The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-08-15
E, E-Uplands between the rivers.
Grazing lands of the Moreau-Northwe
Park.

the provisions of the recent act, whereby
these valleys and hills are to be thrown open
for settlement.
The upper sources of the Bad river are in
the very heart of what has been mentioned
in this article as Bad La1ds. Here. as on the
White river, the land is totally untitled for
anything practical except as q vast store
house of fossils and prehistoric rem aims in
which the scientist aud cabinet collector
may delve at his own sweet will.
The soil along the Bad river above
the mouth is an unadulterated gum
bo, with occasional patches of sand
and gravel The Indians have been culti-
waiting small tracts of land in the valley with
moderate degree of success. With plenty
of rain the soil here will produce good crops,
but is very susceptible to drouth. The water
in Bad river is strongly tinctured with alkalI,
as are all the streams in this vicinity. Dur
ing the summer season and winter. when
there are light rains, the water is at a very
low stage, ana often in very dry seasons the
bed becomes a series of pools having no
water connection except by underground
drainage
... HYPHENATED STREAMS. 1889
The streams tributary to the Bad river are
not running streams, exceptin the time OF
heavy rains, when they become quite turbu-
| lent water courses. In ordinary times, how
ever, they are nearly all of them uncon-
| nected chains of waterholes the waters in
| which are strongly impregnated with alkal1
| salts, absorbed from the soil surrounding
and washed down from the hillsdes. Wells
| sunk in the valley of Bad river flow ut the
depth of from forty to eighty feet, though
the water IL not very good for household
| purposes, being brackish and very hard
| Atkali salts are also held in solution in al
water taken from wells In tho valley.
| The principal tributaries to the Bad river
are Willow creek, Lance creek, Plum creek
| Frozen Mans creek and Grindstone creek
! The first is about ten miles out from Coulson
| at the mouth of Bad river. following the old
| stage 10 I'd leading into tho Black Hills. II
has some timber along It's banks, mostly cot.
tonwood The valley is not APP
preciable. the blnffs overhanging the
creek from its source to the mouth
Lance creek has some scattered groves along
| its course, and some desirable locations foI
| farms, though there is not a very extensive
| valley. 1t is distant from Pierre about forty
| miles. Plum creek flows into Bad river about
| fifteen miles above it's confluence with the
Missouri, and has quite an extensive valley
| and some timber along it's banks. The grass
along these streams is excellent, and affords
| splendid feed for cattle and horses The cat
tlc running in this part of the territory are
| generally In good condition earlier thar
those fed In the pastures on the White river
The Missouri valley between the White
and Cheyenne rivers presents number o
| advantages over the lesser streams which
How into 1T, both in it's soil and timber, a.
we'll as in the purer water procurable there
The valley of the Missouri has been famoul
for its great corn crops, and here is no ex
ception. The soil Is sand-infiltrated gumbt
hat possesses the lasting qualities and hold
In its composition the elements necessary TO