The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1864-08-27
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~ VIRGINIA CITY, MO TANA TERRIs

Il iiesa oVtseu. as they arc with sclumua {,
I scrub oak, one can scarce imagine thas =
is in the, wilds of the far. Hest We a
up all night, and in the morning morn; 500,
4 greeted the Territory Of Dakota Clan,
! without trees. -,s<IsTEsai air b
i On the Sd Of May found ourselves 81 coin,
south. The river here makes q very l,ss
bend, so that in going sixty miles BY rive
We are only ten miles by land from siou.
/ City. ~ ..'.t 'l.2s.' ., ~
i On the 4th, found the grass somewha
Egreen+7 To-day we lost three of our Iaail
pissengsrs, leaving US four yet on board
IThe river. We found. rose absot six inchs,
during the night IN consequence of tn.
melting of the ice in the upper ri4erl-hal
Inct yet reached the annual rise caused VI
THE melting Of the SHOWS in tln,ntoauts.sss
pisnts Of timber. CHI eide -of aivtr.--
This is the, pl,icc fc croigrate. fn coasc-
que9nsse Of the ffeh soil, fpo fastarss Sc are
l,,r'Fg titndsia n tiElhess,,srsas. I,es.s, u,
| May 5th-bassee Karmillion. Rerp ~
tive corpaiiies ot' Iowa trsops-sfalkes Il
name ifran Verpillioh River, which eaI emp
ties. into the Aiissoariiaaithis point. To
Eday guton a.saiidsbat ana had to tske 81
freight % Ser 0Feif.H 5rhis is always e6nsits
cred irSsotSo. Business. Passengers ger,c;s
ally welE-one case Of rpeasles--geportad
doing well.
Nay pth-- The boys brought in plenty "a
rabbits and prairie .eaiekens-vdangerous
hupting cnaceount of the number Of pas
senSers continually shooting the rirer
full MIC: Gf bars ;;iad q liggnt shower. Saw a
feaqtiygiul cascade or waterfall on the left
shere-- Grst cascade eeea or the river
This is rernarkabfe On the, Missouri. not
wifhssendiig its banks, in many places, aro
prccipitous and even mountainous, yet nc
sign OF running brook, mountain torrent,
or ssrgling sprina is hchcld by the trs&s-
eler, This giires ttlo country IN aspeat #
draa-i,,AsEA--aaLinr.- -Asasn .. eiseSsefe 4.
any oaantry,1ar along the ~ eanaerincs o,i
any sttea4ba. 79 2a ~ g}a
y Fay 7th. Lay up Z: 81. TIiialepa--s coup
of feE hopses-aate saw-mill-.ho iaha5-
isanls b fear of haians. An 5la tsa- had
heor receanE killed iT tiiis 4;iic;aitr, aSt
spaar-esssss 9 fsmilFo lEsreL iidisdii.isa ::
this rIeig 6rhooG by 't,,aians.
hsy 8th. lay up III day fye. .rsilos fe--
low Ianktop. the capitaI Of Dakess, TAX
ms OF freighsr-ffeuHd TIE Fa.es only thirti
ty-six inches on the har. This morning
the sun. reqe rleaE;, ard beautiful. After
the rain of, laft night, this il thf- most
sPrires.ike day we hare yet had: the
sestest fel6dEds: the ssehie fs.Rr1 5Hs 90 g :
writing to our nostriisi the aroma 5f =
thousand fldpnra; the forests arc clotsaee..
IL 9. robe of greer: anu the prairie flowers
sIrifg Marton to DC kissed. GTpis dav. as
we 1salk, the deck or rGeiiseg 1noatn the
sfsdo of the tall tree, beho,ding the bear-
tles ofo nsIure NithIan humble spirit of
teys0Gidu, GfD box Up ssthrop ah nature 20
pctJTe'S afod.n III Js-i E5rtHad ...e-
all lsalonkitk 61 the river, t,>e see
workings orz the beaver, that ndpssri4is
animel-larce trees are SeAIeti bv these cree
tures oItting then, trithatheirr tceti the
ssrk OF wbich subsisss- shena fer feod. the
limbfs are carried into tho beaver lodge so
enswer for fooda der:ng. the winter. We
say trees two feet in diauaeter cut (oyyri by
taesc animals fslad completely peeled.A
ltey7 cutoieaT round the tree until it fal.s.,
ahdito see SO small an animal perform spel,
laboci liz perfectly astounding. Acres Of
timber In, many places ARE seen fel,ed ky'
these animals,. iwhieEs resemble some old
sitaber dheing dead and arv..
Is tsken by 1sseaRheas Iaen for fuel i.ajYhas
the iasdt ssrious beaver administers so. the
wants of sntans.l sut n3aH 5t.1 b9i3i2ll91 !.
ri1e l,eavcr asila.se,t 2tei sis foot, digs a.
coie in tae banla. e6,nnsnoihe under water
btt risinslalsovel H. .pbnestatss ,thai bank:
w1ssre, ise hses lsoerre1y srosr we,ves. his
most inreterats anenF.hds The fht!is.ls
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. hiIa sopt--S&s he ,oasfnot
,ta9d smoEe .he iliyss into the water, lard
% rising sft0J the Hrarfaee isil abetii41y the
: hlasdy Ireazzskims. .vE'a 91 .efiAgo9sg % gj
On ttIa Goth, treaebed' Yanktea,o having
'pentr tbe1interinl5nl opuildingi "a beat or
ghter, so ss to get over the bar. have
Rsade 5five zlpilcsIinOtwo weets, ard arg.
lgaia.buiidiug an osherA bo.t. q .tsi. a5s
hamilton, the capital ofiDakota, contains
lao iDhabitants, y and is named after the,
YPsskton Indians, a bard of the Sioux who:
nhabit this section. All villages ia the
" est are called cities !. alt creeks. rivers y
lli1shen, y Esduwds, Goioneis. Judges. CT
D'eneraisg .snd sane say Yankton Ci.y. notS
Wishing tointerferowitn tn established usage.
rhe Tarriteny Of Dakc.s1 contains eniyl
,5O0 0sinhahifaaifs,s al we Wera informed ,kyr
Governor Edaiunds, and about 800 voters.
! 70 capital has a rress-4sthe Dakotian. Two
saloels. one hotel and several stores the
Hhisks is Ihad, but there is plenty OF it,
as il seldom rains here, the farmers de-
pead. ON s3esbpttom lands, as tiss-rS<efJ
usually arisss i'm June to within three or
four feet of ttA. surfacs,' the absorption is
toIproeace good corn. Grass is
plenty, and many 6ne grazing .farrs sGcould
be selected near thh point.
: On the 18th the G6apawa Falls and CUT
ter, two small boats bssnsing to the La
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