Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-04-16
= RIVER RIDE.
Experiences Of our Correspond.
ent on Board the Steamer
Carroll.

Ont On 6O11o t0O 0IoAmoI
Carroll.
Especial Correspondent Pres and Dakotaian.l
KELLY's LAsDIEo, April II.
On Friday evening the 9th the Car
roll landed It the lower Brule agency
and left for the Indians Fifty stoves,
ono hundred and 6fty barrel. OF pork
and other groceries, together with .
vUantity Of nmber. A report vas in
circulation ,ha. t~o hundred Brule
brsves had gone upon .lse var path
that morning and tina, they intended TO
Intercept their old enemies the Poncas
on their way to the Indian nation. II
this report be true there may be .
fight. Possibly they may have gone
out on the plains, and another posi-.
bility is that We may meet these ra-
ton eaters on our way.
On Saturday forenoon We reached
the upper agency where there was
company Of soldiers stationed. We
saw there some very respectable
heuses but most OF the Indians live in
,cpeea s,ld are vet savages. But little
progress has been made by them in
any respect. A mission has been es-
tablished by the Episcop4lians but q
sufficient time has not elapsed Tor it
to be productive Of much good. 1t
looks to us as though the active co-op-
Grafton OF the agent was necessary TO
make these establishments immediate
in their good effects. At both agen-
cies we observed a great many Of
what the "boys" called good In
dians, !" that is dead ones. They were
placed on scsifol1s upon the highest
bluffs in. the usual way. While the
groceries and other articles were being
unloaded, the remarks Of the miners
and frontiersmen were very bitter re-
lating to the action Of the govern
ment. They claimed that three to
| four hundred Of the Rsule Har.iors
were in Sitting Bulls camp. Some
Of the boys were singing : song Of
which the following is an extract:
II wish was an Indian,
A Modoc or Ute,
I'm tired Of being white man.
An unprotected brute.
On Sunday afternoon We met the
Fontenelle on her way down. She
had been frozen up during the winter
near Pascal's island, and spprehen-
sions had been felt for her safety. She
looks little rusty, ~ though . coat
Of palnt was needed. You will doubt
|fess see her before this reaches you.
The passengers are without exoep-
tiou profuse in their complimentary
expressions concerning Capt. Kelly,
Walter A. Burleieh ir., clerk, and in
fact Ill tho officers aud employees Of
the boat. They have been very kindly
treated. Ths table has bsen unexcep.
tionable, and the lArder seemed to be
inexhaustible. Each and every one
We have heard speak Of returning in
the fall sly tba. be or she-for We
have many ladies on board-will take
passage on The Carroll If practicable.
II is true that We have encountered
flood, rain, snow, adverse winds,
strong currents and for tho worse par,
fosnd only green cottonwood :. the
yards. Yet We have had : pleasant
trip. $50 say We al Of u.s."
| On Sunday, towards evening, I
report was circulated that Capt. Kelly
had received : dispatch from For,
J Pierre to the effect that twenty whites
had bsen murdered at that place, and
the court house burned. It was fur
ther alleged that it was from this fsc'
the boat was tied up on the east 10
stead Of the west side Of the river
The gallant deck passengers At oncs
organized and posted gun on thu
shors- We are happy to state tina
none has bssn scalped y yet.
4 At four O'Clock p. m. on Monday
I've landed st ihst execrable mud hol,
Ft>Pierre. Walter A. Burleigh il
and N. L. Witcher went ashore ant