Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-01-10
SATURDAY. JANUARY 10. 1885.


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New Orleans Letter to the Chicago
Times: Dakota is looking right smart
AS the colored people say down here
after immigration and capital, and has
put her very best foot foremost at the
exposition. The collective exhibit OF
this ambitious territory will not be com
plete until the LIST Of January, but en-
ough is already shown to attract the at
tention Of the curious, and to render
the Dakota space the most popular
points in the government building. The
United States commissioner for Dakota,
Mr.. Alex Mckenzie, and his assistants,
Maj. r. E. Fleming, M. Grigsby, A. M.
Bowen and w. III. Leverett, started in
TO give the world a comprehensive idea
of the resources and productions Of the
territory, and as among the most i'm
portant of the latter they present, by
way Of frontispiece, rs it were, a few In
dians.. These are not good Indians,
either at least they are not dead ones.
OnC vi tAiCfh 10 odul, u IduiOuo CillCI,
Sitting Bulls major general and right
bower, and with him are his squaw and
pappoose altogether 4 very pleasing
family group. Gaul will feel perfectly
at home, although surrounded on all
sides by the evidences of an advanced
civilization, for he has his skin tepee
and m rntlarttnn IF tnn,atLa L,ttlz
and other weapons with which the
aboriginals are wont to vary the monot.
ony of existence on the frontier. With
a view to promoting the Dakota boom
the commissioners are considering the
feasibility of having Gaul and his anna,
BILE spouse give a daily realistic" sxhi
bition Of the scalplng process, in which
they are experts. All that is needed is
subjects, and it has been suggested tina,
the wranyling politicians of Dakota
might be made to serve a useful purpose
in that capacity. As illustrative of In,
dian life and habits, a collection of relics
and curiosities is shown. There IL 8
stuffed pony harnessed to a travels OF
sledge, and a stuffed dog harnessed to n
similar vehicle, upon which is seated
the figure of a red brave in all the glory
OF war-paint and feathers. There are
also a pair ofbowlders used by we gentle
savage for grinding grain. and many
other odd utensils Of similar character
The next feature Of the Dakota exhibit
is circular park. sloping from the cen,
ter in all directions. wearing a brigh,
mantle Of living green, and containing
handsomely mounted specimens Of the
buffalo, white deer, antelope, elk, noun
tain sheep, and wild game Of all de
scriptions found in Dakota, which are
certainly triumphs Of taxiderrnical art
The Indian group with its surrounding.
and the park inhabited by wild animal.
are intended to afford an idea Of Dakota
as it presented its elf to the first settlers
and the primary stage in it's settlement
Is illustrated by a bark cabin hard by
the park-an accurate model Of the pio'
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the coat of arms Of the territory and the
word Dakota" in rustic letters, while
above the entrance is perched the
American eagle, his wings spread, and
boldly screeching defiance to the world,
and especially TO the democrats in con-
gress. In the center Of the Dakota space
is a monument of Liberty Enlightening
the World" latter Bartholdi.) The
design Of the monument is somewhat
elaborate. Upon a base of earth, cover
cd with fresh green sod, rests the
pedestal. the sides Of which are decorat.
ed with every variety and quality Of
Dakota grain in the straw, and above it
rises the figure Of an imposing creature
constructed by def fingers Of wheat,
oats. fax, barley, rye, broom-corn, and
all the grasses, and surmounted by an
American eagle with an eight-foot
spread. The distance from the floor to
the eagles head is fifty feet, and the
monument, like the territory in whose
honor il has been named, rust be pro-
nounced "simrlS immense" Conspicu-
ously displayed upon the sides Of this
unique gmRular structure are such