The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1866-06-30
- [For the Montana Post."]
FROM ST. LOUIS TO FORT BENTON.

u,P rom % OF has nUuS ht taSms and bazardous The
ay Of the boats themselves the uncertainty OF navga
on and the almost constant exposure to the attacks OF
hostile Indians the difficulty in procuring wood and the
mnerfecon of the machinery are either of them, SUM-
cient to cause reflective person pause in selecting TINS
roue as against the speeder afforded by the overland
stage route the tedious by mule or OK tram
the plains There are reasons however in favor OF
the river route The comfort good cabin. ample state
rooms regular meals of river scenery, the
freedom from care delight of social intercourse and the
agreeable recreatons incident thereto-unsh counter
noise 10 the rough Journey by land which has speed only
in its favor before which Indians and sandbars and snags
fade into insignifcance.
Our little company five in number arrived at 81 Lous
ON the evening Of the fourth of April with the ntenuon
taking passage John Roe Co.'S fast sailing steamer me
Fanny Ogden which was advertised 10 leave on he 'h
Awaiting the time of its departure, (wmcn mao peen
changed the 4th) at the Lindel House we ao ou. o
amusement in the meantime preuy extensive ''i
| vey of ST. Louis and its surroundings but
uTbe hest laid schemes O. mice and men
Gang aft agiee"
a., ~, AZ. uo,,,- o,r5an. with sour other |
On the night OF tne itn ne amy 80 ~ and
steamers, Was ou 49,. ~ | s ~. a.eo4n,;shed clerk Mr.
bn Tor ine pronpt ac.o & ~ NC, @ nossessed of
Moses Hnnarol % Wnat @ oe 0u ;sh ber mis- accident
worioy gear woiu =: IL na,o ms necessary While we
maui ,h I Of the Ogden we have had no reason to
regretteu we ios' " te s .toor,ar Ontario ras
complain oi .he -, -; M hasn xed for the
sun ieit 70 US anu al e IS I{ non tSe moment and the
evening Va ~ J,;L. | 80 plopghing the waters of
,poI neSt IaSa, mSin,ry M;ssonri Ss r.
e ihus :; .ho s.ersr,- of This mart of the river
& niS b of interest to vour readers let US improve the
na. Mouia - ~ ; - p ,lonoo OF the company ON
@ unie spo 49, 49, prnashia n.Ttv magine has seldom
poafu 90 n% ;ourpev II were needless to name
% %maue ose Sc - - t 80 rnosa ,bat with social elements
lne. SUI. - ~ ,U V th un;,eJ the re6nemens of cult
oi .1 ie md were all intent upon making the long
Vatea socety, anu Nei On an % iia ;n,mant This sem
UP peioe I :,s 81 = I..I ,rs seated at the tables
uieuI e. as soma read;no Others plaviug at crib
a anu S baeS rammon and the neyer.failing euchre
@ S - ..,I ansaaad in m;scelaneous conversation.
anu o.e SUI 81 TIC third day of the trip we passed
on % 80 af ,ha aorI,; battles of the rebellion
vas fong6t II is quite neat village but bears evidence
f hair h.e, severely dealt with fercer fight than
ta. W oouvs Is evyced in the crumbling walls of Lex
80. SSrthar M, The riyer. whore poor Jack Muigan,
L bs IttIe hand held the rebels in check for eight
N m W Am a. ;ilaoS along ,his mart of the Missouri
zen aays AZ 'ns a. GOOD country surrounds them
h;ah ;s 6ad with thriving German population who
Hi mn,.i . a,aJ ,roo IN the cn,tnIe of the grape
rEhc towns of Wvandott Ieayenworth and Achson in
Ksos are mncb arger and apparently in the enjoyment
IS -. -. 1rnsna,;t,- t,an tbe TOWNS below them Ieay-
th I; tba fnoSt citI ON the Missouri and presents
fm The r;ver a yerv beautiful appearance The build
i @ 81 br;ot and of the largest size of modern bust
nsss bonses Atcbison though smaller than we expected
s er,, nrop,ising town 81 Ioseph in Missouri twenty
miles above has had rapid growth and the rival town
- an,ortb N ;s beantfnI city and will ever main
t; @ noson az second only to st Louis in the State.
After leaving st oseph the evidences of civilization
b 70 Ssanpear The river settlements are very small
on at Ion distances asunder The river itself has
annearance s If belonged in no one channel
c unueneu =. 49,; NbaSIa CtI, and pIasmouth
naor tbs rontL of the platte are promising towns The
sna :; tayorbIv located as pont of departure for emi-
trains acrss the plaips and supports number of
Irae frrisbng estabIisbments The river Platte at its
nntb Is vide and unbroken presentiug the appearance
- a straam The counrv around il is picturesque
o1ol;gh nll,yl
viewed from tbe river has an agreeable sunny aspect
Tho hniIJng are new and bright and the streets built up
more compaetv than in most new towns On command
inc hill oyeooking the town stands the capitol impo
sine strnctre of brick surrounded by the danties little
Cottages in the world The great Central Pacific Railroad
- its s.r tarn,;nns Of tbis nIace Thirty miles of il
@ @ t I,d ad =; r,nnino order With very
J. had ndent as we conceive Il has been built upon the
low ground in front of the town and at the time
Nilsson; WfSs, G'A ''"' "'N
The rapidly increasing current against which owing
the upreeeepted rise of the river good steamer hat
sgc almost from the moment of her entrance into it
became more powerful as we aseended and compelled
several times while passing through the dreay eountr,
- tatwaen Omaha and Sioux Citv TO await favorable
N. change in the wind before we could breast it.
once for all we will here that there is nothin!
striking in the scenery of the Missouri for distance OF w
ous-a range of high bluffs on one side other and
shore of sand continually falling the opposite
mn A day's sail below Sioux City we upon Backbr
Hills soealed because upon the highest point grea
chief of the Omahas by the of Backbd buried
mounted upon his horse: some seventy years ago. Hi
tob is place of resort by the remnant of his tribe VIII
hold his memory in great reverence Father De Smet h
noble ola Jasn missionary who is one of our passengers
has told me some thrilling stories of this savage whc
ty 7 NAV bpreaf fer furnish to your readers r.
Sioux CITY is a kind of oasis in the river desert 1t
located on the river bank and it Ii
last town note AT which our steamer intended sto
;n opr nassepgers gaddened the faces and aided to
h ocets of its traders hy the purchase of such arc
as had heen overlooked in their provisional outfit He
a mot General SnIIv who has been known to us in Mo
tana as the man entrusted by Government with the proe
on of tbe Missouri frontier agaust Indian attack Sui
hos been hns Int his theories of Indian warfare are entire
T. too pacific for mountaneers He Intends making
f on eyneIit;on into the Indian country this season.
Passing Vermliop and Yanckton the capital of Dac
tab We arrived one sunny afternoon at the mouth of
Nobrarah or Eau qua Court river the point where G.
SAWYER commenced his suryey for wagon road across
countrv 10 VIRGINIA En- passant the Colonel adverts
To leave Sioux Citv with Government train for Vrgin
over tbs new route ON the 2Oth of Nav and probab
nov very near here
T. Fort Randall tbe next point made in our trip is We
beautifully located upou high bank which is approach
from tbe river through LARGE grove of coonwoods He
" We nassad a deIigbtfnl evening with the family of
L, rbarnton the commandant in eantonmept
At Fort SuIIy we stopped twenty-four hours to uno
freight and saw many of the Sioux Indians who W,
awaitng the arrival of the Government COMMISSIONS
M With the annues tbey had settled upou by last ia
TT treaty tn deliver The indians have had hard winte
many of them have starved Others have fed upon tn
and dogs % a their SS phsy o as 10
else on the boat after leaving Suy as the Yankt