Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-01-22
THE DAKOTA LEGISLATURE. .
Eleventh and Twelfth Day g
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! ,. AFTERNOON gEaaIaN.
/ The council met after recess and were
1 notified by committee froa tho house THAI
The house Was rcaiy 10 receive the coun-
j icil 10 Joint scssion on the Black Hills
subject.
The council then proceeded ia body
to The house room.
JOINT SESSION.
| lioll call showed a quorum, of both
houses present and the speaker dcclai ed
| the joint session duly orsanized. n
N.ssrs Dawson, lIeackle aha Meyer
were invited to seats on the platform.
/ George s. Hinckle was introduced and
Tread from manuscript prepared upon the
subject of the Hills His first theme was
j the placer mines of the Hills, which be
took up from the earliest discovery OF gold
in the Hills, giving in detail the history of
i eaeh Illustrating isa his suhiect miih
1 some maps drawn from his own surveys,
made within the past few months.
Ina placer mines, the speaker deslgnat-
ed as possessing great richness, on both
slopes Of The Ahla- The quartz mines
were rich beyond computation. To use
1 Mr.. lftnckle's figure of speech, the Hills
were mass Of quariz rock speckled Ill
over with gold. Silver and bcsd bearing
o.e naa4fnnnh In insxhaus,Ahle quantities
on Bare Butte creek Timber existed In
large quantities in the Hills and In the
near future be thought all the prairie coun
4 Try abuut us would be supplied with cheap
timber from this source. The tillable land
in the Hills was plentiful aud grazing
tracts existed everywhere Mr. Hsnckle
gave bsief description Of The cities Of the
Hills and then struck apan the subj sct OF
toll roads, which he urged tn. establish
ment Of and asked the assistance Of the
legislature y in their constitution
He also asked for the estste
ltshneat of,erritorial roads, bridges. wells,
etc. lie lAnushl Dakota sAculd do sone,
thing 10 gain share nf The trade. which
now went to Wyoming.
DR., Meyer waa introduced but asked 10
1 be excused 1t this time. as be was suiierisg
from . severe bronchial dihlcnlty which
rendered articul alton difficult
Al Gen. Dawson vas Introduced, and aiter .
/, grscetul prelude and and complimentary
, sllusion to Dr.. Meyer. he entered upon the
snbIec, of the H,lIs. The subject was too
q vast 10 do Justice to In short nd iress.
/ There were mountains OF gold bearing
!. rock in The hills. The plaecrs mines hsd
!. ,,resdy yielded 5000 eco in gold and tbs
q speaker had ne doubt that next season
Q would give ten times .ha. aoeant
. Deadwood thus Tar bad yielded fully three
d quarters of this gold. The hills had re
d csived no protection from the governmeni
its people had been looked upon - inter
a lopers, ih.re had been no courts and the
!. revolver was generally the law. He hoped
L that whea The Treaty Nas nliHed DAkots
would give them org aaintioa and courts
/. There was need for ! new 5cp0nly out Of
Lawrence and Custer counties, which viii
probably be called Rapid or Castle county
The popplatlon Of the Hills At the pres.
ept time was from 1000 70 10000 and tha
4 population was daily incressipE BY .he
lst of May there would he q. 900 people In
the Hills. As soon ~ the Indian title wa,
= extipguished the people Of the Hills asked
I for large amount Of leg,sstion In behalf
Z of that locality. The closing Of the Pierrs
route last summer bY the government had
led the occupants OF the Hills to suppose
that Dakota took little interest in them
while the extraordinary efforts Of The Wy
oming people have led them TO look tc
! that side Of tho Hills Cor Whatever they
:. want Both whes, and oats had been
grown In the Hills during the past season
and vegetables In abundance Al grazing
country it was unparalleled. Horses and
cattle could live on the self cured grass d
winter The tmter interes,s VI the Hill,
4 YER. Of xrsAk value 10 DAKOTA Gen Dsw.
son fully endorsed NJ. Henckle's STATE
meuts in rg4rd to the richness Of ,hs
HiIls. They had silver orc which assayed
1900 ouncrs Of silver 70 ton Of orc and /,
exis,ed in ise xhanetable qaaailsisA The
sr speaker did no. favor the propositien for /,
new territhry. He did NOT think II N,
!. neoesAry, believing that DskesA = 1t now
WAS would do justice 10 the mlning pos
hoA Of The territory -.
). Dr.. Burseigh offered rssolu,ion Tia,
tha. DR. Meyer b invited .eopr.psre state
mens In writing. giving detailed sccoasl
= q ths resources Of the Hi,ls and lbs uAnta
Of its people ~ 2 ~ Vs
:, The resolution vs.. adopted
of DR Baslsish ssAtsd .hAt ~ Axras ksmenl
hsd been consumsted by which passenger.
VEN sickstsd tAsoaGA heaz GSicaxo tc
faukton for ei3. AIrangemsat. h.d alsc
? ssss asde TO pas os's sssaosess ltss lsoa,
Yankton to Pierre and the speaker ~
y now 10 copnnssossieu With stage mana.
: gers In references to stass lins from P,err.
s. Dtfe Hills R1ssssern G>asd - SNSsiss
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