PRELIMINARY TO THE APPENDIX. 



rriHE officials of the new States and Territories are con- 

 stantly overwhelmed with letters of inquiry from all parts 

 of our own country and the Canadas, and even from Europe. 

 Some of the writers wish particulars concerning the opportuni- 

 ties that exist for obtaining homes ; others seek information as 

 to the best points for hunting ; while what to bring with them, 

 in the way of household goods, and farming implements, or 

 guns, dogs, etc., is the common Question of nearly all. 



While engaged in preparing " Buffalo Land " for the press, 

 I published in a newspaper at Topeka a brief summary of the 

 information then at my command upon the subjects above 

 named. The result was the receipt of a large number of letters, 

 asking for all sorts of details, many of which I found it im- 

 possible to answer through the mail. This fact, added to the 

 requests of various public officers, whom I take pleasure in 

 thus obliging, has induced me to attach an appendix to the 

 present volume, containing a condensed statement of such 

 matters (not elsewhere described in this work) as will assist 

 parties westward bound, whether emigrants, sportsmen, or 

 tourists. 



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