PRELIMUSTARY TO THE APPENDIX. 



rilHE 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. 



(431) 



