Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-06-12
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|. Who has1pot- heard Of the Black
Hills and tho rich. treasures Of gold and
other precious metals supposed to ex.
list there1 Year after year expeditions
have been formed or talked d to 81:
ploec this region, but no reliable ipfor,
nation has heen obtained concerning
It. Tho expeditions formed have been
checked by Government interference
or driven of by the Indians. Only .
month ago, tho Bozeman Expedition
returned disorganized and to some ex-
tent disheartened, after . months con-
tihu0us fighting with the Indians. re-
porting barren results. : .
AZ the Christian looks forward with
hope and faith to that land Of pure de-
light, 90 the miner looks forward to the
Black Hills, . region Of fabulous
wealth, where the rills repose on beds
Of gold and the rocks are studded
with the precious metal. Nuggets Of
pure gold Is largo as walnuts have
been shown and evidence produced Is
ti1disputable Is that on which the
Christian POUNDS his hope, that they
cono from this promised land :, ss."f
And hence it has come to pass that
with the return pf every spring-time
bold men make their arrangements to
explore this region, and the Govern,
ment officials arc kept constantly on
the alert to prevent it, but the time
has now como when the entire army
could not, much longer, keep the coun-
try from being over run by the irwin.
chile white manly the hardy pioneer.
To-day there is forming on the banks
Of tho Missouri an expedition consist
ing Of from seventy-five to one hun.
dred Of as brave boys as ever drew
bead on > red-skin, to be led by the
redoubtable Chris. ellison, and sworn
to visit the Black Hills and report.
They come in squads from Yankton.
from Moorhead, from Jamestown
from the east, the far west, and from
the south, and early in June they will
meet where provision has been made
for crossing tho river, and with pack.
mules loaded with -four, bacon, ammu-
milton, etc., take up their line. Of march
for the Eldorado Of the north. -,
: Who is the brave leader Of this band |
Of hardy pioneersi we are asked, and
reply, Chris. ellison, who will live in |
history and song as one Of the brayest
men Of his time. Those spirits who
cannot help admirine the yalor Of
Daniel Boone, or the pluck and per.
Of Kit Carson will delight to
revere the name of Chris. ellison. For
twenty eight years Chris. has operated
on the western plains, now . guide or |
Interpreter, then occupying positions |
Of higher trust.
For years he has been an attache Of
the 7th Cavalry-a sort Of nephew Of
the regiment, but Of late, Chris. has
chosen to take his own course, and in
this case he not only proposes to 60
Independent Of the It'll Cavalry, but |
in spite Of it.
Gibson will be remembered Is the
man who in . single handed combat
with party IT seven desperadoes, at
Sargent City, Kansas, in February,d
1873, killed Sam Wright, Thomas Nc.
Leland and Jack Stutzman, shooting
also an arm off Of another, when the
three abandoned the con.
Test. The citizens Of Sargent for this
act voted Chris. their. thanks and pre-
vented hin with q S15O shot gun, and
The railway managers gave him pass
or year over their line Of road. In
November before, Chris. had killed q
Of these roughs named
Is in this case in self de.
enso.
Those who wish to 60 with him
IhOuld apply to him at once ct Bis.
narck. There Is no fee, but parties
dining viii need ; mule, gun, rations,
&c.
: About tho 18th Of June, ten com.
,anies Of the It'll Cavalry, under the
Of General Custer, two Sec
ions Of artillery under the command
# Lieutenant Chance, accompanied
~ Lieutenant Colonel Fred Grant and
3epcfA Forsythe- Of General .Sheri-
lan's stan, Colonel Ludlow, and sew.
,ral practical miners will leave Fort
4. Lincoln for the same region. Their
mission Is peaceful one. They go to
EXPLORE the country, . corps Of obser-
1ation, and will not interfere with the
Indians unless attacked by them. The
expedition will not be attended BY ex-
,ens6 to the Government, as the men
md horses viii require fewer supplies
n tho march than in camp.
CHANGES OF 4 CENTURY.
The nineteenth century has Witness
d many and great discoveries. Il.
In 1900 Fulton took out the first
'atent for:the Invention Of the steam.
Tho first steamboats, which made
egular trips across Atlantic Ocean +
vere the Sirius and the Great Western,
d 1880. =.
The first public application to prac-
ice the use Of gas for illumination was
made in 1902. l.
In 1913 the streets Of London were
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