Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-07-14
THE RIVER.

aho there is not much Work Tor boatS. Da-
wilson has been materially aided by the
quarteTmaster, who employed most Of the
outside boats in the river 10 assist in the
Yellowstone transportation.
The Nellie Peck reports that the r. W.
Dngan has succeeded in getting GU. Of her
bad fix up the Yellowstone and is now
lying at Bismarck. A short time ago she
was laid up very much like Noah's ark
when The flood subsidized, some years back.
A rise, however, brought her out all right,
but she has lost the seasons work.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil The Missouri
river has played the mischief this spring
with Mr.. Thomas Smiths farm a few miles
south of the city. He had only forty acres
and it washed away twenty-five of them in
an uHceremonious manner. 1t even ap
preached within twenty rods of his house
and at times 1t looked as if it was bound to
take possession of that. Under these cir
cumstances Mr.. Smith concluded that the
best plan was to Tight out" and hence he
hired Mr.. j. G. Raymond to move the dom
icile two miles nearer Council Bluffs and
the job was finished yesterday.
The steamer Nellie Peck, Wm. Simms
master and George D. Terry clerk, arrived
at seven o'clock last night from Bismarck.
She brought down "a passengers, mostly
from Pierre, and twenty oxen, six horses
and six wagons belonging to Mr.. Van Fps,
of Sioux Falls. The Nellie was in an IN
pleasant p~redicament, on top of a log seve-
raj days between Bismarck and Euford,
bat Capt. Simmz. finally got her off and in
better shape than was expected. He leak
is not a bad one and can be repaired with
out taking her out of the water. A gang
Of men are at work making The necessary
repairs and she will leave for up river in
about a week.
YANKToS, Oak. July 18th, II.
hd5tors Of Duly Press Dc Dakotatan:
DR.. SIR Il have had the pleasure of a
trip on the steamer Black Hills. from lower
Brule to Cheyenne, and found the officers
of the boat extremely obliging mention,
T. B Burleigh master, j Q A. Parr clerk,
S. Lyon, mate; also j. Coonce, A Pappin,
/ pilots and G. w. Calhoun, steward. have
experienced the greatest pleasure travelling
on this boat owing TO the gentlemanly con
duct of the officers aforesaid. | recommend
the Black Hills to passengers travelling
westward on the Missouri on account of the
geutlemanly department VI the officers and
the accommodations which the boat furn
ishes. LIT. J. j. O'CoNSELI.
The steamer Black Hills arrived at fifteen
I minutes past five O'Clock last evening, from
Cheyenne Agency and Pierre, bringing
about forty passengers, a lot of hides and
eight tons of Black Hills mineral, the latter
for the Omaha smelling works: The fol
lowing is Pilot Coonce's log of the down
trip: Left Cheyenne Agency at / :e5 p. N.
July 18th. Landed at Sully for freight at
/ 90 and left there at %. Arrived at
Pierre at 4 20 and left at SIS. Landed at
t Brule Agency at l 80 o'clock a. m. the 18th
( and put off Lit. O'Conne,l and lady. Passed
e the steamer Nellie Peck tied up at Ameri-
g can creek at 3 a. m. Met the C. K. Peck
a above Bijou Hills at . a. M. Passed Ran
d dali at 10 As. Passed Yankton Agency at
noon. Reached Yankton at 8 is p. m. 18th
Bismarck Tribune, July 8: Commodore
e s.. B. Coulson is still in the city, We are
to day, receiving the first installment of the
regular June rise, and the river has risen
two or three inches already 49,. Nearly all
freigh! has been forwarded from this point
and the Kinney and Ashland have been
waiting some days for a load. The Ashland
is loading, however, and will get off TO
MORO up to July 1st four thousand
TIVE hundred tons of freight had passed Ft.
II Buford en- route for the Tongue river posts,
and the present rise gives reason to hope
: that all will be handled in due season.. !.
The Tiger, a boat carrying $50 tons and
drawing but 20 inches, left on Saturday for
the Big Horn. She will run from Tongue
river up and will, no doubt. prove an i'm
mense success . The Benton left on Sat.
urday for Benton, on her 4th trip, carrying
n a full load. She will return and start on
her fifth trip about August sth. but does
not exrect to go higher than Cow
Island. =. The Florence Meyer left
on Saturday for Tongue river.
The r. W. Dugan is still hard aground
near White Earth river. Capt. Jas. Clark
having been assigned to her command goes
up on the Rosebud with a force to relieve
IL her. 1t is believed that this can be done
without difficulty, in view of the RISE.
The Alex. Kendall will arrive on Thursday
and will leave Oh Saturday for Tongue
IS river. The Kendall will be the last of the
Yellowstone boats to leave for up river
points until all freight is forwarded from
Fort Buford The Rosebud returned
from Fort Buford on Saturday. She left
Buford at II 30 p. ~. on the 9Th and ar.
rived at Bismarck Oh the 7th, p. M and
made the round trip from Bismarck to
\, | Ruf0r0 and rptt1rp in five Aouc onI eapo.-
teen hours, including all delays. Grant
Marsh, who commanded the first steamer
the Josephine) which reached the Upper
Yellowstone, also the Far West when it
made its famous trip up the Little Big
Horn to wethin a few miles of the scene Of
the Custer massacre, has been selected to
command the Rosebud on its trip up the
Yellowstone with Gen. Sherman, and if it
50 is in the boat Grant will make the quickest
trip ever made up the Yellowstone. He
has laid in stock of coal for use should
the wood fail Tho cabip 1norc have Ill