, 1859-03-28
THE GOLD REGION.


father'. family 11c lcf, The oo1d region on thu
l4th Of December reached Lawrence about tho
10th of Jannarv and remained there during
the session Of TIM territorial legislature to pro
cure the passapc Of some local acts for the benc-
fit Of the Pixies Peak country-acts organ
iziue new counties chartcripc town. oncu-
inc roads. INCORPORATING con,panics, &c
Mr. Sicuo1s was ono Of tbc first comnony
tl,ut went ont lust Spfine In search of rold
mines. He speut some eicht months prosncct-
-inc through. and in going TO. and returning
from the gold fields, lie traycrsed The county.
searching for " dust !" and 3. nuggets, " from tho
Spanish Isal., on the South. to the .Atd;eiat
Bpr, on The North-a distance Of more than 800
mi1es-with what SUCCESS his narrative. the SUBJ
stance Of which wc reproduce. will cxprcss
While Mr n. cnjoincd no obligations of secrcsy.
he perhaps had no idea that VIC uou1d tell our
readers what be told US. But. as we consider
TINT all truthful information in regard to the
gold regions, should be given to the public, We
will relate the material portions of his statement.
HOW THE COLD WAS DISCOVERED.
II is the custom Of the Delaware tribe Of 1ndi-
ans to send out, each summer or fall, party Of
hunters to shoot buffalo, for supply Of meat
for the winter. The buaalocs are found in most
abundance On the head watcrs Of the Platte and
Arkansas rivers. This territory is claimed and
occupied by Chcscnncs, Sioux, and other wild
tribes, between whom and the tribes in Eastern
Kansas, deadly hatred prcrails, which gives
risc to lighting and robbery every season be-
tween the hunting parties and the mountain
lnaians-
IN 9hc summer o1 1885, q party Of ucla"arc
braves Started on one OF these e1pcditlons-
bnf'ng IN engagement with the hostile Chcyen-
hes' q warrior oy the name OF fdA LtGf became
separated from his companions, and was chased
acons'aefaole distance before ne eiaded his pur-
sners and It was several days afterwards ere be
feJolneo HIS 1rlenos. nc slept one niehs nt
spring. NOT iaf from b. ram Fort; and IN the
morning observed PARTICLES OF yellow metal IN
The stream. he gathered q small quantity oflt,
and on the return Of the hunting party, exhibit
cd 1t at Lawrence When questioned as to
where he found it, nothing much more definite
could be got out Of him than IN Indian grunt.
Pointing to the West he would say feao suns:
heap gold:" When shown map, he pointed to
the vicinity Of Pixies Peak and the head waters
Of the Arkansas, as the section Of country where
lie found the gold Several tempting offers
were made to induce FaN Leaf to escort a CON-
rany of whites to the place where he discovered
the mctal; but fearing the loss Of his scalp, he
stoutly refused. At last he promised to 20 with
party Of l0O armed whites, for ten dollars a
day. The rendezvous Of the party was fixed at
Council Grove, but tue explorers only numbered
IS men and six teams. FaN Leqf thinking the
force too small to protect him against the Che
ycn1'eS' Fc'useu 10 accompany the party, ana
,..1ts.:,. - st 49,
S ,' D,e' A"" ~ was
~ ~ f'7.A |'"e"4 4"o Si'eA1
u'e Sa'n'ef ~ pfoSPect''s5 tne nonn'a'" coun"
= - 49,. o1.nsa "r.' A4 po'1aeu lucy
~, ,.s'. w. st1 -, : Ae1e ~ ~, IA' ~ "uo
''''' o.eeteo ''e'' eoulse 1't ii~e ieah' a'o"g
!l'e 3A'AauSas' 10 noit'ng tleeh ana up tna1
s''eani 10 'ue mountain lucy arrived NJ It's
o1Se on '''e 7'n u 'uis' le's'
SEARCH FOR GOLD.
Tie first weeks prospecting discovered no
gold. Going little farther North, thcv struck
Cherry Greek, and here they first discovered
the shining dust, They nrospected all alonr
that stream to its confluence with tbc hc,d
waters Of the South Platte. ScarIv q month
was sncnt in tl,c v,I,cv of t,,o croo,. ,ad uo;,,
hor;pu xtrcorx noro 49, las, .,a &C.,
in numcrou. ,1,ro. h,,t :. .r,'s -, .,,.t -,
,ury;n. in tho .;zc If =. rnr+;c,ns froa, .,e. -
n ,,,,,;n If corn,,cn, IN , .a.,, ~ ,r,,ae. t."a
E.w rcntx wort,, ~ .,,o a.. H..
Ut any t;mc was nror,r,d so,,o - ill., .a.,
pany becomc foot.sorc and d;sca..,aaa o.,,
takin~ t,,m x.,r+sd f,- ,o,,. aa,v,, 10 r,,...a
t,ut y m,;,r;tr ,.xo1,od T., u,;,,, T.. 49, S.,
hon;ur TINT crc tto ,~;n,,r oaa,a hs,.s. ' ,''.,'
would rcwurd their ncrsovcr,ncc . a,rtr ~
dozen Of the toughest md holdcs, rcs,,rca n
start on foot, with two weeks provisions on
their backs-Nicl,o1s being Of the numbcr-to
explore places inaccessible to teams. They
Struck North, and rrosrected around 1fdNA
.'"1' tncn tTA'eca 10 Longs ttaf, and along
~ NV e"f"f +" o"4re creek At several places
' ".''s4so '."e:s u so". ~ 'act' gold
ee.a ~ w. sl''uAiea over 'ne iaee o. the
); :" ""e pn'''e'es ""t III 'plaea quant1-
''e>' 1''eF twenty Gay y tramp through the
''"u"'a'ns anu IN inc fa'lnes and creeks, the
party returned to tic mouth OF Cherry Greek.
ii'"f1ns ti'c'r absence tic Min body Of the
c"'nlany iiad been digging and prospecting in
t'c cherry Greek valley, and lad washed out
e'0 "'' '"' wv .. '.''ec uonafs Fer Gay
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