Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-01
A RECORD OF 1873. 5. !
What the Year HAS Done fof
s, the City Of Yankton. 81 81
Tho List Of lis Building; Inprsvs-
IL, nents Fsets Up to slS4,s75.qo's
A Good Showing Ia Az Departments Of
Business Extensive freight Re-
~ csipts and Shipments. aF Z.
Historieal sketch Of the Early Years or
Dakota's Capital City. "A Diary ,s.t
Y Of the tmpSrsant Evonts t,.s,i : ,
ef tho Year 1875,

Il VI suo Eaf1y Years OF
Dakota's Capital City.-A Diary 5s.
Of the tmpSrtant Events lf,..e,, g
| ,s.,d 81 ef tho Year 1875, a, et,,.,,,
HISTORICAL sktrcH.' a's'- g.
G'ancipk sst the. progress Yaakiop, has
made 10 material Improvement during tho
year now closed. one u led in se,rospeo!ion
70 tue earlier years Of its history and even
70 contemplation Of lhe time before i,s
history began, even back. to the not very
distant day when these ,plains were owned
and occupied BY the sborigioes.
In the history Of New France. written BY
that talented French jesuit. Cbarlevo,x. i,
is related that nearly Two centuries ago thy
Iowa Indians, the Omshas and Ut,oca were
10 possession of this region Of country and
roamed and hunted through the sections
Wate,ed BY the james river. Subsequently
came the great Dakota nation from the north
WHO covered the prairies of southern Da-
kota, expellng and ex.irpating the less war.
like apd less powerful tribes whom they
found in possession. The Yauktons, whu
were leading and influential tribe of the
Dakotas even at that early day, swarmed 10
the lower valleys Of the Big Sioux. Vermil.
lion and James or Dakota, and here, where
the capital Of this thriving territory has
been founded this tribe Of red men located
their principal village. erected their wig wsms
and for many eenera,i ms here lit their c,un-
ell dfes, In 1904. soon after the eovernmen,
efthe United states purchased from Naps.
leon I, the territory Of Loulsi ,na. " high e,n
braced this region. Al exploring expedition,
commanded by Capitals Merriwether Lewis,
sailed Ia small open boats from St. Louis;
thiir object being 70 explore the great val
tey Of the Missouri river, TO its mount.in
source. 90 the morning Of August ,2s.b.
1895, thts expedition passed the mouth oi
james river now in this county, where
an Indian SWAN out to the boats
aud informed the whites ,ha,
a large party 81 Sioux were in camp near
BY. Three men With an interpreter were
dispatched to the Indian camp, while the
remainder Of the party proceeded on up ,hs1
river q distance of eleven miles. and camped
on the highland. the present site Of Yank.
ton. Here our explorers were soon joined
by large delegation of Yankton Indians
among vhom was the father Of the preaent|
chief Of that tribe, Strike the eRes.D- AL
council was held, the ceremony Of smoking
hepipe Of peace gone through With, and
number Of appropriate presents distributed |
among the Indians. This was 73 years ago, \
and is thefsarlisst record of even temper
ary occupation Of this locality by Write
men. Near where this council Va, held:
the first white mans grave va. made and.
the mortal remains of Lewis and Clark's
old interpreter (Durion.) we're laid thereon
for their long rest:1 Hons NJ. X: Armstrong,
10 his History and Resources Of Dakota"
pub lished ' in 1866, pays this mark 81
resp4ct To- The old interptetgr's ashes" ,@'
There has he siun,bered on his scattold tomb.
Ihr0l8f fifty, vears Of storm and summer moon |
se @ %e sss s. patSss e sas
Ftom the date Of Eewii aud Clark Z j visit visit,
for period Of ATTY years. the Dakota To-
dsans' remained 10 almost untliolested occuE
Dsnev'af this country with what is now
kaOt tuTas Ysnkton Is one of the prrirns
cipal villages - Of the Nation. The
dnlN swh,,e 81 men with whom they
came in'contact were The fex French ira.
dersE Ewho had married and settled among
them Nr the purpose Of trad8c, OF an occa-
aonaf Roman mis.ionsry OF exp! !oriug party
following in the wake Of Lewis and Clarke.
Givilisation he'd been advancing westward
frsaa the Ohio and had occupied the broad
domain leading 70 the father Of waters, had
even crossed that mighty river and ID 1855
had reached the Missouri to find its on ward
march obstructed on the western boundary
Of northern Iowa by that great American
institu iou-:he Indian treaty, which said
thusfar;; but no iarthstA Until yon make in. II
other treaty. 9''i' ,sE'.aH'a' 'a'1* =
In th. meantime, the the army iny lid III advanced y, d
its standards, and erected It's posts within
the present territory. Fort George, Fort
Lockout, and even Fort Randall, had been
built and the speculative eye Of ,hs, lhrihy
soldier Was directed to the inviting Geld
which Dako.a's fertile plains offered a. The
abqde II civilized people. Captain, .f.ar,.
vardk General, J B. 8. Todd, (nox .dscsas-
~ whose name must forever BE- honorably
aasodasedNith the early his.ory Of Dako.A,
haa, 10 1855, ~ sseentiy rsissSd bis chm.
mtasion u ths asnay.r nd haA eassssd h.
0secantils pussstts vish oshsr, partio ssS~
IA 4. sAss Of rFsoss Tsld 4 CO. This