Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-22

is on the east bank of the Missouri River. Twenty miles of this trip was over the Indian Trail through the reser- vation. It was crooked, narrow track with improvements The country is very sparsely settled and almost entire ly destitute of trees, except along the banks of the creek and river. The land is given over entirely to grazing for cattle and horses. The Indians have small incentive to laSor, being pensioners of the national government they do not have to work. We took dinner on the banks of the river and lunch in school yard on our way home.
 We have just returned from a trip to the Black Hills, four hundred miles away, the guests of Mr w. T McCon- nell and family. There were twenty four in the party, using five autos and truck 1 for baggage We left the Springs on Monday the eighth of August. We trav- ] eled west twenty miles then north thirty l miles, passing great fields of corn, oats and wheat in shocks and alfalfa in bloom. l There were great stacks of alfalfa and
 hay and the second crop was ready to harvest. For the fifty miles we saw but
 few houses and very few trees. There
 was but one church in sight and a few
 schoolhouses. Herds of cattle and !horses were feeding in the rich pastures. 1 hogs in abundance and few sheep. The herds and f1ocks live out of doors the
 year round. At Miller we struck the
 Black and Yellow trail. Here we had
 our dinner under the trees in the court house yard. After resting we resumed our journey travelling straight west through Highmore and on to Pierre, the capitol Of the state. Every enterpris- ing oity and town provides a public, free tourists camping ground Thousands of
 
 1 grounds are a great convenience. The lcampground at Pierre is enc of the best We have found. It was lighted with
 electricity, tent platforms were provided of wood or cement. raised several inches
 from the ground to keep out the water
 and rattlesnakes and plenty of good
 water. The public swimming pool was
 near by and some of our party enjoyed a plunge in the warm water Some of ouI
 young people slept in the open air, on
 concrete floors, others on the ground
 some in the cars and the rest under tht tent. It was great sport going to bed
 and getting up. We cooked our break . fast over the open fire, packed our out fit and started on our journey.
 Pierre is located on the east hank O
 the Missouri river and about in the cen
 ter of the state It has a population O 3.209, a fine capitol building several ho
 : tels. good school buildings and severa
 fine churches. Many of the business , blocks are modern in style and equip
 ment. The men We met were enthusi
 astic boosters for their state and city. There is but one bridge across tn river and that is for railroad use Tn :. railroad company does some ferry busi ness. You can run your car on to
 platform car and they will carry yo T over al certain hours Of the day. Ther P is a rear wheel ferry. We took the boat
 The river changes it's channel ofter : Some times the ferry landing is belO' . the bridge and at other tines above
 We found a boy on horseback who acte
 as guide 10 travellers seeking the ferr! ,, We filled the boat to its capacity an . had a great ride. first down river an e then across The river water is file
 with sand and is far from clear Frol P the river we saw the bare high hiI 10 on the west side that we were to clin- t Passing through Fort Pierre we bega , the climb. From the top Of the hi we saw herd of buffalo. and as V 'e drew rear they moved down toward u e road. We rode into an adjoining pa iS ture and met them. having a good Oppo v tunity to see them at close range. The 'e were several hundred of bulls, COWS al ie calves. It was g part of a herd of ol T thousand head. the largest nerd cf kind in the world. It is owned by ie Indian woman. the widow of q whi ,o ,o man. They feed on a ranch of eighte " thousand acres. The males are gre lI shaggy fellows the cows much small' n Several of the party secured good k ie daIz shots. These were all the firearr !s we were allowed to use. The India 10 must have had great sport hunting tf - game in the long ago.
 ss Gro be\ concluded Friday)