, 1866-03-16
Letter from Kootenai Mines.
WILD HORSE GREEK, KOoTENAi,


February 10th, lse,
EDIroR SrATEsMAx:-old time has I.;,
hand on my features since last addresso5u ai
Fortunes won and lost, battles lost and !o'
but still the wheel turns ever. have dr.N
the waters Of the Pacific and Atlantic. onSt
to the Hountain head of the. great .-ee yea
Of the continent, Columbia, Missouri, CoIo'ala
&C., and after all am now in this wild a.
saken part OF Gods footstool, (if God b., W.
thing to do with it, This camp, when Sa!
came here was in a fne, fourshing co,i,sam am
and the prospects good, but the heavy and n"i
taxation that the miners were subject to b,ng!'Ti
everything to a stand. Taxes on taxes Iuga
and no inducement to prospect, held eyerrfS!'a yfSa
in this one spot. When Blackfoot swept .r.l
thing in the shape of population (apd So'I
from here. Glad once more to live under ~
CLEAN of the old star jemmed banner, ipots,I@ I@
cold naughty arrogance and tyranny. I,N
read ofa certain king calling council to ;,u.s s
new torture, and presented jewel to thai us% u.S
mind who invented the most agonizipu p-,N pUN
this enlightened age in British Col1mbi' ~
highest pay Tor ofice) is given to the one w I
by the delicate process ot-taxation, can san I'
marrow and sinew out Of the miner and nra,.- ''
tor. This is efectually accomplished bv n.
Government, they (the miners) having no iolr.
GLOW dare you sir, presume to think
At such effrontery ! cannot wink.
From me, you ought to take your case,
What do say, that you must do.
They have accomplished their object Vi, /
populated the country aud ruined their co"
merce, And to you. of Walla WaIIa we looL ~
our breadstufs to save US from staryatior ~. Nv
Summer, as after the expenditure of S3O S1
they have made IL road'impassible, and even u
lowing it passible it can only be so one or =.
months late iu the fall. Come then and We wiz,
pay. We have one store here to whose pr,.
we will be compelled to come to. There il ov,.
oae hundred men wintering here. Several Inn,
nels are in operation and several shafts, but
have heard of no strikes yet. The Winter b
beer, pleasant, and the few persons left here en-
joyed it to the highest. We hope for an earl,
Spring which the oldest inhabitaut informs i;
we will have. The Criminal Calender is liysv
A white man killed an Indian and from this a
fair war was nearly brought on, and :.
were poorly prepared, bat frmuess and e..
ergy stayed it; one man Quirk, grand larceDcr-
stealing $50, 900; one colored gent, ]. W. Jones
stealing goods. They will remain until psr
Fall, for hearing, unless like Kirby and otb.7
they get tired or dislike the grub, and taxi,
hchange.
To sum up all, am satisfied that this can,
will be pretty good this summer, and vog,j
not say for certain, butn far from here nsr
diggings are strongly talked of, and when | s,,
something definite you will have early inform.
ton.
The Government express, which was due il
November, has not been heard from, so we hsu
had no communication with the outside EOrf
from that date. But we cannot expect the gor
erment to attend to Us, as we have only paid /,
taxes One Hundred thousand Dollars for the SCI.
Vicps of ono cnn,rnissi,nor nd fhrAo co,s4ah.,
three and one half months Of the year. ST