Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-04-10

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Ths sisanef Carroll Ind besn aaAousced
In The Press and Dakotaian " start o. her
tsip up ths Nissoad, on Friday tie SosA Of
March. No oss believed tAat she voaM
leavc the lsves on tAat dAy. Boatmea and
sailors have great rspagsancs 70 stsrtisg
on r rfday, and Il could scarcely y expect
"a that
IN. FIRtT BOAT ur tn. RIVER
would b. likely 10 CHOOSE 10 inauspictous
. Tins. Saturday cams and with II ! strong
south wind rsnderias navigatioa dI6icult
as we'll rs dangerous, but the freight and
passengers wels on board. and We presume
that Capt. Kelly remembssiug he fats d
all bad little boys who 60 sailing On Sun
day, concluded to open usvisstien on ths
last day Of the week sihsr thsn ''tempt
Providence" For rsasons which will here
In sppsar we have no doubt ssms inieres.
Is felt in Ysnkton concerning ths Carroll,
and We viii therefore give synopsis OF
oUR LOG
IN which We have made record Of events
as they occurred.
On Saturday night the 31st, We tied up
eight thiies above Yankton. About mid.
nigh. N. l. Wllcher, tho freigh,sr had :
severe attack Of bill ious collie. Captain
Kelly sent back 10 the city for DR.. Miller.
Though the effects Of nursing BY some
k!ud ladies' on the boat. combined with the
doctors curativss, he recovered, and 10 now
quite we'll Sunday afternoon We pursued
our way up the river and that night laid up
about q mile below Bon Bonnie. On
Monday morning We took on three lady
passengers, three little girls, by and the
father Of ihe children, st ths last pamed
place. These are all bound for the Hills.
During Monday afternoon ws reached
Ponca Agency, landing some freight inlen,
ded to serve the Poncss on their journey to
,the Indian nation. Ten wagon loads had
departed The day beiole. our arrival and lhs
Others were to follow .; once We wsis
told that they wers very 10th 70 go and
solne of the soldiers thought 1t possible
that trouble would be experienced in effect.
ing the removal.
About ten o'clock Monday night ice be-
gan 10 make lis appearance in the river. Ii
aoon followed in large quantities until We
were eaveloped in
SEA or ICE.
Though bui q quarter of q mile below the
fsnkton Agency Capt. Kelly considered /,
most prudsn. TO tie up and We we're fafsly
moored iu secluded nook in the bank al
l01a O'Clock, y. N, where We lay By until
8 o'clock Wednesday evening, watching
the surzlng. seething, plnnginG. griadins
fwhirllng, gliding cakes Of ics. AZ -tha,
time steam having been gotten up, VT
moved on to the landing from whencs
ifankton freight xss discharged and star
made for Fl. Randall. The river was moi
Tree from ice, the curren, was very strong
particularly near the village, while the In
dlsns understanding the situation, stationed
themselves upon the bluffs for the space o
more than mile above the agency. Dur
| int our progress this distance, there wer,
times When the craft was At a stand .still
Overcoming these obstacles the boat va.
st length got TO where the wafer was NOR,
| slack, when Ne proct cisd with due rnution
considering the strong cakes Of Ice auc
small hoes which wefe yet drifting aloni
with the current.
A ferry boat presumed 10 have driflet
from r.. Pierre passed US on her downwarc
course At 0.45 o'clock Wednesday. TIL,
river WAS SO full Of ice that all efforts i,
save it would have been unavsiling
While Al Yankton Agency We visited III
/ agent, the schools, workshops and oths
points Of interests and saw many plessipl
things 10 record relating to the progress Q
the people on the reservation. This VI
i will reserve for another letter
We arrived at White Swan about /.
O'Clock at night and at Randall BY day
break Rrz
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