Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-17
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Rrals City, Dakota, Sept. s-From Bruls
agency I came down to this point this morn
Ing, secompsnisd By two muscular Iadians
who rowed me across the Missouri and
shouldsesd ny baggags with the eass Of .
professional hotel porter. After this I shall
not ~ that the red man VA made in vain.
Hshas mission and I have discovered
what It i. Still I am grateful for their kind
attendance and have noted down in my log
the circumstances attending this cheerful
display Of industry. The Sioux have
changed sincs nrst I knew them. They are
developing . willingness to labor moi. At all
in harmosy with the traditions of the pest,
but nevertheless gratifying TO their patient
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The embryo metropolis Of the future,
known to fame as Brule City, gave me .
cordial welcome and set up a frontier feast.
under the auspices Of D. W. spauldins, one
Of it, prominent residents, which was OPP
postuns aud comforting after my short but
fatiguing journey. Ny first inquiry Va,
naturally after Charles Collins, the founder
Of the city and its proprietor aud defender.
I was directed to his mansion (logs yet but.
marble front by::aud BY in the center Of the
corporation, and there found the object Of
my search and his estimable wife. From
Collins cabin door the site Of Brule City
and its surroundings spreads out ina pano-
rama beautiful to gaze upon. It is nature
in the rough, but shaped and adorned in
her kindliest mood and fashioned after the
approved models in the design of the uni
verse. A semi.circle Of bluffs In the
rear, q broad green plateau in front
With its border met BY the waters of the.
Missouri, fringed with q steady growth Of
timber and the sparkling river glimmering
in the sunlight through its emerald foliage.
From the levee up aud down . river view
of twenty miles is obtained. and beyond the
valley Of the White Earth river opens up
to the vision a half a score of miles west
ward A continuous range of hills tanks
the plateau on the Brule City aide, and OPP
posite, IN the Sioux domain, 4 broken range
Of bluffs trends northward to the dim hori-
zon.
Already the first flow of the tide of settle
ment has reached this charming spot and
those who have planted their home stakes
in the virgin soil tell Of Thousands behind
them who will speedily people all this region
just reclaimed from Indian domination. 1t
is expected that another year will witness
the arrival of the track and cars of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad CON.
pany,now approaching Firesteel, on the Jim,
and with their coming will occur ~ influx
which will lift Brule City into the promi-
nencs of = leading commercial point. From
this point to the Black Hills there is a short
and level wagon route and l ind that the
people Of Brule City have strong hopes that
the bulk Of the traffic with that region will
centre here BY smother season. The pio-
neers who pinned their faith in years gone
BY 10 the future of Brule begin to feel that
they are approaching . realization Of their
hopes. They have a fertile country, . eli.
mate unsurpassed in all the northwest, al
navigable river and hundreds Of thousands
Of acres of arabic land oil about them to be
given away to the men and women who will
occupy them. These are the elements Of
future wealth and from this basis they pro-
pose to build. Already . considerable set
has sprung up here, under the di.
rection Of such men As Charles Collins, james
A. c. VanMeter, D. w. spaulding,
Joseph Lesuaire, E. A. Peterson and others
whose names I do not now recall. The city
laid out some years ago, before the OF.
der Of the president shut it out from the ap-
proach Of civilization, and in glancing over
the autographed plat in the possession of
Collins, I find that its streets have been
named, . court house site provided and even
q desirable square Get apart as the place
where the capitol buildings Of Dakota are
to be erected. In the provisions of the far
off past these men omitted nothing which
would AID in future advancement. Its streets
are numbered from the river back towards
the table land, from 1st to 18th, and crossing
them at right angles are Chicago, Belfast,
Pembina, Nebraska, Georgih Virginia,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Capitol, Montana, Da-
kota, Colorado, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Ne
vada, White Earth and Buffalo streets. In
time it is hoped that the city will expand
sufficiently to use up the balance of the I'M
ion and perhaps reach over into Canada for.