Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-19
EXCITING TIMES
Recollections of the Scenes En-
acted in Founding Pierre.
ARKANsAw AND JANE
Authentic Description of How the lrS-
pcrato Met His l'atc--Calam-
ity Jane.

The following interesting sketch of
our early history WAS written for an
edition of the Pierre Holiday Visitor,
from which it is borrowed:
AT the request of the managers of the
Pierre Holiday Visitor 10 write 81
few "reminiscences of the early history
of Pierre rs seen by a atcn'lerfoot, here
by give you II few items that may ~
terest some of your readers.
October 10, 1850, the construction
train left Huron for the Missouri river
and stopped ut what is now known rs
Harold, tia, being the end of track
laying. Our party of -four took 81 stage
down the Medicine for the future great.
arriving in Pierre about o'clock. ~
Mr., Savage and stopped at :, hotel on
Missouri avenue called the Hotel De
; Smcson. After supper Savage and ]
slgmied our willingness to retireas we
were tired and sleepy, the landlady lit
Il lantern and asked lis TO follow her out
the front door. which we did,tn the rear
of the house, There was Il square house
.-of-pine boards, side ways in which there
were sixteen beds. We were informed
to help ourselves. which we did by get
ting In bed with all our clothes on except
shoes. This program was kept up all
night will the guests of the hotel, every
new crowd being more drunk and boist-
erous then thc former. Sleep was mposSi
blewlthth fear ofhcing shot and robbed,
atcrriblc sand storm during the right.
which came i'll through the cracks and
made our bed, llair and sand the same
color. Morning came at last. Oh.
what refreshing sleep. We made on,
toilet out side, washed in the dirty Mis-.
souri, river water while icicles froZe in
our hair. We made our way into the
dining room to partakc of breakfast
which consisted of black coffee, cold
potatoes and wormy prlnc<, and tic
Most yillainous looking lot of fellow.
were seated around tla, able that lGl.
everscen.
After breakfast Savage aud walked
away about 800 feet from that hotel and
said tS him, what 'o You mean, tc
take me TO such Il place."
He laughed and remarked, "aflcr 20.
have been in the west us long rs have
you will be satisfied with any thing 20,
find"
We'll, we started up Pierre street. Al
though there were only tents on tho
stree, he said, Il will now lntroduc,
you Ia some of the better class of citi-
Zens.''
y We met Mayor Lcdwich, aftcrward:
tfeonniy commissioner, Joseph Reed
also commissloner-m made so by his cx.
eellcncy. n. G. Ocdway. territorial COY
trnor-a lawyer by the name OF Kincai,
now Judge, believe, at O'Ncil, Neb.
and l.. S. Bullard, the same then, yestcl
day. today and forever.
After talking with these gentlemen
who assured us that Tc had struck th
right spot, that this was to be tho grea
commercial center between the Atlantic
and Pacific, the capital Of Dakota, ant
that Phil Armour already had option
on 600 acres of land to erect big pack
i .pl:,nts and much more that we hav
forgotten, Savage and then took
cocktail with the genial Bullard and re
paired TO the Hotel DeSimcson for din
nep.
Savage who Was heavy mine ownc
81 in the Hills and had lived there 70
sometime said:
81 have an acquaintance with Calam
ity Jane. Would you ikcto see hcrg
.Oh Ycs!!''
She lived in u small building on Mi.
siouri sycnue, opposite where M. l
I Hegglund now lives. Well, do re
{. member how she was dressed.
After the Introduction looked q
the woman, who is mcntionct SO grapl
ically in Mark Twain's "Rouglnng 1t.
TALL, rlw-boncd, will, II pleasant eyt
cowboy hat, cartridge belt for - bant
She wore mule SINNERS coat, red shil