Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-02-23


NIT to the conditions upon which our re-
lations must ultimately be regulated than
to strike singh avenging blow. Coercion
will accomplish nothing but loss Of lie,
property and national character.
FROM DAKOTA TERRITORY.
! Correspondence of the Register.
NERMILLIoN, D. r, Feb IS, 1861.
Mr.. EDITOR Il find that Messrs Ar
| buckle, Parmelee, Williams and Harriug.
ton. just arrived from the interior Of Iowa
are about to take claims not far from this
point. They are now in camp, snow
| bound, one mile above. Four families
are preparing to transfer themselves from
| St. James, n. T., to this thriving town.
The proprietor of the Mnlho!land House
is anxious TO sell his eIigibly located hotel
in order that he may be able to retire TO
his valnaos claim, and devote himself
exclusively to agricultural pursuits.
Gospel preaching is enjoyed by th. citi.
zens here erery Sabbath, No other village
in the Territory can make the same AFR
nation. The Presbyterian Methodist
and Episcopalian denominations dignity
Ike town by the delivery Of evangelical
sermons.
Two schools are in operation Two
church elifces are 10 be built this ensuing
sumu.er. In view Of the above, we can
not wonder that NermilIion has far out
stripped all its competitors in the race
Immigrants regard this comb nation Of
advantages as "a magnet of sttrs ction
which it is hard to resist.
We must acknowledge, however, tina,
we have had destructively severe weather
One week last Sabbath night, while the
much lsmented Fiske was being trozeu,
Messrs. Charles, Floyd and Bethards, of
Fort Randall, came near perishing three
miles beyond the place where his body
was subsequently found. When darkness
overlook them, they held a council They
decided that it was impossible to find the
road, and that, therefore, they must bide
the pitiless peltings Of the storm which
was then furiously raging. Upon the open.
unshel,erei prairie, they laid themselves
down upon their sled, and asked God TO
save them from the destruction which i'm
pended over them. Their prayer was
heard, and they were almost tremendously
preserved.
Perhaps ten or twenty years may ela.se
before another winter OF equal severity
will visit this Territory. ALPHA.
Communicated
DIED--At Yancton, Dakota Territory.
on the night Of the 10th lest, from expo.
sure to the severity Of the STORM, Mr.
GEORGE d. FISK, formerly Of Mas
sachasetts, aged 34years.
The deceased bad no relatives this side
Of New England. In 1886 he wandered
from his native State into the great West,
and in the winter OF 1878 he pitched
his fraIl tent on the present towu-ste Of
lancton, as Indian trader, and the first
white inhabitant of the place. He remain.
ed at this post uutil the Indians removed
in 1859, since which time be has been
buslly engaged in his alnest endeavors
to promote the social, moral aud material
welfare of our town and Territory.
On the day of bis unexpected death, he
bad started to return from town 70 his
home, about mile distant. Night was
fast coming on, and the storm was raging |
with violence, and filled with binding aud |
SHOWS pouring from the north
west directly in his face. As darkness |
came on be lost his course and wandered |
through the deep drifts, until becoming
exhausted with cold and fatigue he sank
in dispair to die. He was found on the
following Tuesday about half mile from
town, lying PROSTATE upon his face, in a
rHiaii 'a'.es.
He was kindly cared for by his many
friends, and was buried on the l4h inst.
with appropriate Episcopal ceremonies,
and his body was followed to its narrow
home 10y long and moarnful procession
Of people.
Mr.. FlsK had lived through and braved
down all the dark and discouraging hours
Of his pioneer life, and was now becoming
bouyant with bright hopes and fair expec-
tations of a more prosperous future. He
was esteemed by all as man OF uprish,
principle, and well designed and honest
purpose. and in his untmely death we are
brought to mourn the loss Of one who was
always a friend in trouble, an ornament
to society, and companion in our labors.