, 1870-03-14

letter from q Member OF Colonel
iaker'0 Expedition.
The Eiifors Pubiie L<dneT. Phitadelphio.

sas A@NAtS'" . Aet*e A<4*tfs "t@30lAFAk0t
BnzRHAE, Montana Territory, Feb. ~
CORRECT ACCOUNT OF COLONEL bAEna's KxrEpY,
1los A0A1ssr THk BLACkFkkT INDIANS, 1T ONE
CT lis AKxEKRa.
On tne 9Th Of J.nuary, We tesi Fort Ellis, N. T..
II d PR ceedsa to Fort shaw. on tue San RIVER,
where the expedition waS orGsnizet. Here we
bad to reunsu several osyr. on account OF the CT
trtme colo0ets nf the weather, tue thetmo ueses
the dsytimc.
AZ room as this moderated ve commenced or
hunt attel The FeEan srne Of the Biackfeet IN H.
act. who had been for Soma time paat tue perpe-
fsAtofr OF Lunefons murder1 and roboeflsa IN
We ief, Fcr1 snsw At dayhrest On tss 18th OF
JabusF!, sod marched IL tho Seton River,
where We lay sll Gar on The 2o!h. Our command
conststed Of Companies F. g.. q. and 1. Sec31d
United sta.ea Cavalry. and + l-tacumeut OF SIXTY
mounted Zen itom rae fnirseeata 1niausEJ. 4
Fort SHAW. Two Companies OF tue Tnuteenth
1tfantrJ tftsnoouotsd,, accompanied us a. wagon
guard. The whole exsetltton Eas under the tn.
Major sscocu Cuiteu s'sre4 Caver7. L.svlnz rue
Seton A. dark CD the evenn2 Of the 20:pp ve MaFca.
e. sse g a ;o,s n 1Ss nP d.: esss
We lag untll dark en- the e7antt Ct tue 9iet
Hete We eft our Wa2oa train and guard, and
tat'nR enly couple Of o.Etsts on onr saddles
bee-lile match acto.s The htuns fos tne cont
where orr guide, Joe Kip, e1pec. I'd 10 mad the
P!ekane cau ped We marched all night, and q:
eat5 d1En concealed ourselves Ia 1 pocket tn
The rludf, where 20 were 'upeEed to pasa tbs
whole Of 3 mlsersoly cold day e,tno1t water o,
,n nctd sail:eEt ~ sven T. e oook co1se AZ dass. or
ocs Eo;lsono Earch, and NJ 1ergth reached 4
lightly tavine. which, The guide Informed ", hs1
never rc.. matted mt BY t.o .n,,e men- Tnts
We1eaosIy 6eue,r, for tae d.%v0isaV. !; presented
Here ole Of our men had tbs misfortune 70
etea. hi1 leg, but rather than oe lei. to eucn
eou,ny. eI VI only Two companions. b sun1onsd
ionser: alsoouRh he wa IN terrible agony tue
AT da1sre&k On the morning OF the as1 NJ
lbs Bt1sish rortesslcns, and GANG upon teopee
occnplcd ~ GRAY Wolf 2ut hls family, numbering
~ no:.,n 81 "Fo msfs ~.as pr..oDs,s = quss =
Iss'oo that ack Eazie and B'g Horn, Win the
t1sh3 nss1 e.mp 0! tic heEanA we're At Big Bend,
t:hsts. with 1 few wazEort. F4a camped \ fsT
TILES further ocHo.
The conmaed It once started on full 64llop for
sixteen ules. This they had covered by I o'elock
Z. H., vncn taeJ nutat lite hurricane upon iao
camp, which they found TO consIst Of thtfsy.xwo
lie south Rlde Of the nver. Tbs Indians u,
tempted retlatarce, and tsed ! few 4hots oas
ns them taking eject on = soldier Of Company
1ufura'ed the connAbt that ttev u opce put an
cid TO Eealstarce b charging right 10 amonK ,ns
ieePees and shooting down erelJ one they could
1rd- The work OF slaughter continued fof about
three hour, .hen the troops could 1od no more
Indians to It'll. except few equawt and pApoosct,
o Tnsse teey made prisoner ,oaethes WIN Wof
Killed.
The whole hero, amounting to orer tnree hun.
It, While tnr rcnaiuorr Of tue comnapt Bro ed.
Cd TO Mountain ca efs camp, which they !ou1d to
&C fifteen nlles dl-sanr ArFtved there, tney found
ap Indian vss 70 70 iound. Esideuce Of tae:f
haa.y departure vas ample; the lodces 1ust
struck; Ire pots full Of meat stl on IL. fses and
arourd. There vers only seven tetpees IN tbs :
camp. and not forsI-1our, - esroneonsy stated IN
sae rtss newspaper accounts Of tne arals.
this camp anIa nearly o;cioe1 tae next M mainire,
sud tie troopa hAy.pZ been fasting for thirty Yak
kourz, mAfchtDE distance OF between 1eTenty
ne,he. aor soy 70 %
The rtsnlts Of tho expedition hare been .arionsly
stsns i :! q, ss
The aeld; s9 1odGes destroyed with All ther PROF.
e1v; over 500 not.es caprnsed, .mong them some
ner, Wolf ra,, scd Spotted Vol, Ch,efa, 1ern III
Killed. Black EaRle managed TO escape, but Ne
afleirazus found out from The Bloods that hs wss
IT'S believed that many mo1e Indians were
uouLded, who crAuled Oh n sue brush TO die.
he coo1t - soove gwen including on'J those
who were found cead II tho caup. Tbs squAwa
Act children wtle xtren lodge 2nd = few n:ces-
..r.ef, add we're left in the csnp- Toe ioa OF tue
froopa was are EnAn kilted. On the morning OF
tae 18th We lett The scene Of desaetaion aod c1n.
netced cur nomeWxfd narcu, which ne eIpe-
cited a. much Il possibla on account Of hAr!ug no
Ikt,ons q forage. On the ssh. we came upon =
Ereed ~. dsspatched at:es. The .etsestaR
% return: inere cane laden win potr41o meat ~
pte.euu to The soo,ers, aud on demand really
gave up what s'o1en stack they hAd in shetr pos
srasr, and arlved on the ssh At Fort sn1v, vacre
ve iaJ o!er tol day. and returned 70 Fort k'1ia
on the 9Th Of February, 4fter suffering for RlIsJ-
supposed men could poas.o:y eadure. Wherever
Sc passed On our return we Weft greeted with
ensesa. and invited to psrtake freely Of sns nosp
d;reas Sulphur Hines.
From tAs San Ffeness-o Alta,
The preductscn Of sulphur snd manufacture oi
- compounds III California Il rising In import
aLce. The cs'ef supply q The World u ootaioed
stste uted the sscsltan pnGs'sne until la:el5.
Now the sulphur WoIka on tbs shore OF Clca1
lsxs ps0daee font tons asI = much = tae
te!raoeap. the incfeaied charge On account OF the
comoo1tio1e nature OF the maIerlal, and the ne
prrven: any oia:orosaoe OF t1ado 10 cass cargo
should b. delsyed or lost g,ve decided Adyso.
ages to tho home rnaEulac,1re.
The s!c1ltan hr1nstone eAcnot Be ta:d dom here
Tor !esa than four cents par pound, and the do.
Ecsttc Ia sold foE four Ard 4 half cents. C!eaI
Lake ocenplea The crater Of an extinct volcano,
ana the eE1dences Of volcanic action ara Apond.
ant In the vic nifty. The triangle torzned hy the
leke. the GeJferS aud 81 He.eoa-eAcn about
Thirty miles nom the o.her two-aoounda with
volcanic scosls, Tap, lava, oaeld!s1. luta, xaru
sprtr sB, aId other renAiCs OF efupttons, and
.1Gos q sno:e1sa1e1n heat 1t no great distance
from the surface.
TIE sulphur bed OF Clear Lake IL shout eight
n1llea from the southern end, on 1he eAsterr
fhorc, on}J feK hundred ys1ds Nom the wA:cr
arc numerous alkaline and sulphur Gpr1pKr, and
Also vent holes from which spipnn1p1s fumes e.
cape The3s holes are surrounded By btAuttfu
c1Jstals OF p2re tulphnr, osposstad from tht
!uue rtatog from below. TIE Earth, containing
about 80 psf cent Of sulphur. 4 rlleed in "a rot
10 that she sulphur Is driven Cd IN fune,
into = receiver. WHARF It settIes IN \ l'q1l
form, and runA out Into p!ne taxcs, two feet lons
and loot tqusIe. 1t IL ~ pute n the S,ctltat
| by.ns;ope, hut the latter como IN stcks wntcl
/ arc nufe convenient fu1 h4aoluZ when 2I4l
pieces Are needed
Tpe fump sulphur II usad chiefly for MAXIM
powder and sulphuf1c AID. which last II enplo1es
| ia natipR bi1eaIoue, giant powder, nitric scso
spo fnuriauc &c:d, and tn n tontnRt1od and A:sef
TDe consumption Of Gulphufic, n1tslc. and mHtAt1
ec.d On tho coass Auounss 70 2ooo,o ,oe poonds
| and tho enule dtDand Il supplied o5 aone nAnu
Lately the production Of nour Of sulphur h1
| been commenced at clear Lake. Tnc fnmes ptts
t iry OF rom tho resust, tk51eAd OF being cAI!e
mo sMAu hot receiver. ~ lo1 ot1G46ones Ne y
| INTO larEc cool chamber. IN whicn heJ COZ
dense TITO Eaty. Rno H.afe condluou. 1n1 !Mt
Of sulphur Wit be needed IN lAfKe q74nuaes ne3
spftnx and sumner Is 4 ease for tho nude :
| which Attatka the vtnes, Aed did zfeat dau4&e !
| many OF the vineykfQ1 l2At JnAE. Tae L0Nt