Charles Mix County was first settled on November 4, 1794 when Jean Batiste Trudeau built the first white man’s house…
Tag: Whetstone Agency
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The entire view of the Spotted Tail camp near the White River was a pleasant scene of primitive life on…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
While he was visiting the Whetstone Agency, Spotted Tail was approached on the important subject of settling down and cultivating…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Back in the mid 1860s, some of those living on the remote frontier became bolder in the nefarious trade of…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The routine of activities at the Whetstone Agency during the winter months of 1869–1870 was occasionally relieved by the arrival…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
The arrival of cattle from Texas to the Whetstone Agency was always of great interest to those Indians who were…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Whetstone Agency, although some distance from any significant white settlement, was not exempt from the harmful influence of the unscrupulous…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In 1870, Gen. D. S. Stanley was in command of the military district of Dakota, with headquarters at Fort Sully. …
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
While stationed at McPherson Barracks, Atlanta, Georgia, in May of 1869, D. C. Poole received orders from the United States…