﻿APPENDIX 
  III. 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  JOHN 
  MARTEN. 
  [31 
  J 
  

  

  The 
  means 
  of 
  destruction 
  nsed 
  in 
  this 
  vicinitv 
  was 
  the 
  coal-tar 
  pans. 
  Crops 
  wore 
  

   saved 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  by 
  dragging 
  ropes 
  across 
  the 
  fields 
  and 
  bv 
  smoking 
  them. 
  

  

  August 
  5, 
  18/9, 
  I 
  went 
  from 
  Yankton 
  to 
  Firesteel, 
  Dak., 
  on 
  die 
  stage. 
  The 
  locust* 
  

   i- 
  il 
  1 
  ? 
  Baldwin, 
  Ramsey, 
  and 
  other 
  places 
  along 
  the 
  route, 
  but 
  had 
  done 
  onlv 
  

   slight 
  damage 
  to 
  all 
  crops 
  and 
  less 
  damage 
  on 
  the 
  prairies 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  James 
  River 
  

   bottom. 
  

  

  At 
  Firesteel. 
  locusts 
  were 
  first 
  noticed 
  in 
  1874, 
  July 
  13 
  or 
  14, 
  and 
  staid 
  two 
  da 
  vs. 
  

   July 
  25 
  they 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  northwest 
  in 
  large 
  numbers, 
  and 
  August 
  1 
  another 
  flight, 
  

   small 
  in 
  numbers, 
  came. 
  These 
  departed 
  to 
  the 
  southwest. 
  Thev 
  did 
  no 
  damage, 
  as 
  

   there 
  were 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  fields 
  of 
  sod 
  corn 
  in 
  the 
  valley. 
  In 
  1875 
  locusts 
  came 
  in 
  July, 
  

   about 
  the 
  first 
  week, 
  and 
  destroyed 
  oats, 
  wheat, 
  and 
  barlev. 
  In 
  1876 
  no 
  'hoppers 
  to 
  

   speak 
  of. 
  In 
  187/ 
  locusts 
  came 
  July 
  5. 
  The 
  gardens 
  were 
  all 
  destroved. 
  In 
  1878 
  no 
  

   fi^™ 
  a 
  t 
  bn 
  e 
  WaS 
  t0 
  SmaU 
  grains 
  ' 
  Com 
  onl 
  * 
  v 
  sli 
  S 
  htl 
  y- 
  Eggs 
  were 
  deposited 
  for 
  the 
  

  

  S 
  1 
  187 
  ? 
  I 
  !" 
  8 
  ] 
  9 
  . 
  ha 
  7 
  e 
  been 
  fl 
  ^ 
  in 
  S 
  toward 
  the 
  southeast, 
  but 
  none 
  have 
  stopped. 
  

   SF 
  ? 
  a 
  *? 
  ed 
  u 
  Lt 
  he 
  / 
  Jam 
  1 
  5? 
  River 
  bottom 
  at 
  Fire 
  Steel, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  bottom 
  six 
  miles 
  

   north 
  of 
  there. 
  The 
  hatching 
  commenced 
  in 
  May, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  June 
  the 
  

   ^hoppers 
  began 
  flying 
  to 
  the 
  southeast. 
  

  

  From 
  Firesteel 
  I 
  went 
  to 
  Fort 
  Thompson. 
  I 
  went 
  in 
  a 
  buggv. 
  Full-fledged 
  locusts 
  

   were 
  seen 
  nearly 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  route. 
  s 
  

  

  ^ 
  ^^Po^ 
  8 
  ' 
  n 
  * 
  ea 
  J 
  th( 
  LWessington 
  . 
  Hills 
  ' 
  locust8 
  were 
  seen 
  *&*« 
  t0 
  tfl 
  e 
  southeast, 
  and. 
  

   on 
  the 
  9th 
  at 
  iort 
  Thompson, 
  they 
  were 
  flying 
  to 
  the 
  southwest; 
  both 
  days 
  thev 
  

   were 
  very 
  high. 
  No 
  damage 
  was 
  done 
  at 
  Fort 
  Thompson 
  this 
  vear; 
  as 
  to 
  previous 
  

   years 
  I 
  could 
  learn 
  nothing 
  positive. 
  

  

  August 
  13, 
  1879, 
  I 
  visited 
  Yankton 
  Agency 
  and 
  found 
  a 
  few 
  locusts, 
  but 
  could 
  

   gather 
  no 
  facts 
  concerning 
  them. 
  Being 
  referred 
  to 
  Rev. 
  John 
  P. 
  Williamson, 
  who 
  

   was 
  absent 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  I 
  wrote 
  to 
  him 
  for 
  information. 
  His 
  answer 
  I 
  give 
  in 
  fill 
  • 
  

   My 
  first 
  acquaintance 
  with 
  Yankton 
  Agency 
  was 
  in 
  1868. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  since 
  

  

  l 
  Ve 
  ?u 
  ad 
  J\, 
  ht 
  t! 
  . 
  e 
  Indian 
  pa 
  P 
  er 
  here 
  > 
  and 
  from 
  that 
  a 
  ^ 
  some 
  other 
  memoranda 
  I 
  

   gather 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  

  

  ^ 
  A 
  ' 
  5' 
  18 
  <??-— 
  Grasshoppers 
  arrived 
  August 
  1 
  in 
  such 
  clouds 
  as 
  to 
  cast 
  a 
  shade, 
  

   and 
  as 
  they 
  lit 
  their 
  wings 
  made 
  a 
  roar 
  like 
  a 
  flock 
  of 
  pigeons. 
  They 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  

   northwest 
  went 
  southeast. 
  They 
  mostly 
  left 
  in 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  davs, 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  remained 
  

   and 
  deposited 
  eggs 
  along 
  the 
  roadside, 
  and 
  bare 
  places, 
  and 
  in 
  fields. 
  No 
  small 
  grain 
  

   sowed 
  here 
  then, 
  but 
  the 
  corn 
  and 
  potatoes 
  were 
  entirely 
  destroved. 
  Along 
  the 
  creeks 
  

   many 
  bushes 
  were 
  divested 
  of 
  leaves, 
  especially 
  ash. 
  " 
  

  

  "A. 
  D. 
  1369.— 
  A 
  few 
  hatched 
  out 
  in 
  early 
  spring 
  and 
  ate 
  off 
  some 
  fields 
  of 
  corn 
  as 
  

   f 
  ame 
  "P- 
  'Hoppers 
  left 
  for 
  the 
  north 
  when 
  their 
  wings 
  grew 
  in 
  June. 
  

   A. 
  D. 
  1870. 
  — 
  No 
  damage 
  by 
  grasshoppers. 
  

  

  " 
  A. 
  D. 
  1871.— 
  Ditto. 
  

   "A. 
  D. 
  1872.— 
  Ditto 
  

  

  t 
  " 
  A 
  * 
  D 
  j 
  J 
  873 
  -— 
  grasshoppers 
  passed 
  going 
  northwest 
  for 
  several 
  davs, 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  

   June 
  and 
  first 
  of 
  July. 
  A 
  few 
  lighted, 
  but 
  left 
  without 
  doing 
  any 
  damage 
  to 
  mention. 
  

   They 
  covered 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  wheat 
  one 
  night, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  eat 
  the 
  wheat. 
  

  

  A. 
  D. 
  18/4.— 
  Grasshoppers 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  northeast 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  Julv 
  and 
  

   remained 
  a 
  week 
  or 
  more, 
  not 
  in 
  such 
  numbers 
  as 
  in 
  1868, 
  but 
  injured 
  corn 
  badlv, 
  

   •destroying 
  probably 
  halt 
  of 
  the 
  crop 
  on 
  the 
  reservation. 
  Thev 
  came 
  too 
  late 
  to 
  injure 
  

   small 
  gram, 
  though 
  but 
  little 
  was 
  sown 
  at 
  that 
  time. 
  No 
  damage 
  bv 
  grasshoppers 
  

   since 
  1874. 
  I 
  can 
  remember 
  that 
  some 
  years 
  a 
  few 
  have 
  been 
  seen 
  passing 
  over 
  and 
  

   almost 
  every 
  year 
  we 
  have 
  heard 
  of 
  them 
  injuring 
  crops 
  in 
  neighboring 
  counties, 
  bud 
  

   they 
  did 
  not 
  reach 
  us 
  on 
  this 
  reservation. 
  You 
  will 
  see 
  from 
  mv 
  notes 
  that 
  early 
  in 
  

   the 
  season 
  they 
  moved 
  north, 
  and 
  later 
  south." 
  * 
  

  

  August 
  13 
  1879, 
  at 
  Ponca, 
  Nebr., 
  a 
  few 
  locusts 
  yet 
  remain. 
  Thev 
  began 
  hatching 
  

   A 
  n 
  P 
  rf 
  ; 
  aDd 
  , 
  hat 
  ^ 
  ed 
  ^til 
  M 
  ay 
  OQ. 
  Thev 
  b 
  flyi 
  Juue 
  12 
  w 
  « 
  rd 
  £ 
  

  

  and 
  northwest 
  From 
  the 
  editor 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Nebraska 
  Journal 
  I 
  learned 
  that 
  two- 
  

   thirds 
  of 
  the 
  wheat, 
  oats, 
  and 
  barley 
  were 
  destroyed. 
  Corn 
  was 
  not 
  damaged 
  much 
  

   Sorghum 
  and 
  pease 
  not 
  eaten. 
  ° 
  ^ 
  ucu 
  - 
  

  

  fi«M° 
  o 
  a 
  L 
  0il 
  P 
  ai 
  " 
  we 
  ™ 
  used 
  to 
  kill 
  young 
  'hoppers. 
  Ropes 
  were 
  dragged 
  across 
  the 
  

   nelds 
  to 
  scare 
  the 
  old 
  ones 
  away. 
  Smoke 
  was 
  also 
  used 
  to 
  drive 
  them 
  away 
  Do- 
  

   mestic 
  fowls 
  destroyed 
  a 
  good 
  many. 
  ' 
  

  

  For 
  flights 
  of 
  locusts 
  I 
  give 
  a 
  list 
  as 
  furnished 
  bv 
  Mr. 
  James 
  RockwiU: 
  

  

  a- 
  vT 
  a 
  -Ll 
  Llght 
  ^ 
  nd 
  from 
  south 
  » 
  mercury 
  at 
  58° 
  morning, 
  78° 
  noon. 
  A 
  heavy 
  

   ■flight 
  of 
  'hoppers 
  go 
  north 
  nearlv 
  all 
  dav. 
  ' 
  

  

  JL 
  June 
  lao"~ 
  '?°PP 
  ers 
  fl 
  , 
  v 
  n01 
  Jn 
  l 
  by 
  countless 
  millions. 
  Light 
  winds 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  ; 
  

  

  S^fiTn 
  * 
  at 
  n0 
  °% 
  A 
  J 
  S0 
  11 
  the 
  ? 
  onn 
  S 
  'noppers 
  are 
  destroying 
  the 
  small 
  grain, 
  and 
  

   «ome 
  fields 
  of 
  corn 
  suffer 
  badly. 
  6 
  ■ 
  

  

  « 
  J 
  r 
  U 
  \ 
  y 
  £— 
  Myriads 
  of 
  'hoppers 
  fly 
  north. 
  Light 
  wind 
  from 
  the 
  south, 
  

   rafll 
  .2 
  H-^o 
  P 
  rolon 
  S. 
  ed 
  flight 
  of 
  hoppers 
  ; 
  go 
  south. 
  Light 
  wind 
  from 
  northwest 
  ; 
  

   mercury 
  at 
  70° 
  m 
  morning. 
  9*2° 
  at 
  noon. 
  ' 
  

  

  