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a hilly country & the appearance of the towns could
not compare with those of central Kansas
by any means. The rail road track often
ran parallel witth the pleasant little river
for 3 & 4 miles & an occasional glimpse
of canal boats could be obtained on
its shallow waters.
Soon the broad Missouri river was crossed
and I [?] good by to Kansas and after
crossing innumerable R.R tracks on the other
side of the river the Kansas City station
was reached & after finding where my car
& train were to lead me to Chicago I began
loooking around me for the city that I
had heard so much of but I was greatly
disappointed in seeing only a few [black?]
looking dwelling houses on the lot of a
tall cliff to the east of us, but this
was all I ever say of Kansas City ex
[?] a few negro huts on the bank of
the river on both sides of the [?]. I
have subsequently informed that a large city
of 80,000 souls lay beyond the cliff
where I saw the few houses and that
the other prrincipal rail roads were on higher
ground than the A.J. & [S.F?] and the passengers
on such roads were enabled to see the