, 1875-04-10
A Prospective Stampede to Tint
Section.
Can tho Military Keep Out tho Treasure.
Seekers2
Desire Of the Indians to Sell Their Claims
10 Tho Country.
Is There Gold In The Black Hits 7...son,c Specl.
mons oi "Argentlfcrou3 (,afona.n


uoto this fact for tho attention Of thoec having
tho ncw California foyer, and who will not bo
persuaded otherwise; and their namo Is legion.
On my trains 1t eceuacd as II every other man
was going either now or In few mouths. It Is
salo to Any that
rEorIE ARE rAsT REASONING WITH,
and this nov stampede Is bcyond control. That
IL, thoy viii not DO satisfied NTH anything short
Of frco exploration at The Ulaok liilis. Any
one will agree will. no who h1n the opportunities
OF questioning travellers from Chicago to Salt
Lake City. aud from Bismarck to Ct. Lonis, on
the subject. II IL In win to cito Tho undoubted
contradictions OF tho various parlloH coming
from tho Hills; vain, talking about past OK
pcricnccs In new mining dlstriots uselees,
pointing to tho imposaibilisy for onc-tcnth Of
thoao who hro likely to 50 obtaining clAin,
ereu should tho Eulches DO divided into ono
squAre-ya,d lots.
Attcr leaving Omaha, while acasod in tho
smoking-csy. the following conSofsatlon atsract-
el my attention:
$50 You're going to The Hack Hills =
hJcst cB eoou eB the Government lots up
swell, ! troyo tcam In Cuatcr's train, aud
tell you
It's sALT.
Thoy didn't get no such prospects. They got
them prospects in tAoir bead. I eaw aomo
good quartz and llttio gold,-thht'a a!l.'
1T Collins and Gordon. Of Sioux City, wish to
examine this testimony. tbs Inst speakers uamo
IL William S. pcck4 Of Davenport, la.)
II don't care. I'm going to 200 for n,yaetf.
know . fe!lor who's been In them Hills, and
fu.der north into tho Panther Mountains, long
tho Rosebud, es fur back es 81, With Sir George
Gote and ho lit onto prospect better nor d
buchen Cuyusc on a cold day"
This WAS but one OF many Intelligent mon. as
vol as educated ones, WHO haro maue up tlois
minds to 20 into the Hills. Some arc going to
try It at once Others and tho majority, will
walt until tho country Ia opened by purclasc.
Thu question aa TO tho ability OF tho military
to accomplish tho distastetul task assigned thom
is Al open ono in tho miuds Of many. think,
lloweyat. tho remarks on this and other points
Of au officer mot to-day are worth repeating.
lie has bceu On the Plains number Of years.
.'1t Eoeius. at titst thought, to be 3 dtnicnlt
thing to undertake. to keep ont ten or twenty
tEoisabd men from thcro with the emall fnreo
available. Eut, If you consider tie matter, 1t ia
NOT 20 HARD.
First. thcrh ia no question OF tho determination
nj tho authorities. Tie President has directed
that tho aroaty must be- maintained, and Con-
Sherman has had this instruetIon ruIlisllsj.
now, tile routea into that country must bo along
tho streams. Tho minors have 10 camp for
watcr, and canuot escape plHervatton. II thoy
do, tue novornment, IS laat resources, can post
troorH OH tha streams running out OF the Hills,
surround It. in fact.-an1patro! between posts
with cavalry"
"snppoaing the miners show asht?s
'bas sley won't. Ire henrd ot only oua man
Tho party Ill thoro nor. war7oEs, mombes of
his party, who ca.ne ont Of tho Hills TO thsa
placo, told mo that Cor Ion announced lila do
termination to roslat tho soldiers II he met any.
H.kJf Il %~jhI tR.x .lnu.k H. L.
party nado up their minds to l.elp tho ao|dlois
II Gordon attempted to fight tle Government,
Have you nerer scen policeman walk Into \
largo CROWD aud make an atroata That's It.
moro isioudiy and respectful 10 thu army than
those Wcatcrne1s. Ny opinion Ia, that tho coun-
try will ho
OPENED m Thirty DAYS.
You aa!d tho Indians rant to bell iss enl1 70
last fall; sent message to that etfsct to Con. H..
r. Bradley, commanding officer at Fort Laramio.
Tie reoplo OF this town tried to got Red Cloud
aud Spotted Tail down horo about tho aamo timo
to negotiate eectctly right for certain par:4cs
to 70 into tho Hills. Tho Indians can do tLnt
under tho treaty. Those Two Chiefs got as fir
az Nick 1cnnose's ranch on the rlatro, but Rcd
Cloud hadn't . raBs to lenvo tho reservation,
and tho thing fell through. TIM Indians liave
learned eomething Of tho Inevitable results of
gold-tllscoyoriss, and want to tako limo by tho
foselook. Tho 'a1uaw-mou amongst tlom llaye
IN Itching palm to prospect there, aud haso
holpod OH that opinion"
"Hiat arc Rquaw-mcn :"
"Whito men living with Indian womon.
There Aso arc large usmbor OF them about the
two AGENCIES aboyo hnre."
tho black IhlH7"
"l1s HARD TO SAY.
There 1nay DO quastz.lodcs and sou,e gutcts-Jig-
gngH. THERE'S no doubt. II, my mind, that thceo
Inns been = good deal Of lying bg somo ono Of Tho
return party 1t Sioux c;ty; pnS 1,f u4ng they bad
found waa alter u4sY left. Then, scaln,
iii tic gold washed out by tho entire party ssas
given to those two to mako showing In
Sioux Cisy,;--about eio worth. That's what
thess lDackrell aud MoClarron, tclove) wero
holned ont OF toan, to 70 to st. Louis by pll-
| rata subscription. 10 tller cleanup could
mol l,aro been much, or elsc they gave 1t oil to
| Gordon"
"Ilow Is It that tho military generally decrclIt
the reports from shofet"
"6lnply bGcauso, rs = cla's, oNlcora arc con-
aorsative: and no positive. testimony has yet
been producot. Tla talk about the!r bolnt& In
tcrcsted IL, Of coufas, boB!l. In tho first thce,
mos. Of them have been In 1uines; and \ burnt
child. yos,..know. Az 10 t!ls clatn,a said to 10
Btakcl out by cuatnrs expedition, that's all hol!-
| Hn,lte. Admit tlicre we're. They Rro not worth
Bs,ucks. Tho treaty makes tue acquisition OF all
suot, property illegal. Bsssdes, tbs UplIea States
Mining law, pasgud three yeara ago, requires
al0 work year for every 100 feet claimed; and
they didn't put 10 ccnts' worth. Mono OF tue
1luaeall party can hold thor ctaitns II any ono
rauts 10 contest them. Wo Hant tho country
oponcd; that's certaiu. 1t
| nDA'T BKi.OSo III THE atnUx,
and nevord :; it's Crow and Dlackfoot land mud
! whnn tho treaty was made. in 1868, at Fort Lar
! amio, tho Commissioners never cared to Gurrec
this error, a1d tho hioux, with thoir usual ag
elesslvo inpaenoo ta1kea the at.er through, 6.
ycns, alluded to. found him tu Judge Willie
heads office str warFsns d from wsshits s';'t
height, Will, sharp features, and 4 complexio,
yory 1nucl, broazoa by exposure. Ilis naunot
.! tollins btu story WIS stEa!8htforwara. Iie ey'
ing Of hts trip. Tho "grassnoppcts cas
him out" at home, and ho joined, uor'
dnt'B Earty At kioux CItr. lln ia tic
miner, and Lis account Of tho valno n! tl,s pros.
poets IL what o,Aora told him --liusootl, Gordon
and Witches, Therefore, that part Of hla story
IN 10 nows. THO question Ut his routes going
and coming. arc of yslns to those who intont
going into tho Hills any how.
Ill says that by atl odds
clskiESsR - TIE POINT or nErAarunE;