Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-04-02

the Colonel. In this connection We woul
remark that Colonel Sswyers constructs
Government wagon road from this cit
to Montana, IN 1865, and knows OF wha
he speaks when he tslks Of the Sioux cit,
route to the new gold fields.
We opened on him by asking his opinion
lof the route from this CITY 10 the Blacl
Hills and he said:
The road is good sil the way. wen
over il IN 1855. and know. There Il plent,
-lof wlOd and uatss oa H. sDste. tn
sirnsd between Sioux City ard SMITH land
IN this county. hes worse places on it thar
the road between here and the Blacl
HiIla. Our route is al right. Just star
wagon or two out for that country ant
there will be plenty of Others to follow
And the best way in the world to build .
road is to drive over It. We have got III.
only straight line to the Black Hills. TIL
route from fankton will tap our roa.i q
Creighton, in Knox county. Let any
: body look at Warren's or aeynold's mar
and they will be convinced If what l have
said.
The Judges Office was considerably
rr"wdcd by this time. Among the party
was
| DIR. J. j. sAvILLE.
Indian Agent at Red Clouds Agency. Al
ter si,owing the company the boundaries
o. 'ae Indian reservation, the Doctor said
That he had made proposition to the Sec.
r-tary "f the Interior to remove the Ind.
ans into country better adapted to thei,
needle. The Black Hills. he said, were
t'e'frctly useless to them. They now en-.
ter only the fist hills on The west and
south Of the range, in order to Craze their
pOnirs
The Indians, he continued. are anxious
% cede the Black Hills to the Government.
Those at his agency expressed this desire
before he left there for Washington. Like
white men. they want money, and are
ready to sell the Back Hills for 4 song -
To send soldiers into the hills after ,ht.
miners would be the worst thing tha
could be done. 1t would hiring on gen
cral Indian war. In his opinion, ii would
be much cheaper and better to let the min
ers 60 there, and then the Indians will
treat on favorable terms. The hills arc
perfectly useless 10 them.
MAJOR BROcKErT
was also present in Judge Hubhard,s of
fce, and knowing that he wrs interested
in the expedition row in the Rla.k Hills,
We put few plain questions to him. and
eteived few plain answers The fol
lowing Is the talk which Ma had ,-i.h ~
Major:
R.-Have you any interest in the CON-
pany now IN the Black Hills?
B.-I have.
R.--Has Chas. Collins, OF The Times!
B. None, whatever
R-But he calls it the Collins Russell
Times Expeditiorf
B-Thst's all right. Any person whn
knows him knows what that means. Mr.
Russell las not = cent in the expedition.
| i aned HIM money to get bis outfit, and
then used my influence To obtain him the
privilege Of accompanying it. There il
not man in the Sioux City expedition
now IN the Black Hills who was influenc-
ed to 60 by anything that Collins or Rus
sell ever did. The men whom they in
'iuced to come here. al got dlsgusted with
them and left. They organized 1t Omaha
and went 10 The hills. believe.
RI hsye been told. Major. that you
out up considerable aboupl IF money in
order 20 start the eApeditiOns
B.-I put over ST. 700 in il. helped
quite number 0f the boys 10 get their out
fiss besides.
R-So Collins nor Russell. AID not even
The Times, had nothing O do in Quitting |
snd starting the expedition?
B Not bit more than the man in the
moon.
THE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
At . meeting Of the Sioux City and
Back Hills Transportation Company held
last evening, the organization was per-
fscted by the. election Of tho following
officers:
Presldent-James A. Sawyers.
Secretary Ed Hem.
treasurer T. Gilman.
6upeTinteDdent-Fred T. Evana
Dirscion-A W. Hubbard, Fl. d Boo9e,
J L. FoIle,t, G. e. Hehges, J A. Saw
yers. George Weare. J. H Charles, Il I.
II. A. Hamilton.
Al this meeiing $4,000 WAS pledged
for lm,nediate use. to BE- expended II H.
ing out with the necessary facilities for
carrying on the business designed ny the