Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-07
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survey .f. .A. JcA.y...e-TAtee Acct
d.nts. one " whtsA Proved Fatal aud
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N...rs - aovorner Howard At Fsrts
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Special Correspondence
FoRr BENNETT, D. T., Sept. 2s.-Oa the
10th Of this month, Mr.. Mclean. with his
train Of twenty orsmore OF teams, left this
place with lot Of telegraph poles for the
new line Of telegraph to Meade, oa.a eon-
tract With the Western Union Telegraph
company and the government jointly.
In my last mentioned about "F' COM
pany Of the first being on . scouting expe-
dition on the Cheyenne river. It was for
the purpose Of surveying the same, and
doing escort duty TO Z party of7engtnssss
Who had the job in hand. MI. Durage, Of
St. Paul, and three assistants surveyed the
river Mr.. Durage. was formerly sergeant
major Of the eleventh, and was transtsrred
to department headquarters In the engi-
neer's Office. He 10 . very capable and .
rising man. He married wealthy lady in
st. Paul, and is now working on bis own
account. He left with his party on the
Fontenelle On the 10th on their return
home to st. Paul. Major Smith having
finished the escort duty returned to Fort
Meade on the 10th.
Sergeant Gollitz of"K" company, llth,
and party of men, who helped to transport
"H'' and I'D" of the first to Fort Meade.
have returned. and in attempting to cross
the Missouri on their way to Sully, they
came very near being swamped They
were in large fat boat with two wagons
and their teams. The wind blew perfect
gale from, the south raising big clouds Of
dust and sand, and when near the east side
Of the river the boat nearly swamped and
became unmansgsble. A team of six
mules jumped iato the river, and man
by tho name of King. belonging to TX"
company. llth, in endsavoring to extricate
the mules in their predicament, had one
rib broken. He was taken to the hospital
on arriving at Sully, after dark.
Bishop Hare returned 10 Yankton agency
un the Western. Before leaving he had
the mission buildings Of this agency
thoroughly repaired and newly painted.
They now presen, a fine appearance.
An old settler Of this vicinity, Alt Nc
Camely, has lately come to sad end. He
died in Sully on the 20sh and was buried
the next day. He had been out to Fort
Meade with two or three teams to help
transport "H" and I'D" of the first. and on
his return home, when within five days
drive of Snlly, he saw a herd Of
antelope and thought he. would like
to have q shot at them. He got into
q wagon to shoot, and just ~ he fired the
team started up Unexpectedly throwing
him TO the Groand. He fell aRsiust one OF
the front wheels which scraped the skin of
bis forehead. The accident itself was not
very serious, hut the result was death.
Having no water or proper means ut hand
to dress the wound. be merely wrapped up
bis head 10 the 6rst thing that came to
hand. That night he laid under his wagon,
aud caught cold, inAAming The wound bad
ly. Erysipelas set in. and bis head was
badly swollen. BE suffered q great deal for
i've days, and up to the moment Of his
death. The swelling Was so.great that his
eyes were entirely closed, and he could
hardly talk. He owned large quantity of
hne stock and one Of the fnest farms on
the river. He leaves . widow and some or
phan children Of his, brother Nicolas, who
was killed some time sgo.
An Indian belonging to athis agency was
hurt badly BY, bis horse running away With
him. He was thrown and ono Of bis feet
was caught 10 QUE Of the stirrup and he
was dragged for quite distance. breaking
hts skull. He 10 not expected to 1--we.
Claymore, 1 Canadian Frenchmsn, . re-
sident near the mission. and one of the old
eat settlers of Ihts place has gone to the
Black Hills with lot Of teams to trans
port qusrtermaster storssa ~ Fort Meade.
asd also some telegraph poles for the line.
Ailof the surplus comuissarY and quar-
termaster stores that are not needed here,
are being shipped to Fort Meade, the allow.
sscs bsins osiy for two comparisons or
iEinsllysintsHdsd.s ii Es 80
lSA.k-the.Bat. IN 1adiau ssb-chisf, and
81 Indiins. lsfs hsre % the 2elh fof tas puf.
pose of'hunting deer. They s1s to b away
20 days. Corporal Webb, of &c" Co., llth.
and 10 scouts accompanied them. Mr.
Bobb. ths military poSt trader, sssvis each
Indian Is worth Of goods g bs paid for out
of tho ptoeoedD Of the hunt,