The Anaconda standard., 1895-12-24
HIISTORYOFM MONTANA
The Second Volume of a Valuable
Work Nearly Ready.
THE FIRST ISSUED IN 1876
This Book Was Begun by the Late
Harry Wheeler and Contains
Much Matter of Genuine
Historical Interest.

Helena Herald: In 1876 the first vol
ume OF the history of the state OF Mon
tana was published. This volume was
gotten out only by the untiring ef-
forts of a certain few, and il was with
great difficulty that even they placed
in permanent form the pioneer trials
and experiences of the Territory of
Montana, in the days of her early in
fancy.
And now. after a lapse of 20 years.
during which time the vast unsettled
wilderness of the territory, with its
concealed mineral belts, its unused wa
ter power and its other great advan-
tages, have been changed. The bound
less prairies where once the buffalo
roamed in countless numbers. have
been turned into pastures for the herds
OF the stockmen. The fertile valleys
wave with the cereal products of the
temperate zone. Its great waterways
furnish unlimited power for turning
the wheels of mills and smelters
Quartz mining has taken the place to
large extent of the shallow placer
and other resources are being develop
&c In like proportion. while bands of
steel across the country on which
the magnificent trains of the nine
teenth century traverse the territory
In the time ii took the old freight
tioiho " CONCl ~ InlleS.
And still the same boundless era of
progress dawns on the state at the is
suance OF the second volume of the
new History of Montana that greeted
her when volume No. 1 was given to
the public. And a decade hence will
not the same possibilities be vet i'm
store for ours. the Treasure State?
Volume No. H., which even now is
In the hands of the printer, will detail
In graphic style the events of conse-
Quence that have transpired in the last
quarter century. To Harry w. Wheel
er, deceased. belongs in the most part.
the honor of this publication. 1t was
by the suggestion of Hon. Granville
stuart and Mr.. Wheeler that volume
NO. III was commenced. 1t was entirely
to Mr.. Wheeler's efforts that the first
half OF the volume was completed.
Al Mr Wheeler's death Wilbur E. San
ders was elected to the position which
had been occupied by Mr.. Wheeler. of
librarian of the Montana Historical So
ciety, and IL was Mr.. Sanders who. in
most masterful way picked up the
thread OF the narrative where it had
peen dropped and carried out the his
tory TO a successful termination. The
volume will contain some 500 pages
The matter therein is compiled entirely
from old diaries and writings together
with some newspaper clippings.
The Introduction to volume No. II
was written by Hon. w. +. Sanders,
and Is fitting commencement to a
book which will, in times to come. be
or great historical value. Then in order
comes the lists of the officers of the
society, members of the society, act of
incorporation and other laws, transfer
OF the society to the state, the consti-
tuition and the transactions between
1881 and 1885, Then come two centen-
NAL addresses on Montana, one by
Hon. w. A. Clark and one by Charles |
5. Warren, and a centennial address in |
Madison county by Hon. Henry N. |
Blake.
A sketch of the early history of Mon
tana written in 1S76-77 by Hon. H. #. |
Woody follows these addresses and |
then the centennial addresses of Lewis |
and Clarke, which was delivered by |
Hon. Cornelius Hedges is followed by ,
another centennial address delivered |
by Hon. Granville Stuart at Deer
Lodge.
Then comes a historical sketch of
the Gallatin valley and Bozeman pass
by Peter Koch, a brief sketch of the
life OF Lieutenant Bradley by Capt. ].
Il. Van Orsdale; Lieutenant James H.
Bradley's journal of the military oper-
atoms under the command of Gen.
John Gibbon against the hostile Sioux
Indians in 1876, under the sub-heads:
The Mississippi Fur Company" "A
Glance at Montana" IAN Indian Mas
sacre." IAN Interesting Incident" "A
Description of the Yellowstone River"
Council With the Crows" "A De-
scriptive Hieroglyphics." Bakers
Battle of 1872" "A Sketch of Fort
Pease." Historical Sketch of the
Crows and Crow Account of the yell
lowstone Fur Trade" This section of
the book was taken from the diary of
Lieutenant Bradley as he had noted
them himself. revised by Wilbur e.
Sanders. the librarian of the historical
society. 1t is one of the most inter-
esting in the book.
The diary of Matthew Carol, master
in charge of transportation for Glib
bon's expedition in 1876. follows, and
then appears the life of w. d. DeLacy
diary of Hon. James Fergus. 1S62-6s; a
sketch of Malcolm Clarke by his
Helen p. Clarke; the jour
nal of s. @. Fisher, chief of scouts to |
Gen. o. o. Howard during the cam
paign against the Nez Perces, Mon
a chapter telling of the capture of
Chief Joseph and the Neg Perces by |
troops under command of Gen. Nelson |
A Miles at Bear Paw. Montana Terri |
tory. 1887. by Capt. Harry Romeyn.
Life at Musselshell in 1Se9-70 is then
pictured by Peter Koch.
and then comes the chapters which tell
OF attempts to build a town at the
mouth of the Musselshell river by
Lieut.. ]. III. Bradley; Gen. Alfred Sui
ly's expedition against the Sioux by
Nathaniel Pope; the life of the late
James Cornell by William F. Wheeler.
an account OF a trip from the Dalles
OF the Columbia. Ore, to Fort Owen
In the Bitter Root valley. in the spring
Of 1855. from the diary of Charles w.
F'rush and an account OF a trip by | {
way of the Missouri river from St | I
Louis TO Fort Benton and overland 10 | I