The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-07-17
N. D. HISTORICAL VOLUME n.
viii Be Ready for Distribution Sep.
TENDER 1.

Volume II of the collections of tho
State Historical society will appear
. shortly, one portion Of the work is
already in press and the entire volume
will be ready for distribution by Sep.
TENDER. Part 1 will contain many
valuable contributions. Rev. H. G..
Gums History of the Selkirk Settle.
ment to 1916 is sure to attract favora-
BILE notice, as it is the most complete
sketch of this interesting chapter in
Red river valley history ever pub
lished. Along with it, as supplements
ing its evidence, will appear the we'll
known McLeod's Journal, now in print
for the first time. In Missouri river
history there will be the publication
in full of Capt. G. j. Atkins Log
Book, 1863-6S. which is a very inter-
esting and detailed account Of life on
the river steamboat during the trou-
bled times of the Civil war and the
Indian outbreak in 1862. The history
of Riverside township in Steele coun-
ty is the history of a small commu-
nifty of English and Scotch that has
been changing its characters by emf
grafton to Canada and by the coming
of Scandinavian settlers. The nara
tive is varied by excellent biographies
of the early settlers and by the pub
LEGATION of the diary kept by one Of
them on his trip to the Rockies in
1865.
The results of the field work done
by the society in the Missouri valley
will appear in a sketch we'll illustrated
by diagrams showing the place of
tepee arrangement for the villages of
the three allied tribes, the Mandan,
the Grosventre and the Arikara. And
rot the least important will be tho
latest venture of the society, the story
of the Indian maiden, Corn Silk, a
Mandan myth, told so as to be avail
able for supplementary reading I'm the
grades.
Part 2 of this volume is devoted
entirely to material on Fort Abercrou-
bie.The diary of Lewis c. Paxson, a
soldier at Fort Abercrombie in 1924,
is by far the most interesting portion
of the material appearing here. Part
2 is printed for separate sale and dis
tribution, but it will appear as a por.
ton of volume II of the collections.
Volume one of the collection has
already been sent to most of the mem
bers of the society, and is on sale at
Fargo, and will be on sale at Grand
Forks at the Ontario store this week.
This volume contains sketches of Ice
landic, Danish and Norwegian COM
munities, many important biographical
sketches and some very valuable ma.
terial on Indian life, including the
Grosventre myth of the Thunder Nest.
In this volume are important contri-
buttons by Prof. A. G. Mclaughlin of
Chicago university and Harlan I.
Smith Of the we'll known archaeologist
of New York city.
As these volumes are sent free to
all members the appearance of sec
ond volume offering such an excellent
series Of contributions should largely
increase the membership in the society.
1t is to be hoped that every member
will seek to increase the numbers IN
the society by advertising the valu.,
of its publications and the opportunity
they offer for putting into permanent
form the detailed history of the early
settlement and growth of our state
and of the men and women who took
part in the upbuilding.