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CHAPTER VII CONTINUED (30)
Ah tlio population of proBpuetorH had
brought nothing to hugln with, their
very first ucqulHltlon contorod In tho
piOHpoetlvo capital In tho procusH
and motlioilH, an woll as tho place of
fixing It. 14 very othor ncl of tho log
Islattiro was snhordlnato und huIihI-
diary to this ono nummiro and motlvo
of creating Hotnothlng for a common-1
wealth composed mostly of specula-1
tors and largely of carpetbaggers. It
does not disturb this proposition that
Hitch men as Thomas 13. Cnmlng, O.
D. Richardson, Samuel 10. Rogers, A.
D. Jones, Andrew J. Popploton,
Gcorgo li. Miller, A. .1. Ilansc.om and
Thomas Davis remained and some of
thorn to this day to bo capable build
ers of their city and their state, and
to llluslrnte staunch citizenship there
in. For If their main object In mak
ing Omaha a place by placing the cap
ital there had failed, not all of them
would have remained in Nebraska,
and none of them In Omuha, for there
would have been no Omaha at least
nono worthy to command such cap
ablo handiwork as theirs. In success
fully pressing on to the mark anil
prlzo of their calling, the leaders of
tho capital contest exhibited ability ,
and skill of no mean order. As for '
tlio rest of the work of the legislature,!
as wo should expect, from such con
ditions, that which was not merely
Indifferent must be rated as bad.
The Arrow of Omaha and the Pal
Indium of Rellovuo mirror many In
teresting incidents of the first days of
civilized and organized Nebraska. In
its Initial number the Arrow Instructs
those not to tho manner born as to
tho ipronunciatlon of Omaha: "As
many of our foreign friends will bo
unable to pronounce this word wo will
from our Indian dictionary assist,
them. Tho proper pronunciation Is
O-inah-haw, accenting tho middle syl
lable." Since tho editor was a tenant
at will of the Omaha tribe, and a few
weeks later published an admirable
description of the village of tho tribe
which was situated about sovon miles
to tno southwest, ho could speak ex
cathedra. Rut civilized usago has sac
rificed melody and euphony to con
venience by forcing tho accent back
(or forward?) to the first syllable
Tho samo Inexorable mechanical law
of civilization has substituted for the
beauteous, unconventional slopes and
freoly Irregular lines and tho grovo.s
as naturo placed them, streets and
grades and cuttings and piles of brick
and mortar, all In hard-and-fast and
stiff roctangulnr lines; and tho groves
have boon wholly sacrificed to the
samo Moloch. But by tho law of com
pensation this is tho prico of prog
ress. . i
October C tho Arrow notos that in
his recent visit to Omaha City the
commissioner of Indian affairs "found I
no fault with the settlors for tho oe-1
cupancy of tho land," and to invest
this official wink with still greater aug
gestlvenesa It Is further stated that "a
gontloman who accompanied him hero
purchased a number of lots." The
Hamo Issue notes "long trains and
largo herds of stock dally arriving at
Bluff City and crossing to Omaha on
tho steam forry Marion." On October
20 tho Arrow announces that at tho
lato session of tho Iowa conference at
Keokuk, a now district, known as tho
Nebraska and Kansas missionary dis
trict, was established, at present un
der Presiding Elder M. F. Shlnn of
Council Bluff City, tho stations In Ne
braska being Omaha City and Old Ft.
Kearnoy. This was doubtless tho first
formal invasion of Nebraska by tho
groat plonoor Methodist church. The
namo paper, on November 3, gavo tho
following Interesting statement of tho
boglnning of Tekamah: "The No
brasKR Stock Company . . . havo,
. . . upon their claimed lands, some
fiftjv.flvo mllos north of this placo,
. . , laid o-ff a beautiful town or
city plat, called Tecamah. Tho county
!s called Burt, . . . after our lato
respected and lamented governor."
Tho samo isKuo argues In favor of
holding a mass democratic convention
to nominate a candldato for delogato
to Congress. And notice of tho ad
vent of tho first physician of Omaha
Is of more than passing interest:
"Although but little sickness pervades
our prairie land wo can but congratu
late our citizens upon tho acquisition
of a young and apparently well quali
fied physician to our society." Tho
first editor of Nobraska little know
how peremptorily tho career of Dr.
Mlllor, tho first phvsleian of Omaha,
was to require a slight distortion of
the meaning of what ho was writing.
It wns not in tho professional, but In
a much wider sense that Dr. Miller
was to become a phvsleian to Omaha
in her subsequent Ills and aliments.
On tho 10th of Novombor tho Arrow
notes that a new town has been In Id
off ono mllo below tho mouth of tho
Platto rlvor and lots wero to bo sold
on tho 13th. "It Is at present named
Plattsmouth and will doubtloss be
come a placo of some Importance."
In tho same number tho editor's
quaint fancy runs on an excursion
ngainst tho "new-fangled names which
theso reformers hitch on with a flour
ish to town sites, rivers, etc., through
out tho territory." "It Is not," ho
protests, "old fogylsm to doslro a re
tention of those names in our nralrio
land which have become as familiar as
household words to plonoor mon.
Point us out if you can anywhere In
tho English langungo any names more
musical or more appropriate to our
territory than theso which exist
amongst tho Indian tribes or havo
boon affixed by old frontiersmen."
And then ho cites as examples of his
outraged taslo tho substitution of
Klorenco for tho good old significant
and appropriate name of Winter Quar
ters. "Next comes Bellevlcw a Ilttlo
better It Is true but partaking of tho
samo fanciful air." Tho name of Ot
too, originally selected for tho placo
now called Plattsmouth, "was a good
one, and far bettor than tho modern
Innovation. Mt. Vornon, tho namo of
the beautiful slto at tho mouth of the
Weeping Wator, is another bad selec
tion; why not call It after the pleas
ing namo of the river?" "And so,"
he laments, "It Is all over tho terri
tory; city and town sites, rivers and
eluded "tho ladles" In dupllcato, wero
offered and responded to.
Tho Issue of August 1G states that
"tho Presbyterian hoard of foreign
missions for tho benefit of tho Otoo
and Omaha Indians was established In
tho fall of 1810," and "tho mission
buildings wero built upon a largo
scale, having ovory necessary accom
modation for ono hundred persons."
In tho whole range of their descrip
tive articles wo find these "rough"
pioneers still harping on esthetic fca
turos. And so this mission, we are
told, "Is built upon the brow of an
eminence that overlooks tho majestic
Missouri and surrounding country,
and upon which naturo has lavished
crooks havo with but fow exceptions jlier charms with unsparing profu-
undorgono an awkward and unbecom- slon."
Ing chango of names; an abandon
mont of these beautiful and original
names which ofttlmes lend an air of
And then, moved to overstrain his
eye of faith, tho editor sees that
"Bellovlow is destined by naturo to
enchantment and pleasure to tho' become tho metropolis of learning as
placo." well as of legislation and commerco
Thus at tho boglnning this volun-l'" Nebraska." In eight months after
tnry denizen of the wilderness, untu-,too visions of glory had thus
tored in the arts, expressed a truth ; strained his aching sight, tho confi
that has rankled In the heart and dent prophet wns to abandon tho
mind of every sensitive citizen of the, fruitless and hopeless field. Mr.
commonwealth to this day. And so Reed's judgment was at fault in that
It seems that taste, that unapprals- K had failed to apprehend that the
ablo gift of Ood to His creatures period of nature-made capitals had
some of them compound of sent!- on superseded by man-mado capl
ment and judgment. Is born and not ll'H' Henceforth railways and not
made. Tho schools may lead It out God-chosen sites wero to locate the
und rectify Its vision, but If It has Important towns, and tho destiny of
but being In tho soul It will soo railways is dictated by men. In brief,
straight and clear to tho eternal fit-1 '"an was not only to propose but also
ness of things. What pity that our almost absolutely to dlsposo of town
poet-editor was not a Poo Bah, with! sites. When In 18BG two or throe rail
a lord high executioner resolute to way magnates diverted tho Rock P
enforce his decrees against those Innd lino from tho proposed Plgeot
counterfeiters of names. Through our Crook route to the Mosquito Cree'
obtuseness or vanity or other Infirm- route Omaha's permanency bocanu
It v irenornl nnd In-nnnrnhfn vlnlnnno possible and probable. When, in 18G7
has boon done to tho native names of t'o Union Pacific bridge was locate
Nebraska. It is slight consolation to Omaha after a fearful struggle be
know that this esthetic rape was not tween men, Omaha was made am'
committed without protest that at Rollovuo's last hope was destroyed,
the first there was at least ono qvo Again tho editor's vision of the corn
to pity though there was no arm to lnK educational and political capital
save was qulto right In general and wrong
Her dato lamented tho samo mlsfor- l"" ' ,
.. ' , where" and there was a capital the
And bore wo can not but pause to ortodox editor could not have com
lament the stupid, commonplace, and rohonded that his prophecy of a cap
often ribald names entailed upon tho !tal thouch not of his capital was true,
rivers and other features of tho great Tho panncuum 0f November 29 calls
West by traders and settlers. As tho attention to tho fact that, "In accord
aborlglnnl tribes or theso magnificent nnc0 wIth tnc custom of our Puritan
regions are yet in existence, tho In- ancestors" the acting governor had
dian names might easily be recovered; designated tho 30th of that month as
which, beside being In general more the first Thanksgiving day. The edi
sonorous and musical, would remain or is a moral exotic, somewhat mis
mementoes of tho primitive lords of nlnc0(1 in this western desert, and
the soil, of whom in a Httlo while , ntter for tho society of eastern round-
i-iruu any iruco win no leu. inuoeu. , XP, than of western cava er. And
It Is to bo wished that tho whole of
our country could bo rescued, as much
so ho moralizes: "Although wo have.
ns In all new countries, comparatively
as possible, from tho wretched no-jntti0 to bo thankful for, we have suf
menclnturo inflicted upon It. by ignor-I finlnnr tn insnlrn nnr cratitndo and
ant and vulgar minds; and this might ' praise." It is difficult for this sever"
be done in a great degree, by restor
ing the Indian namos, wherever sig
nificant and euphonious. As there ap
pears to bo a spirit of research abroad
In respect to our aboriginal antiquities
wo would suggest, as a worthy object
of enterprise, a map or maps of every
part of our country, giving tho Indian
nnmes wherever thoy could be ascer
purist, to acknowledge anything good
In a froo lance like Governor Cuming,
but ho comes to it grudgingly and
characteristically:
"We havo reason to bo thankful
that tho governor has thus publicly
acknowledged tho Supreme Ruler, and
recommended a day of thanksgiving
to bo observed by tho people of this
talnod. Whoever achieves such an territory on tho very threshold of their
object worthily will loavo a monument
to his own reputation."
territorial existence. Wo hope this
ordlnanco will bo respected and per
Tho first, number of tho Palladium, potuuted from year to year to tho
July in, 1851, states that John F. Kin- latest posterity."
ney, who had lately boon appointed In the next number tho editor tells
chief justlco of Utah, had given the us that "Wo wero greatly pleased to
,nnmo "Bill Nebraska" to his son, born witness tho general Interest which
1 fit Dr. M. II. Clark's hospital, Nebras- this festive occasion seemed to awak-
ka Center. June 10. 18K1 "tho first en among our citizens, and tho zeal
i white child born in the territory sinco which they seemed to manifest in tho
I tho passago of tho bill.1' Strong faith exorcises that belong to this time-
In tho futuro development of tho conn- hallowed Institution. . . . The day
try is a characteristic of pioneers, and was calm and lovely, and tho earth,
may bo traced, in part at least, to tho though robed In tho dark hues of au
las! inct of duty and necessity. It Is tumn, never appeared more beautiful
cherished from tho feeling, not always than on this consecrated day." And
clearly conscious, that roqulslto cour- bo goos on to say that, "considering
ngo and tonacltv of purpose can not tho placo, a largo and respectable an
be sustained without it. A striking dlenco attended public worship hold
example of this kind of faith Is found at tho mission at 11 o'clock a.m. An
in a "puff" artlclo about Nebraska excellent lecture was delivered on the
which Indulges In the prophecy that I occasion by the Rev. Wm. Hamilton,
tho Platto river will after a while bo- founded on the following text: 1st
come navigable "According to the , Thessalonlans, nth Chapter, 18th
statement of experienced nnvlgators verso: 'For In everything glvo thanks,
I on tho upper Missouri the Nebraska for this Is the will of God concerning
( Platte) Is now a much hotter stream you." A remarkably largo portion of
for navigation than tho MIsouri was his available space Is given up by this
;twenty-flvo years ago." This number devotional editor to nn exposition of
also gives nn account of tho first for-1 tho traditional first, secondly and
mal celebration of Independence Day (thirdly of tho sermon,
which took place at Rellovuo. Tho Alas, for the editor. Even tho pau
eharactcristic serious rellgious-sentl- city of things temporal for which to
mental temperament of tho editor Is, bo thankful, and for which ho had
touched by tho scono:
"Tho assemblage mot near tho In
dlai agency, under tho broad canopy
of heaven, and seemed to havo hearts
as expansive as tho groat scene of
naturo In which thoy woro situated.
If tho spirit so beautifully and freely
manifested on this soul-Inspiring occa
sion bo an Index to tho future charac
ter of tho vast multitudes who will
soon como from tho four quarters of
tho earth, to mingle In tho pursuits
nnd pleasures of this people, then It
will bo truo, as it was remarked by
ono of tho speakers, that 'this country
will bo Indeed tho "Eden" of tho
world.' "
Tho editor himself was presldont of
tho celebration. A committee con
sisting of Judge Ti. B. KInnoy, Stophon
Decatur and C. T. Holloway presented
patriotic resolutions which did not ne
glect to" point out. that Bellovuo was
tho ono nnd only placo for tho capital.
A vory long list of toasts which no
glcctod fow patriotic topics, and in-
murmured, Is soon to bo further re
duced by tho designation of Omaha
as tho capital of tho torrltory, thus
swooping away his first ancl last hopo
of something worth living for at Bello
vuo. And while theso faithful souls
wero holding their devotional services
on Thanksgiving day, with an ill
timed trust In tho justlco and right
eousness of thoir capital cause, their
Omaha or rather Council Bluffs ri
vals, truo modem hustlers, woro trust
ful, too, but In their own Intention tc
command and use whatever means
should be necessary to appropriate tha
prlzo. discarding moralizing, and, It Is
to bo feared, morals as well. Thoy
woro so trustful In thoir own resources
that while thoir oppononts on thai
first Thanksgiving day prayed, nnd
laid down tho rules of righteousness
and justice, thoy hustled and laid up
tho walls of tlwi capltol, whllo yet thoy
had no assuranco, but self-assurance,
of its uso.
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