Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-05-04
CorresPondence OF The Charles City 1ntelllgenct
Letter from Montana.
WASHINGTON GULcH,
March 9, 1865.
WINFIELD.

| EDITOR lNTELL1GESCER - W. inter
still fingers in the lap Of spring" and
| can almost say this is the winter
of my discomfort" Such bowling
winds and driving snow-storms as pre-
vail here at present, seem to me to be
very much out Of season--and such
storms Iowa is thrown wholly in
the shade, and nothing this side of the
Polar regions can even approximate
what Montana is at present enduring.
A perfect war of elements has been
raging here for the last week, not sur
passed by any thing of the kind this
winter. On the Cd inst. the thermom-
eter stood at 230 belw 0. Yet they
tell us this IS Spring! ... s
The 4th of March was celebrated i'm
Virginia in as grand style as the
weather would permit. Guns were
fired ]; patriotic speeches made and,
in the evening, grand Inaugural
Dance was had, attended by all the
loyal elite of the city.
Almost every express from the prick
ly Pear country brings reports of new
gulches discovered So many have
gone thither that Alden Gulch can on
ly be worked in part until the pilgrims
arrive next summer. -- ..--
The Prickly Pear country is much
lower than here, and consequently
there is less snow, therefore prospect
ing has been going on there all win
ter. From all accounts it is undoubt
edly much ahead of this vicinity as q
gulch mining district, and there are
said to be quite as many good quartz
lodes. If the weather ever settles
again shall visit those districts and
will then give you description of the
country, it's prospects, &c. ga.
4 The last news from the Yellow Stone
was favorable. A bar had been dis
covered near where the Bridger Road
crosses, said to pay seven cents pei
pan. Whenever the country near the
head waters of the Yellow Stone, Vino
River, Rose Bud, and other streams ir
the vicinity, is thoroughly prospected
there will, without a doubt, be goot
diggings found, for there is not .
stream between here and the Big Horn
} that rises in the direction Of the Wine
River Mountains, in which the color o
gold cannot be found and the furthe,
up the streams the more the "pros
peel" increases. zs.s
Last week the news in some man
ner became circulated in town that .h,
next day an Indian fight would TAX
place on the Saltwater, between SOM
Snakes and some Pen de O'Rielles tn
trouble arising from stealing ponie
from each other. Early the next morr
, ing most ali Of Virginia started to tn
} scene Of action as fast as their horse
! could carry them. About noon the
l came to Lorraines rancho, where
; was reported they would see the feal
T full rencounter. But 10! when the
arrived there was no sign Of figh
! and only few filthy and half-starye
: Snake and Bannocks were to be seeI
e The night before, the Pen de ORielle
stole most Of thcr enemies horses an
! "..vamosed the rancho well satisiie
9 without fight. The former are muc
9 superior to the latter in every respecl
4 They are very peaceable towards tn
y whites, but are always at war wit
+ other tribes. They only number fe,
!. hundred at this time. ars aa. as
}, The Snakes and Bannocks are tn
Q filthiest and most degraded Indians
t have ever seen. They are inferior