MR. EDITOR: I desire to recommend, through your paper, to
all emigrants to Oregon, to pass by the Council Bluffs. The
road from Weston to the Bluffs is now in fine order. All the
streams are bridged or have ferries, so that there is no
obstacle to cause an hour's detention until the company
shall reach the Bluffs. The best route is that crossing the
Nishnebatona at Huntseeker's Ferry; thence by the residence
of Major Stephen Cooper to Port au Poule, where a good
ferry-boat is now in preparation to cross the Missouri. From
the Missouri, at that point, to the Pawnee villages, the
road is much better than on the lower route, and the
distance is about the same.