The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-10-22
hem in the woods. In theyirinity Of Boone

hem in the woods. In thevirinity Of Boone
| IA 4 dense forest covering upwards
n t;Ity acres, and this il kncwnt to be, the
rendezvous OF gangs OF the most desperate
thieves, desprradoes and conterfeiters in
the Northwest. Recently Dcs Moines officers
found u conterfeiter's full outfit there, but
notice OF the descent OF the officers wassiven
tho gnng and they safely hid in the recesses
Of the woods. The sheriff states that ofthe
many hundred stolen horses traced to this
forest not one has ever been recovered, ex.
cept when raid WAS made BY " militia
company n few years ago.. when thirteen
horses we, recovered and identified by their
owners. This unsavory community vir-
tually live off their farming neighbors, who
unwillingly permit the inroads: upon
their produce and stock, knowing that
forcible remonstrance means the destruc.
ton OF all their belongingsii not themselves.
The principal raids for horses are made by
the gang early in the:fall, and the animals
are Kept during the winter in underground
stables, and in the spring taken in mis-.
matched pairs to the nearest market and
sold. Eight horses stolen In ;Cerro Gordo
county within 2 months. nre reasonably be-
lived to be now in theSpossession OF these
knights OF the forest, and there is consider
able talk OF appealingst to the governor for
military and to secure their recovery and
arrest OF the freebooters, rs the civil au-
thorities are powerless and at the mercy
Of the gang when once deep in the woods,
and consequently timid about venturing
there. ,S IA
The Government Claim Against Dakota. D.
The act OF congress providing for the tax
ing OF semi-decennial census in the states
and territories, authorized the secretary OF
the intorier to pay hull OF the cost OF the
census where the returns were filed with the
department before Sept. l.. Under the
terms of that act Dokota and Col
orado took q census, and presented their
accounts amounting to $55, SOC in the case
OF Dakota, and S2o,673 in the case OF Colo
RADIO. Certificates for these amounts were
made out by the interior department but
upon presentation to the treasury depart;
ment they were Cancelled, for the reasons
given by the first controller in the following
communication to the secretary OF the in
terror: i:'Sss l% G}4.tt K: ii,yl. Il
IN explanation OF the Cancelled certificates
OF this office in the accounts OF Da-
kota and Colorado, for the expenses
bof the selni.decennial2 Of 1855 trans
.mitted to your department by the
register Of the treasury, hive to state
that both the territory and the state are
indebted ito the United States OH account
OF the direct tax Of August 8, 1861, in the
sums OF $3,241.33 and S21 1884, re-
spectively. In accordance with the decision
OF this Office in such cases OF indebtedness
II account OF direct taxes it has been de-
cided that u sum equal in amount to that
due be withheld until further action insuch
cases has been taken. In the case of Dako-,
tn $50, 2G5 OF the amount ($35, 506J certi-
fed to be due has been directed to be paid,
and i'll the case OF Colorad o no amount
has been directed to be paid, as the indebt-,
edness is in excess Of the amount certified
to be due. 40 Z ii Z lt,4 fzfsr p s