The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-05-31
ESTABLISHED
a. By mail. from Fletcher E A,m.,ron

4 a. BY mail, from Fletcher E. Armstrong
now in Leavenwortb, but formerly employed il
the Hawk Eye Office, We have the very lates
news from the mines, including Leavenwortt
and St. Joseph papers and the Rocky Mountair
News Extra Of May 9th. And from looking The
matter all over We infer that ''things art
checkered." Jack Henderson. Major Tottel
and Capt. Scott on their return trip filled all The
papers along the Missouri from Omaha dowr
with glowing accounts Of mining operations.-
But unfortunately their stories, told at different
points don't exactly hold together, but thai
matters but little. Henderson and lotion, 4
couple Of bloated specimens Of humanity oi
the genus ruffian. not possessing between them
. solitary half dime, We are informed BY St
Joseph and Leavenworth editors are come fol
their families and will at once return to the
mines. Capt. Scott, and which branch Of the
Scott family he belongs to we cannot tell, is OF
the Henderson party,-has written numerous
letters to divers editors, on his way down. His
last is to st. Joseph paper and written in haste
for he was Fastening to St. Louis. And wha,
does the reader think he was after? Mining
tools! Yes, Leayenworth paper informs us
that Capt. Scott was seeking mining tools. And
this 10 the most remarkable part OF the whole
matter. We are informed that mining tools are
strewn along in steam boat loads from f. Kear-
ney on all the roads to Missouri towns, thrown
tools could have been had for the picking up
it is strange that Capt. Scott, who in such pro.
digious hurry did not gather few wagon loads
instead Of going all the way to st. Louis to buy
The Rocky Mountain News was issued in an
Extra on the 9Th to announce the arrival Of the
Leaven orth and Pixies Peak Express, two
coaches in 10 days, with eleven through
passengers.
The mining intelligenc is contained in the
following paragraphs:
large force of men resume work on the
Cherry Creek ditch this morning, and IN q lev
days both it and the Platte ditch will be complet-
ed, giving facilities for washing to hundreds Of
miners.
The Georgia company have completed small
ditch across bend OF the Platte river and We
learn, run a tom one day getting about one
ounce gold.
From the mountains, and northern dggngs,
the reports are very conflicting, some being very
encouraging AMI o,heas the contrary-we do
not publish any unless well authenticated.
There is still too much snow and ice in the
mountains TO operate to any advantage, but
some reliable experienced prospecting parties
are out and will report in q few DAYS.
Messrs. Town and Patterson with whom we
are well acquainted, have been miuing ,or it-
teen days about three miles from this place,
near the Platte river and using only the com
mon rocker for washing. Yesterday
their gold weighed and the product Of fifteen
days was Sll7,OS or nearly four dollars per day
to the man. All their dirt had to be hauled
some twenty rods to the river to wash. As soon
as the bitches are completed bringing water to
these diggngs large results may be expected.
The News has the following ''tale of hor-
ror," which is probably one of the editors
biggest licks at the Smoky Hill route:
A TALE OF HoRRoR-Mr. Williams, Con-
ductor of the Express, informs US hat he
picked up On The plains u man in the last
stage OF exhaustion who had subsisted upon
the remains Of his two brothers who had died
of starvation. Three brothers set out from IL
iinois for the gold region. From Leavenworth
they took the Smoky Hill Route, found the dis
tance much greater than represented, ate up
their provisions and when near TO death, one OF
them sinking more rapidly than the Others,
quested them to live upon his flesh and try to
get through He died ard they commenced
the horrible feast-ate the body aud again
braved dstarvation-another died aud the
vivor lived upon his remains, but the same fate
had almost reached him when lie was iound by
ali Indian, carried to his lodge and led, the
next day the express came along and took HIM
in and brought him part the way through but
was obliged TO leave him b. cause OF his feeble
ness snd delirum. He will be brought up by
the next coach aud probably arrive to-day.
Mr.. Williams aiter hearing the mans story
from himself and the Indian, searched for, aud
| found the bones OF the second one who died
and inferred them.
TINS We fear is one OF hundred tales of
horror yet to be told OF the Smoky Hill route
| which will bring sorrow mauy q hearthstone.