Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-08-12

gDo3 body of timber, bs, beyoai this we
Gad Il scsfce. being confined entirely to
the is'ss'is and io- przisie b0.;On.s skirt
ling The riser.
/! ysrtsjlljoa prairie IL TIE aaos. beautiful
agricultural eosa:ry aboye 81. Joseph, be.
iag rssh esIczreoas and clay ssbsoil,
cgrered 70 grez; 1epts s;th black r,oaId.
Jhe trees are sifDilar " sist We sni iower
31sn, sal is addition ne hare tie Amer
sczs EIfn and Box E,ter. Tie rirer is 10
plzces rS3e., strajghter and tol5es looking
taaa beior, but generally is shallow an5
s,cestiayly di@eult 70 nsrisa.e. Afer
Se pass The iaoasb Si yeriailIson riysr, We.
for the Ere. time, End cellars, shich for
soSse distance above are quite sbusdzGt.
J1st .. the nsopsh Of iey.ere Jaaues. on
1Aases sjssre the prairie Dos;om i. very
yiee, AID .pl&si Sore beautiful tbzD AM
JET ssen,
81 Basils Bend, three miles beyond, is
another taoss beaBtiaBi b2:tots prairie. 60
| yerei with rich green grass an5 tr-es in ~
regular ro~s as i plsn,ei ~ .sss. just
'Pr-es'se j. hiSs blrS, oJerisg beaI,i.
III ai;e SDr l9rs. From Dono~s bills
~e bare the high bluffs oa each side, and
the timber gross very scarce, We ses no
more walnut sSI baeiberry. La, eelars
Legja 70 appear, Tie b4nkE maei. sleeper
ard higher tI.aa beIow, aaj sisow tic STRAIT,
lEei layers n ereiaeeous and st,aie forp,a,
tsOa 'Eost bezgiifnily. In places the sane
strata ez.erl fDsr or Gge hundred yards
without The least variation in leyel, thick
ness. or e0ior, All sgoriipg striking ex
smpie u tie aqueous formation Of rock.
The rssefs ir@rerEiag this region are the
Big Sjegr, the VerfniIl1on, James river.
and i'Eag gDi Court or Rapid river. The
later. tie most considerable stream we
s.ase Yasset since Leaving the Platte, rises
scar kaE Hide Peak, 80. far from Fort
Laramie, AID srayerses grea; extent Of
eOsntry 10: IL 10, ns,igsble.
i.ias,is betnsen siOyx City and For.
Ran1sij, a distance 81 2i9 miles, are quite
aarser0a,. The most impostan. one ID
DoGh2nmeisiaDd besxsen aerier JsaDes
sad LEss qgi Court, on The right side oi
The Missouri, IL ten or twelve miles In cir.
euaaferenc.. heavily eorered with wood,
sDi sasd 20 be . famous place for elk, deer.
ani trrker. IL was Dezr the Emanuel
crees Tia; he srs: tra1isg pos. .ith the
fanktoa siosx Indians was es,ablishsd by
Elaansei Dasaal, French Canadian.
sOl f.S from For. gaajaii are three is
iaads 10 toe middle of tie riYer, ,ery near
each osier--froan their similarity, called
,be three sisters. The face II the country
eizages. asj begins to box much more
ari3. The blun, ~-c bolder and less fer.
sIIe. the bsaks are precipiiz.e and barren.
b@siDz dars, y;oosay. burned appearance.
as.i ass ssrong'y isnpregns.ed -',h saline
/ mater. Wick sen5ers ,issas wholly anE.
for vegetation, The character II the eorn
| try is unchanged sntil we reach Bjeu'a
HIIls, sesses d very bod, Irregular bluff
pseb Aore eleyatea ihaa any surrounding
opss. and exiendiHg nearly thirty niles.
+. They nere nansd after French Cana
1isn, rbo frty-Gve yearz ago established
the ffst trading post here, and had rer,
serious 'roabIes ri.h ,hs Sioux In1isns.
Near TIE upper end of Bijoa's Hills ~e
see The results Of the ~ called volcano
aai six assles sboSe this 70 .isaDesota /,
aaosher elresIzs depression in the bIua,
rtsce not ;sore than ten rezrs since bur
niag rolcaao existed.
isaz2iae there are 10. real volcanoes
frt r4st dep,sites Of Ignite, undergoing
aef.ge combustion as s5on AZ brought 10
eDf,.aes with he oxygen Of the air. The
s4IleY of White river IL sssd ~ b -er,
fertile - fsaDy places, compared with the
saroaf4iag conDiry. asi game si,orsds
there, which has made it fsyorise resori
I IN tie Yxnkson IEdiaas for hunting, FISH
. ing ard Planting corn.
| One lsndrei and ffy miles shove For
Randall Il The great b<n3 where the Mis-
socn again esrres E9on itself, making .
distance of f.y miles around ard only
fosr from point 70 point by End. Nidss,
II tie lend IL the ci.2in Of RScks, nothing
uoss dan Z fes Iarge stones projecting
zbon: fyo, ajoye The Level of The river u
io~ water, aaa entirely corered during q
rise.
a. the npper end Of the bend are some
very preespiiate barren ki'ls, slmos. per
pen1iealsr at The rivers edge, snd all the
gsY from there TO the Little Missouri, nea,
s. Pierre, sc pass through dali, monot
oncss cosstry, continuation or II cDtes
Eatez, or burned bills, 50 called from thei,
brossish color. and unusual sseriiity oi
soSI, wholly uniting them for even the
leost st.gief segetzti01.
Besweea Fort Y.erre srd Fort Clark the
character 0. ibe country changes several
times. Eeiow the Big sheysnDe il is very
similar % thai between the Big Berd and
", Pierre, being continuation Of Les
c,tes Bate, And LetweeH that aud the Lit
- sheJense il very pfet'y upland prairie,
-,sa gentle s.ope fror The blIss 70 the
fsers eGge; isi2nds are more numerous
xed better ~oDieS; from iLe Little Sbey
ssas 70 gorezs is mseh good fertile prsi