Sun River sun., 1884-07-24
Elackfoot Letter.

Weak and irresolutc Is man,
The purpose OF today.
Woven with pains into his plans,
Tomorrow sends away"
The truth of the above, can be applied,
without stint or polish, here.
All quiet on the reservation; and with
heart and hand for every fate, we'll
watch the rcd man rs he plans, if he ever
does; and we have serious doubts in re.
gard to this. If lie should make any to.
day, tomorrow the forewinds take them
away.
The Indians, with II few exceptions.
moved down 10 old Fort Maginnis on
Monday to finish their Medicine Lodge"
and "Snn Dance The Interpreter
thought there was not many, us he had
seen them when the procession was five
miles long.
Our lives are made up of sunshine and
shadow. We truly thought so on the 9th,
when party of seventeen Of us started up
the Badger to find place suitable for n
picnic, to celebrate the 10th marriage an.
niversary of Agent Allen and his wife.
The day was spent very pleasantly and
all came home npnc the worse for sun.
shine and shower. Thirteen of the party
OF seventeen, were Oliioans.
Julien Burd, the popular Dupuycr
merchant, spent Monday afternoon here.
lie brought load of goods for G. l.. Bris.
tol.
j. Bird and j. Rclnrord left Monday af.
tcrnoon for the mountains to burn lime
for agency use.
More -four is expected In n few days.
Success to the teams for speedy arrival
We have heard several persons say the
prospects for hay in in the coulccs has
not been better for years.
Two Assinnal ONE Indians were in
camp last week trying to raise party 10
go back with them. Peace has been made
between the Assnnaboinc's and this tribe.
o. b. Bartlett left here the 9th for his
home in Baxter Springs, Kansas. lie
"cHl ny lhe "hy vi D'ntOn.
A party of six men passed through here
last week with packs on their backs.
They had walked from Helena. We
Buckcys, had we seen this when we were
at home, would have said they were
strapped 1t seemed quite funny to us
when we came here, to hear "rustlcr" and
"outft" used in so many ways. Every To-
cality has its pet phrases. More anon.
MuRos.
We acknowledge II pleasant call from
II. N. Cottingham, foreman of the Oxlcy
Cattle Ranch Co. lie informs us that j.
r. Craig is only paid agent of the com.
pany and not in any way subjcctto blame
for their acts.
Jesse Armitago, of Helena, has just
opened his spring invoice of elegant and
artistic jewelry, watches, clocks and silver
ware. lie has also increased his repair.
ing facilities. Jesse Is the boss watch
rcpaircr Of the Territory.
The TT. Shaw "Ball Tossers" played
the Sun River "Daisics" match game Of
base ball last Sunday. The Daisies were
little out of practice and several of
their best players were absent, whicl!
caused their overwhelming defeat. The
score stood 40 to g. We understand that
another game will be played next Sunday
at TT. Shaw.
Seven years ago Hon, r S. Ford threw
n handful of timothy seed, that had been
sent to him by some friend in the East,
along the bank of an irrigating ditch on
his place, and to-day, every portion Of the
land watcred BY that ditch grows luyu-
riant crop Of timothy, which has entirely
killed out the wild grass, Mr.. Ford
thrcshcd some 40 blishcl from his last
years crop, which he soil to rancllmcn
in the valley for 800 Il bushel This
demonstrates the fact that tame grasses
can be grown here successfully.
A party of town folks went bcrrying
last Sunday, and had II very narrow cs
cape from drowning 1t appears that
they attempted to ford Sun river near
Jas. Adams ranch, and their driver, or
the ancient youth who they took With
them to fill that important position, got
ratified or Scared, and drove into deep
water. One of the ladies had
presence Of mind enough to drop on her
knees and implore Divine assistance,
which much to the satisfaction Of the
balance Of the party, was immediate
granted, and team pulled them into shoal
water and up the opposite bank. Before
starting Oh the return trip it was deemed
the part of prudence to hold season
of prayer, as well as perform certain aAo
lutions, so in case OF accident, their sew
eral remains would present nice ap-
pcarance when found, and their souls be
triumphNntly ushcred into the dress circle
of the over beyond, before they again
tempted death at the dangerous ford, But
tic second passage Of the river was safely
made; nodoubt owing to the precan-
lions taken. The party gathered about
fortv.sevcn gallons of berries. The S,rN
acknowledges with thanks, half pint
cup full vi the luscious fruit.