Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-10
aoarH PACIFIC EXTENSION.

NORTH PACIFIC EXTENSION.
An Inspection 81 the New Work by the
General MaWager-lnaian Troubled.
Special Telegram to the Chicago Inter~Ocesn.
Bismarck, ID. T.. April 7-General Man.
ag,sr H. E. Sargent aud Chief Enrineer A..
Andersen. Of the Northern Pacific road. With
Contractor james Believe, and Others CON
nected with the construction, made trip Of
inspection over the completed portion Of the
Missouri division to-day. Your reporter
Vas With the psrty. In coaaequencs Of The
low water and running ice, the transfer boat |
Vas not used, and, after four trial int yawl.
they succeeded in effec,ing q landing on the
Mandan aide, through . sea of ice. The
water is lower than ever before known At
this point At this season. a cold suap retard-
ing the upper rivers. A train vas ready at
Mandan, and without delay We were started |
over the new road. We left about halt past
nine. and made a good run to the end Of The
iron, arriving about noon. Alter making
a number of stops the general manager and
engineer made q critical examination of the
road, and we're satisfied that it was good
work. The road for aixty miles, TO Young
Mans Butte, lie turned over to the operating
department, and after lining and leveling,
viii be opened for traffic and travel on May
Let. By that time the transfer ferry will BE-
in order, and . daily train will ne run on
that division. The contractors, Walker,
Believe & Co., are rushing their wo,k Of
grading. aud within thirty days will have
1900 men grading. They say they are sure
to complete to the Yellowstone BY Novem-
Der. The laying Of iron will be resumed
next Monday. The frat section Of one
hundred miles will be completed BY the lat
Of June. The road runs through much rich
country, and is destined to be attractive to
settlers. This has been an exceptionally
severe winter, but the frost has been out and
the land dry and ft for seeding more than =
fortnight.
o. arriving 1t the end Of the track at .
lively tent city, We found that 0enl Miles,
Captain w. d. O'Toole aud IT. Dodge
had arrived from Fort Keoeh about IN hour
before. The general 10 on hia way TO Wa-h.
ington in response to . luminous BY tele-
graph. He leaves Bismarck tomorrow
(rhursday) aud will take the noon train for
st. Paul Friday noon for the east. There
are many rumurs afoat in regard to his
summons. Same Assert that he 10 to BE-
sent west to relieve General Howard, and
Others that promotion and change to another
department will take the famous Indian
fighter away from q post which he sdores,
and fills as no other officer can. His mis-
sion has probably ZONE connection with the
Indian question. 1t is the universal feeling
here that to remove General Miles would BE-
q great calamity to this country. He has
the entire confidence Of the settlers, and is
respected by the Indians. About twelve
days since General Miles received informa-
tion from Fort Custer that hostile Indiana
had raided in that vicinity. and stolen sew
enty five horses, ponies, and mules from
white men and friendly Indians. A comps.
ny of the second cavalry. under Captain
Mix, was sent out. and followed the indians
to Big Horn range, where they were caught
up with and the stock recaptured, General
Miles sent out q company Of the second cav.
airy from Fort Keogh, under Captaid Hug.
gins, and ordered another company from
Custer, under Lieutenant Coale, to Join and
assist, with instructions to capture or kill the
Indians, who led them a live chase over two
hundred miles. Captain Higgins surround.
ed them at the head of Fallon creek, and
charged. johnson, of the second cavalry,
was killed in the eight. Ten Indians crept
out, there being only sixty soldiers to guard
the Indians and stock. Five Indians and
all the stock we're captured, and are now at
Keogh. The Indians are Ogalala Sioux,
part Of Sitting Bulls b,nd.
The party was composed of young war
riors, and they say they had been out thirty.
four days. General Miles was on his way to
the railroad, and stopped a day on the
route to give directions for the chase. This
is the third party from Sitting Bulls camp
that has been in the same vicinity on q
thieving excursion in eight weeks. Gen.
Miles has captured ZONE Of the raiders and
secured all the stock stolen, and it is proba-
BILE this will discourage the savages from
starting south again.
General Miles labors urder the disadvan.
tagea that the Indians are safe as soon q
they Cross the British line.
Captain W. D. O'Toote. post trader at
Fort Keogh, Is on his way TO St. Louis, ADD
goes right through.
Mr.. j 7. D 'dge, who was Of Gen. Miies'
party, was engaged this winter in making a
preliminary survey for the Northern Paci-
fc railway in the valley of the Yellowstone, !
and returns Immediately to locate the line.
The parts left for Fort Keogh Thursday Of
last week, and made two hundred and sixty
mite with an ambulance and a small escort
and eqnipage.
LArER-Have just received the following
from Fort Keogh in relation to the Indisns
captured bv Lieut.. Higgins: "The prison.
ers, upon examination. prove to all belong
to Sitting BnIr- party. They left French
man creek abont sixty days ago, coming on
foo. via Poplar Creek agency. The .poke~
man. Crazy Heart, says they had plenty Of
ammun ton. purchased from q white men
at Frenchmsn creek, Who brought it from
Woody Mountain, on the other side of the
line. He says they sometimes sold stolen
stock to the trader at Woody Mountain,
He don't know whether the authorities
there know Of their raids into the region or
not. Sitting Bnlrs bsnd are on social terms
With those 1t POplar Greek AGENCY.