The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02
HOME
OF SIOUX IS TO
Be R~EuNQuISHED
Kind Of Lands Included in Chey-
enne and Standing Rock
Reservations.

A0OSO4 sAt7
Pierre, s.. D., Aug. 31.-A half dozen
Dakota towns will see the mex grand
rush for registration for Indian reser-
walton lan to be opened to settlement.
Five Of these will be in South Dakota,
and n in North Dakota, the towns be-
ing Pierre on the Chicago & North
western road, LeBeau or the Minneap-
oils & st. Louis, and Aberdeen, Mo-
bridge and Lennon on the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul road. Bismarck,
North Dakota point designated for
registration.
The registration dates will be from
October 4 to %, during which. anyone
who desires can register at n of the
points named above. The drawing will
commence at Aberdeen on October 25.
While most Of the land lies within
h present boundaries of h Pierre
land district, q strong effort is being
made to secure a new district covering
the territory before h filings begin.
Home Of tho Sioux.
The country to be opened a been
held by the Sioux Indians as their
choice next to the Black Hills country.
which was their first choice in h Da-
kota country, but from which they were
forced by the gold discoveries. From
that section they went to the beautiful
valleys of the Cheyenne, Morsau, Grand
and Cannon Ball rivers, where they
have been allowed to remain until the
closing in of the white man. While the
older Indians give up the land with re-
luctance, the younger and more pro-
gressive ones are perfectly willing that
the surplus lands, after they nave
taken their allotments, be sold to the
whites.
The allotments have all been taken,
and while a portion of reservations
have been retained to please the older
Indians, 1t will be only a question Of
time when all viii be a white mans
country. The portions they retain are
along the Cheyenne river, and in the
northern part of this state and south
ern North Dakota, along the Missouri.
The portion of the reservation to be
opened comprises practically 1000, 900
been taken, and will make homes for
more than $4,000 white families.
Three Lines Extending.
Their is but one railway in active
operation across any portion of the
tract-the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul running through the northern end
but by the time the settlers are To-
Gated they will find good facilities for
shipping in and out. Besides the line
1t has in operation, the Milwaukee has
made surveys both along the southern
line of the territory and another
through the center, reaching out for
the Thunder Butte country. Grading Is
in progress, and the work is being
pushed as fast as possible.
The Chicago & Northwestern is
reaching for the same territory with
surveys from Philip n Belle Fourche.
Work is already under way on the Belle
Fourche extension. The Minneapolis
& st. Louis with it's present terminal
LeBeau on the Missouri has it's survey
practically completed across the south
ern part of the territory. competing
with the Milwaukee for the rich Fog
Ridge country. Al of these lines will
be ready to handle land seekers early
next year.
Description of Land.
The territory to be opened which is
approximately 100 miles long in the two
states and 40 miles wide, is bordered
m the south by the Cheyenne river and
on the north by the Cannon Ball, and is
divided into three sections by the
Grand and Mcreau rivers. The southern
section contains the noted Fox Ridge
country, which is a heavy loan in the
east and changes to a sandy character
further west.
North of this is the Moreau river
with its deep valley well supplied with
timber. The valley is narrow and the
bluffs are high and steep, it being nee
essary at places to go miles to find a
practical roadway down into the valley.
North of the Moreau is a broad
plateau, which grows the native
wheat grass" which is almost equal
to oats for feed and shows what can
be done with the and when it is cult
waited to grain. North OF this plateau
is the valley Of the Grand river, with
Its gently undulating hills far back
from the river on either side, and a
somewhat sandy soil all along the val
ley.
North Of the Grand is another pla-
teau between that and the Cannon Ball,
which is equal in fertility to the noted
Morton county lands in North Dakota,
which in the past few years has been
converted into thousands of homes for
settlers.
The South Dakota land lies in por-
tons of the counties of Armstrong,
Schnasse. Dewey and CoEson, and the
North Dakota land in the county Of
Morton. The only organized county in
the South Dakota part Of the reserve is
Corson. which lies along the northern
boundary of the state, but the new set
tiers will not be long in securing or
ganization for the other counties after
they get well located.