Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-09-12
sETTLEMExT OF THE YELLOW
STUNE.


The vast region Included ia the country
extending from the mouth vi the Yellow
stone where it empties into the Missouri to
Its head is in a fair way to be settled up. This
scope includes rich valleys tile entire distance,
susceptible Of cultivation. and there is scarce
" any cereal or fruit that cannot be cultivated
successfully. The mildnsss of the winters
all along the Yellowstone contributes to the
successful raising OF crops and fruits, and we
look for rapid filing up Of that region with
thriving and industrious population. Inc
settlement Of the Yellowstone will exert a
marked change in the geographical position
OF the Territory as regards population, aud
will exert controlling influence on the f,l-
ture. location of the Capital of Montana, and
II shows the wisdom OF not having decided
on any fixed place for it heretofore. There
was good Judgment shown In waiting for
events I'm the future to determine that impor-
tant question, and we think it would be the
mart Of wisdom to wait yet longer before the
location of the seat of government is agltated
At ali. IT cannot be determined till the COM
oletion OF the Northern Pacific railroad. IL
will then be seen. where the centre OF popu-
lation will most likely be. There is no ques-
ton that when the Yellowstone is settled
that it will be great powt in Montana. ana
perbaps as desirable as any portion of Mon
tana. Already parties are seeking homes III
and near the Grow Agency, and SO soon as
the Indians leave for their new reservation
on the Judith, the rich lands heretofore he'd
by them will be open to settlement. ms
s;y millions of acres will no doubt be sur
viewed at once. so that settlement can be MADE.
One halt OF it will, of course, belong to the
Northern Pacific. These lands Will De very
valuable, and we look for their occupation at
the earliest practicable moment. TO persons
wanting farms they offer great inducements.
The mildness of the winters. the abundance
of game. and the streams Astounding with
trout. offer the best kind of inducements to
settlers. The range for cattle cannot DC ex-
ceIled anywhere in Montana. and the freedom
from snow in the valleys makes It very deslr.
rbie for wintering all kinds of stock. The
lands OF the crows, recently surrendered by
treaty. are within 80 miles OF Rezeman. and
of easy access. 1t is probable that the Coy
eminent will use the buildings at the Mission
tor Post, and keep several companies OF sol
diers at that point. The removal of the
Crows viii be made at an early day. The
Government do not now make treaties with
Indians that require the ratification Of the
Senate, as was done in former years, but leave
Az q ~ ants
tween Commissioners and Indians to the In
terror Department, TO which the Indian Blu
Ieau belongs We shall, from time to time,
keep our readers posted as to the action of
the authorities in regard to the Yellowstone
reservation obtained from the Crows.
We give the following from the correspon-s
dence of the New York World, descriptive OF
the Yellowstone:
The successful exploration OF the Yellow
stone River. lately announced by General
Sheridan. will probably open up one OF The
most beautiful and wonderful regions Of the
Continent to the tourist and the emigrait.
The military EXPEDITION which assembled the
Yellowstone from Fort Butord, on the Mis-
souri,, ascertaincd the nayigability of this.
great tributary OF the latter stream eighty
paiIes above the mouth of Powder River in
the present year, when the Spring waters
were lower than at any period IN the last
three years.
The Yellowstone is the principal affiuent of
the Upper Missouri, and its volume, as Gen
eral " arren estimated it, is as lai ge as what
Is considered the main stream. The country
dlained by it and the Jefferson. Madison and
Gallatin Forks, according TO Lieutenant Null
lan's report. is one of the M st delightful
and desirable west of the Mississippi gently
undulating prairie, dotted here and there with
clunips at timber. All the streams are tnrest-
fringed, the soil is rich, and the climate, mild
and inyigorating, furnishes all the other eIe-
ments for happy homes. The inclination oi
the Continent aud the watersheds are SO
gradual that Fremont, even III ascending to
the South Pass-hgher than the Simplan or
the st. GOthard over the Alps-had to use the
utmost care to detect the eliminating point
or dividing crest s5
The Yellowstone has its source i'm the
mountain lake Of that name lying bei we e i
the Big Horn and the Upper Missouri
branches, and is characterized by many
islands and BY bold, sweeping curves. FREE
quently infringing on the hill sides. Between
Clark's Fork and the mouth of the Big Hora
It is rapid river. flowing some three or tour
miles m hour and is from five to six hundred
yards wide. After passing Big Horn and
thence to Powder river it resembles he tur-
bid Missouri and exl lands into volume nine
hundred Aads vide. 1t is unobstructed b
difficult rapids and containsnumerous densely
wooded and heavily timbered islands, and
the sand bars could easily be removed at very
little expense. Captain Reynolds party, who
exploredf 1t some years ago, represent its
floods as NIT sudden nor excessive. They
followed it several huadred miles. and ex-
pressed the opinion that it is nav:gable all the
way TO apoint where it issues from the noun
tains, by boats drawing three feet OF water,
from the brat of May to the first nf August
aud pronounced il better Tor steamboat navi-
CATION than the Missouri. The total length
nj the elbows one Is about five hundred and
dfty miles. II our present Information is toll
erabiy correct. about three hundred and fifty
miles Of II will be opelcts to tie busy steam
boat Of the Western waters. The Nortlier,
Pacific Railroad-which traverses the natural
cbannelot the Yellowstone with its soulh
ern connections to Cheyenne and ,Yaiikton.
W u greatly assist in developing the Yell.w-3
atone basin and the many adjoining river val
leys. and Bringing their untold mineral
wealth. and the wonders Of their volcanic Pile
nom0na within reac, OF the settler and Ii he
tourist The completion OF these highways
to tile great National Park and Lake, lying
amid The most fascinating and stupendous
scenery i'm the world, and liia climate the
most favored, will attract thousands Of visit
ors from every part OF the globe. ss staa
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