The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-05-19

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less every day, y the ysfieas diesgiess. .ef, ,the
montains yisbls from this city.
This ssveTs weather has dIscourased many of
ths new cSlsesA md seafted q ~ IN sbzsi q.
| their hoeaeuaF3 road bFss ~ eesat4sH sH
WorkiA IT, gulehes and bars haa eener.llv
ceased re learn, except along Tie va1Jey of Clear
Creek which II very low ana the sn0v n,t,E i.
most - rapidly - u faIja Tie AiNes ~ Union.
Spanish and other bars alos1e Ahaa sssean Are
doing remarkably well.4 n. = Douehessy viii
four men ID taking out from fity to one Enndred
dollars per day; In one day reaching one hun
dred and two dollars o. Tho 6paAt3k bsf thee
men took oas sighsy.sve dollars j. eas day last
week. ss1..sf s@...4..at .t.
on the mountains II the1 sam same yiciaity ! rich
Ieadwss struck On Thurs NV list by Tl1os. Pol.
lock y y Callsd H. PUlinck lenA md psosy,ects
surface.
We have not hss.a from she oder miriny di,.
tricts since the storm.
The road 70 the Park is alled with snow. on
" divides III. side aed beyonarsAe Ner,h Fork
Of the Platte, thOugh tls valley Of that stream il
ssid 70 b. clear of Il The travel i diGleuls and
We advise enigrants 70 remain upon the psains
with their stock until tho roads arc open and
dry. fs assts NJ s'a.
The feed ia the mountain il poor and scanfy at
best, ut this season Of the rear, and n1w that
tho grass il 20 great extent covered with sfow,
horses and cattle can hardly find susistsacc. At
the same time but little can Be done In the way
Of prospecting, oropening mines nov, and prob
ably mot for some weeks 20 come. After the
long continuance of fnc weather for several
months past, il viii be strange II We do mot have
stormy times untll ths tsnth or twentieth Of May.
The great quantity Of snow now falling will fur
nish abundant wafer for sunaner work, 80 that
the present delay b really Of incalcslable benc.
1T 70 the country. Afoftnighss work In August
be Of vastly more importance than . months
operations now. A. general scarcity Of water
must have been the result but for the timely fall
Df snow.-(R Rocky Mountain News, Nay 2.
PRoRAslk MuaDER ~ rmE Ki0wAs---A painful
Iunnor reached our city on Monday morning last
that party of thirteen emigrants had been kill
ID BY the Kiowas about one hundred and 9fty or
1wo hundred miles out on the smoky Hill route.
The report came through the Aarnpahocs, who
tate that the Kiowas made an effort to enIist all
he Plains Indians in 6ar Of determination
against the. whites; all other tribes-eyen the
and The Kiowas declared
var themselves, and commenced by cutting of
me party Of thirteen, as above stated. d
Il is much feared the party b that Of Green
Russell which has been daily expected in from
hat route for . week past Wecan learn of no
,ther company being on that route We hope
he runner may prove to be unfounded.-TRock
Mountain News. May %.
The woman who crossed the plains on foot
md alone, Of whom We have heard 20 much du-
ing her Journey up the Platte, arrived in this
ity on Thursday last. She says her destination
: the head Of the Platte, and that II takes its
onrce in great lake.. PersOns Who passed her
N the road say that when asked to ride, her re-
'ly was: .'It's no use, would have 10 come
back and walk the road NIL over again.
She evidently imagines that she II making
necessary pilgrimage. Rocky Mountain News,
day. I'd.