Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-09
TO FARM;
OF, twenty three Years on the Frontier.
BY LINDA w SLAUGHTER
Copyright, 1895. III MeAnt6or.

oAAxa W. AA A2AO Observation-Disclosures
III tAeAmthor.
sailed grandly out of the fort, down the
long hill, and struck into the beaten track
across the river, which then ran opposite
the Point, and up the hill among the trees
on the eastern side. AT, this bank the
transfer aIda Stockdale" was fast in the
ice, midway of the stream. A squad of
government mules came laundering round
the curve. and made straight for our
frightened steed who struggled franticaliy
to fly the track, and turn down stream.
That were sure destruction to us, for the
river below was full of treachelous air
holes, and safety lay in reaching the shore
before the herd reached us. It was a.close
race, but we won it, and had reached the
bank before the mules overlook us.
They dashed past us up the bank. snort
ing and whistling like so many antelope,
with old George" fairly whizzing after
them. When we tried to stop him, fearful
of being dashed against the trees, we found
out that he was running away with us.
We tried strategy and wheeled him about
facing a steep cut at the side Of the road,
but he had to keep on going. If he could
10 go one way he could another. and be-
fore we knew what he was about he had
backed us over the bank, ten feet to the
ice below. Our steed lay motionless, and
we were under the inverted sleigh, and
could not get out, until Mr.. Stephen WEIGH,
the Waterman on the Stockdale, came and
rescued us. s5
Gen. Carlin's treatment of the settlers
was a marked contrast to that of his pre-
decessor. Indeed the military as a rule,
had little regard for the settlers. They re-
garded their being in the country as the
cause of the Indian hostilities from which
the troops so greatly suffered. To quote
the language of Col. Huston, post com.
mandant of Fort Mexican, when at the re.
quest of the citizens. of .Edwinton I went
over to ask him to allow the military mail
carriers to carry mail for the citizens
"The government cannot recognize these
settlers. They are all in%terlopers in the
Indian country, and ought to be driven Out
by the military" OF course this was
illogical, as the government had built anG
garrisoned forts in the Indian country
and was sending out its soldiers to protec
the men who were seeking to construct
railroad through a country, which was Sc
cured to the Indians by treaty. But thi!
was the opinion universally held by tn,
military. Gen. Carlin on the contraI,
treated the settlers with the utmos
courtesy, and gave them protection ant
assistance in many ways.
In the fall OF 1872 our good friends Mr.
and Mrs. Anthony rented their hotel to
man named Van Dyke. who with his wifi
and so~n-in-law kept it for a time. The,
had before lived in part of T. P. Davis
house Oh Fifth street, after which the,
took a claim on the bottom where their sol
died, and his was the first death of a grow
person to occur in the settlement.
4 The Anthonys lived in a log house a
the Point that winter, holding a claim TO
the Puget Sound & Lake Superior CON
pany, at the terminus of the railroad lin
at the river, and boarded the men who wer
likewise holding claims for the company il
the bottom. Il. P. Bogue, employed in tn
st. Louis Liquor store of j. w. Walker an
j. D.. Wakeman, and later postmaster Q
Bismarck in 1880, was M of their board
ers. In the spring Of 1873, when the rive
broke up, the bottom was submerged an
the settlers driven out. The Anthony
could not get away and a boat was sent fo
!, them. Tie water came close to the bank!
south of the city, and men in small boat
and log canoes brought the settlers fro1
the bottom to the foot Of Third street. w
were glad to offer the shelter of our qua
J tiers to these worthy old people who ha
) lost all their belongings, and had bee
} rescued with difficulty from the roof {
their house where they had taken refug,
Privations were beginning to tell upo
the old lady's fine spirits. They bot
grieved constantly, lest they should new
be able to reach their friends in Montan,
At length, more in sympathy with ther
than from any idea o the value of tn
, property, we paid them $500 for their hi
log "hotel" n their right to the lot, an
F. sent them on their western way rejoicing
Among those driven out by the foo
were the Belhymas of Burleigh City The
removed afterwards to Jam -s.own, wher
he was arrested for stealing pork fro1
the government, and was taken to PEN
bina via a steamboat on the Red river.
He was heavily ironed and distinguish
himself on the journey, by leaping ovel
board, shackles and all, to save the life c
a little child that had fallen overheard
Judge Barnes who was to try HIM, was O
board and witnessed the daring act. TIL
passengers made up a purse for him an
signed a petition to. the Judge for clemenc
in his case. He got off and went to Canadi
His wife afterwards married a man i
jamestown.
After having bought the big log hons'
we were like the man who bought tn
elephant, we did not know what, to d
J with it. Presently it occurred to us to g
and live in it, and we gave up our quarters
took communication instead, and moved int
the great. ungainly log shack on the corne
7 Of Main and Second streets, having frs
had it renovated, and lined throughou