Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-04-25

Is a lamentable ignorance Of the geogr
ply Of the United States among Ame,
} 1T is, and doubt if one man in fiv
hundred could draw a rough chart of tn
northwestern States and get them in prom
er posltlon, let alone the matter of outline
l would suggest that if you write an,
thing Tomorrow of the voyage of the lie
lena, that you give the readers of tn
Gtooe-Democrat hint that {. little study O
map of the United States would civ
theih few ideas of the extent of a WOW
age Impossible in any other country in ii,
: world. just think what an institution th
MISSOURI lss We pull out of st. Louis, I'll,
north twenty miles and turn into tile Mis-
sour river, and then we are booked for :
voyage through six States. and thlruol
country richer in all that makes wealtl
than any other portion of the land. The
rlver. running west, passes by jefferson
city. reaches Kansas city. forms the boun
dary line between Kansas and Missouri
ana IN AS Course, kisses the feet of Fort
Leavenworth, Atchison. st. Joseph. forms
the boundary between Nebraska and Iowa
and touches Omaha. Council Bluffs and
Sioux City, then makes western detour
and e'evates te the dignity of port
lankton, in Dakota Territory, town
which the influx Of strangers to the Black
liiils has made thriving city. The river
then strikes nOrthward through the center
OF Dakota Territory. striking. when 600
miles north, Bismarck. 4 thriving little city
known to the world as the western termi-
nus OF Jay Cooks Northern Pacific rlil-
ROAD, tiie eastern terminus of which is Du-
iulh. Civilization is here left substantially
Behind, and for I 400 miles the Missouri
describes setni-circle through some of the
Srandest scenery on the globe. military
stations. mining camps, and natural land
marks fantastically named by men alone.
serving to give notice of distance passed
until the end of the wild and wonderful
Journey is reached. with the head of nayi-
CATION Mt Fort Benton, a United States
military station, with prosperous and
growing town springing up under its pro-
lection. with its inhabitants enrichinc
themselves by trade with the miners who
tlrong the auriferous regions of the space
remaining between there and the golden
shore Of the Pacific. The river is at this
point wide and deep. b,it thirty miles fur
ther up the Missouri pours down in a
glorious cascade over rocky ledge ninety
feet high. making sight rivaln" in gran
-la.,..- .p,I --.se',fIs po...-e -----,-----,
ings, the fearful and glorious falls of Mag
ara. One hundred and forty miles almost
due south Of Fort Benton lies Helena. the
cipital and metropolis of Montana, lying
in the very center of the richest gold re-
giOn in the whole extent OF the Rocky
Mountains; town where the prosperity
banishcs even suspicion of the hard times
which rive and distract centres of civiliZa-
tion,' 4 town which has made gigantic
strides forward since its recent foundation.
and one which it is confidently predicted
will by the aid of railroads and proper
modes Of transit and transfer, become an
other San Francisco"
Captain McGarrv is an enthusiast upon
the Northwest. and Observant of the con-
tinuous tide of emigration flowing to-
wards Fort Benton and Helena, lie has
east his lot with the future of that portion
of the world, and when the Helena pad
died out into the stream last evening and
started for the golden land. it was 10 stay
there. for she will ply hereafter only be-
tween Bismarck and Fort Benton. She
will not be alone in that trade. for the Red
Cloud, graceful steamer, built tor the
Tennessee river trade, and Which for five
years past has piled the devious way from
Evansville. Ind, to Florence, Ala; the
steamer Benton, commanded by Captain
DayiI Haney the steamer e. II. Peck.
by Captain A. NJ. johnson
the Nellie, Peck, and the j. NJ. Chambers,
have yielded TO the demand for transpOrta-
ton from Bismarck west, ard entered the
waters of the tar North.
h Captain McGarry. after introducing the
reporter to several passengers booked for
The long trip. went out onto the levce,
where the veteran mate, Sam Carbis, was
urging to their utmost exertiOns large
corps of leve darkies, who were carrying
great piles Of freight onto the boat. A
glance at the freight, bound for the destin-
alton OF the Helena, was in itself interest
ing. and an Indicator OF the rapid growth
Of the country. Two hundred cooking
stoves were part of the goods, and this re-
minded gentleman of the days when the
tide of emigration was flowing like a
mighty stream into Kansas. The emigrant
must have stove, and it occupies the first
,lace in the purchase Of the necessities of
ife; "chairs, tables. bedsteads, and bu-
eauX are considered luxuries in the Far
Vest" The last remark was made by a
ady, and the reporter, pointing to a lot OF
eventy-five high chairs consigned to Hcle-
ia, asked what place in the domestic econ
my they occupied.
Tie lady glanced at the furniture, and
skcd: '.iiow many chairs are there!'' /,
''Seventy-five.' ~st m
''Well, thev are luxurics. These chairs s
re intended only for the wealthy, and !
ven tllen tue supply is short, But Lsup-i !
ose ttey will send up another boat lead !.
ext nlonth.Y G. s .2za = d 81 =,
There were scores of bedsteads and +
mall stands, hundreds Of chairs, wooden Il
lba, willoy haSiscts, jeeXes iof .ei;ssswsrc, +
arrels and boxes of groceries, fully ton u
( compressed beef for use in the mining n
.mps, and such confasioh of staple arti- I
es of use and value, but all of such sub I
antial make and texture that bystander Il
.marked aloud: a.
Il see they are sending nothing bat the II
sccssities of life out there. y '>-@iA y
The reporter saw on the levee an embryo o
.ewery and an immense copper still, and b
ith the intention of being uproariously a