Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-12-28
ITO TRUST IS WE'LL
TO BUST IS HELL!
NO TRUST-NO BUST"

The vir,uous Bon Hommei,es were in
du'ging ia their five O'Clock nap when We
reached that place, and the only person
astir vas the energetic Zienelt, who WAS
routed from his morning nap to overhaul
the two bushels Of mail with which the sack
was fill-d on this trip land here let me
whisper into the ear Of your worthy post
master-or if one nf the spokes of the civil
service wheel should throw him out of the
precarous official rut. then int, the ear of
his worthy success,r-that since the mail
for Spotted Tail and Rad Cloud agencies is
conveyed by this line. be should furnish
separate bag for the way mail, and thus r.
lieve the pas'masters along the line of the
necessity of overhauling the large amount
of mail intended for these agencies
Springfield was reached at 8 o'clock Mon.
day morning, but our stay wa. limited to
the time necessary to get breakfast end
change horses, consequently we saw but
little of the town and its people. However,
upon our return We hope to be able to spend
more time with our friends At Springfield
and Bon Homme.
As we rolled out of Springfield, the gen.
ial warmth of the sun, the entire absence of
snow, and the ponds and streams of water
upon which not speck Of ice was visible.
made US almost forget that it was the mid
die Of winter; and when a few miles be-
yend Springfield, We saw a man plowing in
his field. and little further on another
husking corn, and the sleek cattle baskipg
in the sun and contentedly chewing their
cuds, We almost imagined ourselves trans
ferred to that favored country where, &C
cording to that old orthodox hymn,
DEFENDERS as pleasant as May"
And, in truth,i where is there another
country SO favored in climate that farmers
can plow on Christmas day, whore cattle
roam in the pasture fields and grow fat,
where house doors stand open during the
day, and where overcoats are burden to
the travelers
In due time We crossed Emanuel creek,
with its beautiful valley, handsome farm
houses and we'll titled fields, and at noon
reached Geo. Trumbo's comfortable ranch
at Choteau creek. Here the mail and OK.
press matter for new Spotted Tail agency,
which is located three miles distant on the
west bank of the river. Is unloaded and
transferred. But just now there is an en-
barge upon the passage between the two
points, on account Of the thinness and rot.
tenness Of the Ice. Here We met w. d.
Russell, in summer costume, en- route to eat
his Christmas dinner in Yankton.
Choteau creek defines the eastern bounds
~ Of the Yankton Indian reservation, and
on its western bank and along the Missouri
Is constdsrable settlement Of the dusky
wards of the government. A few hundred
yards west Of the creek neat and comfort
able church is being erected for the use of
the religiously inclined Lo. 1t supports q
handsome spire in which there is already
placed large. smooth-tongued bell, the
tones of which are to bid the warriors, their
squaws and psppoeses to assemble, uulim.
Der their yapi-yapi prayer books. and give
responses to the attractive service in their
gutteral jargon. A few miles farther on is
newly erected. large and tasty school
house where the youthful aboriginal idea 10
taughtlto shoot. But. how!
1t was dark when We reached Yapkton
Agency, and - soon % frssh horses were
obtained, We pushed on and reached this
place at 10 O'Clock, just "a hour. from
YaAktos. Herr ws found comfortable
quarters at the White Swan hotel, kent bv
Geo. Chamberlain. White Swan il located
On the Yankton reservation, and the only
improvements outside Of the India. huts and
tspses, srs the hotel Of Mr. Chamberlain and
MAJ. Clazksoa's trading store. This s.ors il
In caarss Of NJ. A. B. Rsy,olds, . genial,
vhelssoalsd gsntlsasa, whom Il y plss,-