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Jones' Pantoscope of California - Part 1 (33 pages)
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Page: of 33
114 CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY
Journeying on for many days over monotonous plains The Emigrant arrives with joy at
Fort KEARNEY
a government station among the Pawnee Indians, situated near the
banks of the Platte or Nebraska River A station as it has hitherto
been manned [?] of absolutely no importence Either to the Indians
or the Emmigration
Emegrants are seen with their names and the places whence they
came painted on their wagons together with such pictures mottos as
suit their fancies, One is here seen who Expecting to “see the Elephant” Has adopted one for his emblem [Illustration missing. ]
Missouri girls are seen barefoot, driving the cows all the way to
california or Oregon The government has given a bounty of 320
Acres of Land to Each of these upon settlement in the Country Which
is doubled in amount should they take a husband within a year. Very
few indeed it is said have ever taken Less than 640 acres of Land.
Whether they take this rash step for the Land or the husband we
pretend not to say. The more people have the More they want.
Even Mr. Jones Got an offer the other day. A Young Lady, writing
from New England for a ticket says. If I draw a farm and you are in
the market I will be willing to take you for an incumbrance
Immence herds of Buffaloes are here seen dotting the plain, and
rushing through the platte river into the Emmigrant Camp. A Stampede has resulted Horses break away in uncontrollable affright Wagon’s
are overturned, and Mulish Propencities Exhibited Without regard to
the finer sensibillities of the rider who finds himself Like some of the
Politiceans of the Present day.
Winding over Precipitious Crags We descend through Ash Hollow,
to the north branch of the Platte river in the distance It take its
name from some fine groves of Ash Trees which formerly grew in the
valley, Which have nearly succumbed to the necessities of the traveller,
Who here lays in a supply of fuel to boil his coffee, for the next two
hundred miles affords not even a schrub Large Enough for a Walking
Stick,
The difficulties of the route are manifested thus Early in the Journey, and a valuable Horse has become food for wolves.
The Court House Rock, so Called by mountaineers from a Fancied
resemblance, in the distance, to public Buildings, From its base southward Extends an immence deep Chasm similar to those described by
Mr. Kendall in His great work on New Mexico.? The Indian’s circling
2 George Wilkins Kendall, Narrative of the Texas Santa Fé Expedition, New
York, 1844.
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