. A new centennial history of the State of Kansas [microform] : being a full and complete civil, political, and military history of the state from its earliest settlement to the present time. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. as. They lide of the Tie solid as each otlier ^ even 3 relieving ! shame iov c men who ere rescued irs later, in le hundred â¢ously shot y had come ome in Cal- days of the or the near- er Leaven- ) its allotted ander. Tlie d in a rude arsing, howl- he air, every lem on their ' is complete, 1 their places, moving, but ly more than of traffic has track. Mules s of
. A new centennial history of the State of Kansas [microform] : being a full and complete civil, political, and military history of the state from its earliest settlement to the present time. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. as. They lide of the Tie solid as each otlier ^ even 3 relieving ! shame iov c men who ere rescued irs later, in le hundred â¢ously shot y had come ome in Cal- days of the or the near- er Leaven- ) its allotted ander. Tlie d in a rude arsing, howl- he air, every lem on their ' is complete, 1 their places, moving, but ly more than of traffic has track. Mules s of the prai- d wheeled to I by five span ;isurely along then to avoid r advance can â ad. Some of fancy wagons TERBITOIilAL IIisTonr. 83 and light carriages which will hardly endure the pull over the salt bush plains, and it is easy to see that when the mountains are reached they will not be worth the trouble of further hauling. Tlieir dandy manners disappear even before their vehicles, and they are not bad fellows at all in spite of their crotchets, so that when theca' iping ground is reached and the wagon master halts the train, there is joy and contentment among the motley components of that singular gathering. But they have got beyond our territory on their journey and our concern is for Kansas only, so we bid them good bye as they disappear, sinldng below the horizon of the plains, convinced that while they keep together with their staff of cooks, drivers and extra hands, added to the pluck, enterprise and appetite of the throng of adventurers, no savage will dare molest them, nor hunger long invade the sacred cpigastria which they bear onward to the gold begemmed mountains in which some few will find wealth beyond the dreams of avarice, and not a few a sensation of rheumatic pain that will be thei)-chief residu- um from the gold fever. CHAPTER IV. TERRITORIAL HISTORY. The Nebraska-Kansas Bill â Pro-Slavery Manipulation â Gold Miners Seeing the LandâTlie Missouri Compro
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