, 1873-11-07
whole acona ID one Of surprising beauty. i
mist DO Boon to bo appreciated.


contninn several thousand inhabitants, and is
placo Of very considerable business. It Is sitn-
ated tho caAt bank (,orth bunk hero, for tho
river r,ns almost duo onst) Of tho Missouri, 475
miles ncnrly duo weat Of Chicago. 1t
has two railways cast,-botl, RIM on tho sanlo
rack GO iniles. to- LoAfura,-tlo Duluqno 1t
Sioux City and tho 81. Pull 4 Sioux City; ono
south to Couttcl nl1lffa at.l ONO west
THE DAKOTA RouTnEnS--
to Ynnkton, tho Capital Of Dnkota .reritory.
Tholatsor road. VI miles long, ia duo to CIncago
enterprise, and right royalty, It iH to DO hopod,
oity IL indebted to g. q. nl,tl j.. II. Witkcr md
J. II. Aockling, Es1A., for tho building Of thiH
road, During tho month Of Soptonbor, 375 cars
Tt hent Sssoa onst a noko
~ to ArllwnMkeo.-i1. all 13s,75o bnaliolH. Too
much credit cannot lle awarded to Mcssra.
Wicker a,l Aleckling for their 1iorvo md ontor-
prize in oponing Bo important q hoetson Of tho
country to tho trade Of our city. Pive yeara
ago Ciicago derived soarcoly any benefit From 1t,
yANKToI,
tho Capitnl Of Dakotn,- -a1rcaly n city Of 1000
to 1900 in1labtnnta,-iA beautifully situated On
tho cast, Or rather nortll, bank Of tho Missouri,
lliyor. Tho railway wns opened to business Inst
February; prorionB to, Which timo, Yaniton
seemed AWAY out OH tho borders. among tile In
asntot9 1r awSy i9T IRpp RS9po e. to 4a 1
there ia no nw, or rather no disposition among
Judges and jurors tn execute 1t upon tho most
Aendist nl,lrdorers, II Hoenls to bo ono Of the
most quiet and otu9ray nttlo clties possible
lIiB Excelloncy dov. Hurbank took the writer to
a couple of elevations Immediately north
OF tho town, which afford most Bplon-
did view Of tho yailoys of tho
Missouri and tho Dakota Rivorp. It is n country
Of groat beauty md riuhnoBs, sooh to be filled
with an entorprisng, prosperous people.
r,t1: srENNosrrEs;
from Southern Russia, hayo selected lnrge soc.
tion Of country III lilo two southern counties Of
Dnkota NJ their futuro home. A delegation OF
them aro nlroatly OIL tho ground, md it IL said
tint 1000 families moro will come OIL in tho
spring. They nro reported to DO d very indus
trio,,s, quiet, and prosperous people: and Dr.
kota ulny congratulate herself On no important
visit to innkt0n III Btlre to mike ono woll
acquainted with oil tho facts in relation to the
MURDER or GEN. M'cooK
Tho roaters Of The TRIBUNE nj tho timo were
mado acquainted witt, tho bickening, dotnila Of
very spot where 1t WIS done; to SEQ in tho walls
the holes mao by tho tleudiy Hlots of tho m,1r-
lercr; and to hear from those Tint saw tho
bloody dood \ minute account Of it,-ali stamp
it as ono of the most malignant murders ever
Eor1,otrated III tho criminal aunalB of tho coun-
Try. Tor tint tiendlsh net there is no oxcuso
mud no palliation. And yet aupplo Judge atl-
mits the murderer to bnil on tho proBont~
mont Of a Grand Jury-if not Sub
orned, certainly Of tho basor sort-wlo
bring In a bill for ono Of the lower grades
of mans]aughtor! Dakota will fcol for
Years tue bnleful effects OF such n mockory of
irstice. Tho mon sho most needs to give char
nctar to her rising institutions will not trust
their lesiuies and that of their families among
| such n people. Thcy wilt stay awny or, what Is
far worso, 4 few more such bald farces will walo
M tho vengeance Of Judge Lynch. There is q
point beyond which stern Justice will not permit
4 wicked 1eryerYion of law to no. YauSton il
too near the mining districts to try many s,tcl
experiments. This il q nero statement Of facts
tho writer OF thia article 11o uovor could writo
one word that would give tho lcast particle Of
encouragement to nlob-law.
or colirno iu u bortler-t town ono hears m,1cl,
THE ,sn1Ass
They nre 40 fnr nwny rrom Yo,,kton. an1
there ire 40 many troons at Fort Randall md
other nouts above that tho neonle Ioro ru.e Il,
no possible dnugor. But Tho ideas Of Gov. Bur
bapjs on tie Indian question are 10 practical ami
SO much to tho purpose TINT Riyo them in sul,-
stance, for tho benefit OF your readers. The
Poncas hnve vory tlne rcgeryation OH tllo south
side Of tse Missouri, directly above the Niobrarn
River. They arc small people. mt. the Gov
ert,or proposes to buy them ont. md TO settle
them. with another small tribe, farther south
aud vest whore they would bo safo from their
onouicH, tho Sioux, WHO tako every opportunity
to murder tho poncns. lIo then proposes to
bring tho several bands Of Sioux md settle them
| there, aud to teach them agriculture and tile
| other arts and usagos OF civilization. The Coy
eminent will then have these Bayages where thoy
| can be controlled. As it is. they are now rowing
over tensof thousands Of miles. and no amount Of
military force stop their nurterous raiila on
tho frontiers. 1t certainly would be tho ,noat
humane. and thousand-iold thu lcast expc,,-
siye, policy to adopt. Tho Indian ling in WASH
ingtoa will bittorlv oppose it, but, for the entro
country. it Ceoms to mo the only choice betwoon
that and determination. These Sioux Indin,s,
scattered among tho valleys Of the stroamB that
| How into tile Missouri, are n power not to be
| despised. Lust winter 14,000 Of thon were
| ca,npod OH tho White River. Tile raneon they
| gavo for congresatng there was. that thore waa
| On abundance Of cottonwood, Which In burning
! makes very light und not disagreenble smoke,
| and tho leavcs md twigs furnish tho best oi
| food for their ponics l]lc SMOKE from pino and
other woods burnt in their tepccs would destroy
| thoir eyes in Il single winter. Whether Gov.
| Burbnnks plan bo aslopted or not both safety
and humanity re1llire tlut su1uc effective policy
should he utiDptotl to keen the Nayage hovdes of
tlo Eour nt 11eora