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Title: The Southern states of North America: a record of journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: King, Edward, 1848-1896
Subjects: Southern States -- Description and travel
Publisher: London : Blackie & son
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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A GentLmaii from the Arkansas Border. XX. RAILROAD PIONEERING—INDIAN TYPES AND CHARACTER. AFTER leaving Chctopa, a pretty town, with nearly 2,000 inhabitants, and apoint of supply for territorial traders, our special train steamed merrilyalong the broad expanse of prairie until Vinita, the junction of the Atlantic andPacific line with the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway, was reached. AtVinita, the junction has made no growth, because white men are not allowed tolive there, and the Indians content themselves with agriculture and hunting.We had prepared ourselves for a sojourn of a fortnight between this point and
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the Red river, and a brief inspection of theculinary department, over which the ebony Charlespresided, was eminently satisfactory. Telegramswere received from various gentlemen at each end CHEROKKE EEAUX—GIBSON STATION. -05 of the main line, statini,^ that they would join us at Fort Gibson, and we setout on our journey with delightful anticipations. The long grasses rustled ; the timber by the creeks stood out in bold reliefagainst the Naples-blue of the sky; the distant line of mounds assumed theappearance now of a giant fortification, now of a city, and now of a terracedgarden; here and there a gap in the woods lining the horizon, showed a gUmpseof some far-reaching valley, on whose bosom still lay a thin snow-veil; andsometimes we saw a symmetrical tree standing midprairie, with a huge white-hooded hawk perched lazily upon a bending bough, and a gaunt wolf crawlingaway from the base. But nowhere was there any sign of man. The train halted for water and coal, the engineer and fire

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