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 | The Far West 1882
In this letter to the Lincoln, KS Banner Riley cautions those thinking of immigrating to the Washington Territory by wagon to think again. "If any one coming here, from Kansas, or any of the adjoining States, have any regard for his time, to say nothing of his expenses, he will not be so foolish as to attempt to come here by wagon. And please let me give you an instance in point: This spring a year, two young men started from Alma, Wabaunsee county, Kansas, for Puget Sound, and to save money they came by wagon They had two good horses, a good wagon. It took them till October to make the trip; and, upon their arrival their wagon was about done for, as was also their harness, one of their horses died soon ofter their arrival, and the other was so used up as to be almost worthless; besides all this they spent for feed and provisions, on the way, $160 cash. To have come on the railroad and the ocean steamers, would have cost them each about $60, and the loss of fourteen days time, and then they could have each found read, employment at thirty dollars per month and boarding, as this is the least wages paid here; besides all this, they would have arrived here in the spring season and had the whole season before them in which to become acclimated." |
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