The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-08

teristic OF those who delight In running before its
advance into the wilderness.
woMAN's RIGHTS NdN
| A small board. taken from the stocRade and
/ evidently intended to be observed by succeeding
visitors to French Valley, bears the following Gu
rious inscription
CAMPBELL. /
/ AUG. 6, IA.
| VINO this gentle parsonage was or Is VINO thus
hands ner name down to posterity as a champion OF
| woman's rights suDnme, and VINO has. perchance,
! established and staEed out valuable claim some
wnere in this region. is a romantic mystery. IL
4 VIII, doubtless, originate touching legend OF the
/ Black Hills, waich T. t. the author Of '5ir Mar
! maduke,n can grace with the charm Of hts poetic
! pen, and TINS discharge duty which he owes to
the cause which possesses his allegiance. friend
finding one vacant lot In Harvey City when he
| arrived here traced q notice on q small board,
nailed 1t TO a STAKE and by right OF his formal
claim NAV be considered the pioneer journalist OF
1 the young but promising metropolis.
OUTSIDE REPORTS.
The placid tenor OF camp life Is frequently dis
turbed by reports from prospecting parties, re-
turning from tours through adjacent valleys
with exaggerated accounts OF their discoveries.
Stripping their stories OF hyperbole is a puzzling
process for the intellect. ana so shall transfer
them to writing in as nearly the language Ia
which they are spoken as can. and permit the
reader 10 judge OF their weight himself. The
reputation OF the wandering frontiersnan for
veracity Is very unenvable one, ana especially
among army oficers. who have mucn to do with
them. being often Obliged to employ them as
guides.
one OF the members OF Gordons old party Of
I miners returned 10 camp on Tuesday from pros
pecting tour made by him and two others along
/ the streams runHing parallel with French Creek,
! in the North. His reticence In speaking OF their
search for gold indicated some disappoiu TN u /;
! but he stated confidently that they had PANIED
/ out fine specimens OF ''shot goldu about twenty
! five miles north OF this camp. Near the same spot
| they saw without being seen, a body OF twenty
FIVE warriors painted for battl- and well mounte1.
lie mentioned no desire to return to the field Of
their explorations nor did his companions.
THE REDsKIN BUGBEARs.
other stories OF the proximity or Indians have
BEEN rampant recently, and have rendered civil
ians more cautious than formerly about riding
away from the camp unguarded.
california Joe" arrived at camp yesterday after
noon with a portion OF his party the renal o @ or
having separated from him, among them
the Saunders whom / have already men
toned in another letter "JOen looked exactly
the same as when he left Camp No. IL. aud the
horses belonging 70 :he party are sleek and fat.
Tney found northeast OF the stockade which they
visited before tue arrival OF the expedition, a
beautiful country, ul OF noble parks, ana shaded
by groves o. oaks and etns.
CALIFORNIA JoE's STORY.
Joe d:-''We travelled across here through
some splendid parks, and touched Ouster's trail
where you saw the tracks NV our horses. Then we
cum down 10 THIS yere stockaie an sum NV our boys
writ sumthln' on the gafe-post fur those to see
who would want to hear Nv us. Well, we struck
/ beouterluI country over thar, northeast NV Har-
ney Peak It's way head o. tails, - said Joe with
bright smile In his clear blue eyes. which redeem
even the encrusted SOIL on his countenance. Few
OF tue rough men IN the West have so handsome .
vlsage as Joe. 1t has even the parician NOBILITY or
Roman noble, a picture Of high art set in a
solied ana greasy frame; face Tor Titan, with
long, tangled and unKemDt hair falling to the
shoulders; fiery red beard OF ample dimensions,
and mustache covering the rather small mouth,
curling IN close rippes ike the water gently de-
scendiny a rapid. Joe always INDUCES in
smile when his imagination is 1lled with pleas
ant picture which he Is describing.
"Dd you md any good wsshlngs therew
"WeIl, not much more'n thar IS mere; but the
gold thar Is shot gold" the pieces are thicker
and weigh more. But l tell you the trouble In
greater fall o. water to wash out the gold,
whether you're suIcin' or pannin' But
these ielers-tbem thar miners up this here
creek" said he, with a twinkle in his
eye, las what have never dug it out
very much would, whar wus dig holes ali
along that thar stream. only would ride along
and diskiver whar the pannin' out would pay.
We got some 'colOrs' but not much an the Quartz
thar is all white; none Nv this reddish, rotten.
gold.oearn' quartz so that the gold must na,
washed down from higher place on the stream
Gwen, joe" said |, "What DO you think VI this
as a gold region ~
'Not mucu," replied my shaggy old Roman gone
astray IN a new world lie then once more elucl.
dated IN powerful phrase the aot that the nall
volume Of water In these valleys would render the
process OF constructing slulcss very dinicult and
expensive, and that only capital can a
pront in mining this portion OF the Black Hills.
Tne yield from the placer digglngs By "panning
QUIZ was tco small to "pay."
JoE's EXPERIENCE
in gold mining Is professionally such az to
qualfy him as excalieat judge ofthe value ofthe
PAGERS found in this valley but the roaming dlspo
siton ofthe man ana nls well known cleverness in
detaning imaginary facts which Will influence
Otaers so as to accomplish his own desires make
one cbary orsecepting his opinions a. gwen good
faith. HIS character Is much like that OF an
Indian. he understands the red men thoroughly.
and when alone ia their own country presume
that his disregard Of the value OF life Is that
semblance OF fear never troubles his mind.
The country west OF the HissOur-the great
plains-ls full OF such men, perfectly caous 10 the
terrors OF death and careless OF their AFTER fate.
"Did you see any slRns Of Indians ~ asked.
II met one indian and two haltbreeds TO.