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"Peter Rosen came to the hills in 1882 and served as pastor of St. Ambrose in Deadwood." -Black Hills Gold Rush Towns (2010)"Considered the only authentic history of the early times in the Black Hills country." - Catholic Heritage in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (1964)"Peter Rosen became so interested in the Black Hills that he wrote an excellent book about them." - Longhorns Bring Culture (1961)"Pa-Ha-Sa-Pah is a large and authoritative history of the South Dakota." - History of South Dakota (1904)Arriving in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, 1882, with the most imposing task of Christianizing its inhabitants and the nearby hostile tribes, Rev. Peter Rosen (1850-1906) would serve as a missionary for 7 years in the Black Hills, before eventually writing the authoritative history of the hills in his 1895 book "Pa-ha-sa-pah: Or, The Black Hills of South Dakota."While living in Deadwood Rev. Rosen became interested in Black Hills history and started collecting any writing he could to gain a comprehensive history. His collection would include local newspapers, books, government reports, church records, the writings of Fr. Pierre DeSmet, and pioneer and soldiers' stories heard on his travels around the Hills.Rev. Rosen's book "Pa-ha-sa-pah, or, The Black Hills of South Dakota" is a series of six books published as a single volume, with the first three comprising the Native American history in the Black Hills, including Black Hills mythologies, and long associations with the ‘Hills. Early French, Spanish, and American explorations, as well as gold discover, early settlement, conflict with hostile tribes make up the remainder of the comprehensive history. In describing mining camps around the Black Hills, Rosen writes: "When a company of men find a new gold-gulch and begin to work at it, they call the village which grows up there a camp, and give it some name which is just as likely to be absurd as it is to be appropriate. Golden Gate, Sheep's Tail, Potato Gulch, Ruby, Black Tail, and Go-to-Hell Gulch, Two-Bit, and dozens of other comical names are examples. The miners hastily throw up little log cabins, six or eight logs high, covered with a roof of poles and dirt, and having nothing better than the hard tramped earth for floor."Regarding the wild days of Deadwood, Rosen notes that "saloons multiplied astonishingly, and gambling was carried on without limit and without regard to hours — in fact all hours, day and night, were alike—and 'always open.' ... The years 1876 and 1877 were characterized by much lawlessness and a considerable number of men were killed in the frequent quarrels. The town was full of gamblers and shooting was a common pastime...."In describing one desperate battle pitting Sitting Bull's warriors against General Crook's troops, Rosen writes: "Crazy Horse, with three hundred lodges, was about twenty miles away.... He made a demonstration against the command between three and four o'clock p. m. with a large force of warriors. Quick as a flash of lightning the men formed a magnificent skirmish-line around the camp and inclosed the village, prisoners, horses, and captured ponies; the onslaught of the enemy was greeted with ringing cheers. The men in their eagerness did some wild shooting at the beginning, but they soon set to steady work, forgetting that they were hungry and wet. Crazy Horse made persistent efforts to find a weak place ..."In the Black Hills, Rev. Rosen had to share the ups and downs of a new mining country, but stood at his post for nearly eight years, and no man in any sphere of life could have worked harder than he did. A friend of the poor, the orphans and the homeless, he was charitable almost to a fault. Many a broken down miner or poverty-stricken tenderfoot was indebted to him for a safe return home. The work done in the Black Hills and the affection had gained in the hearts of his people remained for many years.

Excerpt from Pa-Ha-Sa-Pah, or the Black Hills of South Dakota: A Complete History of the Gold and Wonder-Land of the Dakotas, From the Remotest Date Up to the PresentAbout the present condition of the Indians in South Dakota and their advance in civilization I will speak in a subsequent volume if this one finds favor with the public.Also about the work done by the different religious denominations in the Black Hills, and their present con dition and apparent prospect, would have found room in this volume had the amount of material not forbidden me to curtail the same, and due consideration and full satis faction will be given to all of whatever denomination they may be.The kind reader will condone the shortcomings he may find here and there and bear in mind that I do not lay claim to literary merits, and publish the volume for no other purpose than to make the world at large acquainted with that part of the United States which has up to now not found any one to give a complete history about it. The people of the Black Hills will surely be thankful for the pains I have taken to show them all about their homes.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Title: Pa-Ha-Sa-Pah; Or, the Black Hills of South Dakota. a Complete History of the Gold and Wonder-Land of the Dakotas, From the Remotest Date up to the Present Publisher: St. Louis, Nixon-Jones Printing Company Publication date: 1895 Subjects: Smet, Pierre-Jean de, 1801-1873 Mines and mineral resources -- United States Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- History South Dakota -- Description and travel Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ...year, and by the subsequent visits and operations of miners. "Though no bands of Indians were met during the work, our safety and freedom from their visits were probably due to the well-known magnitude and strength of the expedition. A great measure of the success of the exploration is due to the hearty co-operation of the officers of the command, but particularly to the commander, Colonel Dodge, whose unwavering interest and determination to make the work successful and whose constant assistance and courtesy were especially valuable and grateful during the entire course of the work. To Lieutenants Morton and Foster, who were detailed for topographical work, Dr. McGillicuddy is indebted for assistance in the prosecution of his mapping. "Reaching the Black Hills on the east fork of the Beaver on the 3d of June, the work of the survey was soon begun and a permanent camp was established on French. Creek, near the stockade erected by the miners during the previous winter. In order to pursue the work more rapidly and thoroughly, a division of the party was made as follows: Mr. Jenney with a corps of assistants assumedmore particularly the investigations of the mineral resources of the country, prospecting the gold deposits, etc., while the remainder of the party, Mr. Newton, Dr. McGillicuddy and Captain Tuttle, continued the topographical and more complete geological study of the hills. "As the work of the survey progressed northward, the main body of the escort of troops was transferred from one base of supplies to another, so as to keep up with the course of the explorations. In this manner with scarcely a day's remission from work, the survey continued until the entire area of the Black Hills between the forks of the Cheyenne had been mapped. a...

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