The Bozeman courier., 1926-07-30

.ceeded up the Missouri toward the
mouth of the Yellowstone, with a
viw to ascending the latter stream
carrying additional supplies and to
transport the military on it's return
to st. Louis.
Near this newly established Fort
Rice, an emigrant train estimated in
size at from 16O to $50 :3ams and
about ESQ people, bound for the
gold mines of Montana, Joined the
military forces. These were taken
in charge by General Sully. The ex-
peditiOn, leaving 500 Wisconsin in
fantry at Fort Rice, proceeded with
| the remainder of the force, up Can
non Ball river to it's headwaters and
thence across the divide to Heart
river, in search for a large body Of
| hostile Sioux Indians who were re-
ported to be camped on Knife river,
Immediately east of the Manvais
erres.
Camp on Heart River
At Heart river, as has been ex-
planned in the above Frontier
Scout" article, a camp was made and
all of the emigrant train left, well
barricaded, while General Sully, with
his cavalry and artillery, went
out in search of the Sioux. The main
body Of warriors was located, as
had been expected, on Knife river,
and a three-hOur battle ensued. The
hOstiles we're driven into the Bad
Lands with many killed and wound
ed. A few Of the soldiers were slight
ly wounded, but none were killed.
General Sully and his men then
/ Tlnf RI ~
] and the entire party at once set out
in a sOuthwesterly direction, VI
= Heart River to it's source, and even
tually, to the edge of the Bad Lands
of the Missouri.
The Manvais TeFres Of the Missouri
1t is not difficult to appreciate the re-
. marks Of the Frontier Scout" editor il
3 his description Of these ''Manvais Terres.
II has been my privilege, on several diff
. iferent occasions to traverse different sec
tiOns Of these Bad Lands, and they do tru
4 ly "beggars describ tiOn." There is perhaps
= no section OF this vast continent where Ma
Cure has so manifest an attack Of ll-humO
as is pictured in this freaky, awe inspir
ing gigantic upneaVal Of geological for
e nations. What a sight these must hav
I presented to the pioneers who wer
among the first to view them!
The approach Of the party to the Man
+ Vais Terres Of the Missouri" is very abl,
d described by Judge Nicholas Hilger in hi
while passing over slight elevations Ol
= the prairie we could get an OccasiOna
s glimpse Of a vast eXpanse apparently bull
r up with cities, castles, fOrtresses, and al
\ imaginable kinds of structures. At ever
u step in advance, we would be excited b.
l. new sights Of what seemed to be towers
b cones, monuments, etc, Of every cOnceiv
7, able description, which so impressed a
that but few words were spoken, everyon
supposedly imagining that be was about {
t. enter among the ruins Of some giganti
n prehistoric city.
"On the brink Of the eastern rampant
OF these prairies-vast ruins that were ell,
1T waited about 500 feet above the appareI
diately belOw-we encamped for the nigh
after passing over and along a shar
o. zig-zag ridge fer about half a mile, the
- climbing a narrow deep gorge, not Ov
>, fifty feet wide at the top, and fOllOwiI
the same for a considerable distance,
D., finally entered into level opening
ne park about $50 feet wide. Continuing, q
,-v gorge wound about in various direction
between all imaginable shapes ana KIN
81 Of rocky structures, in many places Ope
St ing into dark caves, until we found on
he selves within a park OF circular stone mo
A uments or columns, that varied In 81
AZ from three to eight feet in diameter al
ed from ten to fifty feet in height, and whi
were Of an equal thickness from base
summit. On the tops Of these pillars we
fiat stones or "caps," which lay hOrizo
aC tally, their rims extending over and
lot yOnd the pillar below, giving the VIII,
1e the appearance Of crop Of gigantic mus
- II rooms.
'at ''Major Bracket (of Brackets Mini
1ri sofa BattaliOn) who was the time leani
he against a huge tower Of klinkers, asked
Iev General Sully what he thought Of
- country; WhereupOn the General, draw
fO- long breath, answered: