The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-03-04

attractive, for we had been hearing
for weeks with increasing emphasis
of the almost fabulous mines in and
around the town.
Winding down the long hill, we
encamped upon Yankee flat near the
banks of the streams and the oxen
were released from the labors of
their long journey. Here we found
out what we had ap~prehended would
be the case, namely that it would be
impossible for us to go by way of
Hellgate to Lewiston, the capital of
the territory of Idaho, as we had
contemplated, as we were told that
the Mullan road was filled with fall
len trees, and there was snow upon
the mountain divides. We, there
fore, determined to remain in Ban
mack for the winter, and we moved
into a house formerly used as a store
which stood on the banks of the
Grasshopper, in which five rooms
were partitioned off, and when the
walls had been covered with muslin,
pictures hung, carpets put down, it
seemed very homelike and comfort
able. When one has been moving
for a few months, he is not inclined
to be fastidious as to the style of the
house he occupies. During Sec
ond year there was a long continued
rain, which melted a heavy snow,
soaked through our mud roof and
caused it to rain inside the house
long after it had become fair outside.
Tribute to Brave Women
There are unwritten chapters in
the history of every new settlement
which no pen will ever write but
could they be written they would
tell of many heroines as well as he
roes, women as brave and deserving
of credit as those who landed from
the Mayflower. They had much to
do in winning the west, and a higher
civilization has always followed
in the footsteps of the women
pioneers. 1t is the pioneer home
maker and the pioneer school tea
who have paved the way for the
church and Sunday school
and have often exerted a more last
ing influence than was realized at
the time. Bannack was tumultuous
and rough, the headquarters of a
band of highwaymen and lawlessness
and misrule seemed to be the prevail =,
ing spirit of the place. But into this I
little town had drifted many worthy !
people who unbendingly held firmly i
20 their principles of right. There t
we're few families there and the par T
ents were anxious to have their chill {
iren in school and it never was
Known when there came a cry from
he children hat some schoolma'am :
lid not rise up in response. T
| was requested to take charge of f
UGH an institution and the question
# finding room in which to teach a
vas a matter of some difficulty. We Il
of a man in town who owned Ii
ONE houses which it was thought Ii
answer the purpose and Chief
Justice Sidney Edgerton, who was
ny uncle, went with me to interview E
i'm. With some difficulty we found Y
is humble residence and raped Y
Oudly at the door. For some time C
o n responded but finally a mans te
dice called "Come in" Pushing V
pen the door we saw in the dim D
ght a man lying on buffalo robes H
n the floor. He did not rise to meet P
for he had not fully recovered
ON the effects of imbibing too free w
of the favorite beverage then so it
My uncle stated our err 81
md. Eyes, glad of it," he said. to
Damned shame; children running oil
round the streets; ought to be in it.
.hool. I will do anything 1 can to dc
clip her; she can have this room De
TT cheap-$50 a month" CO
Started in October, 1868 pc
1t was some time in October, 1868, be
at the school was opened in a room st
our own house on the banks of be
e Grasshopper creek near where
Q ford and foot-bridge were loca- tit
d. 1t was a somewhat strange ga Sc
ering of school books, for they pu
me from Maine to Missouri, and da
any other states. The exciting tie
when the vigilance committee fol
fectually rid the territory of the nc
of highwaymen occurred during pc
is period and the gallows tree up an