The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1873-1875, 1875-05-12
Synspsiss of Prof +. ". Hayde1's
Lecture Before tho Dakota Histor-
ica1 Society, Dot. 4th. 1865.
Professor Hayden proc,eeded ia substance as iol

! White river. which rises near tho source oftle
Niobrsra. very thick and muddy with sort Of lime
held In solution coming from the Bad Lands. This
stream y quite Large near IT, source With numerous
is indian mama GeDg the .'Ilesh oolored riyer."
The White river valley one Of the most beautiful
In the xest, having % OF wood and grass
and Is favored pl.n.ins ground efths indian. -,
the Black Hls clasped between istw arms or forks.
These celebrated hills distant outburss Of the
Rocky Mountains, and are q their base about Os0
feet abeye the level Of the sea vhe some OF .ne
From mo- ne.third to onehan of the Biaek Hills are
covered with an abundant growth ef young thrifty
pines many trees @ ron rom .1fse 70 ioon h Tha hs
are abundanty watered by streams oY pure cold wa
ter running through small, beautiful valleys q m
exhaustable fertility. Rain showers are very lre
anens In the vicinity Of the hills. Spring is much
earlier in the Black Hills than in Southern Dakota.
@ Outhe 9Th Of March, 1855, went from Fl Pietrre
to Bears peak and found flowers In bloom on ihe
sunny h side and herds OF antelope qa,esly gtszng
isborn." Six months crops can be; grown In the
Black Hills iIfom the characteristic ofthe cmate
believe that grasshoppers Will never carry Their ae
lyastations into that region. The BothetH8l line
brings the Black Hills climate on an equal tenpera-
ture With that Of the plains, SIX further sout'
The Black Hills form an anti cNnal axis Of an up
heaved isolated layer to the great Rocky Mountain
In the formation Of these hill. as in all mountain
ranges. the u1stratiaed rock are heaved up in
broken and confused mass from below, and are des-
tute Of all traces Of animal lie lntermingled 1nl
these rocks and inthe layers above are found the
aold bearing formations which are developed In the
Black Hills Little particles OF grains ofgold can pe
found on almost any little stream in the vicinity oi
these hills But fold s not .ixsy' 'eVnd We ~ tpsIe
every indicatioo Of rich gold deposits In these hills
my explorations have been more for the puFpsse OF
collecting old fossil remsius tnan gntter1ng Gus.
strati6ed formations lifted up and broken IN tns
Black His Ike the layers of An onion; the frst OF
which is the slurisn or gold bearing rocks.
stasc or red beds gre neat tonno Y .ne S.ssn
period and contain no fossils There Is connecting
link n the ereas geological chain q the globe ana
was first found on this continent y the black mus
Gypsuu beds are found in the Black Hills aIy
3set ii shidk md VIM yet prove of value to the
PeSs 2. sa te 81 chalk per WITCH
Is better represepted ip theeik bluffs % the upper
Missouri river than anywhere In North Americ..
Next coined the tertiary Pssod The Rocky = MSun Gun,
iains and Black Hills raised their waeery neaos nom
Tha xsters besan to recede, the dry lands appear.
ed ana tEe sress Missoud rver began to wind is de-
yious course from the mountains 70 the gulf: 90
This was the end Of the ocean, ana tne .Deemn,ns
sea dried M. Or receded, the waters formed into
bays or estdafies. IAN efnpper Dakota becane.
fresh water lake. and now great ignite sr coal o. T.
sin formed by tho sediments Of leaves and trees OF
greastoress vhich driftsd y and settled in tns
Is called in Easaand thrown coal" and usea TOT ~
"a yastferest once covered All Of Dakota, edua! !"
the giant forests Of Brasil: Palm Is found only With
n The tropics Ii the present Aee, bot have foand
palm. palm liss rs pPEs'ssn en 'as 5shev'o''
sWhas wonderful history Of the worlds ages fs
here traced il rocks and valleys Of your own Terri
ory. The Mtitten history Of France or Mezico hnoe
haif so reliable as the words manuscripts received
impressed IN The plains Of the northwea; yThnk
Rhat, vast forests must have formed these immense
enite bgdsLekht feet OF wood forming one Of coat
During that period many extinct species q anhnsls
dom no d'.tinc. f.nes sl e. Iasss ,ss;
.sdor Shorse. - and several kinds Of camel. There
Was hind ef elephant larger than any
And Ana viii sse you as citizens Of DAKOTA are residing
non the sores cf this ancient oceans may you NC
ceed In building up state that will sparkle In the
galaxy Of the Union. stt S'"3