Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-21

.DNEsDAy MORNING. AUGUST ii,
arms and inscription Of the King Of
France; over which, stones were pill
ed Ia the for Of a pyramid I,
Travelling north from this point
the Veranderie brothers were detain-
ed by floods; reaching the MandaD
village on The Missouri, evidently
near the present site of old Fort
Lincoln, May 18th, 173s.
Here they were Hospitality enter.
tanned and returned to their fathers
camp on Mouse river.
After some time spent there, the
old explorer and his sons crossed the
North Dakota plains to their trading
post at the mouth OF the Pembina.
While encamped on the Minnesota
side Of the Red river OF the north,
they were attacked by Sioux Indians
and, during the battle, one Of Yer
anderies sons was killed.
Years after a Swedish writer nam
ed Kahn mentioned the finding Of d
small ma pillar Of stone, inscribed with
Photographic characters, on the plain
OF the upper Missouri This picto-
graph with Veranderie's name trae.
Led upon it; was taken to Paris,
where learned savants pronouncec
IT to be of tartar origin But as no
mention of it was made in Verander.
les report to the governor Of Car.
ada, we presume tile Photographs
were the work of wild Indians on
the plains Of Dakota.
May 1T not have possibly been
found on the apex Of the stone pyra
| mid built over the buried lead plate
near the old village Of the aGens dc
| la Petite Cerice?'
In the library Of the old parIia
ment building at Ottawa, Canada, is
deposited the manuscript journal 81
Alexander Henry written by him
while in the wilds Of Lake Superior,
Red river, Assinaboine and the Mis-
souri, river, from 1899 to 1911.
Having spent the season of 1893
and 1900 in the vicinity of old Fort
dc Ia Riene;; at Lake Manitoba; he
| returned to the junction Of the ASST
naboine and Red river, in August
1890. From this historic landmark
he coursed up the Red river with
/ eighteen men and four Indian VIC
men.
His Journal Of the voyage says:
I'VE come to the Paubian rive
| (Penlbina) and crossed over to !
post built by Charles Chaboillez. il
1887 During the voyage We found
an abundance Of wild fruits, such 4.
grapes, red plums and Paubians
lbuffalo berries) saying: The Pau
| bian is of beautiful red color bu,
requires frost to mature it to a swee
1 favor VI.
] Continuing Alexander Henry says
On the east side We found the e
mains Of an old fort near the Site .,
the first esta blishment built there.
Here, opposite there old forts, land
marks Of fur TRAFFIC III the past; thu
lefty Of Pe1nbina nov stands.
| The records Of 3 the old iourna
show that on the 21st day Of Dacei,,
| Der, 1900, Mr.. Henry sent two Amer
lean horses to a trading post at Red
Lake to be driven from there tc
Peter Grants fort at Rainy Lakes
by a man named Cadotte, for whom
Cad ott e ) pass in the Rocky Noun.
talns was subsequently, named. Verv
little record, besides the old Henry
manuscript, is known to have been
found l relating to the history of the
he'd river country, from 1899 to 1909
the period preceding the establishins
OF the Lord selkfrk colony.
In September, 1901, Alexander
Henry sent a party Of men under
John Cameron to Grand Forks to es-
tablish new trading post, their
goods being transported In packs IN
on the mems backs. There the IA
nous Red river carts first made their
appearance, propelled by the hands
OF men. The Journal says: aMen
now go for meat with low carts. the
wheels of which, are three feet in di.
aneter being more eaaveaasnt than
% load on their backs. I. Two years
later the journal says. We require
horses to transport the property for
al purposes, on our new carts. They
are about 4 feet high, the spokes he
ing placed perpendicular III each
wheel and will carry hvs paeks
drawn by one horse, each bundle
weighing ninety pounds. The store
bnildfng at Pembina is represented
as being one hundred feet long and
twenty feet wide buiIf IF Ia6S EAnda