, 1874-08-27


tout ot .'doatnntuR, IA plauo whoro tho troaa
havo bcou probably burnod. and havo then fallen
or boon blown down, crossing Quo nnothor In
every aircotion. with ,ool'ses of yoMng poplnra
horo and there. Bpnraoly covering tho Blato or
sandstone which orops out iu vertical lelgas at
tho crest OF tho hills. Tho morning waa 80
fogay TINT wo ha!scd couple OF hours .ustn Tie
stll Essipatod 1t md onhblc1 us to look ont o,r
course. Movotl cast into o small valley In which
was running stroam, which wo sklrtc1 for aome
n,sloa; thenes directly north up tito hill ipto
ano!hor 1eadculng, across Hono asouy, pino"coy'-
erct htlls, osor .nnothor crook. and through
camp at $50 p. NJ. after ono OF tho hardest
days m9schea We have yet made III tue Black
Hills. Distance, 14s4 miles northeast.
Moved ut 4s45 duo cast along tho bank Of tho
greek Nron which NO had boen cncampea, pasa~
Ing three Of tho
LARGEST nEAyEn.pANa
i hare over soon tlonce north, at1d again caats
encampiug; upon i beautiful strosm fed by, III
iuntnenso spring Of the coldost wator save feo-
wator. I evor drank. Distance 7}8 m''es oast'
oAxr No. 81, Mont,s,. Aug 10.
souto through tito outlying mountains to tho
plaius, aul thence to Doar Butte. nayo OK.
piozed two yallo,e, but cannot find = good
wagon-road Will try auothar route to.day.
so%ta ss ovor spmalI iii into ane valley, about
half q milo wdo. With splendid stroan, Of
water running through 1t, AMI covered
With tho .aneat Kind OF grass. Moved
won't tnto ITO camp @ Ut il ~, whore wo intend ro-
naming until the. .12th inat. to givo tln epgl-
ncerH ali opportunity to accurately determine the
position Of the principal reaks oi tlIego n1oun-
taiua; and TO 1e1it tho command preparatory to
ctr march to the Little Missouri River.
Con. Custer aud ulysolt made caieiul explo-
ration for u or 10 mllee down tho crock aud
found o
GOOD w4aos.noAp TO TUE pLA1sa,,
III camp all day, retltting. Bent 1orwald TWO
compnnleA Of pioneora to put the road In order
for to-rnorrow's nlnrch. bay clear and boauti-
ful; weatiorpe,feot.
CAMP No, az, Wednesday, Ang. II
q, Wo have finally concluded that tho stream upon
Ehtch wo hare boon oncampod for tue Inst three
daysls
THE nox ELDER,
although II runs II q more southor1T direction,
aud boada higher thau II Ii shown to do on the
map. Moving down tho bank Of tho atream
Crossing It NOW and tAan % 1t cuts Into tho hank
On either aide, we lnally oucampea Q milos bo-
low cur mornings roating-plaue. We lind an
agreeable change in tho foliage along tho creek,
--olm saliug tho slace OF pine, aud any quantity
Of hop-yincs, III full bearing, running. all ovor
them. Just IN we were unaaduing, a lne buck
rnn through camp, aud no ono dare shoot him for
foar Of hitting Soma OF the mon or horHos. Ills
toMclity proved llf@ safety, ana. aftor our oagrn
Aad subaacd, wo roalfy enjoyed bis feat. All
along tho route Hltlco wo 1layo beon iu the Black
Hills, we havo found and killed. door in abnnd-
ance; also few cls, anu ono grlszy bear.
0Amr No. 81. Thursday, Aug II,
8tartod ut p. Ill.,, aud, crosH1ug tho Box Eli
which has forced III way through tho limestone
bluffs that just here loom up aiong the east
bank Of the stream in bulid wall, ind pushed
up on to Au open prairie, or pass, about lDO loot
sboro tho crook. aud, moving south al9ng tue
Elder anka In Its bed and disappears entirely,
though VIC followed tho dry bod down stroan
for sorerat miles. Capt. Rayuolds in hin ro-
port Of the oouutry adjacent 10 tho Black Hills.
montiopa ths ~ q curious faet, stating that
nearly all Of tlo largo strcau1B running out OF
the bulls
H1Hx AND DISAPPEAR gNT1nELY
before finally oluptyipg into tho Belle Fourcho
And South Fork Ut the Cheyenne.
just as wa reaohed camp tonight, ono Of tho
mon Of Company H. James King, died OF ty-
phoid foyer. Ha vii! bo buried III tho morning.
,, CAAp No. *, Tuesday, Aug, Il.
Started at 1 a. M, A1ld moved directly cast,
Across tho outer range Of mountains, finding
good road up on to tllolr crest thonoo across
worry pretty, rark.Mke country, md down long
: divide, into valley hem,nea In BY few OUT
lying bills 81 Tho range. Moved nortl tor about
thence aast across the 1oot-hills Out on to the
plQns near tue hase Of
BEAR nuTTE, ....
wi,cro We now are. We all leave the Black Hills
with regret, for NO have onjoyed them worry
much, The scenery Is beautiful, grass splendid.
wator hno, and climate delightful. hope to see
the day wien thale will be any number Of brave
Gett!ers and llno turns thore.
Distance marched, 26s4 nllea.
CAMr SEAa Bean BuT7E, saturday, Aug. IL,
Went up tho Dutlo this f0ronoou. Compared