Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-07-20

new post at the mouth Of the Little
Horn. He replied that Gen. Busll Was
experimenting the construction, and
bld . force Of ono hundred mechanics
at work, and was exp ecting to incrssse
the number of artisans and laborsrs to
two hundred. The three companies
stationed there arc also assisting in the
work. Nearly two thousand cotton
wood logs had been cut; two small build.
ings for the storage OF supplies, ETC.,
had been completed; saw mill had just
commenced operations, and the survey
of the reservation had been completed.
Gen. Buell. is determined to preserve
the timber in the vicinity Of the post,
and has accordingly forbidden the cut.
ting of logs within radius of eight
miles. The lodge poles left by the
Sioux when they fed so precipitately
after the fight with Custer, are being
utilized in the
CONSTRUCTION OF THE BARRACKS.
Gen. Buell. expects to have quarters
ready for twelve companies by the mid
die Of October. Work is progressing,
but not so rapidly, upon the new bar.
racks at the mouth of Tongue river,
two buildings having completed.
Army officers whs have been station
ed in that region for dozen years told
Col. Sheridan that they had never be-
fore seen, at this season Of the year, so
much snow on the Big Horn mountains.
From all accounts there had been no
perceptible diminution Of last winters
snow, and this had been steadily added
to by fresh falls during May and June.
Several prospectors had arrived st the
new post on the Little Horn who hsd
made an unsuccessful attempt to pene-
trate beyond the Big Horn range. The
snow barred their progress at every
point. In some of the ravines high up
on the range it lay to the depth Of TWEEN
ty and thirty feet. It WAS reported
that the snow Was melting 30 slowly
that the streams would most likely CEN
tinue bank full Ill summer. A party
of six prospectors came IN TO the post
together from over about the Big Hsra
mountains. They had left the Dead
wood diggings early in the season, but
had not met with flattering success,
owing to the depth Of soow in the 70.
gion which they intended to explore in
: search for new mines. These six fel-
lows had bssn tramping around oil sum
mer without any weapon more formids-
bio than jackknife in the party. 1t
was only chance that they didn't lose
their scalps.
Col. Sheridan spoke enthusiastically
of tho beauty of the Big Horn valley.
At the junction Of that stream with the
Yellowstone, in . picturesque PARK, .
town has been laid out. It is called
Big Horn City. At present the city
consists Of three or four families, who
hsvs built log cabins, and are making
some effort to cultivate the soil. One
enterprising fellow, On emigrant from
Montana, is cultivating . garden Of 40
acres, which is yielding an abundsncs
of vegetables. He expects to find sale
for sll his truck among the soldiers,
stesmboatmen, prospecters and hunters.
Col. Sheridan thinks that ofsll sbon.
nations in this world, or in the world
to come, the Yellowstone and Upper
Missouri mosquito Is the most abomina-
bic. At Fort Buford, on his way down,
he found every offiser and soldier wear
ing . close fitting hesd net, and the
whole command enveloped in smoke
arising from . hundred "smudges," or
fires. Still there was no slsspsor rest
for the men. Some were nearly crazed
BY the torture. Any one who has ever
been bitten BY Yellowstone mosquito
will not need to be told how It feels.
One mosquito can annoy him excsading-
", while . dozen may throw him into
spasms, but swarm Uf them can suck
him dry of blood, eat al the flesh off bis
bones, and chew up and spit ou. his
clothes and shoes IN just four m,nutss
by any chrcnometer in the land. The
Yellowstone mosquito can't be intimi>
dated or bulldozed. He won't fly at the
motion of a hand. When he locates on
man be settles for coed, and you may
pull his legs out by the roots and ne
won't let go-not until he gets bis little
belly full. Seriously, the soldiers sta,
toned in that country find life almost
unendurable 1t this season OF the yesr.
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