New-York daily tribune., 1861-01-19

district on the tract ceded TO the United States by the
Yaneton Indians, and embracing the valleys OF the
James, Big Sioux, and Vermillion In this section
there H. perhaps h enSusI us acres 70 " sbre
not more while III many portions u the northern re-
oion a man may travel three days without hndlng
stick of wood large enough to kill an obstreperous rat
tlesDake.
Big Sioux and the James there stretches away an I'M
mense elevated prairie 0or, without tree or shrub or
running brook. Here the tourist is Obliged TO pass
hundred weary miles while hls strained vlo, iosig
rim of the hollow world he moves in. Yet the soi ls
strong and deep and if these pins are ever raveFsed
las they eventually must bel by railroads, on their way
westward TO the cities destined to gem the upper hs-
sou it will render this of the finest gram fields
and stock regions in the Northwest bnt unless opened
by there nioads Of travel and transportation for the
supply of immigration with lumber and coal, another
generation will find it, as now b0undess 'ture f9r
The elk and buffalo. All the timber in the north Is
confined to the lakes and streams. The Upper MIS-
fouri is completely bemmed in with fringe Of wood
lands and coked with islands of cedar Narrow belts
of timber also skirt the upper wlndngs OF the James
and Big Sioux while in the valley OF the Red River
of the North there is found long line Of forest OF con-
siderable BREADTH which has already attracted thlther
heavy settlement Of ha-breeds and Americans Tins
valley, however is subject to periodical inlndations
caused Ly the melting of the collected SHOWS OF an 0c
casonsl long inter- at which periods the inhabitants
are obliged to fee some thirty miles back TO the
Pembina Mountains. Hence the most desirable lands
in tie Territory south Of 45 and comprised within
tie limits of the YanctOn Treaty, ratified Feb. II,
1859. 1Eis tract was the most valuable of all the
hands then owned by the Sioux Nation
Tie Indians removed from this ceded territory
onto their Reservation, opposto Fort Randall,
in July, 1888; and since then these lands have been
cautiously but gradually settled upon by the whites,
while the red mansi was yet fresh iii the earth,
until now there il continuous settlement from the
mouth Of the Big Sioux l4O miles westward along the
Dakota slope Of the Missouri The recent survey by
Government Of this section has given new impetus 10
Immigration and improvements, and we now begin to
feel the want Of local laws and government, and 10
look to Congress TO extend the protecting hand Of
authority among us. Hence we want an early Terri
toral organization. By resolution OF the lIouse OF
Rerreseitatiyes passed June g. 1853 it was declared
that That the admission Of the State OF Minnesota
into the Union with the boundaries prescribed IN the
" act Of admission, operates az dissolution OF the
nTeritorial organization Of Minnesota and that so
much Of the late Territory of Minnesota az lies with
" out the limits Of the present State OF Minnesota IL
ithout auy diiDcs legally organized government
aud the people thereof not entitled to delegate
in Congress until that right is conferred upon them
by staute. By this il will be that we are in
the condition Of orphan children being not only with
ont paiens care, but we have been stripped OF our
former Territorial garments by the ruthless hand OF
Government, and thrown upon ourselves Tor laws ahd
protection. And having endured the prvations and
hardships Of pioneer life two years and having sOrely
felt the need of courts and civil officers, We last Win
ter earnestly memOnalized Congress to hearOur prayer
and relieve us iron the condition in which we were
placed. But the Democratic Senate was too much
eugrossed in slaves and Government gold to give us
laws without fastening the Black Code on us. Dakota
now numbers about $50 of law-lOvng and lawabiding
people who are engaged in improving the country by
tuifdng roads, bridges, ferries mills churches school
houses and ylages and opening rich farms ON which
they rae large crops :" grain and fine droyes OF cattle
Are not there noble l-Oleers worthy OF Territorial
Government VIII rot The next Republican President
and Congress hear prayer, and grant us speedy
relief We shall look to them to secure this great
boon for the hardy people Of this northwestern Terri
tory We will wait and watch. PIoNEER.