Yankton daily press and Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1875, 1875-09-11

Spring ranch. The proprietor, .familiarly
known % Patsey," lives entirely alone,
but the dinner he got up for us would have
done credit to professional cook. Patsey
10 an ex-newspsper man and has worked on
various papers from Pittsburg to San Fran.
etseo..Ne told US That correspondent.
Of the New York Herald, who was with
the Jenney expedition, was very much dis
gusted because he didn't find fried chickens
and eggs on the table. wherenpon Patsey
expressed his regrets and assured him that
the next time he came that way he would
furnish him with an abundance of chicken
and eggs, and also pie and pound cake
The Hawk Spring ranch Is situated in an
immense cattle range and from his cabin
door Patsey pointed out
CRElGHroNs MAIN CAN'T.
or rather the butte near which 1t is located.
He said there were at least 1000 head Of
cattle feeding on that range, and soon after
leaving the ranch we passed several groups
OF cattle bearing the Creighton band, all of
which were as sleek and fat as seals. The
cattle are allowed to follow the promptings
of their own sweet will and roam over the
country unmolested by herders until the
season for the an nual counting and brand.
ing comes round.
THE COUNTRY
thus far Is not Of q very attractive character.
For half dozen miles out OF. CHEYENNE we
had fine gravelly roads. Then We cncoun.
tered stretches w hefe-tl4e -sana-pfetloa,-
mated, with an occasional mile or so of
good travelling. The ground is covered
with buffalo and gramna grass a few inch
e. in height, and here and there, along Pole
and Horse creeks. we found small patches
Of meadow. We have not meta team un.
til late this afternoon, since leaving Chey-
enne, just before reaching this ranch we
passed half q dozen OK teams engaged in
hauling hay to Fort Laramie.
OLD RED CLOUD,
our present quarters, was abandoned about
two years ago, and the agency removed 80
miles still further north. The buildings
are made Of sod, and are now occupied BY
Nick Janis, Frenchman, who has been in
this country since 1e40 He has served the
government repeatedly as an Interpreter, in
which ca6city he has made frequent visits
TO Washington. He is enrolledIas a mem.
Der Of Red Clouds band Of Sioux, and
draws his regular rations and supplies of
clothing, tobacco, ETC.. when at the agency.
He has very comfortable /and commodious
quarters here, on the /north bank of the
North Platte. and u doing finely at the
ranching business. /fIe is a tall, heavy set
man. being six fest high. and will weigh
about two hundyed pounds. He has all the
characteristics/ /of q Frenchman, speaks
English. wiz very slight accent. and can
rattle of bdlf dozen different Indian dia.
lects, bllpd folded and with one hand tied
behind him.
WHAT HE1THlNKs ABOUT -THINGs
Janis thinks Saville is an honest man
3nd that the only reason the Indians do moi
Hget tirst-class supplies is because Uncle Sam
don't pay first-class prices. He says Marsh
is humbug. and that Welch is crotchety
old fellow. He has spent several weeks in
the company of both of these latter day
ret0rmers. and says that when he met
Marsh in Washington recently, and the
professor attempted tointerview him on the
ration business, he refuscd to talk to him
He says that In making treaty with the
Sioux, the commission should 70 slow but
he thinks weeks talk will be quite suffi
cient. He is going to Red Cloud day ate,
to morrow, and will he present at the coun
Gil. He will object strongly to the govern
ment giving the Indians, money for th.
Black Hills, for he says II they were giver
money the agencies would swarm witt
thieves and gamblers. who would sool
absorb all the Indians wealth.
AN INDIAN LOVE STORY.
Last fall young Sioux girl was induced
to marry against her own wishes. She hat
long loved young man of the tribe, bu
the iiatter-was not consid by tic stcrl
parents as desirable match, and the cir
had been ordered to give him up. Ate
the marriage took place, the young wifi
became 80 sick that She refused food, an,
in . few days thereafter was confined to be
bed. Late one evening she ceased to breath
and was buried aiter the Indian fashion o
an elevated pole platform. :he face beinI
left uncovered according to a request pm
viously made by the unhappy wife. Th
deceased wac supplied with the articles Q
food which are always furnished in sucl
cases for the use of the deceased in th
journey to the spirit land. and for an hou
or 80 the bereaved young husband sat upo
the burial platform mourning for the DE-
parted one That night the camp wa
moved, % is the custom of the Indians a
ter death has occurred in the tribe, an
the next day the husband returned to n
I sume his mourning. but was astonished I
find that the corpse had been removed, an
with 1t the store Of provisions left upon th
platform. An excited search followe'
which resulted In the discovery that II