The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-23
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hcnvy rains, when they become quite furbu-
lent water courses. In ordinary times. hGw-
ever, they ARE near y all of them Mncon-
ncctcd CHAINS OF wnt,rllulcs, the waters in
wl!cl arc strongly imprcsnatGd with alkali
salts. absorbed from the soil surrounding,
anu washed do%n from the hiilsides Wells
sunk in the valley of lad river flow at tilu
depth Of from forty TO eighty feet. though
the water IL not very good for household
purposes. being hrackisL and v.lv hard
Aikali salts are also held in solution in all
waller taken from wells ia tn. valley
The principal tIibitaii.s to the Bad river
are Willow creek, Lance creek. PUN creek,
Frozen Mans and Gr.ntslun. creek
IEe first il abDut ten miles out from COllsOn.
NJ the mouth OF Bad RIVER. following the old
stnge 10 al leading in'0 tho Black Hiils 1t
has some timber along LIS hanks. mostly cot.
preciable. tho bluffs ovcrianying the
creek from its source to the mouth
Lance creek has some scattered grove. along
discourse, and some desirable locations for
farms, thnugh thre is not Il very extensive
valley. II is distant from Pierre ahuuJ forty
miles. Plum creek flows into Bad RIVER al out
hfieen mics above its Confluence with the
Missouri, and has quite an extensive valley
ami come timber along It's bankS. The grass
along these streams rs excellent. ami affords
splendid feed for cattle ind bnrs,A The eat
Tie running in this part OF the territory are
EcutIuhS III EOou COillUlOn tnflIef IMAM
those fed In the pastures on the White river
The Missouri valley between the White
and Cheyenne rivers ur"srnas u number of
advantages over the lesser Streams which
How into 1t, both in lis soil and timber, us
well az III the purer water procurabe there
IN" valley OF IN" Missouri has been famous
tor its great corn crnI.s, and here is no tx-
ccptiOn. The soil Is a asand-intiltrated gImbo
that possesses the .,l>t!ng qualities nd lo'.i
IN I'm composition The GlGtiirntS NECESSARY for
the production Of gran. The valley Is not ni
even width. but IN niany ulaccK is vrIv mar.
row, in other places bring nearly ten mi.cs
wide. Along the banks Uf :he river in It's il,l-
mediate vicinity are quite heavy bodies nf
timber, tninly cottonwood, with some elm
and box elder.
Between the White md Fad river the
MISSOURI receives the waters Of several small
creeks, the principal of which are the Yellow
Nclicine ana Antelope. The Yellow Mcdi-
cine eInptics into III" river about twenty
hve miles north OF the terminus Of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee, ST. Paul railway at Chum-
bcrlnIn. ] he valley here liz a.lv ten miles
wido. and IL quite heavily timberct in places.
The Yellow Medicine has an extensive val
10y, and the stream has never been known
this region during 'he dry seusUn. Lux
urlunt crops of grass. from which thousands
Of tons If hay NAV be cut yearly, are found
all along the Missouri bottoms
Between Bad and Cheyenne rivers there
arc Two quite large creeks which empty their
waters into the Missouri, the first one, Shanty
creek. being about fifteen miles
above the mouth OF Bad river,
and the second, Porcupine creek, neuriy y
twenty-five miles south Of the Cheyenne
river. These creeks are distant from euch
other about fifteen miles, md are quite
heavily t!mhered aud afford excel
lent water for stock. About ten miles
above the Bad river the valley of the Mr-
souri, has nn average width Of four miles
gradually descending from the chatn Of bluffs
TO the river IN three terraces or benches.
town Of Pierre, has been looked upon with
longing eyea Several squaw men. whose
tntermazElage into the tribes has given