THE NEW YORK

PUBLIC LIBRAR

ASTOR, LENOX

TILDEN FOUNDATIONS

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, Comprising a Full Account of the Original
Inhabitants, the Whites who Came in Contact with
them; Opening up of the Country for
Civilization, and its Social and
Political Development.

BY REV. PETER ROSEN,

For Seven Years a Missionary in the Black Hills.