Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-06-13
Arrival Of . Sailing Vessel From the
HeAdwaters Of the Vel.
lOWStOne,
Sioux City Journal, May ~.

HeAdwaters Of the Vel.
| l0wstone.
/ Sioux City Journal, May -
AZ Vie stated Tuesday morning. rlea
sailing Vessel, of shout twenty-five tom
burden, came down the river and landed n
the letee here. She is under the manages
iiieht OF Capt. p. G. Sovereign, who call'
her the ''Speckled Trout She came
from the Yellowstone river, 400 miles
above Fort keogh. and about 30 hliip.
fiOm Bozeman, further up the river thar
steamboat ever went. She is neat little
craft, and was built by Captain Sovereign
who is IN old lake shore man. and used te
navigating vessels of this description. She
carries main sail OF twenty feet hoist
with twenty-eight feet boom, and a jib to
correspond. and can make excellent time
She came down over her perilous route in
fourteen days. stopping at nearly every
post on the Yellowstone and Missouri, and
tying up every night. The captain says
that with Il good wind lie can beat steam
all hollow. Under II good wind one day
from daylight 10 dark he ran 4gG miles,
which looked to us like putting it pretty
strong, but such he says is the ftrt. lie
says the river current now is eight miles
an hour, which time was made by the
boat when there was no wind to propel
her any faster. The boat cost about Sl.-
600.
She brought down six passengers and a
cargo of about 5000 worth of ftirs and
hides, dried buffalo and venisop; and a lot
of beautiful speckled trout preserved in
brine. The furs and skins consist of buffa-
10, beaver, black-tailed deer. antelope, elk.
and some beautifully dressed buckskin, as
soft as silk. This cargo belongs partly to
Capt. Sovereign and partly TO Omar Hos
kins, gentleman who owns a ranch at
Huntley. or, as it is better known, Bakers
Battle Ground.
Nr. Hoskins has his family in that ccin-
try and has been there two years. He SAYS
his was the first family to locate between
the Crow Agency and the mouth of
Tongue river, and that at first he had no
neighbor within POO miles. He was there
when Chief Joseph and his band of Nez
Perces came through, closely pursued by
Gen. Howard, who. he says, saved that
country from the blood-thirsty savagcs.
Those Indians killed Hoskins' nearest
neighbors, two men, before whom they
suddenly appeared, the men thinking them
to be of the friendly Crow tribe. The say
age band came within sight of Hoskins'
place, but apparently did not think it best
to attack him. He says he was prepared
to give them hearty reception, as he had
six or seven well-buiIt Lighthouses, garri-
sOned by twenty-one men, and had 5000
or ,0C0 rounds of cartridges to distribute
into the carcasses of his assailants if they
had presented themselves. Gen. Howard
was at his house, and with his staff took
dinner with him on September 18th last,
stating that it was the first meal he had
eaten with white family for more than
three months.
Capt. Sovereign thinks some of putting
in a boiler and engine, and providing his
boat with stern wheel and taking her
back to the Yellowstone, where he says
he can use her to advantage. In case he
does not do so. he will sell her and build a
steam vessel for that trade. The tonnage
brought down was only 10000 pounds, bit |
IS we have shown, it was of valuable
nature.
The gentlemen on the boat informed It's |
hat there was no danger apprehended frcfh
The Indians in the up river country, all re-
pcrts to the contrary Notwithstanding. All
llong the route and in the country r0tnd
ltout the settlement they are peaceable !
md apparently satisfied.
Mr.. HOskins yesterday disposed Of his
tock to S. Rieman of Covington and will
ny in a stock of groceries, liquors and
,thcr obs. which he will take to the
Mountains by the steamer f. Y. Batchel=
IF, which is daily expected here. He
peaks of Captain Grant Marsh OF that
teamer as an old friend, and says he was
he first steamboatman to venture into the
lr up river country.
Capt. Sovereign departed alone with his
'acht and will go as far down as Omaha at
ny rate, and perhaps further. He is prob
bly, the first man to make this long ard
erilous trip. When he gets to his desti-
alton below he will decide upon his re-
urn.