The Red Cloud chief., 1875-05-13
n LAND OF GOLD.
One q tie Returned Black Hills Miners
tails Q Bee" 9sSoets4 Al

VuoI1cS NOSot0Ss tue NO lJISu'
man. Of Sioux City. who has the
credit Of being the originator Of the
present Black Hills excitement, Or
rived bers Thurrdsy afternoon from
Cheyenne. accompanied by the miners,
fifteen in oil. Who we're taken out Of
the Black Hills BY the United States
troops. The party, With the excep-
tim Of N. r. Corderro, OF Wichita
Kansas, went right through to Sioux
City. He renai ed over here and will
start for his home to day.
Much scattering informstiou has a.
ready been published concerning the
new Eldorado, bat as yet We have not
seen the whole connected sto,y Of
the mi6ers in print. W. have obtain
ed from Mr.. Cordeno. who has been
there" the whole narrative Of the
parties winter experience in the Hill,
and Ne think il vil be read With IN
eager interest by the public, whose
attention il now turned 20 the new
gold fields. Mr.. Corderro halls from
Wehita where he has made bis head
quarters since 1867. scting on and Of
- government scout, guide. hunter
and trspper, and 10 evidently . man
Who had much experience ~ . front.
iersman. He isa regular plainsman
in appearance, being thick set, heavy
square built, with black hair and black
eyes, and dark heavy moustsche, while
his skin u tanned . dark brown, almost
the color Of an Indian.
The departure Of the party Of min
ere from Sioux City early last fall Is
already we'll known.
THEIR ROUTE
from that point extended over seven
hundred miles IN . circuitous wander
ing. They went up the Elkkorn,
crossed in . northwesterly direction .
streem called the keeapauhai, struck
the south fork of the White Earth
river, reaching the Bad Lands, and
thence to the north fork ofthat stream
thence TO the Bad River valley.
T~hirty-6ve miles further on they had
to build Q road oil the way from the
breaks of the Cheyenne down a dis
lance of ten milea They travelled
from there 2l5 miles, . great part of
which was unnecessary, but which
was the result of their ignorance Ot
the route. 10 fifteen days more travel
ing they came within IS miles Of the
Black Hills, which in . direct line
however we're not more than ~ miles
distant.
After Q most eveutful march Of sev-
enty-eight days, aud after considerable
suffering. the party reached
GUSTAV 8 PARK
on the 23d Of Deceuber' almost dis
heartend. The first thing some Of
them did Was to prospect, and they
obtained fifteen ''colors." Others did
the tame with . similar result, aud
they became satisfied that there was
gold there. That same evening
A MEETING
was held. and it was decided to build
. stockade, for which . location was
at once selected, and on the moaning
of the 18th, the men went to work
with . wall, ani in . few days
A STOCKADE,
eighty feet square, with four bastions,
making it on the four corners 20 feet
square, was erected. II was composed
Of logs thirteen feet high, one foot
thick, interlaced and pinned, with
other logs inside. Six cabins we're
built inside; they being finished on
the l5th Of January. % that same
day . part of the company began
PROSPECTING
On January 18th they were reward
ed with the first good prospect Of
three consecutive pans, weighing .
half dollar each. On the 9Th the
same party took out ten dollars worth,
which wat given to Gordon and
Wicher to take back to Sioux CT v
for exhibition. Gordon aud WITCH +
for Sioux City February Sd,
arrived there on the 9th. On tie
18th of February two of the party
and McLarne-became dis
oourAsed and
AFRAID OF THE INDIANS
and started for TT Laramie. On the
6th Of March another party Of four,
Warren Williams ponald Mcdonald,
and Thomas started for Chey-
eone. Warren and Thomas faithfully
promised to rrturn with hep, which
would have been needed in May, Is
The Indians are troublesome then. In
order to shield themselves from the
Of cowardice and weakening"
they created . false sympathy for the
and told exaggerated tales
,f their sufferines, When no such
sympathy ~ wanted. The military
,t6cerA acting under orders. and in
ated to greater activity By this gym
at once started for the stock
'de With . force from Fl Laramie, |
BY Williams and Nc Donald, |
rho had remained at 1t Laramie, and
rho resolved $50 each for their SER
'ices ~ government Gcidcs. Tie
roops never could have found the
without their guidance.
The stocksders had plen,y Of pre-
L-,.O0 rounds Of Hour, 400
,ounds vi bscoo, q head Of cattle.
md sugar aud coffee to last them for
oar Dostha, and If they could have
eoeived their mails, to have learned
b EeelinIs and movements outside, |