Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-06-27
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I ny that We saw to-day -
hssNofPeastaAsansg not less than

across which is fastened ss1i,Ysagoa box
In form.snd usdss D woven will
ElSes The Assiniboins dol Sahls q heavy
ls5id. ssT1hsyv pesassss strength and endurance
and are Is their nomadic owners what the
draft horse 10 to the farmers Of eur portion
of Dakota At WelffPsntAthsre are somae
rude agency buildings. hut tho Indians live
wholly In lodges, some made Of skins and
others Of CLOTH. t 5;'@;s
WOOD cHofPERs ON q WAR Path.
At 4 wood yard some miles above Wolf
Point, whers ne halted I s5take on q fuel
supply. the choppera we're bewai!ing the
loss Of thirteen horses, stolen the night pre-.
vious BY Indians. They boughsrs couple Of
rifles and a supply Of ammunition from the
atorekeeper of the Dacotah and will take
the war path Tomorrow. Trader 'Thomp-
son and family. Nj. Cummings Of the Non,
tana revenue service, and Nj. and Mrs. Til
linghart, Of Chicago, came aboard at Wolf
Point for q trip to Benton In IA s-7f
MILK RIVER. "a
SATURDAY, Jane 14th.-At halt past eight
O'clock this morning the Dacotsh steamed
up by the mouth Of Milk I,ver. This i'm
portantA tributary Of the upper Missouri
comes down from her msjesty's realms on
the north and runs for q leug distance par.
allel with the Missouri. 1t has q wide and
fertile valley, bounded by rolling prairie,
the grazing ground of countless herds Of
buffalo and other grass eating animals: just
above Milk river, IN the south side Of the
Missouri q
SPUR OF 4 LAND HILLS
rear their black, forbidding crests and shut
out the inland view for a number Of miles
above. This bad land belt is about q dozen
miles in width, and beyond it opens out a
prairie country rich in natures gifts. IT
forms a part of the system of basins and
valleys which render nearly the entire re.
gion between the Yellowstone and the
Missouri one Of the choice spots of this
comparatively unknown Wilderness. Trav.
elers mention it as q paradise of productive
ness. tits
TEEMING WITT GAME
and its Indian occupants have made q des-
perate struggle to retain unimpaired their
rights as its sole proprietors. The past five
years have, however, witnessed their grad.
ual displacement. Already the hand Of civ.
i~lizatlon has placed its ineffaceable seal Of
progress upon the rich region 90 long the
home and ranging ground Of the wild tribes
who peopled it. I am told that the yell
lowstone valley is occupied'by pioneer set.
tiers from Its mouth to the head of naviga.
ton and that new corners are extending
their improvements sorthward over the
country which has the Missouri for it's
other boundary. An army officer who has,
made his home in this country for2years
says that another reason the Yellowstone
valley will
s PRODUCE suFFi CIhNf GRAIN
for the consumption of its military and civil.
lian occupants. He says that where five
years age it was considered hazardous to
venture with q regiment of soldiers can now
be found the cabins Of settlers aud The wa.
CONS Of moving home seekers from the east.
On the Custer battlefield an ANNUAL crop of
hay is gathered and the plowshare of the
farmer is beginning to search In it's
blood washed, soil for the. hidden germs Of.
future wealth. y
FORT PECK. 49, 81,
This afternoon the Dacotsh passed the site
of Fort Peck, an abandoned tradi1r
post and agency. A few tumble down log
buildings and the remains Of q stockade are
all thai remain to mark the spot. Outing
its palmy days it was the scene of rich spec.
ulation and of many an exciting experience
with the hostile savages who were then
monarchs of all they chose to claim. Fort
Peck was established BY the Northwestern,
Fur 20. and was used as. apoint Of barter
with the Indians. Subsequently it va. pur-
chased by the government and occupied az
an Indian agency and finally abandoned in
favor Of the Poplar river location.
The carcasses of numerous dead buffalo
hays. been floating down the river this after
noon, slaughtered, doubtless, from the decks.
Of passing steamers. MEsG
wATERLEss River.
Towards evening the mouth of Dry Fork
was passed. It is an extensive stream With.
out any water in it. It's dry aud sandy bed
is equal in width to that of the Missouri.
But there are evidences Of extensive foods
along its banks and 4 the point Il is' con.
tact with the Missouri. I am told that the
water frequently rises in this seemingly
abandoned river bed to . depth Tor perhaps
height) Of fifteen or twenty feet in q few
hours. under the influence Of rains among
the bluffs Of the basin of which it furnishe.
drainage. Dry Fork has its origin in mum.
erous flowing springs sixty miles back from
the Missouri. These original waters. though
abundant at the source, lose themselves in
shss sands bsfOrs the outlet is resshed. Be.
tween its hsad ard the YslI0wiosasa slope