Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-06-26
THE ROUTE sEARcHERs.
After An exploration OF The Entire
Country they Decide that the
ut. George Road Is the
Resr-Arrival of COL.
GrnnIs 3iPar1y
In Yankton.

At noon to-day Col. Grants party ar
rived from its investigation of the various
landings and routes which have been pro-
posed as supply depots and th~oroughfares in
connection with the movement in the direc-
ton of the Black Hills. The party consists
of Col. f. D. Grant, Gen. ". II. II. Beadle,
NJ. w. Sheafe, Judge West and NJ. u.
Hoyt. They have been out between two
and three weeks and have been constantly
in motion since their departure. From
Yankton they went to Pierre by steamer,
then back to FIT. George from Pierre.
| From Fit. George they struck back into the
country eighty miles westward, keeping as
near the Bad river as possible. They found
a beautiful country, COVERED with grass,
abundan;ly timbered and watered, but so
much broken that they deemed it imprac,
ticable as a route over which heavy loaded
teams must pass. They therefore turned
about when eighty miles oat, travelled hf'
teen miles south and returned to TT.
| George that distance nearer the sources OF
! buC SllGdljlo III ll6hN ~" INV ~ DNR
river along the side of the divide between
that stream and White river. Here they
found an excellent roadway, nearly level
and almost a straight line due west from
FIT. George to the crossing Of the Chey-
enne selected by the territorial surveyors
and by freighters on the Pierre road. 1t is
well supplied with timber, the quantity in
creasing as the route progresses westward,
and possesses a plentiful supply of water
from The numerous streams which
make down into Bad river. The tim
Der is largely cottonwood and willow,
but is plentifully interspersed with hard
wood, As a grazing region this portion OF
the country is described as being equal to
the best. II possesses all the grasses which
cure themselves for winter use, and thous
ands of cattle could be subsisted upon il
without any care from their owners. Col
Grant says that the varieties of grass are
similar to those along the Yellowstone
The party found at Ft. George an excellent
landing, with plenty of room for camps
and trains upon the bench, and a good sup
ply of timber and grass. From George
they went back to Pierre, went over The
Pierre route, visited Chantier creek, ant
then started back to Yankton. From here
their report to Gen. Sheridan will be made
10y Col. Grant, Gen. Beadle and Mr.. Sheafe
They found that Chantier creek as a land
ing is a failure, and that the road leading
therefrom is wholly impracticable. Tht
hill rising from the narrow bench is fully
400 feet in height, of black alkali soil, ant
rises to that altitude within a distance 0
three hundred feet back from the river
The hill, they judge, can never be over
come by loaded teams, and for all practica
purposes the route and landing are a fall
ure, and their adoption would be an impo
J, sition upon the people. The FIT. Pierre
route and la aaing they consider better tina,
Chantier, and poorer than Fit. George. W,
are not advised as to the nature of the forth
coming report, but have gained our infol
ton from conversations with members o
the party.
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