, 1874-09-02
Various Routes to the Region
Distance and Cost by
h. - Each.
The Gold Discoveries a YeriGcation Of
Opinions Expressed BY The Trib-
une Fifteen Years Ago.
Foo1hardfness of Attempting to Visit tic
District Before the Indian Title
L. Extinguishcd.

don. C,1stor's expedition has returned. THO
glowing accounta Of tho beauty and the agri-
cultural ana mineral resourcca OF the Black
Ellis country have attzaoted uniyerBal attention
to that hitherto unknown section Of tho Union
Con, Custer's dispatches. Con. ForBytho's diary,
and the reports Of correspondents, all agree as
to tho facts aboyo Stated. Our Bismarck ooTre-
Hpondent stated In yosterday's issue that Con.
Sheridan had not troops enough In his depart
meut to keep adyonturoua minors out Of this
new Eldozado.
n our MAP,
the e1tent Of tho Black Hills eee1nB somewhat
contracted. Tlis was necessary to show their
relations to tho various poiuta from which they
can .bo 1noat conveniently reached. Later mnpB
nleo show them to be somoWhat longor from
north to south thau from east to west, as the
ongra7cr has represented thom in ours
m HIS ExrEDIrr0S,
Gen. cuator took his limo southwest from Fort
Lincoln till be ntruck tho Little Missouri, md
tl1euce. crosaing over to the North Fork Of tho
Cheyenne, entered tho Black Ellis from the north
went and, passing through them, sent Bovorai
parties to tho South Fork OF tho Cheyenne.
These two streams soem to- embrace the entiro
Biloxi Hills district. From the South Fork he
turned northeastto Harnoy'a Peak, in tue vicinity
OF which
aoLp WAS FOUND IN rAy1sa QUANTITIES,
sYen With tho superficial prospecting tho miners
wero ablo to give tho country. Hcnco lo pur-
sued his way north to Boar Butte, and exploring
au important Accton Of the Little Missouri, ho
returned eastward through Hart River Valley to
Fort Lincoln.
With our present means Of transit, tho Black
Hills Gun bo
MORE EASILY Reached
than any Of our other mining diatricts. Bis
marck and Yankton, Dak., North Platte, Neb.,
ri NxH alt nduih hr
rail; mud tho distance from each to Haruoy's
Peak is not worry difroront. Tho Sioux City
Journal gives the distAncos as follows:
1iits,
North Pinto to Hnrnuya pcak. 21
y1XsI1 YnEon T. u asaess satSy resS os csmse
But Brulo City, on the Missouri somowhc1o
near tho mouth Of tho White Earth River, can
be reached by steamer from Yallktou for 90, and
Drulo City to Hernoy'a Peak is 1o2 miles.
T1rE EXPENSE AND DISTANCE rnor THIS CITY
to tho pointo at tho ond Of or on tho railways as
follows:
Chicago to Bismarck. k..................10 1000 s4o,85
Chicago to Cheyenne. QlG ab.bu
Chicago TO 2anktoa..-. 16o 1o.65
OF courBe tho best and cheapeBt route to reach
tho minos will dopond on tho location Of tho ao-
yenturor nt the ti1no Of starting, From oil this
section, a,ld eastward, tho moat direct aud tho
cheapest route. and In all respects tho best,
IS ny YANKToN.
The Bad Lands must be crossed from Bis
marols md, from the Union Pacific Railway
From Brulo City tho route Is up the Valley Of
tho White Earth, whore an abundance OF pas-
turago wood, aud watcr can bo found: Full
outfits can bo purchased as Sioux City and Yank-
ton on reasonable terms. Wero itnot for the
inIunctionB the Sioux, and tho Government AZ
we'll, nut upon emigranta, tho n,inoH could low
be reached from this city IN from
aEyEN TO TEN DATs AT MOST.
Az tue Government ia responsible for the OK
citoment sure to follow those important dlsooy-
erloH. effort should bo rnado o. Aoon as posal-
ble to oxtlnguiaa tho Indian title. not only to
tho Black lIis, but also to tho Dig Horn Motiu-
taiuB aud the adjacont districts. Tho 1nttor ],e
wost Of the Black IliIla; and tho roporta tlat
they contain gold in large 4uantitiee aa vol Us
tho fact that IL is found III tue Black Hills.
| morely confirm tho opinions given in these COL
umnH
MORE THAN E1r1EEN YEARS AGO.
When, III 1853 or go. It became cortain that
| Colorado waa rich in gold, Judging from goolog-
| ical data, no camo to tho conclusion that
ing Oft from tho mali, Chain OF tho
Rocky Mountains, OF tho range to tho northeast
that forma tho south line Of tho Yalsoy Of the
Yellowstone, must laye doxclopod in that range
goll.boaring districts. Tho paragraph then
published III thosa columns Inns focoiyod ita full
| tillmept In this yoar Of grace 1874.
hut, whilo. u dua time. we expect to SOC
groat ruah to tho Dlace Hills, We warl our roal-
ors that TO so nov would DO not only Aaxard-
| ous, but
| MOST Foo1nAnpY EXPERIMENT,
The Sioux regard tlis aH uacrod territory
Thoy will concentrate their savage bands aud
dofond 1t to tho death with several thousand
| warriors. Whooyor valuca 1tH lifo moro than
gold will stay away till tho 1ndipn title to thcBo
lands III e1tlnguisliad. Any one, no n,attar how
largo his party, goea thoto llow at hin peril.
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