, t - <%?£? t x \* Cv-Sl

III! of them aro ably oomliioUid mid worthy of thft pnt roniipc of pvory intel­ligent jiiTHoii within the railing of their inlliioncu. Our ]iHt of tlm lH'wupfipcrs which Dakota now pos*en<«M, outside of Yankton, run# am follows, niul ovory one of thorn in worth Hiilm-rihing for;

ltepublicau, Vermillion. Courier, Elk Point. News, Canton. Advocate, Cimton. Independent, Hioux Falls. Puntagraph, Sioux Falls. Times, Sii.mx Fulls. Kolkeljlolict, Sioux lAi] 1h. Times, Springfield. Standard, Vermillion. Tribune, Elk Point. 'i iniL'H, Deadwood. Tionoer, Deadwood. 1'ress, Doadwood. News, Deadwood. Kntorprise, Lead City., Chronicle, Custer City. Journal, ltapid City. Herald, Central City. Tribune, Bismarck. Sun, Bismarck. Alort, JivmeHtown. Times, Fargo. \ Republican, Fargo. Argus, Fargo. New Era, Parker. Times, Brule City. bioux Valley Journal, Brookings. Dakota Gazette, Volga. Beadle County Settler, Huron. Northern Signal, Caledonia. Echo, Bridgewater. Citizen, Scotland. Exponent, Dell Rapids. Capitol, Mitchell. Herald, Alexandria. Pioneer, Pembina. Enterprise, Flundreau. Gazette, Marion Junction. Pioneer, Cameron. Ilerald, Big Stone City. Chronicle, Menno. Sun, Eden. Herald, Grand Forks. Gazette, Wahpeton. Dakota News, Watertown. Northern Pacific Times, Valley City. I>ri>ssl Brookings. Express, Roscoe. Inter-State, Gary. Independent, Watertown. Enterprise, Goodwin. Plaindealcr, Grand Forks. Sentinel, Madison. Criterion, Mandan. The list as above presented, gives to

Dakota fifty-five newspapers outside of our city and the threo Yankton papers swell the list to fifty-eight. Probably two-thirds of these newspapers have been started within the past three years.

DAILY NEWSPAPERS.

The record of our own newspaper, giv­en in the foregoing sketch, brings us down to the beginning of the Daily Press and Dakotaian, the first daily newspaper published in the territory of Dakota. Its first issue was given to the public on the 26th day of April in the year 1875. We are now celebrating its sixth birthday with a new dreBS and an enlargement of four columns. As it was until to-day, in size, it has been since the beginning, though we have once before given it new type.

Our daily was the creation of the Black Hills excitement which raged so vigorously in the spring and summer of 1875. Witcher and Gordon, representa­tives of a party of discoverers, had come across the snow clad plains from the mysterious land of hidden wealth, bring­

ing with them little nuggets of pure gold, plucked from the soil of a now famous region. It was the first tangible evidence of native wealth in the Hills and as the hardy adventurers exhibited their gold­en spoils in the office of the St. Charles hotel, in this city, the intelligence was flashed over a thousand wires to the outside world. It was the spark which kindled a blaze of excitement all over the country and speedily the tide of travel towards the Hills began. Thqn it seemed that Yankton and Dakota must have n daily newspaper to tell the peo­ple of all the wonders which were to be unearthed and to induce travel to onr bonanza fields. We undertook to sup­ply this alleged want. It did not pay. Month succecded month and the years stepped back into the post. Still there was no profit in our venture, but we clung to it with a grim determination to make or bust, and—well, we didn't bust. In the language of the stateman, we still live, though at this day and hour we can hardly account for the circumstance. Five years have been added to the age of the world since we began this enterprise and some of them have been years of toil and trouble and' discouragements. But the blighter lining on the other side of the cloud of gloom gradually came into view and (lie oft indulged in inclination to abandon the project gradually faded away and Dakota's first daily became an estab­lished fact. Looking backward now up­on those days of costly experiment, we cannot arouse a genuine desiro to live them over again. But there was nothing in them which was not anticipated in the beginning, so we hnd the grim sat­isfaction of realizing all our expecta­tions.

During the five years gone by Yankton and Dakota have greatly improved. The newspaper field is widening and growing longer at both ends. I'eoplo are coming to our wheat and corn fields and cover­ing our grazing grounds with their herds of stock. All the industries of civiliza­tion and population are fixing themselves upon our fertile prairies and in our gold­en mountains. An empire is taking root, deep and strong and promising a vigorous growth. With this development comes patronage and profit to the enter­prises which were planted in day# of poverty and hi>ve passed out of the sha­dows of adversity into the sunlight of prosperity.

Wo turn to the first issue of our daily, bearing date five years ago to-day. Upon its pages, as fnir to us now as then, we sec tho names of many familiar in the past and in tho present. We lmd a good list of advertise!*, who paid their bills <cith promptness and extended words of

encouragement which wen- gulden offer­ings ill themselves. \\'„ Kjvl. (|„, ];„[ „f advertisers in the first daily and we shall always take pleasure in referring to

Gregory Brothers, grocers. Hlatt .V Bucrdorf, grocers, S. Eisemaii ,k Co., dry goods & cloth­

ing. Unimlile A- Miner, wholesale grocers. Fowler A Ketchum, dry goods. 1j. I). Parmer, dry goods. E. P. Wilcox, lumber. Reed .t Ilayward, loan brokers. Richey & Dix, iiardware. Albert! .t Brenmer, drugs. I. L'iles ,fc Co., boots & shoes. JVir it Luebke, leather. Ketchum Btoh., dry goods. Atherton & Sherman, furniture. Marshal & Sanborn, furniture. Cooley <fc Place, harness. Excelsior Mill Co., Ailler, Ohlman Co., wholesale

liquors. Swartz & '1'readway, crockery. Potter it Wood, jewelry. S. J. Morrow, photographer. Oliver Shannon, attorney. P. K. Faulk, attorney. C. J. B. Harris, attorney. 1st National Bank. Mark M. Parmer, banker. Merchants hotel, A. J. Sweetser. Smithsonian hotel, H. H. Smith. Germania house, Wallbaum it Becker Li. M. Kee, auctioneer. Gardner Bros., farm machinery. P. Cavalier, merchant tailor. Geo. Wagner, gunsmith. Nathan Ford, pianos. 1'lios. Hughes, fruit and vegetables. John O. Bates, clothier. Harry Ivatz, clothier. Edgar Corliss & Co., livery. G. W. Roberts, insurance agent. Mills E Purdy, drugs. Dudley Bros. & Co., hardware. Wynn, Buckwalter it Co., hardware. Jno. J. DufFaek, boots & shoos. Of this list of forty-three business

firms, twenty-two are still doing business here, andtthe places of the missing ones have been more than supplied by new comers.

From April, 1875, to sometime in April 1877, our daily was the only one printed

the territory of Dakota. We" had things all our own way so far as the ev­ery day issue was concerned, but there was very little in the way of pecuniary profit to glean from this condition of affairs. The rush of immigration to the Black Hills developed a new field for journalism which was occupied by a number of adventurous newspaper men, who transported their type and presses across the plains on wagons and opened business in the golden gulches of the new eldorado. Early in April of 1877 Porter Warner began the publication of the Daily Times in Deadwood. This was Dakota's second daily. Then Charley Collins put forth his Deadwood Daily Champion, which was discontinued in the course of time and does not new ex­ist. Some two months after the Times was issued the Daily Pioneer was started at Deadwood by A. W. Merrick and this comes in as number three on the daily list of the territory. The News and the Evening Press have since appeared in Deadwood and are numbered respective­ly the fourth and the fifth. Sometime during last year'tlie Fargo Daily Argus was started by A. W. Edwards, who still continues to conduct it. This completes the list of Dakota dailies—six in all and not very extensive in size or pretensions. They are all, however, in a growing way and time will add to their value and di­mensions. Dakota is filling with people who are making wealth from its mines and its rich soil. As they progress news­papers will grow, and we can see in the not distant future a vigorous and pros­perous press, giving the full value for that which it receives and wielding an influence commercial, political and so­cial.

STACKS.

DAKOTA DIVISION.

WYOMING STAGE CO.

From Yankton to Fort Sully,

And all intermediate points, including

Bon lIoimiH', . . Springlipld,

Yankton Agency, Fort Kaiulall,

Wheeler, lied Lake,

Ft. Thompson, Ft. Pierre and

Fort Sully. Conifurtahli' Cmii-hes tint! Quirk Time.

WM. KRAMER. S. P. GAMBLE.

Agent. Superintendent.

Dakota Central STAGE LINE

BrinkerhofT & Jordan, Prop's.

The stages of thin linr run from Yaukton to Utica, Ijestorville, Odessa. Scotland, Maxwell, Olivet. Whitcrlmrp. Milltown. MnrMln, Rork-port. Rosednle and Fircstocl in fifteen hours,

graving Yankton each morning at four o'clock. The return trio is made each day. leaving Fire-steel at four o clock a. in. and reachingYanktou at seven p. m.

HORSES CHANGED EVERY TEN MILES.

Passengers and Express floods Car­

ried at Reasonable Kates. Yankton office on Third Street, at BrinkorholTR

lmrn, juHt west of the Merchants hotel.

STKAM KIIS.

Hamburg' American Packet Company's

Weekly Line of Steamships, leaving New York ovory Thumlny nt 2 1'. V.

For England. France and Germany. Ticket* to Ami from Kurone nt lowest rate*. For pftMMffc apply tu<\ 11. UffrtAlU) ,v CO.. Oon-

Ajrents, 01 BROADWAY. NEW lOiiK, or to their Agent*.

AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING

When and by Whom the Treaty Was Made by Which the Government

Obtained Title to the Lands in Dakota.

OiKuniziitiiiii <if lliu Territory, anil a hint of the. Federal Olliiiiilx from

tin- Ki i vt In I lie Lust—Tin: Wish

Men Who Have .Millie (lie IjIiwh of Dakota.

OrKunlziillmi i»f <'mintI.'*---A U.-I'iiril of ViiN'k ('Hut III. I lift Sitvi'I'ltl lir m I Klro

tlmiri, hihI Oilier st.-itirttlciil 11.-m*. ,

In the spring of 1857 the interior de­partment, desiring to make n treaty with the Yankton Indians by which their pos-HeHHions in what in now southern Dakota territory should lie ceiled to the govern­ment, sent A. H. H. White, an attaehe of the Indian bureau, to visit the Indians and induce them to visit Washington and negotiate a treaty. Sir. White's mission was unsuccessful, the Indians be­ing averse to parting with their lands, and he returned to Washington to report the failure of his undertaking. In the fall of the same year the department re­quested Captain John B. S. Todd, then of the firm of Frost, Todd & Co., post sutlers at Fort Randall, to make an effort to induce the chiefs of the Yanktons to go to Washington and make a treaty. Securing tho co-operation of Charles F. Pieotte, who had great influence with the Indians, and who still resides at the Yankton agency, Gen. Todd at once suc­ceeded in his enterprise, and early in the winter of 1857 started for Washington with the Yankton chiefs accompanied by Sir Pieotte as interpreter. On the 19th of April, 1858, a treaty was made with these Indians by which they ceded to the United all the lands then owned, possessed, or claimed by them, wherever situated, (except four hundred thousand acres, embracing their present reserva­tion,) and described as follows: Begin­ning at the mouth of the Te-han-kas-an-da-ta or Calumet or Big Hioux river; thence up the Missouri river to the mouth of the Pa-hah-wa-kan or East Medicine Knoll river; thence up said river to its head; thence in a direction to the head of the main fork of the Wan-dush-ka-for or Snake river; thence down said river to its junction with the Telian-sau-san or Jaques or James river; thence in a direct line to the northern point of lake Kam-peska; thence along the northern shore of said lake and its outlet to the junction of said outlet with the said Big Sioux river; thence down the Big Sioux river to its junction with the Missouri river. AjuI they also cede and relinquish to the United States all their right and title to and in all the islands in the Missouri river from the mouth of the Big Sioux river to the mouth of Medicine Knoll creek."

In consideration of this cession the United States stipulated "to pay to them or expend for their benefit the sum of sixty-five thousand dollars per an­num for ten years; forty thousand dol­lars per annum for and during ten years thereafter, twenty-five thousand dollars per annum for and during ten years thereafter; and fifteen thousand dollars for and during twenty years thereafter, making one million and six hundred thousand dollars in annuities in the period of fifty years.

This treaty was signed by the follow­ing chiefs:

Pa-la-ne-a-pa-pe—The man that was struck by the Ree.

Ma-to-sa-be-che-a—The Smutty Bear. Charles F. Pieotte—Eta-ke-cha. Ta-ton-ka-wete-co—The Crazy Bull. Pse-clia-wa-ke-a—The Jumping Thun­

der. Ma-ra-lia-ton—The Iron Horn. Nom-be-kah-pah—One that knocks

down two. Ta-ton-ke-e-yak-ka—The Fast Bull. A-lia-ka-ma-ne—The Walking Elk. A-ha-ka-na-zhe—The Standing Elk. A-ha-ka-ho-che-cha—The Elk with a

Bad Voice. Cha-ton-wo-ka-pa-The Grabbing Hawk. E-lia-we-cha-sha—The Owl Man. Pia-son-wa-kan-na—The White Medi­

cine Cow that stands. Ma-ga-selia-che-ka—'The Little White

Swan. Oke-che-la-wash-ta—The Pretty Boy. Immediately after the ratification of

the treaty, A. H. ltedfield, of Detroit, Michigan, was appointed agent for the Indians, and arrived in the territory early in July. He at once set to work, erected buildings on the site of the pres­ent agency and before winter set in had all the Indians located upon the reserva­tion.

As soon as the Indians were removed settlers began to pour into the territory, locating principally on Big Sioux Point, Elk Point, Vermillion and Yankton.

On the 8tli day of November, 1859, the settlers at Yankton held a meeting, with D. T. Bramble as chairman and M. K. Armstrong secretary, and passed iv memo­rial asking congress to organize the ter­ritory. A similar meeting was held at Vermillion on the 9th of the same month, at which J. A. Denton presided, and James Mellenry was secretary.

About the sumo time that the settle­ments were made on the Missouri river a company of gentlemen from Minneso­ta and Dubuque, Iowa, commenced a settlement, at Sioux Falls, and organized a provisional government, with a govern­or and other executive and judicial offi­cers, a legislative assembly and elected a delegate to congress. On the 15th of July, 185!), a newspaper called the Dako­ta Democrat, with S. ,T. Albright as edi­tor. was started at Sioux Falls by this colony, the publication of which was continued, although somewhat irregular­ly, until about the time of the organiza­tion of the territory.

Tho organization of the territory, after the ratification of the treaty , on account of the disturbed condition of the country incident to the causes which led to the breaking out of the rebellion, was delay ed until 18Til, The organic act wan passed in February, and approve*! by

President liiurlutiiHii on the 2ud day of March, lWil. 'Die i^rgaiiization was |wr-fi-cted by Priwideiit Lincoln, »f(< r liis inauguration, bv the appointim-iit of the following officers:

William Javiie, of Illinois, governor, j John Hutchiimon, of Minnesota, secre- j

tary. Philemon Bliss, of Ohio, chief justice. Lorenzo P. Williston, nf Pennsylvania,

and Joseph L. Williams, of Tennessee, associate justices.

Wm. Gleason, of Maryland, attorney. Wm. F. Shafl'er, of Illinois, marshal. Geo. D. Hill, of Michigan, surveyor

general. About the same time a United States

land ofliee was established at Vermillion, and Henry A. Kennerly appointed regis­ter and Jesse Wherry receiver.

W. A. Burleigh was appointed agent of the Yankton Indians, relieving the first agent, A. H. Hedfield, and II. W. Hoffman was assigned to the Ponca agency relieving J. Shaw Gregory.

Gov. Jayne and Secretary Hutchinson arrived in Yankton on the 27th day of May, 1801, and immediately entered upon the discharge of their duties. The other officers arrived at intervals during the summer, the last to put in an appearance being Associate Justice Williams, on the first day of November.

The first official act of Gov. Jayne waB the appointment of agents to take a census of the territory upon which to base an apportionment of the represen­tation in the first legislative assembly. The following census agents were ap­pointed:

Andrew J. Harlan for the district east of the Vermillion river and south of Sioux Falls.

W. W. Brookings for the Sioux Falls district.

Obed Foote for the Yankton district, extending eastward to the Vermillion river.

George M. Pinney for the Bon Homme district.

J. D. Morse for the country on the Mis­souri river above the Niobrara.

Henry D. Betts for the Red river of the North.

These agents made the following re­turns:

(.'LAV AND UNION DISTRICT.

White males 3W " female*

Half breeds :I7 Number entitled to vote.

SIOUX FALLS DISTRICT.

White males 311 females 10

Number of voters. 30. YANKTON DISTRICT.

Whole number of white inhabitants 'J7-Half breeds fl

Number of voters, ^1 BON- HOMME DISTRICT.

Whit« males 102 White females lil

Numlicr of voters. 7tJ. RED RIVER DISTRICT.

White males .11 White females *JT» Mixed males Mixed females 2i0

Number of voters not given J. D. Morse doubtless made a report,

but there is nothing on record to show what it was.

On the 29th of July, 1801, Governor Jayne issued a proclamation establishing legislative districts and apportioning the representation, as follows:

All that portion of Dakota territory lying between the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers.'and bounded on the west by the range line dividing ranges lift.v and ilftv one. and that portion of Dakota territory lying west of the Ked river of the North and including the settlement at and ad­jacent to Pembina and St. Joseph, shall com­pose the first council district, to be entitled to two councilmen.

All that portion of Dakota territory bounded by the Vermillion river on the west, and bo lind­en on the east by the range line dividing ranges fifty and fifty-one. shall comoose the second council district, and be entitled to two coun­cilmen.

All that portion of Dakota territory bounded by the Vermillion river on the east, and bound­ed on the west by the range line dividing ranges fifty-three and fifty-four, shall compose the third council district, and be entitled to one councilmen.

All that portion of Dakota territory bounded on the east bv the range line dividing ranges fifty-three and fifty-four, and bounded on the west by the range line dividing ranges fifty-seven and fifty-eight, shall compose the fourth council district, and be entitled to two council-men.

All that portion of Dakota territory bounded on the east by the range line dividing ranges fiftv-seven and fifty-eight, and bounded 011 the west by Chotcau creek, shall compose the fifth coun­cil district, and lie entitled to one councilman.

All tlkHt portion of Dakota territory bounded on the east by Chotcau creek, and 011 the west by a line west of and including that settlement known as the Hamilton settlement, and also that portion of Dakota situated between the Missouri river and the Niobrara river, shall compose the sixth council district and be en­titled to one councilman.

All that portion of Dakota territory situated between the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers, and bounded 011 the west by the range line dividing ranges fifty and fifty-one. and bounded on the north by the township line dividing townships ninety-four and ninety-five, shall compose the first representative district, and be entitled to two rcpreseutatives.

All that portion of Dakota territory lying west of the Big Sioux river, and bounded on the south by the township line dividing townships ninety-four and ninety-five, and on the west ny the range line dividing ranges fifty and fifty-one. and on the north by a line dra'wn due east and west from the south end of lake Preston, shall constitute tile second representative dis­trict. and be entitled to one representative.

All that portion of Dakota territory lying on the Red river of the North, including the settle­ments at St. Joseph and Pembina, shall compose the third representative district, and lie enti­tled to one representative.

All that portion of Dakota territory bounded by the Vermillion river on the west, and bound­ed on the east by the range line dividing ranges fifty and fifty-one. shall compose the fourth representative district, and be entitled to two representatives;

All that portion of Dakota territory bounded by the Vermillirn river 011 the east, and l»>uild-ed on the west by the range line dividing ranges fiftv-thrcc and fiftv-fonr. shall compose the fifth representative district, and be entitled to two representatives.

All of that portion of Dakota territory bound­ed by the range line dividing ranges fifty-three and fifty-four 011 the east, and bounded'on the west by the range line dividing ranges fiftv-sev-en and fifty-eight shall compose the sixth rep­resentative district, and lw entitled to two rep­resentatives.

All of that portion of Dakota territory bound­ed oil the east by the range line dividing ranges fifty-seven and fifty-eight, and 011 the west b.v Chotcau creek, shall compose the seventh rep­resentative district, and be entitled to two rep­resentatives.

All of that portion of Dakota territory bound­ed 011 the east by Choteau creek, and bounded ou the west by a line drawn west of, and to in­clude the settlement knowu as the Hamilton settlement, and also that portion of Dakota ter­ritory situated lietweon the Missouri and Nio­brara rivers, shall composetheeiglith represen­tative district, and be entitled to one represen­tative.

1 do hereby establish, in the aforesaid dis­tricts, tile following places for voting:

In the first representative district, at the dwelling-house of Thos. Malonev, and do ap­point. as judges of election thereat, William Matthews. James Somers, and Thomas Ma-louey; and also at the hotel of Kli Wixson, in Klk Point, and do appoint as judges thereat Sherman Clyde, William Frisbie. and K. P. Konne.

In the second representative district, at the house of William Amidon. and do appoint as judges G. P. Waldron, Barney Kowler and John

in the third representative district, at the house of ''harles Ije Mav, in the town of Pem­bina. and do appoint as judges, Charles Lr Mav, Jiune^Mcl-ctndgc, and H. Donelson; and also at the houne of Baptist? Shoretto. in the town of

scph. and do appoint as Judges. Raptiste tc. C harles Bottinneau and AntoineZui-

greau. In the fourth representative district, at the

house of Jarncj Mellenry. and do appoint as i>M*' Harlan, Ulc Andemon and A.

In the fifth representative district, at the KVur:, ,,f ^ *"<! 't° appoint an judges Ole Olnon, lily % ood and Ole Bottolfaou.

! •"rf? the ^'"rr M. K. Aruutroug. V. (flmpcl and J.H. I'rilwT , suit of )t» diltlen. i ou are directed to I" the M-»Mitti rcpr»-wiitat»v»- dmtrict,' at j proceed to the lull of the liOUne of rer>-

and OiN.rg.- l'alkeiil.urw, ' half |>ast eight o clock with twenty men

in tlie ei^'lit], reim-vnutirr district, at the i for the pttrpobe of protecting the bonne

UOIITH ktMMO* -ID8MI.

II. J. AukUO. W. W. Benedict.

St. Joseph, and . , Shnrettc. Charles Bottinneau and Antoine Zan-

mt 101 iudgi* ; while iu the peaceful puntuit of it* biuti-1 liu'd dT2it. i 'rom violence. It will be your duty

iauies Tuft* to aid the speaker in preserving order and to arrest any persons violating the peace, quiet and deconim of that body."

In pursuance of this order on the morning of the 8th, Lieut.'Ploghoff, at the head of twenty men, filed into the house and took a position near the speaker's desk. When the members con­vened they were confronted with an array of carbines and sabers. This unexpect­ed scene created surprise and indigna­tion, and the members very forcibly and in the language of the period, demanded of the speaker to know "what in h all this meant V" A committee was ap­pointed to wait on Gov. Jaye and de­mand an explanation of his conduct in thus attempting to menace tho legisla­ture with an armed force. The governor replied, simply giving as a reason the re­quest of Speaker Pinney. The house immediately adjourned, and the soldiers marched back to their quarters. On the following morning the soldiers did not make their appearance, and as soon as the house had been called to order and the roll called, Mr. Pinney resigned the speakership. His resignation was ac­cepted, and John L. Tiernon, of the eighth district, was elected speaker for the remainder of the session. And thus ended the bulldozing and military inter­ference at the first session of the legis­lative assembly of Dakota territory.

During this session Gov. Jayne vetoed three bills—one a bill regulating mar­riages, and the other two were apportion­ment bills. The legislature adjourned on the 15th of May, having been in session sixty days.

The next general election occurred on the 1st day of September, 1802, at which Gov. Javue and J. B. S. Todd were the opposing candidates to congress. The vote as canvassed, gave the following result: Jayne *237 Todd V...•m

The vote of Bon Homme and Charles Mix counties was rejected by the canvas­sers, and there appears to have been no leturns from the Red river valley. Todd contested Jayue's election and was suc­cessful in unseating him.

At that election the following officers for Yankton county were elected: Reg­ister of deeds, William Miner; -sheriff, Charles F. Rossteuscher; judge of pro­bate, J ames M. Stone: county commis­sioners, O. B. Wheeler, X. W. Berge, D. C. Higly; justices of the peace, Samuel Grant, ,T. S. Presho; county attorney, Geo. X. Propper; county surveyor, James M. Stone; constables, A. D. Fisher, J. B. Greenway; coronor, James E. Wither-spoon.

The following is a list of the members of the legislative assemblies of the ter­ritory. succeeding the first, up to the present time:

SECOND SESSION—1862-3.

jr. 11 2 9 1 4 0 f) (t 0

•>' 4 0

II 0 1 52 0 2U

7w 110

house of ¥. I). IVajte, and do anpoint a« judge*. J. V. Hamilton. BtTijamin J4ite*> and ' Kllis; and also at Oregory's atore, and point as judges Charlies Voung, Jauie and Thomas Small.

On the 38th of the same month, Gov. Jayne by proclamation divided the ter­ritory into judicial districts and assign­ed the judges as follows:

All that portion of Dakota territory bounded on the east by the cast line of the territorv; on the went by the range line dividing ranges fifty-three and fifty-four, and on the north by tlie north line of the territory, shall constitute the first judicial district.

All that portion of Dakota territory bounded on the cast by the range line dividing ranges fifty-three ana fifty-four; on the south by the south line of the territory: on the west by the range line dividing ranges fifty-seven and fifty-eight and on the north by the north lino of the territory, shall constitute the second juiiicial district.

All that portion of Dakota territory bounded n the cant bv the range line dividing ranees

fifty-seven and fifty-eight; on the south bv the south line of the territory; and on the north by the north line of the territory, shall constitute the third judicial district.

L. W. Williston was assigned to the first district, Philemon Bliss to the sec­ond, and Joseph L. Williams to the third.

THE FIRST ELECTION.

Immediately after the organization of the territory, Captain John B. S. Todd (who was intimately and influentially connected with every step taken toward the creation of the new territory, and who was held in high esteem by nearly all the pioneer settlers,) announced him­self as an independent or people's candi­date for congress. On the 1st day of June the opponents of Capt. Todd's can­didacy held a convention at Vermillion ami nominated A. J. Bell for congress. At a later day Charles P. Booge, of the firm of H. D. Booge & Co., of Sioux City, but who claimed a residence in the terri­tory, announced himself as a people's candidate, thus inaugurating" a trian­gular contest for the first delegate from Dakota.

The election took place on Monday, the 10th day of September, 18(51, and the vote for delegate was as follows: ... ... . . „ , To,Id. Bell. Booge. rirst district i Malonevsi •>

" ililk Pointi Second district tSioux Falls>.. "1 Third district iHt. Joseph i 17]

" ' Pembina t ir, rourth district (Vermillion . TJ Fifth district W. Vermillioni. 17 Sixth district < Yankton' wi Seventh district 'UonHoinmei 1 r.ighth district iChas. Mix' M

Total

At the same election' the following were chosen members of the first leg­islative assembly:

coi.-nci L.

1' irst district—W. W. Brookings, Ails tin Cole.

Second district—H. D. Betts, John W. Boyle.

Third district—Jacob Deuel. Fourth district—Eaos Stutsman, D.

T. Bramble. Fifth district—John H. Shober. Seventh district —J. Shaw Gregory.

JiorsE.

First district—John McBride, Chris­topher Maloney.

Second district—Geo. P. Waldron. Third district—Hugh Donaldson. Fourth district—A. W. Puett, Lyman

Burgess. Fifth district—Jacob A. Jacobson,

Bligli Wood. Sixth district—John Stallage, M. K.

Armstrong. Seventh district—George M. Pinney

Keuben Wallace. Eighth district—John L. Tiernon. The legislature met at Yankton on the

17tli day of March, 1802, and the council organized with the following officers:

J. H. Shober, president. James Tufts, secretary. E. M. Bond, assistant secretary. W. R. Goodfellow, engrossing and en­

rolling clerk. S. W. Ingham, chaplain. Charles F. Pieotte, sergeant-at-arms. E. B. Wixson, messenger. W. W. Warford, fireman. In the house the following officers

were chosen: George M. Pinney, speaker. J. R. Hanson, chief clerk. J. M. Allen assistant clerk. D. Gifford, enrolling clerk. B. M. Smith, engrossing clerk. M. D. Metcalf, chaplain. James Somers (M. H. Somers), ser-

geaut-at-arms. A. B. Smith, messenger. Ole Anderson, firemen. The most exciting subject which en­

gaged the attention of the first legisla­ture of the territory was the location of the capital. Yankton had been designa­ted by the governor as the place for hold­ing the first session, and it devoid upon that body by enactment, to make a per­manent location. A portion of the mem­bers from east of the Vermillion river were favorable to Yankton, and the members from the B in Homme district, who were understood to be opposed to Yankton, were, it wai supposed, eoncil-ated and their opposition disarmed by being elected respectively to the position of president of the council and speaker of the house. Shober faithfully carried out the understanding which was had when he was elected president, but Pin­ney proved to be slippery and deported himself iu a manner which indicated that further subsidizing would be neeessarv to restrain him from forming adverse combinations. Instead of pursuing this policy ihose directly interested instituted a physical menace to compel the speaker to remain faithful to his pledges. If what occurred then would be attempted now it would be called bulldozing. Pin­ney lost his nerve, lint determiued to adhere to his treachery, and to do so in defiance of those whom he was tinder ob­ligations to serve, called upon Governor Jixyne for a sufficient military force to be placed iu the hall of the house to protect the body from violence. Accordingly,on the 7th day of April, 1862, Gov. Jayne issued the following order to Lieut. Ploglioff, commanding Dakota cavalry:

"Sir—I have l>een informed bv a writ­ten communication received from Hon. Gtwge M. Pinney, speaker of the house Jonathan Brown, of representatives, that from threats' made and representations received from ! F J reliable sources, that he fears that tlie ! Martin V. Farris. business of tlie house will lie interrupted j by violence and calls ou me for a force j Ha®. oSSdenon,

Vf. W. Hrookiutfa,

Hugh Fr*fey, U.H. Green,

f.'vur-rii A. H. liftmnt'Jii* v -O.W.KHlofg, J, A. U'wit,

H. Mclatyr**. {'. Y. IbMMteufccher. J. A* Waliiwe.

Mount.

Alfred Abbott. Ch*r)<* 1>. Bradley. G. P. Bennett, Calvin M. Brook*, Jacob Uraucb. John Clemcutftori, X. H. Curti*. J. M. Even, J. Bhaw Gregory, J. T. Hewlett, O. T. Hagffin, John L. Jolley,

A. W- Jame*on, Hiram Keith. J*me» Kee pin, I/:wix Lamon. Knnd LAn«>n. Jofteph LaKoche, J'wcnli Monlm, O. C. Moody. Cbarle* Kicker, Kilo* Stutoman, M. H. Somera, K. T. Vinnon.

KF.VTH HKH8IOS—1S70-71. Council.

M. K. Armstrong. Jacob Breach. Wm. M. Ouppctt. Hngb Fraley, BilaK W. Kidder. J. C. Kennedy,

fcKmory Morris, Nelson Miner, Chan. H. Mclntyre, W. T. McKay, James M. fttone, John W. Turner.

Uount.

Charlea Allen, Ira Barnea. K. J. CrosH, C. P. Dow. A. P. Hainmon. George H. Hand, John Hancock, Wm. Holbrough, O. B. Iverson, H. A. Jerauld, Jame*Keegan, Joseph LaBocbe.

TENTH 8E8BION—3873, Council.

JielKon Learned, A.J. Mill*, K. Miner, Hudolph Mostow, Sterling I'. Parka, Amos P. Shaw, Philip Sherman. John C. Sinclair. Ole Sampson, K. W. Wall, Noah Wherry.

D. T. Bramble, K. B. Crew. H. P. Cooley. G.W.Harlan. Alex. Hughea. John Lawxencc. Nelfion Miner.

Joseph Maron, C. H. Mclntyre, W. T. McKay. O. F. Stevens. Knofl Stateman, Henry Smith.

Samuel Aahmore, Ole Bottolfson, John Becker. Jacob Branch, Newton Clark, 3. W. Garland, Michael Glynn, William Hamilton. James Hyde, .Cyrus Knapp. T. A. Kingsbury, Judson LaMoure, Joseph Langlois.

H. J. Austin. Jacob Braucb, Philip Chandler, Benton Fraley, G. W. Harlan, John Lawrence, A. McHench,

Ifoute.

A. J. Mills, Ephriam Miner. George Norbeck, K. K. Pettigrew, O. C. Peterson, Jens Peterson, Hi la* Kohr, Martin Tngstadt, J. W. Turner, John Thompson, B. E. Wood. Foster T. Wheeler. J. M. Wahl.

ELEVENTH SESSION—187i>. Couucil.

John L. Jolley, M. Pace. M. W. Sheafe, O. F. Stevens, Clark 8. West, h. A. Williams.

H. O. Anderson, George Bosworth, Hector Bruce, J oseph L. Berry. L. Bothan, Michael Curry, Desire Chausse, J. M. Cleland, Ira Ellis, Patrick Hand, John H. Haas, Knud Larson, Joseph Zitka.

W. W. Brookings. Austin Cole. John W. Boyle, Jacob Deuel.* Enos Stutsman,

M. K. Armstrong, L. Bothun, J. V. Buckman. H. S. Donaldson. M. H. Somers, E. Gilford. A. J. Harlan.

Enos Stutsman, J. M. Stone. G. W. Kingsburv. J. O. Taylor, M. M. Rich. John Mathers.

Couucil.

D. T. Bramble, J. H. Shober. J. Shaw Gregorv, H. D. Betts. * James McFetridge.

/feme.

J. A. Jacobson. R. M. Johnson. Knud Larson, F. D. Pease. A. \V. Puett, N. J. Wallace. G. P. Waldron.

THIRD SESSION—1363-4. Council.

Lasse Bothun, Hugh Compton, Franklin Taylor, D. P. Bradford. J. Shaw Gregory. John J. Thompson.

Iloute.

Washington Reid, P. H. Risling, E. W. Wall. Jesse Wherry. Peter Keegan, N. G. Curtis. Asa Mattison. B. A. Hill. Duncan Ross. Albert Gore.

Hove*. H. N. Luce, G. C. Moodv, W. T. McKay. Henry Reifsnyder, Amos F. Shaw, C. H. Seams, L. Sampson, S. Svenson, A. L. VanOsdel, M. M. Williams, Scott Wright, J. M. Waft, O. B. Larson.

TWELFTH SESSION—1877. Council.

A. J. Mills, R. F. Pettigrew, J. A. Potter, C.B.Valentine, J. A. Wallace, Robert Wilson.

H. S. Back, Mark W. Bailey, W, A. Burleigh, Wm. Duncan, Hans Gunderson, Judson La Moure, Nelson Miner,

Jlovse. J. M. Adams, D. M. Inman, A. L. Boe. Erick Iverson. H. A. Burke, D. M. Kelleher. J. Q. Burbank*, Chas. Maywald. W. H. H. Beadle, Hans Myron. A. L. Clark, John Sellberg, T. S. Clarkson, Decatur Stewart, Geo. S. Codington, Aj%a Sargent. W. F. Dunham, John Tucker, John Falde, Franklin Taylor. D. C. Hagle, John Thompson. A.G.Hopkins. C. H. Van Teasel, Martin O. Hexom, S. Soderstrom, Edmund Hackett, F. M. Ziebach.

•Awarded the seat of D. M. Kelleher on the 29th day of the session.

THIRTEENTH SESSION—1879. Council.

Wm. M. Cuppett, R. F. Pettigrew, M. H. Day, S. G. Roberts, Ira Ellis, Silas Rohr. Newton Edmunds. C. B. Valentine, W. L. Kuykendall. H. B. Wynn. Selson Miner. G. H. Walsh. R. Mac Nidur.

House.

Sever Johnson, J. O. Langness. Adolph Mauxsch. J. M. Peterson. Michael Shely, Andrew Simonson, J. H. Stephens,

L. Burgess. Ole Bottolfson, A. W. Puett. E. M. Bond. Wm. Shriner, O. L. Pratt. John Lawrence, Henry Brooks. L. H. Litchfield. W. W. Brookings. Knud Larson.

FOURTH SESSION—

Council.

Enos Stutsman. Lasse Bothun. J. M. Stone. Hugh Compton, fieo. W. Kingsbury. FrnnkUn Taylor, J. O. Tavlor. M. M. Rich. John Mathers.

W. W. Brookings. H. Burgess. J. P. Burgman. A. Christy. B. W. Collar. Felicia Fallas. J. R. Hanson. Peter Keegan, Geo. W. Kellogg. Peter Leinonges. John Lawrence.

D. P. Bradford. J. Shaw Gregory. John J. Thompsou.

Ho us f.

M. M. Matthiesen, Helge Matthews, Francis McCarthy. J. W. Owens. G. W. Pratt. Washington Reid. John Rouse. Wm. Shriner. Geo. Stickney. John W. Turner, E. W. Wall.

FIFTH SESSION—-1S65-6.

Council. M. K. Armstrong. O. F. Stevens.

John J. Thompson, Austin Cole. Geo. W. Kingsbury. Charles l>a Breeche, Nathaniel Ross. Enos Stutsman,

J. W. Turner. A. Van Osdel, Knud Weeks.

Thomas C. Watson. E. C. Collins. William Walter, Michael Curry. Michael Ryan. James Whitehorn, H. J. Austin, G. B. Bigelow, Amos Hampton. Franklin Taylor, James McHenry, Joseph Ellis.

SIXTH SESSION

ffoust.

A. M. English. Jacob Brauch. H. C. Ash. S% C. Fargo. W. W. Brookings, Jonathan Brown. J. A. Lewis. Chas. H. McCarthy, Wm. Stevens, Edward Lent. George W. Kellogg. Charles Cooper.

1866-7.

CouncU. M. K. Armstrong, Austin Cole, A. G. Fuller, G. W. Kiugsbury. Charles La Breeche, J. A. Lewis. D. M. Mills,

Nathaniel Ross, O. F. Stevens. John J. Thompson. J. W. Turner, A. Van Osdel, Knud Weeks.

H. C. Ash. H. J. Austin, 1>. T. Bramble, W. N. Collamer, Michael Curry. Hugh Fraley.* Thomas Frick, I. T. Ckire. William Gray. Hans Gunderson. M. D. Hoyt. Daniel Hodgen.

Ifoutt.

H. J. Austin. W. W. Brookings, W. W. Benedict, Aaron Carpeuter, R. J. Thomas. Hugh Fraley, R. R. Green,

William Blair, William Brady, F. Brown, Jacob Brauch.

Amon Hanson, R. M. Johnson. Geo. W. Kellogg, \ incent l^a Belle. Charles H. McCarthy, N. C. Stevens. William Stevens. John Trumbo, 1

Franklin Taylor, «T. B. 8. Toda, Eli B. Wixon. Kirwin Wilson,

SEVENTH SESSION—18&7-S.

Council.

A. H. Hampton, G. W. Kellogg. J. A. Lewis. Chas. H. Mclntyre, !>. M. Mills. * C. F. Rossteuscher.

A. Hanson. M. I}. Hoyt. John 1*. Jolley, James Keegan, G. C. Moody, T.Nelson. Michael Ryan, Knoe Stfitftm&n. Calvin G. Shaw, John J. Thompson. J. D. Tucker, Thomas C. Watson.

Alfred Brown. J. Q. Burbank. P. N. Cross. D. W. Flick. A. B. Fockler. J. R. Gamble. Ansley Gray, H. Gunderson. Ole C. Helveg, John Hayes. O. J. Hose boe, Andrew Hoyer, J. R. Jackson,

J. 11. Stephens, Decatur Stewart, Martin Trygstadt, E. C. Walton, Joel Webber, Knud Weeks. N. C. Whitfield.

FEDERAL OFFICERS.

The persons -who have held office in Dakota territory under appointment of the president of the United States and their terms of service, are named below:

GOVERNORS.

W. Jayne, 1861 to 1863. Newton Edmunds, 1863 to I860. A. J. Faulk, 1866 to 1869. John A. Burbank, 1869 to 1874. John L. Pennington, 1874 to 1878. William A. Howard assumed the du­

ties of the office of governor on the 14th day of April, 1878, and died on the 10th day of April, 1880.

All of Dakota's ex-governors, except­ing the last named, are living, and three of them—Edmunds, Faulk and Penning-ing—reside in the territory. Jayne re­sides in Springfield, Illinois and Bur­bank holds a position in the postoffice department at Washington.

SECRETARIES.

John Hutehinson, 1861 to 1865 S. L. Spink, 1865 to 1869. Turney M. Wilkins, 1869 to 1870. Geo. A. Batchelder. 1870 to 1872. Edwin S. McCook, appointed in 1872

and was assassinated in September, 1873, by Peter P. Wintermute.

Oscar Whitney, 1873 to 1874. Geo. H. Hand, present incumbent. Only one of the ex-secretaries resides

in the territory, to-wit: S. L. Spink. Two are dead—Batchelder and McCook.

CHIEF JUSTICES.

Philemon Bliss, 1861 to 1864—now in Missouri.

Ara Bartlett, 1865 to 1869-now in Kansas. •

Geo. W. French, 1869 to 1873—now in Maine.

Peter C. Shannon, 1873, present incum­bent.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.

Lorenzo P. Williston, 1861 to 1865. Joseph L. Williams, 1861 to 1864. Ara Bartlett, 1864 to 1869. William E. Gleason, 1864 to 1869. J. P. Kidder, 1865 to 1877. J. W. Boyle, 1865 to 1869. A. H. Barnes, 1873, present incumbent. G. G. Bennett, 1875 to 1878. G. C. Moody, 1878, present incumbent. J. P. Kidder, 1878. present incumbent G. G. Bennett, present delegate in con­

gress, is the only ex-associate justice who resides in the territory.

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. Wm. E. Gleason, 1861 to 1864. Geo. H. Hand, 1866 to 1873. William Pound, 1873 to 1878. Hugh J. Campbell, 1878 present in­

cumbent. William Pound died in <