Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-07-26
A TRIP TO wHI7EHo2sE
Concluded from last week


twenty-five. One of the largest
Episcopal churches on the Reser-
vation is located here. with full
blood Indian pastor in charge, viz:
Rev. Geo. Redowl.
The Congrcgationalists also have
Il mission here, with David Lee as
leader. They meet in a log house.
The schoolhouse is good sized
comfortable looking building. with
two or three living rooms attach
ed, standing across the street from
the store. We found it occupied
by Miss Ellen Sexton. the field
matron. in the absence of the
schoolteacher. Mr.. Aven. who is
away on his vacation. 4 new
building with two rooms has Just
been completed by the govern
ment for her use and she was now
only waiting for the paint to dry
before occupying it. Her duties
include those of doctor and nurse.
there being no other doctor locat-
ed nearer than Cheyenne Agency
and Evarts. each 40 miles distant.
She informed us that she was
we'll pleased with her new location
and did not intend to take a vaca-
tion this year. She has been
on this reservation now for some
six years and is widely known for
her faithfulness and efficiency.
Another official whose work we
should notice is Mr.. j. f. Com
stock. whom we also mentioned
last week. He has been stationed
here for seven or eight years,
coming as boss farmer. which he
held till he resigned to become
licensed trader, over a wear ago.
We drove over several miles of
graded road which had been made
by him, that still remained intact
and had never been washed out.
tho the country had since had
plenty of heavy rains.
From our observations during
this trip. it would appear that the
Indians are a long way off from
being farmers vet. tho they have
had at least three ''boss farmers
drawing salary from the govern
ment, to teach them. for
10. these many years, and we have
often wondered why it was. We
think we found our answer. Mr..
Comstock did lot of much need
ed work on roads and bridges.
which is one of the first require
ments OF farming in a rough and
hilly country; and Judging from
our hours visit with Mr.. Hav-
cock, the present farmer. he has to
also act as sort of peace-makcr.
or justice of the peace. He had
three calls of this nature during
our visit. and at 8 p. m. had not
had his supper yet. One of these
callers was woman who men
toned another party as being re-
sponsible for the loss of one of her
horses. A policeman present was
requested to bring the offending
party Immediately before him. as
it was expected that the said party
was going to the Agency the next
day.
Another work which Mr.. Com
stock did was to build two dams
within quarter of a mile of his
store; one of them was for house
use. the larger one for stock. which
are still stout and strong. These
were a prime necessity five years
ago, when the Moreau river and
SO many of the natural water holes
went dry.
! Another subject which interest
ed us more than anything else was
the coal fields. which we knew to
be not far away. We were in
formed by MIR. Haycock that he
had been out to see them, and that
one days drive from Whitehorse
would take person to them.
Our ride home on Tuesday with
Mr.. Alex. LaPlant, the mail car.
rier, was another pleasant expert.