The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-09-02

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for ordering us to leave the Jim river,
and lie said he would send it twhere it
would take effect, which he must
have done as the Indians were re-.
moved to their reservation III
iSeptembsr, and the land surveyed on
the west side of the river.
E Benoni Slack and I returned to
Plainyiew, Minnesota, III July to
harvest. Benoni returned to Waubay
| in October and in December.
f 1 arrived at Mr. Warmers, west Of
Lake Kampeski about twenty-twos
miles, on the 9Th day of December.
The next morning. / took "a heavy load,
compass and started to travel the;
tthirty-five miles north with sixinches5
of snow ON the ground and II few hard
lsaleratus Biscuits which I could not
Ieat at moon but kept them, fearing ]
might get lost on the prairie. ImadeS
Waubay at dusk but avoided Poster
g. Loves store, not wanting to let
them know that I was in the country
as 4 believed they had put up a job
on me to beat me out Of the Armas5
dale timber.
Z / Istayed a. Mr.. Slack's until the
29thC Cf December when Reese, Love,
Benoni Slack and started for the
Armadale timber ion the Jim. We
arrived there the 3lst day OF Decern-
Der, 1873, and cilmped in Drifting
Goose's house, after being OF the road
three days and camping out two
nights In the snow in all a tent.
Benoni and 1 soon moved ten miles
north to the old clai II staked out by
Henry III. Slack and caniped nine days
ina tent, while we dug q hole in
the side OF the bank and logged 1t up
making a warm dngout. Then we
put in the winter at hunting and
trapping. We had six deer and ante
lope hung up in the trees at one time,
and furs, consisting OF beaver, mink,
fox and other skins, which broughtus
a little money in the spring,
In April, 1879, MIR. Slack started
| from Waubay with his family for the
river. In tile Coteaux east of the river
they met some men wh0 had been
scared from Armadale by Indians, as
they supposed. The fact was the boys:
had nice claim there on which
they would locate anyone they
Ithought they could scare, and after.
getting their money would dress uD5
like Indians and scare them away A
lgood many7neverr returned, much to
the detriment OF settling up the
country. Benoni Slack told his faith
Ter that il there was any real trouble
J i'm would meet them and give warn
ling. So they came on over and settled
again on the old claim They were
1.-THE first family to settle in the south
ern part of Brown cou Z ty and / be-
llieye they were the first in the
county
1 / built a log cabin on my claim in
1 A pril 1879 started a small store in
November, 1879, aud made appliea-
tion for pcstofflce, The commission
Of which received in April 1880 and
4 held for twenty years. 4 sent in the
name Of Empire City for the postof1ice
Land tile postmaster general rejected it
las there was one other BY that name
and requested me to send in another
5Iname.
a little incident reminded me OF
Francis Raundelle who had trad:ng
4 post where: is now Rondell. had
met him at his house at Waubay.
remember Ionce asked him if he had
Z a wife Tile replied that in his time
4 he had married fourteen Indian
maidens, but that he had not one
Ileft. 4 took his name and American
Il izing it, sentSi in plain Ronden !. The
4 postmaster general accepted it, and
Halter when our township was organ
Iized Irequested that by all means it
Il be called Ronde and it was done ac-
u |cordingly In tile spring Of 1879 three
townships were taken out OF market
for an Indian Teserya yation, one5what i
Il the west half of Rondell and two ".
ling ia Sphinx county, but they cams
IGinto market again Id July 1880.
Il
I Ins Praise Of Ctambe rlain' 8 coiiis
Cholera and Diarrloea
semedy
Al low me 10 give You a few words
I'm praise Of Chambe erlain's Colic
IIgholera and Diarrhoea Remed u !, say,