Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-09-03

train, 10 lity 'ldiild changa when 'tliGy got
lame Dir f,ti&uGd. We met twenty or dirty
such trains every day. Our course run south
west, crossing C"ttonwood, little Cow, Big
Cow Ash and P.fttih ARKANSAS cfceks--al
timbcIcd with Cottonwood; it is poor timber
t. burn. Plenty of Buffalo here some of
our boys killed one. We struck the Arkan-
sas river ut the great Bend. 1t receives h
few ihtal?6S along here Walnut creek,
T'awnce Fork and Coin tfccs We kept up
the north bank OF the Arkansas to Fountain
'(uiholS city. There IS no timber from Coon
creek to BcntS Fort q d'stH't'@ OF 2Co miles.
we had {" BURN Buifd'o chips; great cook
FnE, that The south side receives few
trhn'aricS, iur%at"rv river and n few others.
hut nnt a single ono from thc north side from
Coon creek to I,"nhtaln QniboiS. distance
OF 5Io mItrI. we drank the Arkansas wa
ter; twas the thlcKeSt1 cv"rtr9uk-almuSt
thick enough to make brick Tic wolves
h"wlcd around our tent every night. There
: great many here. We have passed
throuSh several Indian villages. The kaWS,
PottaWotomfts, kiowahS, CafnanchcS, Ar
rarpahoeS and Sioux. all very friendly. Scv-
rral OF tho tribes were together going to fight
the lctcs. The lcteS are said to be the
best lighters OF any OF them. iifcir tr'He is
NOT orSc' nNt thsy n''Ve been whipping the
c"mplncu i"rccSot k'awahS, C"manches and
/ !",' l saw Sky wh'te men ana the Arrap-
i,"''"c 'rl"' ~ S"'nS mu'' faSt week TO hSht
' ','c''' no! i''u N''ic" " '"n WHi'c men Wn"
"''c wv Pi'"Pccs."3 'u' S"nI was III 'hc
,",T' 1 ,.''.,',, 'yM "'S'''S "r'"rr' "c'"'hPar
"'c" ny ny '"n "ro'ile;N' anu IT, IAHVEH' "i
n%"' % ''N,', - '''' h'u nave "'tatNcu us
my c'"'" nave "',"c easy W"fk OF II. we
p"I "o,'"'S y" p'o'tc' ourselves WIN Dmt Il
lcM' am some S!na 'heY "'u NOT: he
,"I'"n ,,|1 nPPt""chcS WIN S'ni'c' cTcIinming'
! li'M' icW can say hoWuNdoo. frc-
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",Ho' n s''W' II" ""'"" u" En""' me! can
,i W'lS'i N''SNeo sW"P' w, NV swap hy'hin%
''''N nav { ~! "'IskcN. Ihcy swear SO owK-
ri m"r"'i' nay, II" ",'','S III 'he'r language.
N.Y. NY :, ':No m"FioMr" ''"u h'"'h rom U.S.
in'N VIII 'h'N u Wh''c l" you. ana II you can
i,"' understands theh; they leave saying by
~ c"r!S' JrSuS' ne daE before
Mr TI c'"'r ~ SiS"' Oh i'NcS feaK' we came {"
li""'po'' ,Nrr. 'h'hK we met over tn"uS-
uDN-I''1 T'PNcIS FI''rh'hS from 'hr 'h'neS'
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rrnzc, ~ Jr.,h T' r,"n',,, "'" vm'.'u "p' "n" WIS
gh hAF& from Union. airi Ecuois, from
fon% rs" go" "r,"";mtahceN ,'.ht w. OF m'no were %
thcms,nrt t"nv .nyorn u to"Nt not HI"
Their bbi,cS were found n few dnyS9aao W.
passed Black Squirrel creek aI Reached
Cherry trsuk the 9th of May. There was
a few mininga at this plhce We did not stop,
put went went ON to the fint'c; There is no work
"",'E "n 'l"' @ s'fun'h ~ h''; 9nall nus hl"w
h@ats amI ,;,;ns ''"" ~ cno m,SSo"t' 'iPef n
fortunately for us. r:ch mines have icon dis. dis
covered on Clear creek, a small stream flow
ing into he Platte, few miles below Denver
c,Ily There are few worry rich mines here.
we reached here tho 2md OF June. The
Si'"W ,, TtS AhGG GO, Hcar Wivh we got hero
tn trh,mJ. ''' hnxs 49,, 49, ,l m""M .'""n ' ounce
thiilh VIC cnn double it next wedk Rrs:rLI
has claim on the same rnvint. making about
500 to the lhtnd per day There is more people
hero than can make anything. There is not
,h ,and enough m t'io itocky M""nta'HSto to give
VIA, "'' m ,ha r''!,in II IL nia WAS sr,u mne.
had siens i,nnc;nm out. Ia Cr fsilGs' I,;!st
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