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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 ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN! Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR!