Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1884-11-16
THE WEEKS WlNOUP!
Another Six Days Work is
Done and Another Sab
bath Begun
Wherein the Virtues and the
vices of Mankind are
Exemplihed
Leaving the Bright and the Dark
Sides Alike Exposed
to View.
The Little Rockies.

An interview was had yesterday
with Mr.. V. Van Buren who has re-
Gently returned from the mouth of
He'll creek on the Missouri, and lac
brings some very interesting informa-
ton relative to the Little Rockies
where fully three hundred men will
winter amid the placers of that re-
gion which during the past year has
attracted 81 many Of the venturesonIe
fortune seekers To Its confines. Most
Of the miners are making big wages
he claims; sometimes, three of them
working together, taking out rs high
rs one hundred dollars per day; while
IL has been no uncommon thing for
people to pick up nuggets worth SIB 10
$3.50 each. Mansfield, on the Little
Rocky creek Ii place Of 30 me prom
iss. Tom Hanalon has general store
here, and It is twenty-four miles from
Rocky Point. Near there, too q
vein Of rich gold bearing quartz, three
feet thick has been struck.
Our Informant does not regard Milk
river - practicable stream for cattle
men, ~ Il 10 very muddy with bod
banks, whilst along it, bed. at times,
there Is no water procurable for the
distance Olive, ten or twenty miles.
At Belknap, the Gros ventres and the
Assinaboine Indians are largely
scattered around, and they
extend out twenty-five miles beyond
to the eastward. They come into the
agency frequently In small bands.
They are living comfortably In log
huts. all Of them being engaged In
farming. Major Lincoln, their agent;
Isl gentleman highly regarded by
both Indians and whites. In farming
and gardening they make a very cred.
liable showing, especially of potatoes.
twenty.three Of which weighed sixty
five pounds. They have just cribbed
some squaw corn, as IL Is termed, and
the same ran from IS to ~ bushels
to the acre. Over seven thousand
bushel Of potatoes have been stored for
winter use. Their camp extends to
Clear creek. and they all live in com.
Portable log houses. Good corrals ex.
ist for stock which they drive In every
night with Us much care and regular
ity Ms do the farmers of the east.
They have between four and five
hundred head Of states cattle on the
agency grounds, together with some
very fine milch cows. The success of
the Indians in their farming exploits
have been 40 great, that during the
past three months II has been un.
necessary to issue them anything In
the eating or drinking line outside OF
ten, coffee. sugar and some other like
delicacies.
During his journey Mr.. Van Buren,
made u trip over to Fort Assinabolns
which he found nicely built up witt
brick aud copious water supply
taken from Bear Paw mountains, five
miles distant Well constructed n.y.
drants spurted copiously forth tbs
sparkling fluid In It's purity. In the
vicinity Of the fort. especially for five
miles around 1t, line crop Of vege
tables was observed, and the ranch
men claimed that u very extraordinary
season has just been closed which II
very favorable IN them financially and
otherwise. Agent Lincoln says this
fact Is very encouraging In view OF the
fact that In pat years the ranch men
have not been 81 kindly favored.
The Poplar Creek Indians are quite
restless and very much dissatisfied
with the idea Of being ChristIanised
and civilized too quickly. The
methods adopted see'n TO be rather too
preyious for their comprehension.
I However, In time. they will kindly
saccumb ~ many others have done
before them.
The cattle men ARE not suffering any
this year from Indian depredatiol's.
| Lang, sco,t 4 Co., hold forth In this
section, and Others whom we shall
speak OF In another article, ARE close
at hand intending that their fortunes
shall spread out M this promising Sec
tion Of the country deveIopes
Mr.. Wan Buren, IN strongly Of the
opinion that the country above spoken
Of has u grand future before Il, and
that 1t is destined to be opened ~
quite speedily. lie II firln imshc be-
M thai A ruad oaIRht to<bc con.