The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-08-15
A, A-VaIley of the Missouri river.
b, B-Valley of the White river.
G, C-ValIey of the Bad river.
D. D-ValIey of the Cheyenne.

sition of old Earth. Where there is q suf-
ticient amount of sand mingled with this
gumbO, it produces fine crops of corn, oats
and wheat, with favorable conditions in adj
dition Six miles south from the crossing on
the Missouri Is the mouth of the White river
which forms the south boundary of the land
cedcd ! he character of the soil here is dit
ferent from that in the vicinity of the Mis-
souri, river. being more sandy lOam and less
susceptible to drOuths, which have been the
rule there for several years. The valley of
the White river for about ten miles from the
mouth is quite wide. and so far as cultivated
it has been found very fertile, even under
such careless, hap hazard cultivation as an
Indian or squaw man gives the land
This valley of the White perhaps offers as
good opportunities for farming as any part
of the reservation, being far enough south
to lie within the corn-p producing belt and
having Il warm. rich SOIL with open subsoil,
retaining moisture we'll
Scattered along from the mouth of the
river to its source are groves of timber.
Cottonwood is the principal variety, though
there are occasional groves of elm, and i'll
the deeper gulches and ravines cIumps of
cedar. Within about fifty miles of the con-
1luCnCe with the Missouri the valley WidenS
to about five or six miles, forming great
meadow of nearly two thousand acres. This
il the largest piece of land lying in one body
to be found on the river. This produces
most excellent grass, is we'll watered by two
small Cretko, which in wet seasons flow into
the White RIVER. Just above this, in as
Cending tho river one finds the character OF
the country changing, the land becoming
more b1 oxen aud billy, the hills more abrupt
while the streams flowing into the White are
more numerous Continuing uD the river
for nearly hundred miles above the forks
where the Little White river Joins with the
river from the south, the country
is found to he adapted solely
| to grazing purposes, being much broken by
| abrupt hills covered with short but very
nutritious grass, called by the stockmcn
! who have grazed their herds urOn it alkal
| grass or bunch grass Unfortunately. Cat
| Tie grazing upon this grass fattens very rap
| IDLY, being made ready for market in August
! or September. Large numbers are yearly
| shipped from this region. Near the head
| waters of the White river the Bad Lands be
| gin, u strange formation of hills, bare
| OF vegetation, interspersed with deCl
| canyons and raVines. hlOugh which lul
| small streams, the water strongly impreg
| mated with alkall Cattle feeding upon thu
| grass along the margin of these streams are
| frequently stricken with a mysterious dis
| ease which clauses death very soon after at
| tack. Dissection shows the inner coating
! of the stomach burned out by the action @
| the alkai Stock men are careful not e
! have Their cattle range through this region
| unless there are sOmo preventiveS at hand ii
| the shape OF salt ticks, salt having beet
| found a preventive of alkali poisoning b'
ncurAl}zing the effect of the poison ant
| making the akali salts d!staRteful.
| MANY FERTILE STRETCHES.
| Taken az a whole the White river present.
these features TO the settler. For hundre'