Bicentennial Story #20-Dirty Water
Title
Bicentennial Story #20-Dirty Water
Description
Account of General Alfred Sully and company finding much needed water near Flat Top Butte.
Date
5/28/1975
2/3/1976
Contributor
Father Louis Pfaller
Jack Hjort
Jack Hjort
Rights
This recording cannot be copied or reproduced without the written permission of the Dickinson Museum Center. This recording may be freely used for education uses, so long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this recording file is permitted without written permission of the Dickinson Museum Center.
Format
mp3
Medium
audio reel, analog, 1/4 inch polyester tape
Language
English
Identifier
BS-020
Spatial Coverage
Flat Top Butte, ND
Rights Holder
Copyright Stark County Historical Society and Dickinson Museum Center
Transcription
A scorching sun beat clown on Sully's Column as it fought it's way through the tortuous badlands swarming with Indians, August 8, 1864. There were few casualties, but loss in material was high. The rear guard burned wrecked wagons and their contents and killed exhausted animals lest they be of use to the Indians. The soldiers began to fear that most of their animals would die of starvation and thirst, when about 3 p.m. the advance guard drove away the Indians from a large pond of rainwater at the bottom of a large basin near Flat Top Butte.
The scant water was quickly drained or churned into a muck-hole by the parched men and animals. Many of the belated immigrants and soldiers offered a dollar for a canteen full of the muddy liquid.
This is Bicentennial Story No.20, prepared by Father Louis Pfaller, for the Stark County Historical Society.
Pfaller, Sully Expedition, 42
The scant water was quickly drained or churned into a muck-hole by the parched men and animals. Many of the belated immigrants and soldiers offered a dollar for a canteen full of the muddy liquid.
This is Bicentennial Story No.20, prepared by Father Louis Pfaller, for the Stark County Historical Society.
Pfaller, Sully Expedition, 42
Original Format
Sound recordings
Duration
1:20
Bit Rate/Frequency
128kbps
Decade
1970 1979
Physical Location
Bicentennial tape #1, Bicentennial stories 1-22
Geolocation
Collection
Citation
“Bicentennial Story #20-Dirty Water,” Southwestern North Dakota Digital Archive At the Dickinson Museum Center, accessed March 28, 2024, https://dmc.omeka.net/items/show/409.
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