The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1867-07-20
Benton and Missouri River News.

We are indebted to the kindness of Mr.. r.
G. Roosevelt, Wells, Fargo & Co.'S agent, at
Benton, and Mr.. Dick Gillespie, the Com
pany's agent in Helena, for the memoranda,
etc., of the steamer Little Rock, for which we
feel duly grateful, and the gentlemen will
please accept our thanks.
MEMORANDA OF STEAMER LITTLE ROCK.
John S Doyle, Master; Nat ] Johnson, clerk.
Left st Louis May I'd, at a N. Was the thir-
teenth boat TO leave for the mountains In
port loading for here we left eight boats. Ar
rived at Leavenworth, m 9th; st Joseph,
6 p IN 10th; Omaha, p m 18th; Sioux City, 2
a IN goth; passed Nymph No 2, miles below
Yankton Agency, 24th; Fort Randall, 6 a m
18th; passed Viola Belle at head of Big Cedar
Island, 27th; New Fort Sully 9 a m Both; Fort
Rice, p IN, June 5th; met Miner and Waver-
ly below Painted Woods; John p Valtsin, a
passenger, fell overheard and was drowned near
same place; he was going to Virginia City,
where he has relatives; Sth, met Only Chance
at Painted Woods; 9Th, met Deer Lodge and
Cora above Big Knife River; 10th, arrived at
Fort Berthold, p m; met w Ddnce above
the fort; lltb, met Carrie below Knife River
No 2; 18th, met st Johns and Amelia Poe
above White Earth river; 10th, met Noun
taineer below Muddy, Nile at Muddy, and
Yorktown 80 miles above; 18th, Fort Union,
9 a m; 18th, met Huntsville below Cleardon's
crock; 18th, met Ben Johnson at Spread Eagle
Camp; 10Th, met Octavia at Little Porcupine
creek; 9th, met Benton above Morgan's
Houses; Both, met Ida Stockdale at Point au
Pauchet, wrecking the Jas Ii Troyer; July ID,
met G Thomson above Muscleshell river; Sd,
met Amarath above Fort Hawley; 4th, met
Abiona at foot of Birds Rapids; 9TH, met Jen-
ME Brown at head of Birds Rapids, Antelope
at Bears Rapids, Agnes below Dauphin's Rap
ids; Sth, met Tacony above Antoine Rapids;
BE Witt Sheffield, passenger, from Farmers
burg, Iowa, fell overheard and was drowned, 5
miles below Judith river; his relatives reside
in Ohio; arrived at Camp Cook, 9 D m; 10th,
met Big Horn above Pablois Rapids; lIth,
met Tom Stevens at Sandy creek, Gallatin
above Coal Bank; 18th, met Luella and Lady
Grace below Bentonj arrived at Fort Benton
P m; July 18th, made the trip in 734 days; lost
10 days from wind and accident
The following Is a manifest of freight on
board: Ii lnkampe, ~ pkgs mdse; st Louis J.
M NJ Co, 26s pkgs machinery; A NJ Hotter,
SS pkgs machinery; Kirby, 40 bbls fire
bricks; Durfee & Peck, 20 pkgs mdse; John
How, pkgs mdse; c Montgomery, 53S pkgs
liquors, &C., Fort Benton; r Hale, So pkgs
drugs; Novelty Store, 4 pkgs machinery;
Mansfield d Co, S5 bbls whisky; Hatcher,
pkgs mdse; J T Hodge, 75 kegs blasting pow
der; r e Fisk & Co, l16 bdls printing paper;
Mrs NJ A Stairley, pkgs mdse, Helena; Mi
das Mining Co, 939 pkgs machinery, Sterling;
L Daems, l box drugs; + c Tumbler, l box
leather; Quincy Co, boxes boots, Virginia
City.
List of passengers-C Montgomery, II In
kampe, p V Jackson, + SteTk, ID keenan,. A
b Kiser, Frank Allen, L Clark, C Buckley, ID
HittIe, ID Burr, Hill, Fort, E f saw
yer, Mc6inness, G A Prouty and lady, X L
Fisk and lady, Mrs Jacob Smith, Mrs jerome
Norris and son, Mrs Mary A Stairly and two
sons, Mrs ID Hatcher, Mrs A Hall and fami-
ly, Broszmer and lady, Fred Mertesheimer,
Schlmph, Broszmer, HillWort, Mrs
O'Malley and family, II Bersh, A Dimond, o
Rabe, Shlieef, VIM Wynett, Chas McClowry,
G w Horder, A Olesen.
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July 10th. She had no passengers on board
Loaded with Government freight and soldiers
for Camp Cook. The Little Rock was to leave
on Friday.