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! was a pioneer of Dakota territory, and 'Vt a' who gained fame as a frontiersman '' : and frontier peace officer.The originator of the movement to a 111 erect the monument is Maj. Charles deve 1’. Jordan, of Rosehud Indian agency, »ng, a cousin of Gen. George A. Custer, and cont himself a frontiersman of consider- ,owl able renown. i ‘‘lt;msCapt. Foster died about two years nu“ ago from heart failure caused by over- 51 j'r exertion in fighting a prairie fire. fal1 which threatened to sweep a large s,|l)l territory on the Rosebud reservation. tivat At the time, and for a number of aD(1 years prior thereto. Capt. Foster was u, rt the government stock detective on the Rosebud reservation, and as such had £°sl' run down and captured numerous mixed blood Indians and lawless whites who made a practice of running cattle and horses belonging to Indians off file reservation and selling them to unsuspecting whites. suchThe money necessary to erect a ; monument to Capt. Foster will lie raised by popular subscription, and ]lt; several thousand residents of South tern Dakota and adjoining states will con- Evai tribute. j ed iiAs town marshal of frontier towns and during the early days of Dakota ter- the ritorv, he rendered valuable service arou and contended with a class of out- Hun laws and desperate characters—a duty Rnpi few men were inclined to assume or falo had the courage to perform. 1 ager
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Huron Daily Huronite
Huron, South Dakota, US
Thu, Mar 23, 1911
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