, 1869-06-29
:. THE PLAINS.
Tie Big: Hern Mountain: and
Valley, : =
Beauty of It's Climate and Richness
-, Of Productions. $50.
Tho Big Horn Sheep.

Tho -Bis Horn Sheep.
Indians and Other Wild AnlnAls..
iFRnA uuH HPEc1AL coRRKaruxDENrl
FuR7 D. A. RusEn1, June %, 1862
In the stues, bclleye. yuu understand ~th
plains" to te that broad stretch of Level countl,
between the Missouri River and the RockJ Anun
tatns, which is watered BY the shallow, tTeacte1
Gus Platte But on the border, We apply th'
name to al the nnlnhab!tel county between TIL
Smoky Hill and the Yellowstone.
Tbe advance OF civilization Is bringing the new
countries Of the weBt into notice, - the spread
population vii soon bring them Into use AE1ons
the least known Of al the beautiful lands waitint
| for our people to enter In and posBess It IL tht
charming Valley Of the Big Horn. Bat few whit
men have seen thla distant region, and, perhaps
| sc1ne Of ID Who have WIntered and summtred
there ought 10 tel you less fortunate ones Of TIT
cities what It Is Ike, as well u how We came
| zee II.
The Zig HON R.rer rises about latitude g, ant
| rows nearly due no-1h TO the Yellowstone 1t t
| the largest branch af that grand river, which L
| now known only 10 the hunter and the distant
| camrnlguer; bot which will cone dny be known n
i The markets of the world for the crops and min.
I erals II will bring to them About midway Of IT.
| course the Zig Horn uraals through the noun
| talns, forming one ol the largest canous IN the
! world. rp TO this point Il Ia Known On the maps
as the Wint 1slrcr; but from the mountains TO the
Yellowstone it is tho Big Horn proper md II Is Of
| this part Of the river re propose to speak.
| In the sumner OF 1865 our harry troops, vet
| Grams OF Chjcksnauga and Atlanta, eutered the
Powder River countsJ-as ali the county from
| Fort Reno 10 Fort c. F. Smith was ca1led-to Keep
in cheek the hostile Sioux and 9ive protection
| auA aid to overland emIgrants 70 tho Montana
| 1nibes. Here they -ftved- tvo years, lighting,
scouting and hunting, until the summer Of
| 1s6s, when the country wa9 restored to the
| 1ndians. At tho head of Tic High Horn VALLEY.
! Just Y there the river debOches from the mount
ntns, Fort c. +. Smith was built. It ts near the
point WHERE the adventurous Bonneville emerged
from the wilderness In 1883, after two years wan
dertnG, built his boats Of buffalo hide, and foated
back to civilization and friends, BY way OF the Big
| Horn, Yellowstone and Missouri
| We had muny regrets 1t leaving this charming
! valley, and often now, IN quarters, and around
| caup-drcs. the regrets arc repeated that VIC atr
never to itA clear skies and robler mountains
again; never to take bass trout out Of It's clear
streams, never 10 chase the elk or blac1tan oyer
the hills. or through The cayc1ns or dash into the
plains The policy Of giving up shts country, after
having once occupied II, has often been question
ed. But az We took possession Of It against the
wish Of the Indians who male their home there,
and aB We never acquired right to II from
the aboriginal owners, II WIS undoubtedly best
that this concession should be made to the rights
and interests OF tribes with whom we wished TO be
at peace II the story Of ,hs two years sojourn IN
the Big uorn country is ever written, With all lts
incidents Of marches scouts, and battles its re-
cord OF hunting and nahlpE, aud adventures with
truppeTB, hair breeds, and friendly Indians, II Will
make one Of the mosf readable boola Of the day
In It there Is abundant muertal to Interest the
tusalist and geogTapheF who like to study the face
Of new countries; tho t1nueaman and politician,
who look to the expansion OF. trade and popula-
a.on; the Sportsman, who likes to hear stories,
marvellous IL him, Of tho great herds Of the
north, where We have shot bunalo out Of herds Of
Il, Coo, md elk ont Of hands Of 5000, and TO the
lover OF frontier stptas, such as abound In the
lives Of Old jim Br1dger, tho Gu!des OF BeckWith,
the half Indian, hal Nero Chief Of the Crows; OF
Of Royer, Bapttste, Richard; and other bold and
Jolly fron,iessnen, who have spent their lies light
lns. hunting, and traling with the Crows. Sioux,
shoshones, and Biaekfeet All these would fur
Dlsh atter 70 interest lnr5r class II Intelligent
leaders who atr alTa}S searching for something
new IN the Geld OF letters, and who like to know
what IL going on beyond the reach Of railroads
and telcgraphs-
The Big Horn River nows from the mountains to
the Yellowstone. through a beautiful r4c3 yhl,ev
about hundred rres ,oD.- ami f,,r7, svs IN r,~sn
ty mles In width. IL /. ,,ortrn,n NV fhr yr.on,n.
cent Big Horn Mountains, aud by HIGH rolling
r!atenus, covered with rich buffalo gra.a stretch
Ing hack for miles toward the south and east.
tho y.I1o...,n,s ,.a s,.r.-s l., .,es, l,,..' ~
~. .,aw ,>s.r. - ,s 80 us.s.s,,, aan, "A'u
crca-pr ~ ,rorn- soIdo,. .,,,a,,aH e,.s-ns.
H. stsos -, H.. s.s,.e.-1s asA st'ee =
,a,,ass 49, ror,,a., ..s,h w. eae ~ .ne
o,.,.sns IN, ~ t.1,or ~, .,sn.. ~ .sean.nts.
crouna, sncu 80 ia f,nr,, mi, m oms, 1,r,,,n.
so,t, Tnr .a,lrv !. ve ,rn,cr.i r,th c,c,, ,,o1n
,atn stret,.s AMI to,r,ehIy ,Imh.r,,, Eor cre1
tnc country for .uher ca,tla ~ .ba.n the "a,
f1orn Wiley AMI No.,nt,Ins canno, I've eYrc1.,t n
thc World Thc rich pfnssrs which m nreount ri |
the d.yncss q, tte atmosphere cnrc III, thc vrnui
without Ioslux thpir nu,r;socs ounI,tjea ,so,,,I
tu1 alsa l'a,ru.--- 49,. year rnnnd and !
the frequent cauons and small vnIler8 yuuIi |
hford shelter IN I'LL the storms. All the sheen |
Eiccks Of the wo..1 could craze. winter and gum.
Ntr, Ou tho Asup..4 .1lt3 ben. hes OF thnse n,onu
taihs; and ole Guy. they Will b. ns Yamnus for
sheep-walka md shephtrds as the nr,un,.tns ~
scu,iand, OF the l.t.h lands Of Australia
TINS ty,,ntry al vhfrh y,a A., .no.t.t,.,
tined TO fan,r a. The bo.ne nj bn. ,r..,a ~ .,ae
lnfcra wan. c,e,d.a sn,u r,s,. a.rs-...1"P'
n,fur,. n.s u fot the ,,,,,,h ~ ,,-...s., e -
L.u ,,,,sa..- ana ,be r,.,.., ,." ~ -e.tAnAte' =. '
try arr all srrh ns the ,ho.n iit.a - .,as
sur mos cerraIn,v nts nos,,n - .sa,+. "s s
Wien the wool Ia ,,rov, ber. ali ~ ,oaa1, 3a
world enca-ru m upol1en fshr4.. ~, ~. ,,.,,,...
he streams etnptytur into the n,o Uorn nj
Yellowstone.
tbs climate OF thia rrytou il. something mar,
'elloua II the Fouutatn of Youth. which oId
Ponce de Leon searched for ann ,ihIn.t
Ind, Is not IN ihss Fa1lcF there 1. M |
,se looking further !c7 It Ia the sonthcr, ,a,,
Il the valley, latitude :. 40. NE haye u,nn, RI.
Innate d! Tennessee, Win an nt,nosnh.re -
lear and nure tha. It is ,hn -e,l ntr,r ~ ,,a ~
,reatbe IL HeaItI, IL tho rstrr,l ron,,tl,, ~ w.
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All the clemens Of uroeper1ry .nt wealth ar. ~
found ID TIC Ill, uornl country. where our nt,o-
e need II for settlement and c1itu,. s,I, ,m1 r
innate ERE ali that could be tlrsfrd thr rlvrra
2 FtroDe naylcabte etreama atr. m he., m !
artet great crops md stores Of mlnrrs,X me
osnts:ns furnish pleu,1 Of good p,ae FOR lunfsr Il
n re varf nnar+ .,.,,,,sn ~ r