Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-19

broken by the plough. But the process of subjugation goes rapidly on. Here and there we saw villages of prairie dogs but they will probably not be there next year. Now
 and then an Indians wigwam was to be de- scried. But the red man will probably be either exterminated or civilized in Dakota be. fore very long. His hunting grounds are the object of csaselsss envy and the rail roads are determined to lay their tracks across his domain if it can be accomplished By the way, 1t was a funny sight to see the Indians sit in solemn TOW along the banks of little stream and contemplate the ruins of 8 locomotive that had been derailed and overturned. They stand in great awe of the telegraph, and regard it as 8 convincing proof that the white man is in league with the Great Spirit.
 The rapid growth of some of the Dakota towns is almost incredible. Take Huron an example. It is about three years old, and
 has about 5, 1000 inhabitants, large fine stores quite as good as those in New Haven, aside from Chapel street, many desirable resi-
 dences and business blocks, and several churches, academies and 8 college. The principal Lotel IS the Wright House, for which $25, 900 was refused this summer. The village of Blunt will not be found on any map in existence, and yet it has 1000 in habitants, good buildings, stores, churches,
 hotels, etc. It was an uninhabited plain five months ago! The city of Columbia is very attractive, with it's numerous beautiful homes, large, fine stores and hotel that would be creditable to New Haven or any other city. It has large mills, elevators and line of steamboats run from its wharf across the Columbia Lake and up the Jim river for one hundred and fifty miles. And yet the town is but ten months old! Brook ings, DeSmet, Ordway, Watertown, Athol and dozens of other pleasant prairie towns
 have sprung up like magic along the line of railroad. Some are held by colonies or ganized for the purpose and coming from beyond the seas We passed through one settlement where all the people were Ice landers There are many Scandinavians. The negroes find the climate too cold; and for some reason there are few Irishmen. Germans are common and there are few Frenchmen. We saw several Scotch settlements. But the body of the people are native Americans of the middle classes, and full of enterprise and thrift. Pierre, on the Missouri river, where the railroad connects with the stage line for Deadwood, was the only place where we saw "cowboys," and other rough clements of frontier life. The mass of emigrants are poor people determined to better their con-
 dition. It is 8 common thing to see freight car with cattle in one end, a lot of furniture in the other, and a family in between, all going through as freight I talked with some of the human freight and found inteli gence, as well as pluck and energy worthy of the Pilgrim Fathers. Among the first build ings erected in Dakota town are the church and the school house.
 Now and then you may meet some man
 who expresses himself as disgusted and dis appointed with this magnificent region. One such man summed up his observations thus |:
 Dakota is territory where every creek is a
 river, every mudhole is lake, every town
 county seat, every lot corner lot, and every
 man the biggest liar in America" But, like
 David, he said that in his haste Dakota has navigable streams lovely lakes, very pleasant society and tells no bigger stories than most
 western States The simple, tangible facts,
 of which have tried to give few, are suf- fciently remarkable without being colored by the imagination. Probably these new towns will, in many instances, reach limit soon as they have met the wants of the immediate neighborhood But others are destined to 8 larger growth, and some of them must be- come important cities at length.
 H. c. HovEY.