Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) * * * * * +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document has | | been preserved. | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document. | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ * * * * * SOME PIONEERS _and_ PILGRIMS ON THE PRAIRIES OF DAKOTA OR _From the Ox Team to the Aeroplane_ Edited and Published by REV. JOHN B. REESE, A.M., B.D. Assisted by H.B. REESE MITCHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA AUGUST, 1920 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Occasion, Scope and Purpose of Record. II. Prying Open the Door to the Dakotas--Treaty of '58. III. The Second Coming of the Norsemen to America. The First Settlement on the Missouri Bottom, 1860. IV. First Settlement and Settlers of the "South Prairie," 67-71. A Memorable Trip in Search of Work. V. The Settlements on Turkey Creek and Clay Creek, 70-71. VI. The Great Immigration of 1880--Causes. VII. Landing at Yankton, Getting on the Land, and a Hard Struggle to Live. VIII. The Pioneer Mothers and Their Share in the Privations. IX. Indians as Visitors and Guests. X. The Great Snow Winter of 1880 and the Flood of '81. XI. Beginning the Grapple with the Earth. XII. Bird's Eye View of the Settlements in 1880-3. XIII. The Prairie Fires--The Annual Terror of the Settlers. XIV. The Great Blizzard of '88. XV. When the Fathers and Mothers of Today were Boys and Girls. XVI. Religious Movements and Workers Among These People. XVII. A Daughter Settlement. XVIII. Looking Down the Trail to the Years Ahead. GREETING