Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-25

e~nliyen-the huYndruth life, az the oc-
c,tpants; yet occasionally thefe were
e~x6iternAnt and reckless; htlArity to
Spastsa5 For the most pAftsth4s steady
day-sreceiving ana disfnitSiht nAnds
OF ETndians who. came TO tyAdSfs watch.
,ingsthe country Tor tatltA On hllfAlo
when they appeared. and ts6nAlh1 .
,perties to capture them Tor their
meat Then there wa the. work OF
preparing and {dispAtehint the winter
wood for the annual etAAfhpoAt AZ,
such posts AZ were on the river--
Keeping accounts. journals and oor-
respondence OF the post, and bAleing
and pressing this furs for the; sts.Louis
market. AZ So a.-, si 4$t
All many Of the moro sirApottAnt
spostssitthere were competing eltab-
|lI6inientS. And 4 degree, Of. SOCIAL In
There were calls and dinners back
ana for the exigenci4s OF som
petition were never. permitted to in
terfere with the amenities naturally
observed between mon OF common in
tereete ana hArdShips. As we'll AZ the
perils common to all alike On their
frontier expeditions. Occasionally
distinguished visitors and. adyei1tOrers
passed weeks or months at the larger
NOSl6t AVVl1l6f ueW rdAO> 4ASOA
element to their daily life. Hunting
was the one great diversion ana in
this. the buffalo chase stood supreme.
Among the notable v~isitorslAt Fort
Union IN the earlier days, the follow
Ing persons may be mentioned:
Archbishop Hamilton, an English
gentleman. came into the country IN
1850 to trade with the indians. and
remained for some years at For
Union. : Also. in 1882. the Prince
Macmillan. Of coblenz, Germany. a
naturalist and explorer, arrived with
his artist, Charles Bodrner; ana after
farther to Fort Mckenzie. Nils
Travels in the Interior Of North Ani<
erica were translated from the Ger
in this country in 1S4s. In is41 j.. J.
Audubon. the noted naturalist. spent
some time at the Fort Union. accom-
panied by several assistants Tor MAX
ing collections Of animals and Birds.
His home was in Harlem, N. r.
"a. ana where ne prepared his great
work on American Quadrupede'-.-
based largely on his summers. work
at old Fort Union.
In tho spring Of 1915 FIR. pesrhet
arrived At Fort Union from. hie new
IMPLANTED Mission among the Indians
In Oregon, n was accompanied BY
FIR. Q. j. Point. whom ne lett at the
fort. and who died there in 1898.
Gen. Warren. Typographical ehst.
neer. with hts two assistants, ana
Professor Hayden Of the snnitheont-
an Institution. spent the summer of
1854 at Fort Union.
Alexander Culberteon.
Another notable character Assot!at.
ed with the Fort Union intetests-Al-
though more with thote IN Montana,
and who, next to Mckenzie. wa de-
clared to have been the greatest
among the American conapany's trad
ahder Culbertton, who came to Fort
Union in 1892, ana was assigned duty,
along with Col. Mitchell, at Fort Nc
Kspzie, and Of which tort, After
building the same. he was placed in
charge in 1892.
Later he built Fort Lewis. some
twelve miles up the river from the
present site Of Fort Benton. to which
site It was afterwards removed ana
rebuilt in 1915. On Christmas eve.
1880, at his suggestion, the name Of
Fort Lewis wal changed to that OF
Fort Bentons in honor of Senator
Thomas II. Benton, OF Missouri, who
had thAthpioned the cause Of Gull
bertson when charged with violation
Sof the governments restrictions, on
Ithe sale Of intoxicating liquors to the
Indians. ,.. AZ
Through BentonA. influence ne es-
capped censure from the government,
although It wal claimed that he had
thirty barrels Of wh!skey secreted In
the vicinity of Fort Union some years
pr evious.
It wat il November, 1881, that Ma
jor Culbertson ana five Of his men
drove from Fort Union to Fort Ben
ton in wagons--the entire route be-
ing almost identical with the wagon
road Of the present day; and his waf
the frst four-vheeled vehicle thai
had ever. attempted to penetrate, the
country in Montana, north Of the Mis-.
souri, river. After returning to For!
3 Union the following spring, he re-
manned there for a Understanding
later overland to Fort Benton, which
he always regarded as his home.
Smoke does damage in the city O.
, Manchester, England, to the estimated
t value Of $4,000. 900 annually.