The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1883-03-04

HELESA, MoHrANA, Feb 20, isss.
Montana is essentially the military Terri
tory containing. as It does reservations Tor All tho
once powerful ttlbes--rlcgaus, Bloods. Rackfcct.
Grows Snakes, Ncs rctces Arapahocs, etc.-aud
possessing genuine foreign frontier the Dominion,
which Is Tar more danGcroustous than that otMexlco
now our commercial ally; for over the Canadian bor-
der the hostlles nnd refuge, and II might as well he
stated here they win continue to do so as long as the
border, the Indian, and the soldier exist. The red
man Is Americas real ltfeconcilable Ho docsn'
raise hell though because he fancles he has gtiev-
ance lic Just docs II because II Is In him Montana
Is consequently full Of fforts-inconsequeny full In
some cases, where the rapid growth or The country
has left thcm only depots TOT troops. You gentlemen
OF the sea. board though who live at home at ease
nuted up with the vulgar pride ot tax payers may ns
well make up your minds that 1t ia not an mpossbc
contingency that sitting Bull, some other llscon
tented chet at She head Of lot Of restless ambitious
young bucks, may take the neld may be this year or
next and In that event the last solllcr win be
wanted, both mounted and foot. As TO keeping atms
out Of Indian hands, that's nonsense. As well have
attempted to keep the diamonds out Of Marguerite
hands In tho garden when once her eyes fell on them
Can you put an cnd to selling whisky on sundays to
the Judges " and 4" colonels pc wen iino
OF other arm Is as much part VI LOS nature as
whisky Is Of the hciitons military and judicial dgn-
t1fcs of Wiatd's and the Ehbltt corners. To those
who love the mtIit,rvond ,vbo i,cs no, fam, ,h. .
small boy Co the maiden ~ sweet sixteen
and tho enamcled belle Of dozen sca .
sops-Nt Nton,an, r,ose,,s da,,h,,,i osti g..
summer tamble. Take my advice aud stay nt home
In winter. a stage WIN start aud get through
with tho tbetmo,neet 10 beo,y ,.,, i,t sore,,ras
going over the divides such ne In, Euu, ttiis s,y
where there ,s mo- ,lmber mot sn,,,, ,bc,, o,,.s
blizzard, the temperature goes tn Coz beiuw bitter
wind olives grauulnted snow IN your face like sting
ing bees the road 4. ol,,e,nt.J br d,,t,s va, co,
lost, and passengers. driver anb horses ote f,osen
stark suU te,l Tbot,a nn cx,c,,,,t,,u Al,
Editor II has bopreped twice mia v,ntor va, ,cons
mrs not lnfreoueptiy allied unon IN c,m,,,,n IN srr
Weather I 500 bv i,,a r,s,.,, ,,,o,s ,h,, n s,,,r
command seut ont I'm amaze tn In,c,cant b,, ,osVt
erous nuisance. p,ype of okaIabom, vns c,uch,
In n niaIrIe storm and hair the command vate son,
TO the bosnitoI soma In dIa c,he,s u, Iooso moi,
hands or feet So vour soclatv ,a,ie,s ,,b, orIv ,
uniforms standing under wedlip- halls In i,r,ue,,
not and Marshal Mia, ,oscs viii, 500 ,ba, ooIdn,,r
not ,It ,,'rbe pIue D,puhs =, ,rl yvhinro, c,o,7,
So come In summor The,o ,ra Il, Non,,n, r,,,e
Keopb. Assinnib,ipa N,,,np,s sh,v rus ,,,,
Custpr
Distant AsynnIoIne is soil In ha tho nat ,o., f ,,,
Gaper,I of tho Army and ia l,u,i, n, h,,ct rho 90
payer NAV possess b,s son, In pa,ce ,hn ,ct ,yo,o
made bv sollIe,s cn tho ,,onrb ,,s,,r,ho,, 4,
several hundred miles from npv,ybe,a and IA on,y
military n IN nd al mn tha
,,on Of IN. FLOODS plev,ns and pi,,tfss, vim mn
towns srtiIamentp ,an,bes ~, p,,ros ,,,,,, t,,,o,
na,dal Inc I ton, raj ,,,,,,,, H., -, ,, ,,,,,,,
Infantry with Ton comp,,,.s -a,nh, -, ,ts ,,,, -,
ment and two of the second c,va,,v I, ,s onis ,
stem IN cross tho ho,i., ,y,,o,a o,, A. e,,,, ,,,,
fell hack un1a, tho r,na NJ oi, A. ,,, p,,,, ,r,
Linn of II ,r,,t h,s w,,cs oh, r,, A., o,,,,,o,,,,
bu,9 Assinp,hc,ne IA ,oor,,,.,, , ,,o aa,,,.,, ~,
Gan sbermap ynn ,,o all ,,n,,,,,, Il, vaSh,,,,,,
an o,,sarv,pg ,,n ,hro,r, vt,on,no Idaho ,,,,,,,a
New MavIco n,to,, an, ,i,n,,1 ., $50, an,
p,ac,,,o h,s o,1 ,I sa,,,, ,,,, ,,a,a.s,., a.,
mant A. to,, no ,ba,o ,or,,,,, 49,, ,,,,,, 4, - %
and an FppI,qb nora 4, tho No,,hyas, ,s,,,,,,,a,,
will be renuired No a m iIitarv rost
Fort Laramie 4, wvonIn, an, ro,,. rr,, e,,,,,
M,yipnis and Kao,n 4, ,Imn,,,, nm H., an, I
being surrounded hv ,,,,,n,hs ,n,vns so,,,an,,,,,
and ranches. lint ,os,,,,h,,,o ,.,, ,u, =, ,,,a, =,
await co,,rnuric,,,on h, ,,,, ,.a., n,., A..
G,,f IN owa,, th,, ,o,,os,,,n,, ,o,,an ,,
her from Alaska vii, contend ,r,,t ,, ro, oon,,,,
or that dav ovor tho ,oi,,,,, ,,,,,a ,,,.
nupnv saoi serva, i, ,,,,,,,,, - .,,,,, '',
,o,,,,,,,,, ,,,,, ,,..n -. =, -, -, w
longest REQUIRED probabIy II IL na,eJ of cor,s,
after the ,y,1a,v ,,row, and nor,,,, no,,,,, A.,
Maglnns and Is the headquarters Of the Second Cav.
airy Mai. Y. VI. Baker commanding with tbre,
companies Of his own regiment and two companies OF
the Eighteenth Infantry.
Fort KeOgh, the largest post on the frontier sdowr
In the Yellowstone Valley. Its the headquarters al
the famous Fifth Infantry, a crack regiment, ant
one which has never been much favored In the way
Of fancy duty KeOgh is the largest post on the from
tier, and Is commanded by Col. John wilkins will
the full ten companies. and one or two companies o
the Second Cavalry. The Northern Pacific RalI,ol(
passes KeoCh at Miles city fnamed after Gen Miles
who selected 1t for a camp once ns the Indians had
done for all time, four miles from Keopb aud tn,
Yellowstcne's food rolls uear by. The fading hoof
prints OF the buffalo are to lie found In this r.pIo,
AMI to the northwest hut, hemmed IN as he is. an,
hunted for his hide alone Ivy large we'll ll-urc,nIsa,
parties In the employ Of commercial houses I'M
grandest American game VIII soon he AZ scarce ns ih,
caribou. Tie great royes that once rolled I'm dens
masses over the plains OF Nebraska aJIacent ia ,h
waters of the ratte live only in the memory of o,,
plainsmen aud mountain men who periodically wen
down from the Rockies for bunier meat and robe
for winter. In those far-back pioneer DAYS, MIR. Ed
itor You must remember by your reading II no
your personal experience there was wide diGersnc
between the pIansmen and the nountnII men The
followed different pursuits. ate different meat. an,
fought different Indians. In those wanton DAYS opl
anG calves were killed their hIdeg strIpp,d off
the bumps cut uu AMI the carcase left for the COYOTE
aud birds OF prey. Yet, coming to Helena from
WashIngton-lwelye days en- route, by III, way
tn Snn,v I,I,,L al, r,,,