To the agriculturalist I can speak favorably of Kansas, Nebraska (page 40), and eastern Dakota; but should the _Indian Territory_ be opened to settlement (as it will soon be), _there_ is the place to fly, for it is acknowledged the hot-bed of the West. Emigrants will find it convenient if prepared with a mess-box as described (page 94). For cattle and sheep business on a big scale, go to Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico (page 168). For health-giving and delightful summer-resorts (and I might here add that there are thousands dying in the East to-day who would be hale and hearty in the West), I can speak highly of Manitou Springs, Colorado (page 258-264), and also Las Vegas Hot Springs, New Mexico. The latter are twenty-two in number, and beautifully located about four miles above the pretty city of Las Vegas. They have an altitude of six thousand four hundred feet--the elevation which has made Colorado such a favorite resort for those affected with pulmonary complaints--with a decided advantage over some of the northern resorts as to latitude and health-giving climate. The character of the water is similar to that of the famous Hot Springs of Arkansas, as shown by the following chemical analysis made by Prof. Hayden, United States geologist: ---------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------- CONSTITUENTS. |SPRING NO. 1.| NO. 2 | NO. 3 ---------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------- Sodium carbonate | 1.72| 1.17| 5.00 Calcium carbonate }| 1.08| 10.63| 11.43 Magnesium carbon’te }| | | Sodium sulphate | 14.12| 15.43| 16.21 Sodium chloride | 27.26| 24.37| 27-34 Potassium | Trace| Trace| Trace Litheium | Strong trace| Strong trace| Strong trace Silicid acid | 1.04| Trace| 2.15 Sodium | Trace| Trace| Trace Bromine | Trace| Trace| Trace Temperature | 130°F| 123°F| 123°F ---------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------- This showing speaks volumes to those familiar with thermal springs. Their waters are of a superior medicinal character. The climate is not bleak nor harsh in winter, and is very bracing and pleasant in summer. The plateau upon which they are located may be considered the great sanitarium in this country for lung-diseases. Prominent Boston gentlemen have purchased and improved the property; and every visitor is delighted.