﻿CHRONOLOGY, 
  1878: 
  DAKOTA. 
  6 
  

  

  inense 
  swarms, 
  disappearing 
  at 
  3 
  p. 
  m., 
  height 
  of 
  swarms 
  50 
  to 
  1,000 
  

   feet, 
  flying 
  from 
  the 
  northwest 
  ; 
  September 
  10, 
  11 
  a. 
  m., 
  quite 
  thick, 
  

   swarms 
  about 
  1,000 
  feet 
  high, 
  and 
  flying 
  west 
  with 
  the 
  wind. 
  Chinch 
  

   Bugs 
  at 
  Creswell, 
  Kans., 
  September 
  2(3, 
  eating 
  young 
  wheat. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Thomas 
  Xixon, 
  Argyle, 
  Sumner 
  County, 
  Kans., 
  writes, 
  on 
  Oc- 
  

   tober 
  4, 
  1878 
  : 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  noticed 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  locust 
  passing 
  over 
  here. 
  For 
  some 
  time 
  there 
  

   were 
  some 
  living 
  north 
  on 
  the 
  18th 
  and 
  19th 
  days 
  of 
  September. 
  They 
  passed 
  over 
  

   once 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  this 
  month 
  very 
  thick, 
  goiDg 
  southeast, 
  with 
  wind 
  quite 
  strong 
  south- 
  

   east. 
  Sky 
  clear 
  and 
  fine. 
  Some 
  few 
  have 
  alighted 
  and 
  are 
  depositing 
  their 
  eggs. 
  

  

  THE 
  LOCUST 
  IX 
  DAKOTA 
  IX 
  1878 
  

  

  They 
  have 
  come 
  and 
  gone. 
  They 
  were 
  evidently 
  what 
  was 
  left 
  from 
  former 
  years. 
  

   They 
  were 
  hungry 
  but 
  not 
  healthy. 
  The 
  swarm 
  was 
  about 
  three 
  miles 
  wide 
  and 
  

   cleaned 
  up 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  gardens, 
  injured 
  corn 
  very 
  much, 
  and 
  trimmed 
  the 
  potato 
  

   vines. 
  The 
  wheat 
  and 
  oat 
  crop 
  was 
  all 
  harvested 
  before 
  they 
  came. 
  Corn 
  had 
  been 
  

   more 
  injured 
  by 
  the 
  grub 
  than 
  it 
  was 
  by 
  the 
  grasshoppers. 
  The 
  cabbage 
  crop 
  had 
  

   .also 
  been 
  injured 
  by 
  insects. 
  Drouth 
  had 
  affected 
  the 
  gardens 
  and 
  the 
  i>otato 
  crop, 
  

   but 
  the 
  wheat 
  and 
  oat 
  crop 
  was 
  all 
  that 
  could 
  be 
  desired. 
  The 
  'hoppers 
  were 
  coup- 
  

   ling 
  when 
  here, 
  and 
  yet 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  some 
  localities 
  was 
  honeycombed 
  with 
  holes 
  

   where 
  they 
  had 
  tried 
  to 
  deposit 
  their 
  eggs 
  ; 
  but 
  one 
  gentleman 
  who 
  was 
  through 
  the 
  

   grasshopper 
  troubles 
  in 
  Southern 
  Minnesota, 
  and 
  his 
  two 
  boys, 
  searched 
  three 
  hours, 
  

   and, 
  though 
  they 
  found 
  thousands 
  of 
  holes, 
  they 
  discovered 
  only 
  four 
  eggs. 
  They 
  

   found 
  a 
  deposit 
  filling 
  the 
  egg-sacks, 
  however, 
  which, 
  after 
  lying 
  a 
  day 
  or 
  two, 
  

   resembled 
  red 
  granulated 
  sugar. 
  The 
  'hoppers 
  were 
  also 
  covered 
  with 
  red 
  parasites, 
  

   were 
  generally 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  'hoppers 
  of 
  former 
  years, 
  and 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  died 
  from 
  

   grief 
  or 
  other 
  causes 
  while 
  here. 
  The 
  settlements 
  west 
  of 
  Bismarck, 
  on 
  Hart 
  River, 
  

   and 
  east 
  of 
  Apple 
  Creek 
  were 
  not 
  affected 
  by 
  them. 
  They 
  covered 
  just 
  a 
  narrow 
  

   etrip 
  about 
  Bismarck. 
  — 
  [Quoted 
  in 
  Farmers 
  Union, 
  August 
  22, 
  1878. 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  grasshoppers 
  were 
  seen 
  at 
  Sioux 
  Falls. 
  Dakota, 
  last 
  week, 
  but 
  they 
  appeared 
  

   to 
  be 
  rising 
  and 
  had 
  done 
  but 
  little 
  damage 
  to 
  the 
  unsecured 
  crops. 
  — 
  [Saint 
  Paul 
  Pioneer 
  

   Press, 
  August 
  28, 
  1878. 
  

  

  Bismarck, 
  June29, 
  1878. 
  — 
  The 
  first 
  genuine 
  grasshoppers 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  appeared 
  here 
  

   yesterday. 
  The 
  wind 
  in 
  the 
  forenoon 
  was 
  directly 
  from 
  the 
  south, 
  and 
  about 
  noon 
  

   changed 
  and 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  west. 
  After 
  the 
  wind 
  changed 
  the 
  'hoppers 
  were 
  first 
  

  

  . 
  noticed. 
  They 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  lit 
  when 
  the 
  wind 
  changed, 
  but 
  not 
  in 
  any 
  

  

  ^ 
  great 
  numbers. 
  They 
  are 
  not 
  afflicted 
  with 
  the 
  parasite 
  of 
  last 
  summer. 
  In 
  1873, 
  the 
  

   first 
  grasshoppers 
  appeared 
  here 
  during 
  the 
  first 
  week 
  in 
  June, 
  and 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  south- 
  

   west 
  and 
  disappeared 
  northeast, 
  after 
  leaving 
  their 
  eggs. 
  In 
  1874, 
  the 
  young 
  grass- 
  

  

  ; 
  hoppers 
  hatched 
  out 
  in 
  great 
  numbers 
  in 
  May 
  and 
  destroyed 
  all 
  the 
  gardens 
  around 
  

   Bismarck. 
  Afterward, 
  during 
  the 
  same 
  year, 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  s\variu3 
  of 
  grasshoppers 
  

  

  | 
  passed 
  over 
  from 
  northwest 
  going 
  southeast, 
  and 
  only 
  lit 
  when 
  encountering 
  an 
  adverse 
  

  

  ' 
  wind. 
  In 
  1875, 
  grasshoppers 
  also 
  hatched 
  here, 
  and 
  innumerable 
  swarms 
  passed 
  over, 
  

   the 
  largest 
  of 
  which 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  passed 
  directly 
  north. 
  They 
  resembled 
  

   clouds 
  of 
  smoke 
  from 
  prairie 
  fires 
  while 
  passing 
  over. 
  This 
  was 
  in 
  July, 
  before 
  the 
  

   prairie 
  grass 
  was 
  dry 
  enough 
  to 
  burn. 
  In 
  1876 
  and 
  1877 
  we 
  were 
  visited 
  by 
  grasshop- 
  

  

  / 
  pers, 
  and 
  great 
  numbers 
  flew 
  over, 
  mostly 
  to 
  the 
  southeast, 
  while 
  a 
  few 
  swarms 
  passed 
  

   over 
  to 
  the 
  north. 
  

   The 
  only 
  material 
  damage 
  done 
  here 
  to 
  crops 
  by 
  grasshoppers 
  since 
  the 
  settlement 
  

  

  . 
  of 
  this 
  locality 
  in 
  1872 
  was 
  done 
  by 
  the 
  grasshoppers 
  that 
  hatched 
  here 
  in 
  May, 
  1874. 
  

   We 
  seem 
  to 
  occupy 
  the 
  middle 
  ground. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  the 
  locusts 
  hatch 
  out 
  

   in 
  immense 
  numbers 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  our 
  locality, 
  and 
  periodically 
  move 
  to 
  the 
  sontk 
  

   and 
  southeastward, 
  and 
  reach 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Iowa 
  and 
  Kansas. 
  — 
  [Pioneer 
  Press. 
  

  

  