Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-06

ounty. about my In number, had Assem-.
lied at Vernilliou. and were Organizing
'nder The call Of the governor, bat soon
fer the soldiers started above, the most Of
militia started TO join their command.
10 ot6cer, the governor, Who vas in Sioux
1ty.
The judge OF the first judicial district
'ourt vas IN Vermillien, and at that time
ne only government ofacisl in the terri
and although the Judge WAS Q very.
1eshy. ~corpuient man, he mounted 4 small
as's bsrsbaeksd. aud. rode To- Sioux City
Antss taoilies. also living il Veruiuiop.
Sioux City. The imost Of the sst.
ma shove sad below VermiMion slso left.
aud eut lew that isft ct thu tine ever re-
turned. Mr.. Jscobscs. Who lived near the
present towno { Aeckling, returned and was
killed By the 1qdians ct the Dakota river
crossing below the city Of Yankton. Thorn.
% Thompson also returned aud was badly
wounded BY Indians. James Whitehorn and
Nj. Finch, living above vermiliou, did
not leave and were mot molested.
The Indians ct the time Of the stampede
killed some hogs, . heifer aud burned q
house near Clay creek.
When the soldiers who left Vermillion
that dsy reached the place where Gayville
now stsnds. the squad who had epg.ged
the Indians had returned 10 Y.nkton.
They saw the Indians . long way Of up the
Dakota river, but their horses were too
jaded 10 over,ake them. They
then went to Yankton and found the
citizens much excited, a. they supposed the
Yankton Indians had broken out and that
the town would be attacked before morning,
a there was q large force of Indians but q
short distance north Of the place, but they
determined TO hold the town and give the
Indians . warm reception in case Of an At
tack. Among those old settlers who were
then cheerfulIy acting the part Of soldiers
and who still remain At Yankton, are n.
Edmunds, D 7. Bramble, William Miner,
G. w. Kingsbury, Capt. Ziebacb, Judge
Preaho, William Werdebaugh, and H. C.
Ash, who will be in Yank:on when he
finishes sowing oats in the Black Hills.
And Of the brave soldier boys who were
then and are now in Yank.on are A. NJ.
English, George Pike, George F%alkinburr,
Charles Wright, Adolph Mauksch. and per.
haps some others. Time has taken some
TO that undiscovered country from whose
bourne no traveller return" whilst other
have left the territory for the east. All act
ed the part of good soldiers.
In a day or two word came from the
chief Of the Yankton Indians that they had
held another council and had this time de.
cided to stand true to the whites, and they
have been loyal ever since.
Relative to this difficulty the Yapkton
Sioux Indians and the Santee Sioux Indi.
ans d sagree. The Yankton Indians claimed
the Santees were ::to take Bon Homme,
Yankton and Vermiilion, and then they
we're to join them whilst the Santee Sioux
Indians claim the Yankton Indians had
Joined them. 1t appears however. that q
portion Of the young men of the Yankton
tribe were with the Santees north of the
town Of Yankton, and those men wanted
the Santees to proceed to business. But the
santees said there were a great many SOL
diers in the town Of Yankton and a great
many coming up from below and they we're
not strong enough to take the town. The
Yankton Indians then left them and held
council, and this time decided not
join the santees. The Yaukton Sioux
are q good band of Indians and are
the most friendly Of any band of the great
Sioux nation. At this time the town of
Bon Homme was abandoned and there were
no white settlers above the present city Of
Yankton,
Sioux City was garrisoned by one: COM
pany Of soldiers and as they were In great
lear Of the hostile Indians Of Dakota. they
lsked for and received four additional com.
psniea, making about five hundred men
Who fortified that town to protect it from
Indians. and only one company was on duty
Sioux City and Fort Randall.
Before the stampede took place, General
siblev had driven the Indians out Of Min.
'esota, and had followed them to the Mis-.
'euri river, digging rife pits every night 10
protect his camp. When he came to the
bluff overlooking the Missouri river he
halted and fortified his camp. At this
camp Lieut.. Beaver, 10 reconuoiterine Was
killed by the Indians. Gen. Sibley buried
him in the ditch Of the Notifications and
then returned to Minnesota leaving the
hostile Indians on the Missouri river in
Dakota many of whom followed him back
most of the way.
As late as November Of that year 4 small
squad Of the Dakota cavalry went 10 Sioux
Falls and were there attacked BY the hos
Indiana. The soldiers killed one of the
Indians. wouuded two Others and burnt
their camp.
In the spring Of 1863, Gen. sully led ,
large expediion aaainst thase Indian. .,d