Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-01-28

.gcmrnt Of these warlike savages. will.
IS perfectly well understood, be put
rest at once and forever, by tire constru
,ion of the Northern Pacific railroa
Through the Yellowstone Valley into Il
heart Of Montana. In the effort Of i
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
prosecute their work westward from til
Missouri, the he'rty corporation Of I'll
Government is therefore aroused. Til
officers of the army who are most famila
with this great Indian question, see i
the construction of this railroad the fina
solution of the problem Of substilutin
for the useless rowing Indian supremac
throughout this region, the reign Of orde
and progress of white civilization. An
other year should not be lost in seekin
this vital consummaiion-the final settle
ment o' the Indian question in connect,o,
with the Territories Of Dakota and Mon
tana; and it need not be, if all parties in
ter'ste'i harmonic, and apply their uni
ted energies to the task. No parties ar
more interested in this matter than tin
people Of Montana.
The characteristics of the route of In
Northern Pacific Railroad. although the,
haye been often stated. are so peculiarl,
:ayorable as to bc at all times worthy o.
examination and study AT the time Ill,
Government made the surveys Of the thr
continental routes, in 1854, the Nurtherl
suryeye by Governor Stevens, was gen
orally conceded to be, in its Typographical
features, by far the most advantageous
but the circumstances Of succeeding years
lei to the formation Of the two companies
which. patDnized by the Government
CONSTRUCTED the first Continental line be.
tween Omaha and Sac .lmcnto, and to Sar
Francisco. Chict~o is. however, III,
practical eastern terminus OF one prong o1
that Continental line, because it strikes
The lake navigation; while St. Louis il
the terminus of the other prong, because
it there strikes that commanding position
on the Mississippi. Dctw.cn OnlcagO, on
Lake Michigan, and San Francisco, sIt
railroad dis ancss 's 'wen,y-to hsndred
miles. The Nortlc:2 Pacific Railroad has
its eastern terminus al the head Of Lake
Superior, berause it there meets the splen
did navigation Of the Great Lakes; and
this point is orly two thousand miles by
the railroad route, passing through Mon
,ara, to Puget Sound, on the Pacific,
where, wing to its position on the coast.
there is mn advantage Of about seven to
eight hundred miles between the United
States and japan, etc, rs compared with
the sailing lines from San Francisco. And
the western terminus on Puget Sound. in
The Territory Of Washington, has climate
where severe winters are unknown, and
is surrounded by primeval forests of tim
berthe grandest on the globe-always
yielding annually over two hundred mil
lions Of feet of lumber for the supply Of
San Francisco, China and Japan.
1t is substantially = valley route. be-
tween Lake Superior and the Pacific, the
only exception being The Belt Range east
of Boz. man, and the Main Divide Of the
Rocky Mountains. These SUBMITS arc
only about seventeen hundr.d feet above
the valleys cf gradual approach, and
about six thousand feet above the sea;
being more than two tbousani feet lower
than Sherman summit on the Union Paci
fic. and more than one thousand feet
lower than the submits on the Central
Pacific. In fact, the entire range Of coun
try along the Union Pacific line for more
than four hundred miles, is higher than
ll,e hie hest summit on the Northern PACT
&c. It is well known. also, that the
Northern route runs through regions not
SUBJECT to material distractions from
SHOWS.
Montana is the Central Territory, with
IN area about three times as great as the
State of Pennsylvania. Its interior isl
i've hundred miles distant from any rail.
Dad facilities, such as are enjoyed by the
,:her Territories. Helena, the prinebpal
emporium, is within about
me hundred and forty miles OF stage and
wagon road from Fort Benton, the head
# navigation on the Missouri-four
housaGd miles from its mouth. ard
bout the same distance by the river frrm
Pit sburgh. The Missouri is navigable TO
Fort Benton for loaded steamers during a
ew months OF the spring and early sum
ner. TO Cow Island about two hundred
niles by the river below Fort Benton, Il
s navigable for hight draught steamers
most Of the season. Within . few years
mother shipping post for Montana has
,een established At Carroll, about three
hundred miles by river below Fort Ben
on. This point is about four hundred
md fifty miles above the mouth Of the
Z Yellowstone. aud shout eight hundr..i
md fifty miles above Bismarck, at the
present terminus Of the Northern Pacitic
Railroad. It is about two hundred ami
ifty miles by the new wagon road from
delepa to Carroll. From Bismarck by
he railrOal route TO the YellOwst0neI
liver at the mouth of Clcndive creek, it Is
wo hundred and five miles. From Glen
live creek to Powder river, about fifiyl
ailes. From Powder river to mouth OF
3ig Horn. about one hundred and sixty
piles. From Big Horn to mouth 0
Ihields' river. about one hundred and
hIrty miles. From Shields river to tn.
Three Forks" Or head Of Missouri
iver. aAous sixty-eight miles Aaklngl.
he entire raily0ad distance from Bismarck
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