The Dickinson press., 1914-07-04

0S"AS SAAN Sl0lh ox44NC0 az
about the south line of this state in
1903, they found the Arickaree. In
dams between the Grand and Cannon
Ball rivers, the G~rosventers, or as
they r called by some writer's,
and the Mandans at the mouth of the
Heart river.
This tribe has a legend, that there
came from the east a long time ago,
White men who taught them the art
of making pottery and other things
that the other tribes of Indinas have
never attained to the knowledge Of.
From this legend has been woven
the very pretty little romance of the
origin of these white men, viz:
When Left Erickson in the year
1000, landed on the coast of Massa-
|chusetts at Martha's Vineyard, some
Of his men became possessed with
the thought that they would not re-
turn with Erickson to their native
land, but would remain where the
climate, in contrast to their inhos-
pitable land, was so salubrious, and
natures products SO lavish; conse-
quently they wandered westward, and
we have tradition stating that they
We're met on OF near the headwaters
of the Missippi, by the Mandans,
from whence all drifted to the Heart
river country, which they named.
just SO years ago Father Demoulin
celebrated the first mass ever cele-
brated in Dakota. The event took
place son the banks of the Red river
just within the Territory of Dakota.
This priest and Father DeSmet were
doing a great work among the In
dians at that time and incidentally
for the government Of this country,
inasmuch as their labors were for
peace and the good will Of all the
numerous conflicting elements of So
lciety that were engaged in exploiting
this country at that time; notably the
antag onistic interests of the Hudson
Bay Fur. Co.. and the American or
Northwestern. Fur Company.
The local history of this Immediate
Locality is pretty we'll known, having
been written about of late years by
numerous writer's in the interest of
the State Historical Society's publ
cations. This society has an histori-
|cal COLLECTION in a room in the capitol
building at Bismarck but the room
lfor, the collection is totally made
quate and very dangerously located
inasmuch that if the building should
burn there could be nothing saved
Of all the valuable collection. It
would be impossible to replace it,
When the Northern Pacific railway
reached the. Red river a great i'm
petus to immigration was given and
the attention of the public vas called
to the possibilities of the region "
ing west of that river; the inceptor
of the scheme to run a transconti-
mental road acros the plains of Da-
kota, to say nothing about the west
ward way through Montana, Idaho
and Washington states, was deemed
p~roblematic to say the least, but the
men that We're attthe helm had great
faith that the whole country would
|prove to be not only habitable but
fit for all sorts of farming and stock
raising activities, their faith has been
so fully proven to have been not mis-
placed, that we are now living in a
most prosperous, and as Lewis and
Clark denominated the country Of
"most delightsome land"
Lewis and Clark found the Indians
near their Fort .Mandan, raising
every good thing that is known to
our gardens today, such as beans,
corn, pumpkins, melons, potatoes of
a rather inferior kind it is true, but
nevertheless potatoes. With these
Indians the members of the expedi-
ton traded very amicably and were
entertained in most hospitable style
and later from their midst there
arose a most competent guide fo1
their future advance in the person OF
q Frenchman by the name of Cha.
baneau and his wife, Bird Woman
The latter has been said and sung
and now stands in the park at Bis
marck cast in endureing bronze, look
ling ever westward toward the lane
of setting suns. q
The Northern Pacific reached thu
Missouri river in 1878, crossed The
river on the ice in 1879, reached
IGreen river (now Gladstone) in 1880
advanced during 1881 to the Yellow
stone river, where the earliest set
tiers of this country found it, witt
1.-THE construction train at Fallon'.
creek, 80 miles farther west, in thu
Iearly months Of 1882.
The building of the railway across
II VA6OW ~ =
frenzy Of dispair almost, for the!
saw with an almost prophetic ey.
THAT their free hunting grounds, i
farmers came and coupled tn
country, was doomed.
The uprising of the Indians in Min
nesota was the signal for q genera
war. At Fort Beauford in that yea
che Sioux Indians attacked the For
which was in charge of!Fred Gerard
with only 10 men to aid him. How
lever, after a fight of over ten hour'
duration, he was able to drive then
oR with q loss to them Of 80 kille'
.fands140 wounded.
incidental TO the building Of th,
Il railway across Dakota the govern
meat built Fort: Seward at James
town, Old Fort Lincoln at Bismarcl
Handsestabished cantonement to
troops on the Little Missouri river
where Medora now stands.
The battle of White Stone, butte
Twas fought just east Of Bismarcl
.tord tho TnHsnna unYsn am