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

The yir,uous Bon Homme,,es were in.
du'ging ia their five O'Clock nap when We
reached that place, and the only person
astir VAS the energetic Zienett, who was
routed from his morning nap to overhau,
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
precarious official rut, then intp the ear of
his worthy success ,r-that since the mail
for Spotted Tail and R:l Cloud agencies is
conveyed by this line. he should furnish
separate bag for the way mail, and thus r
lievs the psstmasters along the line of the
necessity of overhauling the large amount
of mail intended for these agencies
Springfield was reached at o'clock Mon
day morning, but our stay wa. limited to
the time necessary to get breakfast snd
change horses, consequently we saw but
little of the town and its people. However,
upon our return We hope tc be able to spend
moro 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 q speck of ice was visible,
made Us almost forget that it was the mid
die of winter; and when q few miles be.
ysnd Springfield, We saw q man plowipR 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,
December's as pleasant as May"
And, in trutb,l where is there another
country SO favored in climate that farmers
can plow on Christmas day, where 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 it's 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 10 located three miles distant on the
west bank of the river. 10 unloaded and
transferred. But just now there is an en-
barge upon the passage between the two
points. on account of tho 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 ito western bank and along the Missouri
10 . considerable 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 religioasly inclined Lo. 1t supports a
handsome spire in which there is already
placed large. smoo:h-tongued bell, the
tones Of which are to bid the warriors, their
squaws and pappoeses to assemble, uulim.
Der their yapi-yspi 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 Bot, how!
1t was dark when we reached Yankton
Agency, and - soon q fresh horses wsrs
obtained, We pushed on and reached this
place at 10 O'clock, just "a hours from
YaAktoa. Here ws found comfortable
qualten st the White Swan hotel, kept BY
Geo. Chamberlain. White Swan il located
o. the Yanktoa reservation, and the only
inprovenents outside ofths lndiaa huts and
tspssa, ass the hotel Of Mr. Chambsslai, a,d
naj. Clarksoa's trading store. This store i
IN ehargs Of NJ. A. B. Rsysolds, genial,
vheSsspald gsatlsnaa, whsn Il y Q plsae.