Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-04-20


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,rsvest 81 Sittiag Bulls warriors. AL
,ourier bad coms IL from Sposted
Tails agency on Saturday bringing
,evs that Spotted Tail had arrived
bringing Crasy Horses father with
,ome others and ths. Crssy Horse and
,is whole band were on their way
ind wished 10 m.ke peace. l hear !
hey are now there.
Monday morning II eigh, o'clock
With some. reluct ance We bid farewell
10 NJ Dear snl our comfortable
}sarters and slowed eurselves like
,ard,nes in the old cusch and : few
niles drive brought us to the Bad
Lands. most miserable piece Of
waste land and slkali everywhere.
The ground in places is - white ss II
) heavy frost Vas defying the .ua aud
the battle. The watsr in the
little creeks vas milky white. Hero
walking WAS In order, but BY close
application We got to Cottonwood
station at nesn and changed teams,
aud drove few rods a.d agot stuck"
but after an hours hard work were
rewarded By seeing the old ooach onos
more bounding over the road. With
walking and pulling on long rope We
came to Fawn crack station At Eve
o'clock p. =. where ve changed horses
and pulled the stage out Of the creek
where wc had left II, and started on
With The in.eotion Of an al night ride,
bat after getting in, and out Of mum.
bsr Of sloagLs il became 70 dark and
the roads abead getting worse, We
came up 70 so.s frsigh,efs, get out
our blankets and lay down on the
ground with all out deors for house
and slept souudly until 3 O'Clock when
t6s driver called "all hands aboard"
Such tsubling out! You would have
thought Gabriel had sounded bis
trunpet to have ssen the passengers
coming up from the cod. Il was .
cool operation. No 6re and no wood
to make one with. This place No
naasd Quartz Bottom. After the
driver got Ill ready We started aad
soon got into . slough where the
ropes came into use and : heavy pull
BY I'll hands brought it out. A walk
Of nile or two brought us to an
other whore the stage came to : dead
stop and il might have been there
now but for good pull at the ropel
BY squad Of Indiana boys who hap.
psned along. We went on our way
rejoicing aud With considerable walk.
ing oame 70 Horsshead station where
we got dinner and changed teams. F.
g. Cross handled the whip and
lines over . splendsd team Of four
mules giving Us quick and good drive
across the south fork Of the Cheyenn.
river to Buffalo Gap, whore We got ,
glimpse Of the Hills and Harney's
Peak. Hers : changs Of teams and
coaches occurred taking "desd sx.'
Some Of the readers Of this who are
not acquain.ed with western stage
may not know what this 10 therefor,
l will tellthsm this ono was usde by
Shutter. After loading baggage No
were told to pile on and pile on it VA
70 get eleven passengers and driver on
four seass and common wagon
box, lbut ws did get on and Charley
gave Us lively ride until darl
when we got into some bad road
again. Al eight o'clock arrived :
Battle srssk, nothing Of note happen
| ing ooly little lofty tuabling BY Ar
Lsdwich, Who Vas thrown back ove
ths Wheel while crossing . gulcl
and Thsnpsoo lsaping before he look
ed and getting : fall. At Battle cres
came supper and ws refused to 90 an!
further, though the driver got mad 40.
used his chin until b saw it WAS no u
We unrolisd our blankets aud rests.
uatil four O'Clock IN the morning
vhsn we took cup Of coffee ~,
started ont over the hills, arriving =
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