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Page 4 small blisters would appear. We kids used to dare each other and then get stung for our bravery. The Valley is not wide. Maybe half a mile at most and is not too fertile for vegetation. The reason for this is the alkali spots. The buffalo used these spots or beds for salt licks when they would come for water. In later years I’ve seen cattle and horses lick these alkali beds when salt was not available. I probably should mention that Fort Sully was less than twenty miles from Okobojo. The Fort was located west and some south overlooking the river. Okobojo was where the Army freight wagons crossed the creek going to and from Pierre. There was a stone crossing just east of where Binkleys' house now stands. The bridge that you and Minnietta named “Rattlesnake” wasn’t built until years later. Fort Sully was located in Sully Co. in 1866 and abandoned in 1894. Sully County, of course, was named after |