Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-21
asonrANA's NEW LANDS.
Some Of h Charaeteriseics OF the Vol.
lovvstone Region.

1ovveeone Region.
tCorrespoAaence Chicago Times.
I'll Pert KsoeA,f May EARLY on the morn.
81 lnk of Apro z ne cheerful notes OF the
n hQ&e, sounding Ereveirle. wero heard. and
u preparations for moving were soon In oper.
alton. The pack mules were brought up
and loaded with bedding, %rations, ammunt-
ton, forage. etc., not forgetting the "panier"
or medicine chest Of DR.. Sabine-which
alone in 10 glory was fastened or top Of q
"pack." About 8 o'clock Ne left the Vel,
Trees with buds just ready to bust into
Leaf. and ascended the high, precipitous
bluffs that ovsfhang;the river and made our
way across the rolling prairie to Sunday.
creek. ard went into camp on that stream
Ehb0ut fifteen mites from the Y~elloWstone.
The next day the command followed up tho
oaate stream and camped upon It, seeing
plenty of antelope, buffalo, etc, on the trail
Of which several Of the first named were
! killed. The next day Ne struck lofossf The
country In the dirsGtibnI Of the Pofcnpine
604k.. and passed through the "bad lands,"
witch might justly be entitled mountains.
from their appearance. These bad lands"
extend from Fort Buford N the Missouri
and from their looks must have been at
some period the bottom of q large body of
water, % petri1edi dsh, snakes, ETC., are of.
ten found in this range. From all indica-
lions the whole country Is underlaid with
large veins Of coal. as It is often found crop
ping out Though the sides of hills andl
\ buteS1, !" Ii places whore the water has
Washed the soil away. We caanped that
night on the little P%orcupine creek. q small
tributary or the Yellowstone, and which
has never been followed up to lite head BY
white men, so far as is known. Timber is
very abundant, and consists mainly of cot.
tonwood. Trails of beavers we're found.
but zone seen while we were on the creek.
On April IA the command moved down
and camped upon the Yellowstone, opposite
the mouth of Rosebud creek, rendered ia |,
NOUS as the camping place Of Gen. Terry's
ARMY in '76, and from where the gallant
Caster took his departure on the scout that
resulted 90 dDastrously to himself and COM
r1and June 25, 1876. That vas scarcely
three ysars NO, and at that time the Vel
lowstons was a relatively unknown stream
to the whites. Now two military posts
Forts Keogh and Custer-occupy the favor.
ito camping plaoesEof the Indians and the
valley is fast settling up, ranches and houses
being situated every two or three miles apart
from the mouth of the Yellowstone to near
Bozenan, Montana. A large colony from
Missouri Is reported to be now On route for
the country, intending to form q settlement
at the mouth Of Powder river, sixty miles
from Fort Keogh.
On April 2your correspondent left the
command at Rosebud creek and proceeded
down the Yellowstone to Miles City. Ran.
ches were very numerous, and new buildings
were seen in all directions, denoting rapid
aoftlounont Af ths. ~o,&sn> ->e A. .~.-x.-
On reaching Miles City, two miles from
9th infantry, your correspondent found the
utmost excitement prevailing on account Of
the proceedings Of an alleged vigilance com.
which, as far as could be learned,
were as follows: A young man by the name
Brophy has been suspected for some time
past of petty thieving, and on the night Of
April 80 q body of vigilanties vent to his
cabin, took him out and hung him to a tree
until nearly dead, when they let him down
and offered to spare his life if ne would
leave the country instantly, which he did.
They then proceeded to several other houses
and gave the occupants warning that if they
did not leave the next week they would be
hung. Some Of the parties declare that they
will not leave, and lively times are expect
ed soon.
The Cheyenne Indians captured last
March BY Lieut.. Clark, I'd cavalry, are en-
camped near Fort Keogh, under guard Of
companies E and l, ID cavalry. They all
say they will not 90 the Indian, territory and
that they will stand and be shot down in their
tepees before they will 60. 1t is understood
here BY the military authorities that they
will be taken to Kansas this spring and be
tried for their crimes in the civil court.
there.