Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-10-09

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the muddy Missouri river. The crew
or boat had a supply OF arms and
munitions and a small cannon. Having
had some experience with such instru
ments and some one had repolIs1
me as an expert that could handle 1t
like a boy could his toys. was hon
ored with its care. Glad to say,
don't believe hurt any Indians with
it. All went well until we passed West
port now Kansas City, near little
town named Doniphan at the mouth OF
independence creek, named by Lewis
and Clark, the engines cylinder head
blowed of Helpless the pilot held
her bow for the hore and made it, and
tied up. Dimentions were taken Of tie
head and In thirty minutes the engi-
neer was headed for st. Louis in a
wagon to the nearest railroad. For
eight long days we patiently waited.
Other steamers passed up by us, the
people aboard making great noise in
shouting at us. We had had some
fears OF bushwhackers BLOWOUT now
there seemed to be danger Of the
boat being looted by Gay Hawkers"
and 'tred-legs". But a strict guard
was kept and nothing occurred un-
pleasant. We got well acquainted
with the country people and one boy
whose parents knew Is now the
leading editor Of Oklahoma.
Repairs made, st. Joseph was soo..
reached; stores replenished and on to
Omaha, without incident. Starting
out from Omaha heard the pilot say
something about the worst river on
the voyage ahead to Sioux City. Fort
Calhoun passed and sure enough we
mad to trend our way through snags-
such graveyard of sunken steam
boats. At the mouth of the Little
Sioux 1 saw my first camp of Indians,
and there, through their mysterious
way OF news carrying, the Frenehmau
interpreted the sad news of the as
sassination of President Lincoln. It
created great sorrow on board. al
though the largest part of the crew
and passengers were southern syu,pa-
thisers.
Just before reaching Sioux City a
death occurred among the cabin pas
sengers, a young man by the name of
UT, whose parents received his BODY
on arrival of the steamer. He died of
malignant sore throat. Sioux City
was trading village full of soldiers.
Indians and frontiersmen. And here
learned that another war was going
on. Large numbers of people had
been killed in Dakota and Minnesota.
Here 1t seemed to me that all tia
soldiers talked like southerners and
was told that they We're called Gal
van1zed Yankees" who had been
paroled-or recruited to fight the In
dams, with the understanding that
they should not be ordered south
After spending a half day the little
steamer pulled and struggled against
a rising river and in five days sighted
fankton But a Jim river sand bar
made 1t six when she tied up at the
town-only a few houses. BY this
time Andrew Johnson, the vice uresi-
dent had been in charge long enough
TO send out governor by the name
OF Fauik, a fine old PENNSYLVANIA
gentleman. He had started to build
mouse out of chalk rock-which was
quite interesting to our passengers
and crew. Yankton was also a soldier
and Indian camp, Chief Smutty Bear
and Blowing Goose trike-t he-Ree were
the chiefs. Here began to hear talk
about big war chief farther up the
river whose name was "Sitting-Bun',
reported as being hostile and on the
war path. began to feel like the
famed Denny Hannafin in after years
expressed it-there was need of a few
first-class funerals. Here we bid
adieu to frontier and other kinds OF
civilization. Fort Randall, the next
military post three days hard pad
dleingSand wooding-up old Fort
Pierre trading and military post at
the mouth of Bad river. established by
General Harvey in 1855. Country
swarming with Indians. Fort Rice
garrisoned with galvanized yankees y
Put on fifty sacks of potatoes Scurvey
had among the troops, and an Indian
fight q few days before our arrival. A \
large number OF newlmade graves Ia