Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-07-16
Helena, Montana, Thursday, July 16, 1874.

lians, commanding Camp Lewis,-than
whom no more upright gentleman can he
found, will personally see that these goods
are distributed as per intention of Uncle
Sam. Camp Lewis is almost upon the very,
site selected for the proposed new Agency
for the Crow Indians; but the belief prevails
that the change will not-as it certainty
should not-be mace, and that 4 special
agency should and will be provided for the
River Crows at some convenient point in the
Judith Basin. than which in my opinion no
better location could te selected than at or
near Camp Lewis.
On Thursday evening, June p, from head
quarters at Camp Lewis, we discovered en-
camped ut the crossing of the Muscleshell
road of Big Spring creek-a couple of miles
below-a company of cavalry, and rightly
surmising that it was Company F, of the 2nH
cavalry, under command of Capt. Geo. l..
Tyler, We paid them flying visit, and spent
very social hour with Capt. Tyler, Lieut..
Chas. Roe, and DR.. Whitefoot. This COM
pany was returning from Carroll to Ellis
having been down escorting drove of beeves
for Buford. Capt. Tylers company are
mounted on as large and fine and fat u lot OF
horses as ever saw, their appearance belying
in every particular Nast's late derisivc csrica-
ture Of the U. s. cavalry in Harper's Weekly.
Capt. Tyler is known as most efficient mill
tary man, and certainly n.akes a very good
impression upon one on brief acquaintance.
Lieut.. Roe, it will be remembered, is engaged
to and Is 20 lead to tie altar at no distant day
one Of the accomplished Miss Bogerts, of
''ozeman, and his observation-disclosures upon
this occasion was pardonablc, though per-
ccptible. DR.. Whitefoot preserves to the last
his usual equanimity of spirits and geniality
of disposition, ard his homelike greeting is
ever welcome.
Carroll is distant from Camp Lewis only
p miles, and our regrets were numerous that
we could not complete the journey to that
point: but the orders of Lieut.. Nelson speci-
fed Camp Lewis as the objective point, and
duty required the expeditions spo.dy return.
In reference to this new freight route. opened
through the enterprise of the Diamond 'R'
Co., it is perfectly safe 10 assert that 1t is en-
tircly practicable and by far the shortest and
most feasible one to and from the main GEN.
tres of Montana, and it is now settled beyond
contradiction that this route will continue to
be the favorite one for shippers and travellers
until the Northern Pacific or some other rail-
road shall be completed to our borders. 1t
is true that things which men could not con.
troll have rendered the opening of this route
! very tedious and have caused delays in the
delivery of freiGhs which will not recur an
other season. The road, for the most part,
was never travelled by wagons until this sea-
son, and. although there are few natural OBJ
structiors-s as heavy grades or marshy
bottoms-to impede travel, yet the continued
heavy and unusual rains of the past three
months 40 moistenel the ground that 1t has
required an extraordinary amount of cursins
on the part of travellers to make kny headway
! whatever. The rains, however, have COM
paratively ceased, and the road-bed is now
for the most part in good condition, and
hereafter little or no delays will he made in
the transmission Of freights either way.
After a three-days visit and rest we bade
adieu. regretfully, TO the whele-souled and
gentlemanly officers of Camp Lewis, who
had made our stay most agreeable, and started
on our homeward journey, making A-milt
drive and camping in q timber coolie neal
Judith Gap. In this camp We remsined I've
nights and one day, the showers making !
too disagreeable to think Of travelling On
the morning Of the 28th, the clopds disap
peared. Old Sol came out in full glory, and
the homeward march was resumed. On shit
day we travelled 80 miles, and encampod On q
small stream between Fort Howic and CsmE
Potts, which latter point We could have made
in good camping season, but the commanding
officer ewore he wouldn't. On the next DAY
Monday the 29th-we made short drive
Of eight miles, and halted for the night |"
that splendid and hard.to-pass- houe-ssop
ping city knowa - Fort Ben. So'ckney, IL
the Copperopo,is district. Gen. 6tckneJ
himself wss abeen. on leave, but The honor
and hospitalitiss to Us were showsrsd uospsf
ingly BY Col. Ben. C. Kingsesry. We ar
rived .. Baker ou The evening Of tho Soth
maki>r he III miles beswesa Lewis and
Baker in three and half dsys drivise. The
trip throughout wss Interesting md pleasant
\ beine for ths noss ra1s over conntry new