The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1873-1875, 1874-05-27

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There is no fee, but parties joining vii
ne ed mule,gun, rations, &c.
About the 10Th Of June, ten compa
MES of the 7th Cavalry under the com
mand of Gen. Custer, two sections o
artillery under the command of 1t
Chance. accompanied by 1t. Col. Fred
Grant and Gen. Forsythe of Gen
Sheridan's staff, Col. Ludlow, and
several practical miners will leave Ft. A.
Lincoln for the same region. Their
mission is peaceful one. They go to
explore the country, corps of obser-
vation and will not interfere with the
Indians unless attacked BY them. The
expedition will not be attended by ex-
pense to the Government, as the men
and horses will require fewer supplies
on the march than in camp.
The discoveries which will surely
be made by this expedition will be of
immense value to the people of this
country. The land is known to be un-
excelled for agricultural purposes and
there can be no doubt as to the truth of
the rumors relating to its mineral
wealth. The Bozeman Courier has the
following relating to the country, which
cannot fail to be Of interest:
Parties who have returned from the
Expedition to Tongue River all accord
in one opinion-tha the various val
leys traversed by the expedition repre-
sent the finest country they ever laid
eyes upon. The grass is sufficiently
developed even this early in the season
to cut, and they are of the opinion that
fruits of every kind could be cultivated
successfully. Grape vines, plum trees,
and variety of small fruit trees were
found in abundance. Ash and timber
of like character was noticeable. Min
erals of every kind abound in the lodges
skirting the Valleys: and from what
prospecting was done, there is no doubt
Of the existence of gold in paying guam
titles in many of the localities visited.
As an agricultural country it stands un-
rivalled. The warm season there is EVIL
dently much longer than we have here,
and the valleys are susceptible to the
cultivation of cereals of every descrip.
tion. Vegetables requiring longer sea-
sons of warmth than the present settled
portions of Montana afford, would thrive
in the Yellowstone valley and the va
rious tributaries putting into it. AS
stock growing country it possesses su-
perior advantages-mild, short winters,
little snow and an abundance of grass.
Within few short years, should the
Northern Pacific Railroad fail to open
up to settlement that desirable. section
the hardy pioneers of the West will
make an opening for the more timld i'm
migrant from the East. Even ignoring
it's known mineral wealth, it possesses
other and sufficient attractions to make
its acquisition to the uses of the hus-
bandman one of the necessities Of the
age, and western enterprise will not al
{ low such magnificent natural resources
to remain undeveloped. Should the
proposed military posts be established
in that country, its speedy. settlement
would follow. The danger from Indians
would be so modified to make it safe for
small parties to prospect and work the
mines there, and settlements for agri.
cultural purposes would be made in the
numerous rich valleys putting into the
Yellowstone. ~ 42-t ..~
It is to be regretted that the late ex-
petition did not build stockades and
hold the country. It would have been
the nucleus Of a general settlement OF
the country, and the red man, as in Ken
lucky, Indiana and Ohio would have
been compelled by moral force to have
given way before the grand tidal wave
Of white immigration from the East and
West. Thousands Of persons in both
sections have been anxiously waiting
the results of the expedition. Had th'
latter gotten good foothold, tenablt
even for short while, sufficient is
known Of the Wonderful resources O
the country to have made it the signal
for grand rush, putting to fight the
present impediment to its peaceful oc
cupation. 4 a. s-
The St. Louis Life Insurance Com.
pany, Of st. Louis. No., affords the
most unquestionable security. As 8
stock company it offers to the insured 8
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