The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1868-03-21
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K.ctter frOss Montana Territory

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EpIToR CEcu WnlG:--For twelve days
past we have been enjoying most delightful,
sprng-likc weather. The snow in the val.
ioys has melted and gone: the green grass
and modest little viorts are beginning to
peep up through the sod, and everything
looks as though Spring had come. and TO
stay,-but old settlers say it is not so that
we will yet have two or three cold snaps.
and the mcrcury again 90 down 30 or 10 de
grccS below zero.
All our large merchants are at this time
in the Atlantic cities making their spring
purchases and all are preparing for an un.
usually large business. A few Of our lead.
ing firms went away prepared to buy from
500, 900 to $500, 600 worth of merchandise.
In about five weeks from date Of this, steam.
boats will start ON their long and tedious
trip up the muddy, crooked. treacherous
Missouri river Those merchants who are
lucky enough to get the first cargocs OF
goods in the market, will realize handsomely
upon them. as the country is comparatively
bare Of ibn leading articles Of merchandise.
Recently. Our near neighbors. the Flat
head and Blacktcet Indians are becoming
Troublesome. Having learned the art Of
thieving from white people, they have been
running off large quantities Of stock from
erons set OF scampS. and pay little regard TO
their promises of friendship and honesty. -
The science Of trcachcry they learned from
such men us Robert +. Lee, Bill Mackall.
Jeff Davis and other graduates of West
Point. Whilst know tbs Indians all to be
1t worthless, trcacherous, cruel set OF devils,
| also know that they have, both by Govern.
ment and people, in all past time, been
more snncd against, than SHINING.
A few weeks ago | came across Il young
man Us ihe name of Maclcy, from the It'll
Election District Of Cecil county. He has
been roughin2 it in the Territory two years,
is IL hardy young man, and like myself
thinks Montana goJl country to stay in
once you are here. Mupkey owns II good
cabin up GrizzIcy Gulch, two miles from
here, and is now trying to get together ali
the Cecil folks and give It's II grand enter
lainment OF pork and beans.
must give you tidings of him of the
check suit, plantation hat and burnt cork
He is now stable man at one Of Wells
FARGO n COS. stations, on the road between
here and Salt Lake.
Two evenings ago | attended the ami
versary Of the Methodist bath.school-
One hundred and iortytwo welI-dressed
Children took pat in the exercises This
on u sput where, four years since, the tread
of white. pniu had scarcely been Known
and which WAS th., camping ground of wild,
uututorod red men. I he hahan Catholic
Church. though. has u much larger aangrc
CATION of %rdwuup people than any other
denomination here, There are two priests
connected with the parish, one of whom
spends the greater part Of bis time among
the Indians, trying 20 teach them the way
Of civilization, whilst other denominations
seem more intent upon killing the red skins
One Of the characters of n town about %
miles from Helena, is "a mulatto barber, whnm
for convenience | shall call Jaques He
takes the name of, and claims to be the son
of his former owner.-an estimablc gentle
man of Baltimore. who. one year during
the war was president Of one branch of the
Titr Council and president of a fire insur.
ance company OF that city. Jacques has
been upon the Pacific coast and in the
mountains number Of years. and at differ.
ent times has been possessed Of considerable
money. But he is given mUchly to the
;ranEs aud habits Of the chiyalry such as
Getting into debt, and not paying; spreeing
extensively, and fighting the tges, so that
he frequently finds himself much perplexed
in his financial affairs. He is an individual
of strong conservative tendencies, and was
much inclined at the last election to vote
7he Democratic ticket. but his odorous
friends prevailed upon him 10 let his insan.
iIy take any other shape but that II. +. Nj,