National Republican., 1880-07-28
A COMING NEW STATE.
What Western Tact and Enterprise Have
Accomplished.
EailroAds Pushing Over the Prairies--Dis-
appearance OF the Indians-A Won
dorfui Territory.
To Tho Editor Of Tho National Repn5lican. /.

To The Editor of The Nationol Republicdn:
SIR: Your correspondent started from Chi
cngo last Wednesday evening for this territory
over tho 6nely.equipped road Of The Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad. This road Is
one Of the great outgrowths Of western pluck
and enterprise, reaching not only many points
in Wisconsin and Minnesota up to the North.
ern Pacific, but having hvo terminal points
in Dakota and extending it's lines westward
in marvelously rapid way into tho Black
hills country. Theroute selected lay through
Wisconsin and Iowa and into Dakota, 700
miles northwest of Chicago to MITCHELL a town
only four mouths old, with 500 inhabitants,
a bank, school.house, hotel aud largo business
enterprises.
In Washington VIC have heard so much of
Indian wars among the Black hills and of the
"pow.wows" at the different agencies that
one is apt TO got notion that Dakota is full
of savagcs ready to take every scalp. Even
the names Dakota, Yankton, Flandreau, Black
hills, etc, are suggestive 10 many only of In.
dans and the savage Sionx. When Que steps
from an eastern made railway coach into what
might be o Broadway omnibus and Is taken
through the main street or Yankton to finely
furnished, we'll. kept hotel and secs not sin.
gle red face, the aluson vauishes. After
weeks stay and visiting many points by rail,
river and stage, confess | was somewhat dis.
appointed In not seeing over score of Indians
and those Of the tumcst most harmlGs, nature;
and Dakota to-day is rs orderly and safe ns an
eastern state l had tho pleasure of riding in
| n stage over its prairies with gentleman rep
| rescnting an Ohio agricultural implement
factory who travels continually by stage and
in his private conveyance who said that ho
never had any hestancy in travelling alone in
any direction across these prairies unarned.
Tho 1iEo tho p1 11.ftg i,,,f-
tive peolo living in farming districts OF the
east.
At ono hotel where stopped, In town Of
about 5000 iDhabitRnts,I was surprised ut see
ing my trunk the next morning on the stoOp
l called attention to what | thought great
carelessness, and tho elork said that trunks not
needed in tho rooms were always left out there.
But maybe thore are some dishonest people
after all. Dakota bas undoubtedly a republic
can majority, aud this last census shows
enough voters to cntitle 1t 10 become a state.
And what state IL is bound to bc, TO DO sure !!
| Few porson3 who have not examined tho ig-
ures realize that Dakota Is rs large in square
miles as all New England, New York and half
of Pennsylvania together viz, 10000 square
miles. The so.calod Black bills which are
as vcrdant and beautiful rs tho Green hills of
Vermont, are said TO contain beside gold and
silver, coal and iron and timber. The terri
| tory will no doubt ultimately DO divided not
| far from tho forty fifth parallel and will then
make two states each as large as Pennsylvania,
| Now Jersey and Maryland combined. 1t Is
mostly well watered; the climate, though So
vorc in wintor, is said to be dry and healthrul,
aud tho broad expanscs Of prairie oiscr natures
own provision for unlimited herds of stock
Hay can be put M for from fifty to seventy-flvC
cents per ton The crops are corn, wheat, rye
and oats. Every one has heard Of tho great
wheat folds of 5000 acres each on the Dal
rymple farm.
Tho people do not expect to be admitted
10 state privileges under the present congress
and are patiently awaiting the time when the
republican party shall vindicaLe itself aud
once more assume control in Washington.
Tho population is increating it is claimed
by many Intelligent persons nearly thou
sand day, with not only eastern people bu
Russians, Swedos Norwogians and Germans.
Ten years ago not n railroad entered tht
territory. Under the impetus Of increasint
population hundreds of miles of road ar,
built and equipped and at the present ratio o
increase within five years tho whole will b.
"grdironed" with rails, NJ.
Bon HoMME d, T., July 90, 1880.