, 1875-04-30
Capt. Mix's snccossful Expedition After
tho Harncy's Peak Miners.
Tie Stories Tuld hy lilo Mon Brought
Back ljy tic Military.
They AFRO sanguine Of the Existence Of
Gold in Paying Quantities.
But The Leader Of The Party Expec.s 10 Make
His Money by Tho salo oi 7own.Losa


safely on This aldo Of tho Plato Kiror. Tho
Government has, through iin. given the flrtt
positive asnGcanco Of what it intends to
20 In yii'diea:ng tho honor Of tho
nation. Once before it was attempted
Capt. Guy r. Henry returned from
frnitlcss linnt. hmaeif o cripple for life with
forty out Of flfty Of h,s connmaud frozen. Capt.
Nix with the sams obstacles to overcome, alnuAt
the sA1ac severity Of weather 10 contend against.
Lung OH longer. aid found tho minors. tloao
Asgonants of '7J. That ma1o,l, and ita inc!deuts
Of deep snows, icy streamn terrific windp, broken
country to crnan and Tue faithful efturls Of the
soldiers, would make
Az 1S1EnrsTTsG crArTrn;
mould i,e totnea1,at like lilo OH tho plains. It
would uoed ITO central figure will, band toot-
ing to give 1t 1ouriAh. It wns lard aud disa-
greeable duty well done; hard, because OF its
difficulties and dAngers; disagreealla Inning TO
ecpasate tue minRss from the near realization Of
their hopes, purchased at such rink.
Capt. Miz, accompanied by LInuts. Leonard
Hay and Lo Point, left tlAis roBt with Company
n, Second Cavalry. on tho a3d OF Inst March.
Ihe command was to hare boen guided by two
tnncra WHO had Left tho etockndo two
wecla before; Lus,. after tho second daT's
march, the Captain determined to truat TO hiH
MAPS nnd = compnee as tue aaiest plsn. He
marched northesHt from hero to 1iawnide Duttos;
thence northeart 10 Hot Creek dawn that
stream 70 taa Soutil Fork of the Cheyenne
tAsn on to Buffalo Gap,-mhling ten csmPs to
French Craek, y I1iIes from tho stockade.
from Camp sacccHs, Lieut.. 1.o Point, with
pack.trAin OF nnsllea aud dntachment Of cavalry
mon, ten or ffuseu n nun,dGt, wont to uarnors'
tinich, and notified tho miners that ho was there
n~rSa THIN AWAY.
nnl such Of their provisions and blnnkets aa tho
mules would carry. Submitting with good
gEace, everything YES packed which could lie
carried. aud tl,s train strung out thra,lgh the
rnow for tho main camp on french CraeI. Tl,ou
began Tue return mach, arriving a. this plnco
| Oh the 1sil.
1lso various members ot tho D'acf; l1il'a pio.
uentH talk freely stout st,oir adventure. Al SAY
there il no question a4oo:t their returning to
make good thelr claims. believing that fortunes
gro to be- had Only for *lIe irving. They arc
| boia-lookng lot Of rcen- hariut, Helf-re!lant
| air : tnch men only undertake to carry Cut
| u trip like this has bosn. They coEse from
| oil parts Of the Western country; only potion
| heyc ever mined before,-kome ten yearB ago.
others but cue or two. They briuE with she1n
| SPECIMENS OF QEA1rz AsD GoI.u-pEST.
| Some OF tie former lnr,is good. and BONE
worthless, except. pe,l,h7s, o. indications. It
must 10 remembered, too. that 1t III only top
rnrk, blossom. an! float. There Is ono, impair
tant fact Which il OF more value than all tAe re-
1:or.4 II HARDEN. Keynolts' ! indian stories. md
| the accounts said to have heotl gwen by Father
De Snct; it Il this: Thesr ,,i.uers horc aoId hst
s1tcA Mey "'cashrd in a'e Hack Nus Ih!.
,lcy SNOW have That peculiarly bright. clean
color which It Is impossif, for gold.
{ iust 10 lavo aftor being out Of
ths ground three or four u nonthe. Nothing
will prevent tho partcles larso Or small. fron,
becoming dark ai,d tarni.hcd. Acids oven will
not restore it to thss certain al2eaFance IT las
sal. IN that much, as lns been q simcd that the
dust was brought from Sioux Cry. and 10 on.
| An IN tho thar RfSekS 1}filEi[Y.
ug they only prokpocte1 . lutte; a'es time was
n.rA,ly sront in housing themselves and fort!fy-
tnc against tho Indians; the uast ther Mas too
cold the creek frozen a1noat solid, and tho dirt
vaslet! had all to bo thawed first. The party
bnlit six donb!o cabins, and stifro1hded then!
with u s.ockade. This work occhIdad most OF
] their time in Ils good wea.htr
Tho party OF course
/ COMPLAIN VERY n1TrrELT
of having to ieato their prs,e.tY. mud tho fair
prospect (As they say) o! q fortune. They DO
int bamo the oilicera aud solIiest hut ts', Pres-
dent. They claim, that re treasS with the m
! dams stands ou tue Eauo footing n oua' With q
| foreign power: that Il u IN tue powas Of the
! Chief Executive to decEre al t!eatica nI1il md
void for overt acts thrt ths ludlaus have over
and orcr again committed such acts; that sthese
are mineral lands. Which cs,uot ho rost U Tet !;
aud 'tAnEhow. tho Back Hills he!onE t. tho
American people. aud wo ought to havo them
now, aud would II thefa wasn't sotne ri13k' ln
Waah,nEton WHICH wsnts TO 80! tue iirst 81! II
bs placed. Ia about mlles south hv weat Of
! IIerney's Peak. Oh French Greek. This ples'e
vas solicited after prospecting un anu down III Q
Hssean several nils. and fndine tho color. III e.
had en.asoa the Hills at tie northeastern point.
| aud followed Cusic1's trail aouthWarA to this
| stream, wliero proRpectAo1cs were found, madts
by those with the expedition Of lart year. tcw
| paua Of dit ycri.iss tho report Of gold being
found, and that sa.sed tic question OF locating
themselves for shc winter. Other facts were OBJ
taIned from individual members. and are BEAT
| told ia their own Horls+
| GAIT. RUSSELL.
WHO has written neyeral lcttors from the stock
nde for publication. waa ono OF the seaders OF
| tho rarty uieu i: left Sioux City. He Ia m iu-
tolllsent man, Of about 40 years; tall and
gaunt. Ills quito keeay and tattersd appearance,
his conversation. He looka very much ~ it Ae
we're "poor but loncst'' Grnnger, who hal
slcpt ont O. nights and didn't cale much any
how about wearsag his Sunday clothes. lie
the solid kind.
cofrespcndous-"W Well, Captain toll mo about
"Thsfs soon told. 80 far as tho travelling
left Sioux City last winter, as yol know, mud
reached tho 4tocksde In December. Terrible
| route to travel over"
| "When you start again, whc1o will 1t DO
| from 7"
Cheyenne. BY ~ means !: iss the nearest
| outtlttins noins hy 200 mica. Tlou you can 30
from there to tho South Fork Of Tue Cheyenne
| Oh . travelled road. 8lr. Cunoy hcre. who y ~
weight in robes down from Geasy's trading
camp On the HoAvcr. north Of the South Fork I;
and from there down the liTcr, through tho gap
tL.at Williams came through going out from, our
camp near Hafnoy,,B Peak, It's only about bout
| here to Ilarney's Huloh In four days, oasy."
t.What dlsi you do IN the Hills I"
"iou aco, the first thug after finding tho
color VAS 10 ----
| FORM DISTRICT.
4 mcosluG Wa called tLe camp va nanaed
ltecotdcr OF tho district. Our lava are those of
California and Montana. There wore only two
or three Of us who had mined IN Colorado, H.
though thero aint MITCH difference. We give
200 fest MP and down the guleh, from nna-fock
70 riu.soaa. to each elaisa. The tliseossrer gut
400. There's clause that, il auy ono is Ee-
moved by Government. or driven o1 by 1ndf-
aus, he ID allowed 3 reasonable time to repIo-
sont his claim altar tho couatry's opened up.
'.1,o you think any OF you can hola youf
| claIMB?" -....