Pazadutawin cinca Hepan kici. John Sigel Iosamkiyedan. We all sympathize with our friends at the Santee Agency in their present afflictions, and trust the Allwise Father will bring good out of this evil, as we are encouraged to hope from the past history of this people he will do. The schools are all closed. Even the churches are shut for a time.
Guards watch the highways to stop the thoughtless traveler.
Waiting on the sick, planning and praying for the stay of the scourge are the order of the day. To reach it from the east we travel by rail to Yankton, the capital of Dakota Territory, thence thirty miles, by a daily stage line, to Springfield, a thriving little town of some two hundred inhabitants,a nd the seat of the Government Land Office for western Dakota. Looking across the river from Springfield a mile and half, at the foot of the high hills, on the sloping praire bottom may be seen all the conspicious points of the Santee Agency. Rev. A.L. Riggs, oldest son of our father missionary, Rev. S.R. Riggs. Those buildings are all commodious and attractive.