Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-03-07
NEW ORLEANS.

Dak0tafans Proud Of Dakota's Dis.
play. A STUFFED Cowboy Wanted.
Over 500 Dakotaians have Visited
the Crescent City and the Great
Fair.
Special Correspondence Pres and Dakotaian.
The Worlds Industrial and Cotton
Centennial Exposition-Dakota Exhibit
New Orleans, March lst, 18S5-To the
Editor Yankton Press: Bartlett Trip
called at the Dakota headquarters to-
day, and after looking over our exhibit
expressed himself not only thoroughly
satisfied with the manner in which his
territory is represented here at the GEN.
ter of the worlds attractions, but thor.
oughly gratitied with the display-not
only because 1t is very noticeably su.
perior to that of any agricultural state
or territory, but for its real merits as our
exhibit. He pronounced it ahead of any.
thing of the kind he had ever expected
to witness as Dakota effort, and re
GREETED that every Dakotaian lat leas
the old timers) could not make per
sonal inspection of the grand "lay ont, y
as it would give new impetus to their
enthusiasm for the land we love.
To give your readers an idea OF
our exhibit is the purpose of this letter
Every inhabitant living within the Dor.
ders of our commonwealth will no doubt
feel proud to learn that his country ''hal
the holler" on her adjoining sister state
and territories in the matter Of displa.
of products at the greatest fair ever held
| The exhibit is so arranged as to shov
fthe various stages of progress Dakot
has made during the last score of yeart
The collection starts off with an Indial
tepee and cabin of aborignee curiosi
ties, indicative Of savage life and primi
tive art. These are followed by pac
of prairie animals and birds, which i
addition TO serving the purpose {
exhibiting the astonishing variety {
game of our plains is proving bi
card, drawing many to our department
that perhaps, would not otherwise fave
us with their presence. Buffalo Bill Wa
among our distinguished visitors yestel
day. He was captured by the menae
erie and when the writer attempted
divert his attention to the other feature
of our show he remarked that "thes
prairie beauties are all I care to see.
The white buffalo took his eye. This
the only animal Tor the skin of it) OF th
kind extant. It was captured in th
Little Missouri country, in Dekot
about three years ago and presented I
Commissioner Mckenzie who had
stuffed at Bismarck. The park ais
embraces calico cowpony as one OF th
animals native to Dakota. But regar
the collection incomplete until 1t spor,
q stuffed cowboy.
Next in order of progression throug
!. our exhibit is a very oreditable display
. minerals and metals from the Black Hill
I should say superior, for it possesses
much greater variety OF ores than an
other exhibit, though the quantity j
not half as large as some others. On
mineral feature embraces tin quart
which is one Of the most important mil
erals yet discovered. in the west. 1t
absorbing no little attention anon
miners and capitalists here. I lam ker
busy many times explaining what
don't know about this latest "6nd"
the Hills. Besides the tin which v
baYe to lay over the other western stat
. and territories with, we have handson
samples of good petroleum and refine
salt from Dakota's Eldorado.
: This brings me to the glory OF o.
, display, the products Of the farms, al
4 its . display that would make the ave
age Dakota granger weep with Joy al
delight. It's siaply immense. owe
powerinR and artistic in its arnnseme,
The central figure Of this part Of our e
! hibit-in fact the central Aeure of O
. entire shows grain pyramid forty
~ City feet in heiehth and most elegant