St. Paul daily globe., 1895-10-13

tleman, ana most agreeable. 1t was
not long after our meeting before he
commenced to- entertain me with the
unfolding of his plans which at that
time were being put into execution.
He was just returning from New
York, whittier he had been on a mission
to consummate his scheme for the en-
largement of his business at the then
hustling little town of Medora, situated
in the Bad Lands, or what is now call
ed Pyramid Park. The latter name, to
be sure, sounds prettier, but whether it
will ventually become more popular
remains to be seen.
'.At all events the Bad Lands are an
Interesting study to geologists, scfen-
lists, and to all who take an interest
in that which is unique, novel and gro
tesque in nature.
while Pyramid Park and the Lit
tie Missouri remain, the once lively
town of Medora and the dashing mar
Quis have fallen into innocuouS deS-
uetude.
cat Billings Maj. F. D. Pease board
ed the train" continued Prof Eber-
man. "Fort Pease was familiar to me-
and I had often heard the major s
name spoken, though never before had
1 met him. The major appeared as a
unique Western character-a man who
had figured largely in government con-
tracts, in military affairs and as agent
of the Grow Indians. In the latter
position he had served faithfully and
well, and the Indian who had not faith
in PeaSe was rara avis. Whenever
a deputation of Crow Indians visited
town they invariably inquired after
'Pease teepe.'
"An amusing incident occurred upon
our arriving at Bozeman, one among
the many on that trip. The depot at
Bozeman was situated a long distance
from that portion Of the town where
the hotels were. The road was only
completed to the point where the Cal
latin, Madison and Jefferson meet.
The train for that point would not
leave until the afternoon of the next
day. Our only alternative was to stop
at Bozeman until there was a train
out. When we boarded the four
horse coach at the BoZeman depot
for the hotel not a few were assigned
seats on the hurricane deck. Among
the number was Maj. Pease. He in
formed the driver in terms more en-
phatic than elegant that he had occu-
pied some pretty high positions, but
when it came to riding on the top
Of an overloaded stage coach that any
moment was liable to tip over he
rebelled. He maintained his ground
and secured a seat inside the coach.
Afterward I learned that the major
had met with more than one acct
dent when travelling on stage coaches
over rough roads and mountain passes
and now that the railroad had made
it's advent he did not propose to be
slaughtered in an unnecessary and un-
warrantable manner"
'"The most interesting event that I
recalled, however, was when passing
Gold creek during my last trip. 1t
was there that the golden spike driv-
ing took place twelve years ago. 1t
was a notable occasion. The great
men-I say great men-many capital
lists, goodly number of newspaper
men, statesmen, dukes, earls and
counts, were there. They came from
Germany, France, England, Scotland,
Canada and all parts of the United
States. William M. Evarts, the orator
of the day-the man and scholar noted
Henry Willard, the president then of
the road, other railroad officials and
dignitaries, were there. Gen. U. S.
Grant was among the invited guests.
It was somewhat of an informal affair.
After all the guests had arrived there
was promiscuous lunching. Then the
programme of music, speech making
and finally the driving of the spike
I would not attempt to name the num-
ber who saw the spike driven, but
there were thousands who never
caught a. glimpse of the alleged daz-
zling golden spike. The golden spike
driving apparently was what brought
the thousands of people there. But
after their arrival and they had learned
that Gen. Grant was on the grounds,
the music, the orations, the spike driv-
ing had but little If any attraction.
Thousands had never seen the silent
hero of Donaldson, Vicksburg and APP
pomattox. To get glimpse of this
great military chieftain seemed more
to them than all the rest 1 made a
mental notation of the facts at the
time. 1t was only the summer before
he met with the accident which ter
minated fatally. He was apparently
at tbss time in the enjoyment Of most