The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-11-18
The New military Pest. Fort Nisbrar.
and Its Eeaufy

rhe New Military Pest. Fort Nlobrara
and Its Beauty.
A member Of the Omaha HeraId's
stan has had a very interesting CONVEX
sation with q gentleman just returned
from a trip to the upper Elkhorn valley
and that of the Niobrara on the South
ern boundary Of Dakota.
This section OF country, several hun
dned miles in length, Is possessed Of the
richest soil is finely erased and album
dainty watered. 1t will soon be filed
with an industrious population, Whose
trade-outlet should properly lie this
growing young city Of. Omaha; but foI
reasons which perhaps. our merchant.
can explain, the traders OF Sioux CITY
have been allowed Ia. step in and sIezs
a broad piece OF our own state which
the next two OF three years will see
grow i~nto.an empire.
The Union Pacific r. r. ut the pres.
emit date has a branch line running 70
the thriving young town OF Norfolk,
which is beginning to put on many OF
q railroad centre-no less THAN fouI
lines running from 1t in as many differ.
ent directions.
Beyond Norfolk, the Sioux City &
Pacific Railroad holds undisputed con,
troll and is pushing forward with great
energy to reach the Niobrara. Its ter,
minus. now at Neigh, 16l miles from
Omaha, will by the LIST proximo be
transferred to o'Neil City, 60 mile.
further north. The grade has already
reached that point and the track-layers
are putting down q and a half miles
Of rail each day. II the weather hold.
good, the engineers hope to have IN
additional link added which will carry
the road to. Atkinson by Christmas.
This place is only so miles from Fort
Niobrara which will in all probability
be reached early next spring.
II may interest our Irish fellow-citizens
to know.that the settlements made by
their countrymen at O'Neil and Emmett
are in a thriving condition and rapidly
attaining prosperity.
The new military post on the Niobra.
IA is almost completed, and is looked
upon as one Of the most beautiful in the
western country. The buildings are OF
adobe, finished in neat and elegant
style. The climate has been found
wonderfully healthy and invigorating
The water supplied is from the river
itself, and also from a dozen or more
fine springs which gush out from the
banks.
From the. Niobrara 10 tha agency Of
the Spotted Tail Indians Is not much
over 50 miles dy q good road through q
lne grazing country. At the agency,
the chiefs and head men of tho Red
Cloud and Spotted Tail bands Of Sioux
were assembled for n conference with
Judge Lawlor, of the Milwaukee & st.
Paul road, relative to the right Of way
which the railroad authorities were
anxious to secure across the reservation
to Deadwood In the Black Hills.
The conference resulted in an arrange
ment satisfactory to both parties, and
the line Of the road will be completed
without delay.
The Chicago & Northwestern r. Z.
Is also pushing across Dakota through
the Indian reservation, which will ex-
plain why the Milwaukee people are so
anxious not to lose a day in pushing
their extension.
DR.. McGillicuddy, the agent OF the
Pine Ridge (Red Cloud) agency, has
done good work with the Indians under
his charge. During the past year they
have built over 800 log houses, for
which cooking stoves, wash tubs and
other articles of furniture have just
been received.
These bands of the great ioux ma.
tion are well disposed, and seem inclined
to earn their own living. They haul
all the freight for the agency, and have
over three hundred wagons constantly
on the road between the.Missouri river
and Pine Ridge.
The discipline Of the .agency..is main
tanned by a company Of Indian police,
uniformed, armed and equipped under
command Of q Sioux chief named
Sword" They are faithful, Jealous
and intelligent, land have done much tc
keep the bad elements. ofithe tribe in
thorough subsection.
This article cannot be better conclu-
ded than by usirs the language Of our
informant: "eThis great state Of Ne
braska has not begun to grow yet; it'll
the embryo Of a vast empire in it
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