, 1870-08-30

We are ut last able II lay hcforc our rcataera
full details VI the n4oyclaents Of tho Big Horn
Expedition. The frst OF the party. captSln
William Wise, 70 whom we axe indebted for
our information, arrived hero yesterday Our
las. word 81 ns, tAs n,Esy vs. ssn from es thss
from sveetwstes, at which place theJ ..wcye
left BY the detachment Of troops sent ont
to bring them in. Tha party spent several
days prospecting in that vicinity, but without
much eucce.e- II wss then resolved to divide
into Thea pa1sles, each to make their way oEt
to civilization, ns supplies we're getting low.
About thirty Of the party accordingly returned
to Camp brown and South Pass, and thence
10 this city. where they arrive to-aay and
to-morfo"- Another party Of about
tho esma number abandoned their
waEora. ard, taking pack animsls, set
Oh, for Montana ac1ns, the country. The re-
niainder Of the army, numbering from fit; 10
sixty persons, with eiz Wagons. took north
esa route far the ean,c Gpcttnatiun, expecting
to rttlkc the old Boz-ma;l road. within hun-
A1ed uiles from their carap- Esesy rElvAtion
AID hardship was endured b there brave aa,
iiheir rosi through ti1abx and over
rough and dansc:oaB places. No In
diane were seen After ieasinE The vicinity OF
Camp llrow1.. Thu only casualty occurring to
airy ot tile e1Pcaitlon vas The death Of a
young u,an named ffenzy NcHenry, who hsE-
Ing lett camp TO 60 out Auating. lost his way
and wandered about until starvation caused
his dea,h. Three days we.e spent in
fruitless search for h4m. when i. vas re-
,imo Mc1lensy was lost his dog CANE
into camp. in fsuiahed condition. Il
~Rs hoped tho dos would en1eAror TO
return to McHen1y. but his suffesings seemed
to lAyo destroyed the natural tns&incts OF the
animal l. few days later the poor mans re-
J,tS ks7N
milton BY hiu side, proving TINT his death MAS
updonb:edIy from starvation, and Lot from
the hands Of Indians, as hAa been feared. \
proper inteEment WAS given the 1etnalns. and
sh;s solitary grave in the wilderness marhs
sacrifice msde to the restless. ambitious. aat
adventurous episit which ever le.sls in tho van
/ os civilization. - .
S. fas At tho success OF the expedition is
concerned. we cannot speak - horefolly as
we would Hirb. They were completely inter-
1;e.ea from going on 70 the best s.nds for
wntch country lies east OF the sections which
they t1ave1eed. They were gissn distsnct-
IL 10 understand br the oficess
| who vi2itei them after leaving. Camp
Brown, th.t they would be brought
back by government troops II they pers1sted
In going into the Big HoFn. country. They
were assured this would be doaa even il II
| required force Of thousand soldiers to do
it.
! Al no place were paying prospects, found
60 far A. the party went after leaving sweet
water. Better prospects, were fonna On Elk
.nountpin. neat ,he Gas Of the e. r. Z.
T.. thsn At any other pla:e. When people
ab.naon.the sdez that mines to be good
must necessarily be in the remotcs'
and most inaecessible localities, then thosa
| near civilization. the Elk Mountain district,
Tor instnnce, will be occupied ard worked
with profit and eatisS.cttoa.
The key to the richest gold mines in Nsoua,
ing, OF perhaps in the world. it seems IS moi
vet within the grasp Of white mea- The tedi'
Gus process Of 1ndian extinction must 50 On
nerhaps for years, before this realization
Tic process, though SLOW, is suze, aud Vt
haye conddenee that tie time is 40: fat dis
tart when government prohibition Of the &C
cupation oi the Big Horn country Will ba Ee
moyed.