Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-03-03

By almost every mail w receive letters
from persoss welding ats distance, desir-
iae isiormation rsspsssins Dskess Terri
tory. plyine - 9th : thousand and one
questions wttA reference 70 the suAlisy Of
.oil, IL adaptation 70 genssAl agriculture,
amount aud kind Of timber, extent u sss.
Elements, mos. desirable locations, towns,
rivers, lakes, climate, and health. As We
have neither the time nor the patience 70
reply TO them al in detail, We propose to
give An abridged answer 70 al /, and to sf-
ford them oil the information in our pos
session through THs REolsrER, which We
mail this week to such persons q We be
lieve feel On interest in matters pertaining
to Dakota.
Dakota Territory 10 bounded south and
west BY the Missouri river; sass By the
Big Sioux, State Of Minnesota, and the
Red River Of the North, and on the North
BY the Bri,ish Possessions.
We have 20 personal knowledge With
regard to The character Of the country
comprising the north half Of the Territory.
We are however infornsd, BY those Who
have explored ,hs same, that il 10 al high
prairie, entirely destitute Of timber, ex.
cspsing marrow strip along the Red river.
and some scattering groves Of stuuted
timber 10 the immediate vicinity Of the
Devil's Lake, and tha. The climate is very
similar 10 that Of Northern Minnesota.
Southern Dakota, e that portion en-.
braced in the Yancton purchase, comprises
about the whole amount Of valuable lands
in the Territory, il being wide tract Of
country, extending from the Big Sioux to
the Medicine Mole Greek, nearly opposite
Fl. Pierre.
The Valley Of the Big Sioux, on the
south east boundary lima, 10 neck belt Of
land we'll adapted 10 the cultivation Of any
Of the staples grown in Iowa and Nebraska.
The Big Sioux hides herself in the Me
souri, beneath the shadow Of dense for.
est Of cottonwood, maple, blackberry, elm,
and ash, Of miles in sxseut Al you as
cend the Sioux, the valley is here and
there dotted with thrifty groves, until you
reach the mouth Of the Rock, (forty miles
above Sioux City, above which you will
End the valley and the uplands for miles
around, almost entirely destitute Of timber
until you reach tho Falls on the Sioux,
about one hundred miles from it, mouth,
where you will end limited amour, Of
timber, confined to the immediate vicinity
Of the river. Here the Sioux has suit
cient fell TO furnish power 10 drive any
amount Of machinery, but the scarcity Of
timber and the absence Of coal, place the
necessity for such improvements very re
mote in the future Near this place 10
located . small village, christioued Sioar
Falls City, Of independent Legislative
notoriety.
From the mouth Of the Big Sioux. three
miles above Sioux City, travelling up the
Missouri you pass through the richest and
most beautiful belt Of land 10 the west,
the far famed and unrivall.d Missouri
Valley, varying from seven to fiftess miles
IN width. The uplands. for miles back
from the valley. differ widely from those
in Iowa and Nebraska, 10 that they are
smooth and but gently undulating, and
elninently adapted to the culture Of wheat,
rye, corn, potatoes, aud all the staple pro-
ductions Of the Great North West.
Vermilion is thriving village situated
on the bank Of the Missouri, at the mouth
Of Vermillion river, thirty-6ve miles above
Sioux City. Vermillion has fine location
surrounded by good farming country, and
rapidly growing ses.lemeuta
Passing up the broad valley of the Mis-.
sonri, and after having your eyes delighted
BY . succession of pleasant groves, dark
forests. beautiful plains, sloping uplands,
sparkling lakes, and thrifty settlements,
you reach Yanctou, q young and promising
town OF no mean pretensions, beautifully
situated Immediately on the bank of the
Missouri, near where the James mingles
her crystal current with the turbid waters
of the Missouri, and twenty seven miles
above the Vermillion. Yancton occupies
the old site Of Strike the. Rec Camp"
the chief village Of The Yancton Sioux
Indians; has . very slightly location, an
unchanging rock levee, au unfailing land
ing for the larges. Missouri steamers, and
il backed By the bss. farming country in
the West, which is rapidly being settled
and improved BY IN industrious and intel.
ligent class Of farmers
The interior country 10 watsred by the
numerous tributaries OF the James river,
which are fed BY clear lakes, iringed by
beautiful groves, and Astounding in Gsh Of
the choicest varieties. Passing up the
Missouri you come 10 the "Smutty Bear
settlement, and, farther up, TO the Bon
homms settlement opposite Bouhomme
Island, where there Is also new town laid
out, having . pleasant location and fair
Aud, lastly. after crossing
Emanuel erssk you reach The new settle
Inent on Choutsaa creek. which 10 tbs
southern boundary Of the Ysncton Rsser.
vation.
il 10 however 3 fact that cannot b. dis.
guised that Notwithstanding I'll iss nsssral
advantages Of heal,hidl climate, fertile