Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-10
Jhe Daily fress aud 9aketaiaa
YkNKTOh DAKOTA.
Thursday Evening, January 10, 1873
The WOMEN OF the HILLS"

the WOMEN OF THE HILLS"
calamity Ja"-,'' "Marlha canary, and
other Feminine Celebrities The ..Ftrst
White Woman'' who Entered the
Mines.
From the st. Paul Pioneer Press.
Central City, Black Hills, d. r., Dccem-
Der ia mining camp is made up Of all
classe, Of people and Of all nationalities.
Among those in the Hills that are pre-emi-
nently original is Calamity Jane, or Martha
Canary. Born in the midst Of the wild
w%hirlwind ofa dcssolute life-thrown when
a mere child upon the cold world for susie
nance-uneducated, uncared for-wth a
mother incapacitatcd to love her-father
dead-surrounded with s~adness-Jane grew
up among the rough and tumble Of the
world, and is to day what delicate society
woul1 denominate a strong-minded woman.
She is about % years old, has a dark COM
plexion, high cheek bones, an awkward
walk, receting crow, black hair, rather
pleasant eye, but when in passion emitting
q greenish glare. Her movements are free
and %unstudied, yet in no sense unbccoming.
Her conversation is animated, her language
good, and her heart warm and generous.
She initiates no one; is an original in her
self; despises hypocrisy; and il easily melt
ed TO tears. She is generous, forgiving,
kind hearted, social, and yet when aroused
has all the daring and courage OF the lion
or the devil himself. She has been long in
the Hills; has been a scout in the army;
dressed in soldiers clothes; travelled ali
over; scaled the mountains; rode horseback:
fought Indians, and is now dancing in a
hurdy-gurdy house in Deadwood for a liy-
ing. When dressed in her own garments
she looks comely; when equipped as a man
she has all the characteristics Of the sterner
sex, with her pistols, bowie-knives and other
weapons of death.
Monte Verde is a woman about 25 years
old. She is probably the most gifted fe-
male in the HILLS, has a somewhat large fig
ure, dark eyes, dark hair; is a most excel
lent dancer and singer; has a quiet, unos-
tentatious way, yet fully self possessed. On
the stage, in the role Of a comic dancer or
song stress, she is greatly admired. In her
original play of the "Outcast," (Which con-
tains, | understand, only points in her v
life she is IN excellent tragedienne, and
never fails to draw tears from her admirers.
When she first arrived in the Hills che was
carried on a board standing up on it,
through the streets Of Deadwood, borne on
the shoulders Of four men. She deals "2l,"
sings, dances, plays excellcntly, and yet min
giles in the rough crowd of the gambling
saloon, and appears enchanted with her sur
%roundings, and vet l am quite confident she
longs for a higher and better life, which she
che could adorn with honor to herself and
Ter sex.
Nellie, in Central, is one Of the women in
the Hills. No female attracts so much atten-
ton as Nellie. OF course she Is a gambler,
and that here is not derogatory to ones char.
acter. In the ordinary prophecies Of every
day life you see nothing to find fault with,
but when seated at the gaming. table, sur
rounded with rough miners, Nellie looks her
best and worst-best by comparison, worst
BY her company-not that her companions
are bad, but the place, the scene, the game.
But Their this is a free country. Nellie is
only, ~. Has a very interesting face, a
sparkling eye, a charming way with her
her movements are graceful. Yet she loves
the cards.
Kitty LIE Roy, who was killed by her
husband only y short time ago, who then
killed himself, was Of small figure and had
previously been noted as q jig dancer. She
had a large Romsn nose, cold, gray eyes, q
low, cunning forehead, and Was lnordinate.
y fond of money. ] saw her often 10 her
Mint" which was opposite my office
where men compensated 10 s,n,nia, tha;r
money and as KITTY was a good player,
like the old grave-d'gger, she gathered
them in that is, their money. Men are,
in q general sense, fools. A small t-css of
golden hair, or q bright eye. or u sof, voice
will precipitate them int, the ocean offolly,
and women of the world (and some out of
the world) know this fact and play upon
the weak string Of mems heat until all is
gone-money, Cha ract,r and even life.
Kitty had seen much of human nature, en-.
tering upon her wild career at the age of
ten. She was married three times and died
at *enty-eight. He was doing well with bis
gold claim she knew it. Like the spider,
she spun her delicat, web about him until
he poured into her lap $1,000 in gold, and
then when his claim would yield no more
she beat him over the head with a bottle
and drove him from her door. One aud an
ether she married, and then when then
money was gone, discarded them in rapid
succession. Yet there was something pccU.
liarly magnetic about Kitty. Men did love