The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-04-05

1t is wrong for persons and news
papers to misIeHd the people who are
now anxious to go Ia the Black Hills,
by making careless and reckless state
ments about the geography Of that
country. and the routes leading to IL.
Some one sEs sent US a marked copy
OF the Boston Herald Of The 10Th of
March last, containing an account Of
a large meeting. at Federhen Hail. in
that city, for the purpose Of getting up
an expedition from there to the Black
Hills. In speaking Of them, in the
account Of the meeting, that paper
SAP:
- word As to the location Of the
Black Hills region, for the benefit Of
those not wholly posted in geography.
II lies in the southwestern corner Of
Dakota and il nearly approached in
three ways, either by the Northern
Pacific Railroad from Bismarck, the
Central Pacific from Cheyenne, or by
steamboat up the Missouri River. The
latter seems TO have been the favorite
approach with the parties which have
already started, and is the mean pro-
posed by the Boston party.
THE ROUTE
is by rail to Sioux City or Yankton,
thence by steamboat UP the Missouri
and Little Missouri to a point only so
miles from the mines. This distance
is to be got over with mule teams.
The proposition is to start from Boston
as near the LIST of April rs possible,
with from 300 to 500 men, each man to
furnish his own individual outfit and
also n pr~oporlionate part Of the COM
pany's outfit, making The estimated
cost about $50 to each man."
1t will be news to those wholly
posted in the geography Of that coun-
try, hat the Black Hills region Is in
the southwest corner of Dakota. The
Black Hills of the Cheyenne, rs Gen.
Sheridan calls the region explored by
Gen. Custar last summer, is partly IN
the southwest portion of Dakota mot
in the southwest corner, and partly
in Northeastern Wyoming. No ror-
ton of the Black Hills OF Tongue and
Powder Rivers, or of the Laramie
River is in Dakota. They cannot be
reached by the Central Pacific from
Cheyenne, because that railroad is not
within 500 miles of this place. They
can be reached from Cheyenne easily
when the government will permit per-
sons 20 go there, and Cheyenne can
be reached by either the Union Paci-
fc or Kansas Pacific Railroads. The
distance to the Black Hills from Sioux
City is fully twice as far as from Chey-
enne, and about the same may be said
of the distance from Bismarck. The
route from Cheyenne is over n good
road and through n settled country for
nearly one-half the distance; from
Sioux City or Bismarck the route is
through II desolate alkaline stretch Of
country nearly half the distance.
1t will be news to western navign-
tors to learn that the Little Missouri
is navigable, to within fifty miles Of
the Black Hills. This advantage has
escaped the notice of frOntiersmCn
and river men, who are supposed to
know quite as much about the navigu-
ton of our western rivers as Boston
newspapers. The Herald has been
misinformed and is misleading its
readers. The Little Missouri is not a
navigable stream. That paper should
read up its geographp anew about
the western Territories and the nari-
gable streams in them. The nearest
accessible point to the Black Hills, by
river or rail, is Cheyenne; but we
caution the people in Boston and else
where to wait where they are, until
the government will permit them to go
to the Black'Hills. We think permits
sion will be granted before the Goth of
May. Until it is, he patient.