Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-01

. while the vestry was composed Of j.
sanborn, S. L. Sphinx, Geo. H. Hand, Me-
ton Edmunds, D. T. Bramble and G. '
Kingsbury. During the year 1866 Il
lpssssnt church; s1t6ce W. .boilt. ArsHc
SontiAued in charge until 1875 who 1
: Was appointed Dean;of Dakota. rGspesd u
: ~rsctorship and was succeeded by Rev. Gi
bert Riggs, who also resigned in 1877, whe
the present rector, Rev. Mr.. Richardson os
, cupied the pulpit. Since the organization
Of this church about so persons have n
ceived the rite Of confirmation and over IL
added to the, communion.
In August, Little Grow, at the head ofth'
Sioux IN Minnesota. broke out in open hos
tility, and mastered hundreds Of settlers
The army pursued the ssvages and drove
them into Dakota. At Sioux Falls, the de-
mons fell upon the Amidon family at wori
In their field and killed the father and son.
That place was evacuated, most Of the ret
tiers coming to Yankton. The alarm spread
throughout the territory and in the course
Of one short week the feeble settlements
from James River to the Big Sioux were
depopulated, the settlers hurriedly aban-
doning their homes and property, and fee
ing to Sioux City. The election which was
held Sept. 1st took place q day or two be-
fore the alarm became general, though there
was great uneasiness in all exposed settle
ments. At this election Yankton county
polled 1872 votes-66 for General Todd and
s6 for Governor Jayne. NJ. K. Armstrong
and Canute Larson were elected members Of
the house. Stutsman and Bramble had been
elected councilmen the year before for two
sessions. The county officers chosen were Is
follows:
County Commissioners-O. B. Wheeler,
N. W. Berse and D. G. Higley.
Register Of Deeds-Wm. Miner.
Sherif-Chas. F, Rossteuscher.
Judge of Probate-Jas. NJ. Stone.
County Surveyor-Jas. NJ. Stone.
County Attorney-Geo. N. Proper.
Justices-Samuel Grant, j. s. Presho.
Constables-J B. Greenway, ]. D. Fisher.
Coroner-James Witherspoon.
This was Yankton county's first civil
roster.
A day or two succeeding the election Wit
messed the fight of the settlers. At Yank-
ton was gathered the few farmers from the
surrounding country and the people from
Bon Homme where = feeble settlement had
been founded. A wall, composed partly of
earth and partly o! posts and boards was
enclosing an area about 400
square and embracing the ground TO-
occupied by the Merchants block. Wynn
& Buck walters, the burned corner oppo-
site. and three or four lots on Farmers
Within this enclosure for q fort
night were sheltered all the population Of
southern Dakota outside OF military camps
md gsrrisons, and for six weeks following
! regular system Of military discipline pre-
vailed, guards being regularly posted and
each man taking his turn at the post Of
duty. In order to complete the record We
will mere note that the governor had called
The militia into service Immediately after
The first alarm was sounded and company
A. Dakota militia had been organized in
with F. III. Ziebach % captain and
command of the post.
The effect of this Indian outbreak was
'ery disastrous to southern Dakots. Two
birds Of the settlers left the territory. /
Many of them never returned. Reports Of
he occurrence were sent broad cast over
he land and to this day are treasured in
be memories of eastern people who still
the territory of Dakota with
he war whoop and scalpiDg knife Of the
ed man. The few who did remain were
constantly harrassed by exciting reports or
y the o narrowing event Of q cold
assassination on the public high.
vays.
A building designed for the meeting of
he legislative assembly was erected in the
ill on Capital and Fourth streets, BY N.
(. Armstrong and c. F. Picotte. The
legislature of 1923 met therein and aided
materially in giving animation
0 Yankton society and lu-
rative employment to most of the busi-
houses. while the presence ola squad
blue coats quartered on the highland
'orth Of town quieted to . great extent the
of the people. On the night of
)ec. 3lst, 80. the people of Yankton ex-
erienced the coolest snap in the meteoro-
ogicsl history of civilized Dakota. The
thermometer stood 1t IS degrees below ze-
cold was 90 intense that the end of
human nose froze white and solid in three
1t wss on this night that Ysnk-
On witnessed its first fire. The dwelling
'ouse Of Carl G. P. Meyer. situated neat the
mill couohf foam . i. :n.>o~.o