SITTING BULL, SIOUX INDIAN CHIEF.

South Dakota takes its name from a family of Indian tribes. With few exceptions it is a very large, wavy prairie. The noted Black Hills and bad lands, scenes of intense fights with Indians and the death of General Custer, are in the southwest portion. South Dakota is a cereal State, and there is also an abundance of gold, silver and other metals.

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SOUTH DAKOTA.

THE PIONEER.

HEN here, from toward the rising sun,

Was heard the white man's axe and gun; The forest bowed before his hand,

And, as a garden, bloomed the land;
The plowshare turned the virgin soil,
And rich reward repaid the toil
Of every hardy pioneer

That built his home and labored here.
Bold progress blazed the way, and blest
This opening Eden of the west.

Then came o'er valley, hill and stream,
The echoing, wild and startling scream,
Of swiftly flying, fire fed steed,

And in his dashing, rushing speed,

Sowing broadcast, far and near,

Wealth and strength in his proud career,

And thus along these plains and hills,

Cities, villages and mills

Have risen as though genii hands

Had wrought where this achievement stands.

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TENNESSEE.

HUNDRED years, dear Tennessee;
A hundred years and one,

Among the sisterhood of States,
And duties nobly done;

Yet never shone a brighter smile

Upon a fairer face

Than thine, proud daughter of the South,

Nor one of sweeter grace.

So here's to thee,

Dear Tennessee,

Far famed in song and story;

And may you be

Forever free,

And clothed in love and glory.

A hundred years, dear Tennessee,
Of honor, worth and truth;

A hundred years, and you have grown
In strength and rosy youth;

The summers come and smiling go,

And leave the gentle trace

Of health and joy, and beauty's glow
Upon thy wholesome face.

A hundred years, dear Tennessee,
And may ten thousand more
Bring all the wealth of happiness
That they may have in store,
To thee, and thine, oh, lovely one!
So shall thy children sing
A psalm of praise, a song of love,
And make thy mountains ring.

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General Sam. Houston, Ex-President of Texas, was made Commanderin-Chief in the Texan War, and in 1836 fought the decisive battle of San Jacinto, completely annihilated the Mexican army, and achieved the independence of Texas. After her annexation to the United States he was elected Governor of Texas.