Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-07-08
DOttfrlgs by the way.
Correspondence Of the Keorcc GoMacr
TIE HE'LL GATE REaIoN, J
MONTANA TERRlToRY, I
June 18th, 1870.


DEAR COURIER IF the above caption
CRATES upon your ears, don't lay the blame at
our door, for you well know if we had had the
naming, something more cuphonius would
have been substituted. The man "that went
before us, and the gcographcr are the m.
mortalizcd, not US, aud we don't propose to
transact any great deal Of business around
here, and Shall not "tarry long" though it is
Of our own free will aud accord We made the
trip, and don't feel frightened so far, and n
20 back with MS 4 moment, we will show how
VIC got in. Well, on the III, instant, Col
Robert NJ. Steele, of Helena City, and our
self set out on horse back for trip to the
He'll Cato River, some seventy five miles
south hwcst from lIclena said stream being
formed by the junction of the Deer Lodge
and Little Black Foot Rivers, near Gold Greek
city, and not very far from Pioneer aud
Pixies Peak cities, all places of more or less
note the postoificc being at the former place,
with accommodation express to the other
points named, aud adjacent mining camps -
BY paying from four bits to one dollar per
letter, and for packages in proportion, say dis.
tance from two TO fifteen miles, greenbacks
or dust" We had intended to go through
in the day, but was delayed in crossing the
Little Black Foot river, our travelling con-.
panion, and cousin, got in the river pretty
near, swimming, and mrcI III the slough, as
did our other cousin month before, when
going over Same turnpike road, but if you
could sec them, and take their Aviord upolsc,
as Gen. Phil Sheridan said Of the gold brick
We saw him 'hcfting," you would not be
surprised at their sinking, for the Colonel
weighs 200 pounds aud the Doctor 1SS
pounds. We had the advantage Of them, for
we would neither sink in the stream nor nlre
in the slough Getting out safely, we found
cncampcd. a number of Pilgrims, on their way
to the new Cedar Creek miues, directly below
where we proposed to 90. They had crossed
their wagons over tho river on m old bridge
and swan their teams through, and was at
dinner or as they called it, grub" or "hy
yumuck a.muck," in the Chinook Indian
jargon. They insisted upon our joining them
in cup Of Coffee but VIC declined on account
Of the weather, for as they say out hero, it
was terrible hot, but VIC went under their
shade and partook of our own dinner, SO well
imprcyiscd by DR.. w. j. SIS iady, at whose
house VIC have stopped since wo .camc to
Helena, and who is famous for arranging
something that never fails to tempt the APP
petite of tho epicurc. We soon hunted our
stcetls, thai wo had larratcd near by, and all
broke up camp. Our party wc saw, were
we'll armed with rcpcaters Henry rifles and
butcher knives, but wo have not seen in our
travels over the Territory the necessity for
tho incumbrancc. but perhaps discretion is
the better part of valor, and as has been 40
oiton repeated, "In peace prepare for war"
We have no doubt that in the Yellow Stone
and Marias sections of the Territory it would
always be most wise to 60 prepared to "stand
off" tho "I4o mon" The Sioux tribe mover
intcnd to be civilized, but they may be killed.
out, and wo think the fight might as we'll be
commenced. IT seems hard for somc persons
to see this, but it docs not seem so to us. for