The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-05-04

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InYestigating Legislative nIatsers.ss
YANxToN, Special Telegram. April 25. Ths
grand jury OF Yankton county now In session seems
to DO Investigating certain mattera connected With
the last Legislature Chief Clerk Hendorson. thss
council, was summoned to-day to bring his fesord,
and questioned In regard the history d certain
bills The object Of this seems to DO two-fold. (
attorney and his assistant, are very anxons 10 get
proof that Coz Ordway used the veto power TO-
compel members 70 vote for, the capitAl
Is positively known about the result on this point
the grazing Il said to hive been slight Ihs other
re'ns y IN regard to e,ll making an
ah'' s oa ms By Sosa friends
bill was not vetoed until after II had becolne aslaw
that tho bin was h still in the house
when ths sprngaeId people claim the BIZ wy
claim that tie bill was sent one da5
s1rier than the
show just when the bill was sent to the executive
office. II it is possible thing, however, the grand
jury will discover something for judicial action.
"A Pre-Historic Cemetery. 4, 5ifs,s i',s}
Mandan Pioneer: Two miles from ManlAn,
on the bluffs near tho junction Of the Hart;
and Missouri rivers, is an old cemetery Of fully;
100 acres in extent filled with bones Of giant
race. This vast city of the dead lies inst east
Of the Fl Lincoln roal. The ground has the
pyd full Of dead bodi ss. both man and BEAST
and covered with several feet of earth. In.
many places mounds from eight to ten feet
high and some of them 100 feet or more 10,
length have been thrown up and ARE filled
bright colored nints and agates. The pottery 10
of dark material, beautifully decorated, deli
cate in finish aud as light as wood, showing the
work Of q people skilled in the arts and
possessed of high state of civilization. This
has evidently been grand battlefield where,
Nothing like systematic or intelligent ex-
ploration has been made, as only little holes
two or three feet in depth have been dug in
some Of tho mounds, but many parts Of the
anatomy Of man and beast, and beautiful.
| specimens Of broken pottery aud other Curl
osities, have been found i'll these feeble efforts
at excavation. Five milos above Mandan, on
the opposite side of the Missouri, is another
vast cemetery as vet unexplored. We asked
an aged Indian what his people knew Of these
| ancient graveyards. He answered: "Me know
nothing about them. They were here before
the Red man."
The Huron Capital Commission Meeting.
At the meeting Of citizens Of Huron to in.
dorse the capital removal bill, the following
resolutions were adopted
Resolved That we, as citizens Of Central Dakota,
extend to the capital commission this expression OF
our confidence in their integrity men. and their
/, ability as representative Dakotians to properly
| discharge the duties imposed upon them by law.
That We dsprecate any attempted interference
| with the commission ID the lawful discharge OF
its duties. =
That We pledge to the gentlemen of the COM
mission support In their efforts to do their duty
That the scandalous and unwarranted attacks
made bv certain obscure prints upon the gentlemen
of the commission, the governor and general assem-
bly,, has our severe censure and condemnation. and
! are made without any foundation in fact.
That We heartily indorse the course Of our repre-
sentative, Hon. George w. Sterling, in tho last
I legislature. and welcome him home with the
| plaudit, swell DONE"