New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-02
DAKOTA.


cerrespcr dsuce Of The n. 7. Tribune.
YAAKros, Dakota. June H. 1852
The Territory Of DAKOTA. organized by act OF
Congress in February, 1861, lice immediately west
Of the Safe, oil Iowa and Minnesota, north OF the
Territory OF Nebraska, extends westward to the
Rocky Mountains, and north 10 the British pos
sessions Its area 81 900 square miles, il equal to
that u feven States Ike NewYork, and the coded
portion o. IL lands under tie treaty with the Yank-
ron Rvar Indians, amount to fourteen millions Of
acres in tie southeast portion Of the Territory and
now spbect 20 occupation and settlement.
Yankion, tie capital, is located on the Missouri
River. 90 iuiIes from the Iowa line, and about dre
vest from Chicago, tie Missouri River being navl-
cable foc steamers at least 800 miles above this
point,
qss principal settlements are Sioux Fails, on the
Big Sioux River near the Minnesota line Elk Point,
Biulcy Creek, Vern on, Yaukton, Bonhomme,
Greenwood. and Fort Randall on the Missouri, AID
Peribius in tue northeast. The bottom lands Of the
Al.so..i and other rivers are of the iaosi beautiful
and ,rrfile ce.ruptioH; the prairie Lands are high
AID rollirg wei wa.ered free from Marches or stag
pnft waters aod covered with the richest pasturGge
40 country can present greater inducements for
stock iatuing, delay being requisite for tue most
extensive operations therein, tie meadow anu pas
ture Hn5. beng ready FOR instant Use.
4 -uiii'ient supply o! timber FOR tie present II 10
be fOld along the Missouri md other rireans, ana
d mnrlrt for produce already exists IN the emgra-
lion steadily flowing inio the Territory, the lndlaD
Agency o. oreeuwo od. Fort Randall, garflsoned by
three % iOdr hundred soldiers, and the gold regions
recently discovered near tie headquarters 81 the
Ni.soln, Yui 10 which large emigration las taken
place this Spring.
Inc climate OF Dakota varies with the latitude Of
~ different localie. lut il IL everywhere hesth-
ful and uder han the same latitude east OF me
Mississippi The purity OF the air Is remarkable,
aud no direasee of the lungs are Known. VI Il I'M
possible when coufid,r the fertility OF the soi,
tie slnbfity Of the climate aud the convenience Oi
access IRON. the States, thar this most magnificent
farming country con long remain nnocrupied, aud as
soon 40 the rebellion IL crushed ont and the business
OF the country rcsumes is NOuted channels heavy
emig alton will ll)w into tlo Territory.
Ipropose the iefore. through your wldely-eXtended
circulation, by your leave, TO ep the people OF the
States po,ted mp from time 70 time "a 10 the advan-
tages this Territory affords an agricultural ana IN
dustrial population, the discoveries made mere 10
natural history, metals ana mneral. the iaclitie'
afforded by the different waters 10 emisfatlon nitner
the improvements made in the navigation Of our
rivers; aud The political, commercial educational,
AID social progress of our people, hoping itat many
Of the patrons OF THE tribune may lind II Tor their
in crest to hele and by their Industry, expert
aud enterprise, and u III louhu me o! rec
Empire States from the Big Sioux Myerto The South
Pass Of the Rocky Mountains.
No man who has not seen the mighty West car
appreciate It's vast extent, its boundess resources
aud It's capacity for productions Nil that Is lacking
now are tue s.rong arms and willing hearts or the
millions OF laboring H.. IN End women crushed down
and kept down by the iron heel OF merclless and I'M
relenting capital.
The recent passage of the Homestead bill by Con
Qress, which your journal has long aud ably ad
yoeeted renders 1t unnecessary longer 10 be poor;
there is no family in the land, thanss 30 your noble
efforts aud those Of your Associates, who may no,
have a hearthstone and home. Let. then, the poor
aud honest working men of tho East come with
their families 10 the fertile pla OF Dakota claim
and possess each his quarter section, and secure be-
yond all contingencies, nciLth happiness and indie
pendence. iANAros sioux.