, 1855-08-10

Cascade and Rocky mountains, ana anxious
r for the erection of new territory between
, those ranges, that through the energy and
promptitude of Gov. Stevens, nearly all
J the Indian tribes west of the Rocky noun
tains are negotiated with, and are about
ready to be removed to their several reser-
vations.
: The following letter from II. Il, CROSBY,
esq, Connected with the expedition ofGov.
STEVENS, towards Ft. Benton, was receiv-
ed through the express messenger of Gov.
: Stevens, and as will be found, fully corob-
) crates the reports in general circulation, of
gold discoveries in the Fl Colville country.
/ The specimen referred to by Mr.. c. may
be seen at this Office, and will be found to
answer the description given off by Mr.. c.
=. "IH Gate, Bitter Root Valley
July 18th, 1855,
Tod. W. WILEY We move forward to-
morrow for Fl Benton. / had intended
writing you at some length, but have been
SO mnch occupied during the council which
terminated yesterday, that till this moment
; | have had no opportunity, and indeed, as
ii is now quite late and the express leaves
at daylight, my communication must Of ne
ccsSity he extremely BRIEF
g | enclose you spo linen Of the gold at
Colvillc. You eau judge by that Of
f the rumors which doubt not, by this time
have reached you; though 1 scarcely i'm
agnc they caused much excitement; gold
has ceased to do that nowadays.
This which / send, was found at the
mouth Of the Pend d'Orille river about 40
miles from Colvillc, just at the 49th paral-
lei. 1t might prove a very nice magnet
for disputed boundary question, particu-
larly as the course of the river is from
thence southerly, and Cor about miles it
| is partly in British and partly in American
territory; after that diStance-aUd the far
ther up the better are the indications-it is
entirely within our own domain. The wa
ter al present is too high to work to advan-
tngc. The best gold which has been found
was about thirty miles up the river.
The miners have all left, they will re-
turn in September; the river will then be in
the best state The gold is scale gold, but
= they anticipate when the water subsidies,
5 being able to find the quartz-as this has
every appearance of mere washings. 1t
will prove Of vast benefit to the develop
ment Of the territory. You may set it down
rs fixed fact, not n dclusion--gold has at
| last been found in sufficient deposites in
/, Washington territory TO repay the labor Of
obtaining it.
$50 far as political affairs are concerned
we are Of course behind hand; the telegraph
has not been extended this far yet. We
gave the earnest Of our hopes on election
day, by casting sixteen votes for Ander-
son-Strong, none Tho Judges name was
on the pol-books, but not in the ballot-box.
Yours truly,
: HENRY r. CRosBlE.
We take the following extract from the
report of Mr.. A. v. Wilson, Wells, Fargo
: & Co.'S Express Messenger to the Fort
: Colville gold mines, from the Democratic
STANDARD, Portland, Oregon. Mr. WILSON
was y days from Colville to the Dallcs,
, and arrived at Portland on Tuesday.
: Arrived at Fort Colville on the 18th
July, and was informed by the settlers that
| there were no miners at work in the mines
I in consequence Of the high stage of water
also met with two Americans in the valley
who have been waiting several weeks for a
fall of the river. There had been four per-
$ sons up to the Pend 0reille few days be-
D fore aud found water over all the bars, and
not being able to prospect had to return.
employ Of the Hudson's Bay Co. is, that
I, but little il anything can be done at mining
until the LIST of September. On the 10th,
+ after obtaining all The information could
: at the Fort, packed my animals to 90 to
the mines, distaut 30 miles but was in-
formed by Mr. Shuttleworth, the gentle
] man in charge Of tho Fort in the absence
e of Mr.. Mcdonald, that Pierre Jerome, the
chief Of the Kettle Falls Indians, objected
to my going / Immediately had an inter
view with him through Mr.. Currister, the
interpreter at the Fort, to obtain consent.
lie said he did not want the Americans to
| come into his country until treaty is made
1 with the American government ) that all
: bis people were opposed to it. assured
him that did not come into his country
c to mine-that was only travelling through
n to see it, aud that | had heard Of the mines
r and had a curiosity to see them. He want
ed to know if there were any more Ameri-
cans coming ! told him no. % He said he
had been informed that there were q great
:, many on the way. told him it was not
= so. He finally consented to my going. i
then got ready to leave. In the meantime
GregOra, LIST chief, and Landre, I'd chief Of
: the Lake Indians in the British possessions,
+ came to the Fort. Pierre Jerome then
: had talk with them, and told me that
could not go any further-that some time
in August all the tribes would hold big
tnlk. and would then determine Mhnt course