Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-01-27
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Uncle y. +. Witdhcr arrived ho6he from
the Black Hills, by the late traiH Ncdnes.
DAY night, VIA Omaha and Sidney, looking
- fresh and hardy n Eieax warrior. The.
morc hardshps he nasses throush sthc3
younger he appears to look, and wssSc6.
ture to say that not one man In q th0uia md
can 10 day stand bard knocks, long marches
and dep1isauons equally with him, and
come olt looking az he dogs, - bright Us
\ new silver dollar.
Mr.. Witcher Tor the lightning bull freight,
or, as be Is familiarly known in The Hills)
left Deadwoct on the 7th, on the Sidney
stage. he started Ia sleigh, which was
soon exchanged for concord stage. The
nrst day out he made fifteen miles, con-
snming thirteen hours There were ssvc-
raj passengers aboard, and each Of those
we're provided Tith shovel. They were
charged only $50 apiece for their ride oy
stage, paying their own board, and getting
along over. the ceuntry as fast as they fct
disposed to dig through drifts, averaging In
depths from five to ten feet The nassen
gers worked early and late, long and hard
In making the trip from Deadwood to Sid,
ncy, For fully 40 miles on the first part
OF the journey, they were comeelied TO
shovel snow every day, and numerous
times daily In order TO make headway
| The stage met John Hornick and his
Train only about six or eight miles west OF
He'd Cloud. He WIS making very little
progress and there wAa every Indication
that he would be compelled to lay over un.
III such time AZ the snow shall melt sufii.
cienily 70 cnable his cattle to get grass.
His STOCK WAS badly jaded and worn out,
without scarcely anything upon whiitii, 10
subsisf Tho boys in the train, however,
were 10 good heart and were standing the
tramp like heroes, Uncle Wi4her thinks
that Hornick took The wrong shoot when
he chose Inc Sidnef route YitGhcr lef,
Yankton a. the same time Hornick lef,
Sidney, both bound for the same dcstiua.
sion and both being in charge OF loaded
trains The former went directly through
VIA Fort Pierre, iarried In Deadwood Z
matter OF twenty days, then returning via
Sidney, finds Eo.nick hardly half way
throngn, with hts woess road yet ,o-travel
over. Doesn't this speak rather loud In fa-
yor OF tbs Mlssonfi river route We think
1t does. Uncle Witcher says he stands
ready 70 bet his fast freight train that Mr.
aornick viii not reach Deadwood before
the first 6f March
y r ~ sesS Sf*AA1 u aGfC W IGUCE kSlb Tie
Hills there was no snow on. the Pierre
route after leaving the foot hills, antt wac
ons were arriving every day or two from
the Missouri. He says the difference In
condition Of stack arriving ct Deadwood
from opposite directions Is particularly NO
tceaolc Stock coming In from the Mis-.
. souri, river way lookS fresh and is 10 fall
condition; from the Sidney and Cheyenns
routes animals arrive looking so hin the,
, would not make respectable shadou
without casting blankets over them. The
disian c. from Drsdwood 10 Sidney. Mr
Witchcr says, Is 300 good long miles, aud
freiahters are compelled TO uncouple an
double teams twenty FIVE times on Inc road
ordinarily. The distance from sDSadwood
to Fort Fierre is l75 miles, and there Is oc
casion TO double teams but once. Straw,
tell, when one gets at the bottom 0lcts
The last trip out made " Mr.. Wi.cber. b,
drove his oxen from Yankton u Crooi
/ City In twenty Ave 1syge - ID. .OO(
pounds pf frcight o. Two NanD6G &
FreigAtinG being sosneWhns dull Al thu
present time, Mr.. Witcher will remain
home until about ths Arst 81 Hsy9 alISSxt
The boys viii cosne out 10 Pierre In ! les
days with his train. where the oxen Vii
= lsfl and tho boys will eous hoase to sto1
Enntil spriags a.
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