Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-07
FRONTIER NEWS BUDGET

FRONTIER NEWS BUDGET
The Indian Scare, and Military Movements
Business Boom at Bismarck-Rapid Set
Element of the Country-and the Indian
Question.
Special Correspondence of the Globe.
Fort A. LINCOLN, D. T., June 3.-This
will reach you when the Chicago convention
is over, and Grant or some other man nomi-
mated for defeat next November. Our COR
respondent made a little miscalculation as
to the duration of the Radical jamboree in
Chicago.-ED.
THE MILITARY BOOM.
Introducing this letter with mention of
the boom of politics, the remark can be
added that out here the very faintest echo
of the boom can not be heard even through
telephone with microphone attachment.
In fact the military don't care for booms,
even on glory's field. TO DO accurate they
don't seem individually or collectively to
care d-n with big d for
anything, except rations and such like COM
forts. Two days acquaintance with army
life at frontier post hasn't overcharged
your correspondents heart with desire for
buttons and the livery, and the emo.uments.
THE INDIAN SCARE.
AS your readers know from the dispatches
already sent and from the news exclu-
sively gotten by the GLOBE at department.
headquarters, an expedition against Indians
is being out fitted at this post. Col. Lewis
Merrill is in command, and the supply de-
partment has been committed
to the charge of Capt. D. D. Wheeler,
A. @. M. This supply business in the move
ment of a "corporars squad" even. is an
important affair. When nine companies are
sent into the field, the supply business as.
sumes a degree nearly bordering on the
superlative in Importance. Add to this q
big Indian scare among lot of exposed and
green railroad laborers, and military ne
cessity" coins a word to express the rush,
push, confusion, turmoil, ETC, in calculating
damnation, between the intervals of wiping
oozing perspiration from their fevered brows,
or between drinks.
Such is the status of affairs at present in
this vicinity.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC.
AS set forth in my dispatch of yesterday, the
railroad employees on the Northern Pacifi
have been visited by a flying band of Indians.
AS one of the natives curveted over some en-
inence to look at the advance of civilization,
civilization in the persons of horny handed
railroaders fled from the advance of the
savage. In fact civilization got decided
setback, and fairly stsmpeded. Superin-
tendent Anderson, of the extension line,
tried to inmbue his men with courage, but
they wouldn't brace up, unless backed
by bayonets. The bayonets have gone glist-
ening to the front.
TROOPS IN THE FIELD.
The troops sent out to the end of the
track are Capt Beach and Capt. Choisy's
companies of the Eleventh infantry, and Capt.
Nolan's company of the Seventh cavalry.
These are sent out to supply an immediate
want, much felt. Capt. McDougald's COM
pany, Seventh cavalry, from Fort Yates,
arrived here to-day, and goes forward by
rail tomorrow. Mandan is, at the present
writing, the scene of activity in getting
fractions army horses on the cars. An
army horse is the most vicious animal in the
would, not excepting Spitz dog. AS
to the army mule, he's become
classical in frequent mention both in prose
and poetry, and his worthlessness or worth
needn't be enlarged upon just here.
ALI these companies, horses and mules will
be followed in due course of time by head
quarters. camp will be established In the
Bad Lands, the operations against Indian
forays he directed from that point, and in
fantry companies will be stationed as guards
with railroad working parties, so that "the
banana belt" will be traversed before the
season is over by the Northern
Pacific railroad up to the
Yellowstone river, say $50 miles from Bis
marck. Already seventy-fve miles is ironed
and accepted by the company, while the con-
tractors run construction trains twenty-five
miles beyond.
BIsMARoK's BOOM.
Leaving the railroad to creep along at the
rate of one mile per day. we will come back
to events transporting at this place and Bis
marck. There's boom at Bismarck even
though there's none at Fort Lincoln. The
town is all astir with business, and the levee
is far more active scene than at st.
Paul, 30 far as steamboats, are con-
cerned. Last night the General
Sherman left for Fort Benton
with Major Morris, Lieuts. Steel and cavalry
of the Eighteenth infantry, in command of
recruits. Major Bates, paymaster U. s..
army, also accompanies the command as far
as Buford to relieve Major Thomas.
FROM FORT SMELLING.
Tonight the three companies from Fort
Smelling arrived; one is destined for the
Bad Lands, Capt. Comba's, and the others
60 to Forts Stevenson and Buford, leaving
tomorrow on the steamer Gen. Terry. Be-
sides the two boats mentioned. the Rosebud,
Capt. Todd, and the Minnie Hermon are at
the levee. 1t will be remembered the
Minnie Hermon was constructed last
winter at Lake City, and several weeks ago
was registered and inspected at st. Paul.
She has on board party of oolonists, 104
families, destined for the neighborhood of
Miles City on the Yellowstone river. She
has made very successful trip SO far, hay
ing come up from St. Louis in thirty five
days.
IMMIGRATION.
Speaking of colonists naturally suggests
the word immigration. In this connection
the settlement of the country is marvellous,
and the numbers this year are encouraging,
But what do they do it for, that is, come
away from home 80 far? In Minnesota
there's land enough spread out to the
horizons edge. Enough to have transported
old Noah with an ecstacy of joy, when he
was touring it around with the first great
menagerie, of which we or anybody else, for
the matter of that, has any written record.
But the dove would have missed it,
had she been sent out for
leaf. Trseless, the whole region bet ween
Fargo and Bismarck, but the grass is luxu RI
ant in green freshness, and the immense
wheat fields look the promise of beautiful
yield. ar
THE INDIAN QUESTION SETTLED.