, 1870-07-13
THE INDIAN TROUBLES.
Fight In North T0rt-Return Of Pros.
pec1AFs-W hike Men Killed.

From hs Cheyenne Leader, .JalyT-
Tho pa5ty of prospeetors which . lot chsy.
Bear and Snake Rivers, beyond North Park
returned to the city to-day. We are indebted
to Mr.. /. ". French, who WAS OF the party, for
tine following particulars Of the trip: The t11p
from this city to the Last Chance Mines And
Gipsns ca1p hofth a1t fafEs wsa saafsGa ,Ss p
the party encountered obstacles and
aad adpAo'te Trying " nature, 1us ui' Ind it N was
doubt]ess owing to tho unusn.l energy Of the
men composing the party thAt the march was
peIsevsEed r. n ABOUT Iofty mnes g. na the iass
her, requiring road to be cut for the passage
OF the Wagons in many places. The county
WAS Wild and uubroken wilderness, but in
terspe1sed with the most beautiful va]leys and
streamg. It was found impossible to Pene-
trate with wagons the Whole distance to the
pack s41imals alone. The mines arc
Situated around the base OF high
mountain called Henn's Peak, which is lofty
and prominent landmark OF that section OF
country The gulchsa in which they lie arc
Snake River. Though the mines are called
Snake River mines, they arc some distance
from the stream. and are more properly
termed Henn's Peak mines This is supposed
to be the identical spot visited and occupied
by the miners from Coiorado Wno
the Beur Myer excitement, which existed IN
that TERRITORY few ye41s aincs. The mines
pay readily from e5 to 81 = day to the man
using such sluire-bo1es as 1Ee constructed BY
whip-sawing ont lumber for the purpose.
About sixty men are at work there, and nearly
Id dong IA above stated. and suue are MIX
ing more The point Is about 800 miles from
here, aud the Cheyenne pztty we're sixteen
days in trave1singit it. a route was discovered
On the retu1n. by which the difficulty OF resch-
ing the mines is much 1essened.
me UP back to this city was marked by IN
e;denta calculated materially to add to the
perils and dangers to which our adTeaturers
were exposed. On arriving near Indepen-
dence mountain, in North Park {Giimans
canap), On the 4th, firing Of arms was heard,
seventy sew Gtes under the chief Colorado, who
were engaged in a battle with . large
number Of Cheyenues. It was fortanate
that they encountered the Utes, rather
than the Cheyennes, az the former,
being friendly disposed, IS we'll as
aid Of Tie whites u fighting them. This they
Lad many scruples about dong, a. the num-
ber Of the Cheyennes seemed very large, In
etead Of camping that evening, they pushed
forward by detour to svoid the combatants.
On arriving at Gitman's camp the horrible
WORK OF tE9 ClByenne3 Was Rpp41eut- Lucy
had been to the cabin wbete IN old man named
Shlp,nan lag sick in care Of Mr.. George Van
Dixie. Formerly Of this place. shipman's body
WIS found riddled with bullets, and two axes
stuck in his head. The utensils and furniture
Of the cabin, papers, clothing, ETC., were scat.
tered about ID confusion. One party buried
the body OF Sbipman, and proceeded down to
the ferry over the North Platte, about ten
miles further On. Here they found the boat
gone, and we're obliged to ford that stream
On the bank they found the body Of a man,
apparently German, scslped and bearing tne
appearance Of having been killed within day g
time at least This body was no sooner buried
than they found second body, also scalped,
and lying in tho edge Of the wafer under
q biuH of rocks. No traces we're OBJ
served which #onld lead to Informs
,ion a. to the names Of these men, except tin
cup that was lying near, which had scratched
upon It the name T. Meyer" It WAS sup
posed that Mr.. Van Dixie wae also victim,
| though his body uas not found. Later infor.
\ nation, BY party who has to-day arrived at
Laramie, stasez that his body VAS subsequently,
! found The prospectore, after leaving the
Platte, as may Be supposed, made pretty rapid
| time out Of the dangerous section, and arrived
here to-day, feeling much worn out with the
| tedious experience Of the trip.
Gold, beyond all doubt. exists in plentiful
quantities in the new district, but, Like ; large
| share Of the wealth Of the Territories, "Lo,
! the poor Indian, holds the key