Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-05-17
Che 9aily 2rtss aud 1akutaian
YAkkTON DAKOTA
Friday Evening, May u, 1873
NORTHERN DAKOTA.

An old fashioned snow storm occurred a
Buford, May I'd, and the gathering of Nay
flowers was postponed until the next fail
day.
Two companies of the 9TH nifty, A aud e
are in camp on the south side of the Mis-
souri,, opposite Fort Peck These troop.
accompanied Lieut.. Baldwin's 9Th infantry
from Fort Keogh.
The shooting of Frank Betty by James T.
Seeds was purely accidental. The buildingt
at Fort Peck which were owned by the for.
mer, will he sold at public auction some
time this month.
Lieut. Baldwin has established signal
stations between Fort Koogh and reck. and
Capt. Murdoch has established station II
the latter camp. When last heard from the
wea her had been too unfavorable fer prat.
tice.
Lieut.. Hoppin, ID cavalry, arrived al
Buford April 80, from Fort Custer in q
mackinaw, on court martial duty. Lieut.
Roc, same regiment, with number Of dis.
charged employees, who accompanied Lieut.
Hoppin, left on the lst inst. for Bismarck
by the same conveyance.
Calamity Bill, of Buford, deserves to be
class, among the boss hunters. One after
noon while hunting five miles from there
he came upon three antelope right close to.
gether. about fifty yards from him. He
raised his gun and fired, killing two instant
lp and breaking the fore legs of the third,
which he finished by hitting it on the head
with Crock"
Orders have been issued for the abandon.
ment of Fort Peck, the troops now in camp
there to return to their proper stations and
the stores to be sent to Fort Buford. This
will bring company "D'' and the detach-
ments of the 9Th infantry back to Buford,
where at this season Of the year, they are
much nee'ed.
GENERAL,
A special to The Galveston News from
Austin says: Gen. Ord arrived here this
morning. He had conference with Gov.
Hubbard and the adjutant general in refer
ence to frontier protection. The generals
force is inadequate to protection of the bor-
der, hampcred as it is by certain army reg
ulations. He deprecates the idea Of the state
yielding to the demand that the frontier
force be disbanded, owing 10 the threaten
ing aspect of affairs, and believes that they
should be increased.
The chief industry OF New Mexico is
sheep raising, and is highly profitable at a
pursuit, while in Colorado and Wyoming
territory it is but little less 81, though by no
means as fully developed. The number and
value of the sheep in these three divisions
are estimated as follows: New Mexico,
100000 head, value S1,150,000; Colorado,
95O, 900 head, value ST 100000; Wyoming
territory, 5000 head, value $3.50, 900.
The Modocs have advanced rapidly tow
ard civilization. says the State Rights Dem
reservation by the government in 1878, and
after this year they will be able to get along
without assistance Of any kind from the gov
ernment. They now own 1000 acres Of
land, on which they have built good houses,
and have fenced in and have under cultiva-
ton over eighty acres Of land to each person
in the colony. They have l20 acres o
wheat, It's of corn, and 236 head of cattle
and have cut i4O tons of hay. Besides they
have plenty of poultry, etc. Fifty-nine o
their children attend school.