods. Returning, they loadedwith gold dust and sometimes with silver ore, with buffalo robes,. -M. Ji hT. 1>. KY. BRIDGE. Oct. 15, ii/ju. ] sti<i:i:t railway review. 551
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