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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-08-12
CaEYENNE
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

CHET ZEN NE
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
ATTORNEYS
D. McLAUGHLIN, FZsuson sTest
BANKS.
FIRSI NATIONAL IpBI rect
STEBBINS, WILBOR & co,
FeyoL on strest
BAKERIES
UNDERWOOD 4 MCGREG DR.,
E"tcPriss B kay
BILLIARDS.
JAMES BRENNAN, 18th street
RLACKsMITHING.& &C.
II. HAAS. Fhomes street
I. NEALON, TONES street
BOOTS AND SHOES.
STEPHEN BON. 18th street
6. E. THOMPSON, i7n areq.
LEATHER 4 FINDINGS.
STEPHEN BON, 18Th street
BOOKS AND sra TIONERY.
8. l. HOLT, P>St-gt7rs Rsildbt0
CLOTHING.
=. EELLNAS. 18Th street
Marks = MYER, Eddz street
uuNFGCrIoNEaY AND SODA
WAT n.
: II. WOODS, Eddy stresl
DRY GOODS.
MARKS q MYERS, Eddy street
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
: II. WOOD. Edny street
". L. COAELEY. ltM StrseI
FURNITURE
rONEEItSE x WARREN, l6M Il
GROCERIES.
K. 4! LEIbEY l6h street
PEASE y TAYLOR, Ferguson S.
/. g WHlPPLE. Feag,ts08 street
CNDER WOOD + NcGREGOR,
Enterprise Bakery.
+. NAnLE, ferguson ST. ea
GUNS, SC.
FREUND g BRO. Eddy street
HARDWARE.
\. Ii1u5ALAN, Fe9gvson street
=. SGWEIkERr, lGh street
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.
AMERICAN HOUSE, 1871 street
OVERS HOTEL, Eddy street
EAGLE lilo 81, I'm street
ENGLISH HOUSE, 18Th street
RAILROAD HOUSE L. p. Depot
PLANTERS HOUSE, 10th Street
JEWELRY AND WATCHES.
lOSI.lN Il PARK, 18Th street
y. MILLER. I'm street
SEFFFR, MARSH & CO, l6M st.
LIVERY STABLES.
w. NJ. WARD, 18th street
r. G. MAYNARD, 10th Street
G.. ". SMELL, 10M Street
BUILDERS i CONTRACTORS.
!. CORklSlI & CO.. 17th-st.
ia WSON II HAYES, Ism street
LIQUORS.
+: .NAGLF. nm street
l.. nIIRRIN. I'm Street
MEATS AND VEGETABLES
+. LAND.A L, I'm street
PAINTERS.
ONHEN u ANDERSON,
Ferguson street
j. L. FUTILE, Hill street
IIYSICIANS.
Or a. J. UOGG, Eddy street
REAL ESTATE AGENTS.
CORLEFT & STEVENS,
Ferguson street
n EW STAGE
--NND-
IN q = n "
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]. J. SayiIlc L S Indian Agent.
Martin Gibbons, I hirG tlerk.
sheridan NJ. BrAinEy, COmnii~-l0r Geek.
Sptrruu p. SNOW, Agency Ply ciHu.
George kuO&, Postmaster.
TRADERS.
J. w. Dear.
B. 2. Walters.
Todd Randall.
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FURNITURE
|UNFIl.SE X WARREN, l6M Il
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i!RT GOODS.
MARKS q MYERS, Ecdiy SlTesf
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CLOTHING.
=. EELLAA%. 18Th Street
Marks = MYER, EGdg street
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upNFECTIONEaY AND SODA
WAT r..
= II. WOODS, Eddy StresG
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GROCERIES.
(. 70 LEIbEY 1861 street
PEASE u TAYLOR, Ferguson S.
/. G. WHlPPLE.. Ferguson street
CNDER WOOD Il MCGREGOR,
Enterprise Bakery.
+. NAhhE, Ferguson 81, eel
GUNS, &c.
FHECND = BRO. Eddy street
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STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ORLEANS, CRY OF New ORLEANS.

TAhlsH of OhLEANS, SlIf OF NEW WILLIAMS, J
BE 1T KNOWN, that on this Eighteenth day
Of the month of June, in the year of our Lord,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-tive,
and of the Independence of the United States of
America the ninety-ninth,
Before me. JOHN G. EUSTIS, Notary Pub
lie, in and for this City and Parish of Orleans,
State of Louisiana, duly commissioned and quail
fed, and in the presence Of the witnesses here
matter named and undersigned,
Personally came and appeared the parties
whose names are hereunto subscribed, acting fo-
themselves and those whom they represent, as
corporators, and for such other persons as may
become associated with them by succession, pur-
chase, transfer, or subscription, who severally
declared, that, availing themselves of the pro-
lative to the organization of Corporations for
works of public improvements and for other pur-
poses they have covenanted and agreed, and do
BY these presents covenant and agree to form
themselves into and cons ituie cooperation
under the following articles, which they adopt as
their charter:
ARTICLE
The name of this corporation shall be the
FIRST CENTRAL DIFFUSION SUGAR MAN
COMPANY and by that name it
shall have power and authority
First. To have and enjoy succession for the
period of twenty five years.
Second To contract, sue and be sued.
Third. To make and use a corporate SEAL
Fourth. To hold, receive, purchase, and con-
vev property, real and personal.
Fifth. To name and appoint such managers,
directors and officers as its interest and con-
yenience may require.
Sixth. To establish, make, alter, or amend
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CHARTER.

not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars
($500, OOO), and to make any mOdihcat tons, add
tons or changes in this act of incorporation, OF
to dissolve the Company, with the assent O
meeting. Such modification, addition, change OF
dissolution shall be recorded as required by
law.
ARTICLE XIV.
Whenever the dissolution of the company shall
take place either by the limitation of it's charter
the vote Of the stockholders, as provided in the
foregoing section, or otherwise, its affairs shall
be Immediately placed in liquidation under the
charge of two commissioners appointed by the
Board of Directors. Said commissioners shall
be solvent persons not indebted to the company,
and residents of New Orleans.
They shall remain in Office until the final iqui.
dation Of the affairs Of the company and the dis
tribution of the surplus funds among the stock
holders.
Their compensation shall be fixed before their
election, and shall not exceed two and half
per cent (2L per cent? of the assets realized by
them, and in case of vacancy occurring from
any cause whatever the remaining or surviving
commissioners shall Immediately ppoint another,
otherwise any court of general civil jurisdiction
in the parish OF Orleans may make such appoint
ment, on the petition of any three stockholders.
ARTICLE XIV.
The fiscal year Of this company shall end on
the first day of March in each year. On that day,
or as soon thereafter as practicable, the books
of the company shall be balanced and general
statement of its affairs be prepared and submit
ted to the stockholders, for fifteen days preced-
ing such election OF directors.
Thus done and passed at my Office in New Or
leans in the presence of Andrew J. Arm strong
and Fred. Stansbury, lawful witnesses residing
III this city, who have hereunto signed their
names as such, with said appearers ard me, said
notary, on the day, month and year herein first
written. after reading the whole.
Original signed.)
JNO: ": LABOUISSE,
R. C.. CAMMACK,
VICTOR MEYER,
8. z. RELF,
r. L. AIREY & co.,
OTTO KRATZ,
A. J. ARMSTRONG,
F. STANSBURY,
]. G. EUSTIS,
Notary Public
I, the undersigned, Deputy Recorder of Mort
cages, in and for the parish of Orleans and CITY
Of New Orleans, do hereby certify that the within
and foregoing Act of Incorporation was this day
duly recorded in my office, according to law, in
B. l18, folios 61s, 619, $40, 621. 622 and 623.
New Orleans, La. June 81, 1875.
(Signed) G. DARCANTEL,
Deputy Recorder.
certify the above and foregoing to be cor.
rect copy of the original Act of Incorporation
and certificate Of recordation thereof extant in
my current register.
In faith whereof, grant these presents under
nv hand and the impress OF my official seal, this
24th day of june A. D. 1875.
j. G. EUSTI', Notary Public.
je25 jy291e
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~ W - la l.
]. A. GIRDNER,
GEO. JONAS,
JULIUS WEIS, ....
HU. KENNEDY,
DAVID WALLACE,
+. B. WHEELOCK,
E. L. RANLETT,
JOHN Fl. KENNARD,
CYRUS BUSoEY,
by l.. & Co.
JOHN PHELPS,
w. B. SCHMIDT,
SAM'L H. KENNEDY,
A. J. ARMSTRONG.
JOHN w. HUNTER,
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THE GREAT FLOOD OF 1853.
From the Mempbi, Avalanche I

From the Memphis Avalanche.]
One of the greatest floods ever known in
the valley of the Lower Mississippi was that
OF 1858. In many respects it resembled the
present high water. About the middle of
May of that year extensive rains prevailed in
the Ohio Valley, and occasioned much dam
age by flooding the small streams. In the
States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri
the rains were especially severe, raising the
Miami, Wabash and Illinois rivers to unpre-
cedented heights. Copious rains also pre-
vailed west of the Ohio basin, causing rapid
rise of the lower tributaries Of the Missouri
and Upper Mississippi rivers.
With the torrents of rain which poured
into the alluvial region, and the Ohio and
Mississippi both at food tide, the water be-
gan to assume a threatening height near the
head of the alluvial region during the month
OF june. Between the 18th and 22d of that
month l,475,000 cubic feet of water per
second passed by Columbus. Ky, by actual
observation. Cairo was inundated. Miles of
Insignificant levees we're washed away. The
bottoms of the st. Francis were deeply over
fown-deeper than had ever been known
the waters pouring over the banks of the
main river and swamps like great wave,
sweeping over the lowlands in the valley of
White River, and passing with renewed force
upon the alluyial region of the Lower Missis-
sippi
The Yazoo bottoms were deeply inundated
The Labranch crevasse, thirty-ive miles
above New Orleans, and the Bell crevasse,
just above and opposite the same city, SUBJ
merged the country west to Bayou Lafourche.
Many plantations along the river below yicks-
burg were covered and the crops destroyed.
The river began to decline at Cairo toward
the close of June, but the immense body of
water that drained from the st. Francis and
Yazoo valleys kept the main river above its
banks below here until the first of August
The waters then subsidized rapidly until they
reached the lowest stage of the year. The
highest level OF the waters of that year, ac-
cording to the record kept here, was about
six inches above the rise of 1867.
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A middle-aged woman fell as she was de-
scending a pair of stairs on Fulton street, yes
terday, and the first man to help her reach
her feet was a banker who happened to be
passing.
did you fall. madam" he inquired, as
he seized her arm.
"Fall OF course fell, you fool you You
don't suppose I'd sit down here to rest do
you p she snapped.
He didn't say.
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Best Cordova coffee, parched or ground, IS
cents per pound, at the Tea Depot, Camp street.
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Real old Government Java, parched or ground.
45 cents per pound, at the Tea Depot, Camp
street.
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Buy your carriages, buggies and baby
wagons of L. T. Maddux. 35 Carondelet street.
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Table Of Rates Of Domestic Postasa

The following are the rates Of postage o. n
nestle Mail Matter Of the different Glasses:
Note-An domestic mail matter Except new.
papers, magazines and periodicals sent to aetna,
subscribers from known Office Of publication,
must be prepaid by postage stamps.
letter on which one full rate Of postage I
prepaid, but on which further postage is charse,
able, win be forwarded, when deposited h 1
post-ofice, charged with the unpaid postage =
be collected on delivery. If the postage islsfk
wholly unpaid, or is prepaid less than one fuIr
rate, it will be held for postage and sent to The
Dead Letter Office. Should it reach its destinar
ton by inadvertence, however, it will be charged
with double postage on delivery. Zone fun
rate" means, in the case of mail letters or other
arst class matter, three cents.
In large cities and adjacent districts Of large
population, having two or more post-ofaces with.
in distance Of three miles OF each other, any let
ter posted at one ofsuch Offices, and addressed 10
locality within the delivery of another Of such
Offices, which shall have been inadvertently pre-.
paid at the drop" or local letter rate Of postage
only, may be forwarded to it's destination through
the proper Office charged with the amount Of the
deficient postage, to be collected on delivery.
II articles chargeable with different rates Of
postage are sent together in one package, the
higher rate must be paid on the entire package;
but two or more different articles, both Charge
able with the same rate Of postage, may be sent
in one package on payment Of that rate on the
whole package.
The following articles are excluded from the
mails Liquids, Poisons, Glass; Explosive Ma
terials, Books, Pamphlets, Pictures and other
publications of an obscene or indecent character
all letters upon the envelopes Of which, and pos.
tai cards upon which, scurrilous epithets are
written or printed or engraved, or disloyal de.
vices printed or engraved; and all articles which
from their form or nature are liable to destroy,
deface or injure the contents Of mail bags or the
person of any one engaged in the postal service,
Postmasters are not allowed to give credit fog
postage, nor to deliver any nail matter until 80
postage due thereon has been paid.
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Union Insurance Company
--OF-
NEW ORLEANS.
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL STATEMENT
Or THE
UNION INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW
ORLEANS.
Published according to Law and their Charter.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-25
OUTFITS FOR MINERS.

The necessary saddle and pack
animals, teams, wagons, &c, re-
CURED for the transportation Of
miners and mining outfits, can be
procured at this place at reasonable
prices. Persons going to the Black
Hills can outfit to much better adj
vantage here, than by purchasing IN
Chicago or st. Louis, and then
freighting the articles here. Gro
ceres, provisions, clothing, mining
tools and all other necessary articles,
can be procured of our merchants at
this point. The following may be
considered average prices for animals
aud wagons:
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-25

The other route is by way of Reels
ranch, down Horse Creek to near its
mOut D., crossing the North Platte
River at Nick Jani-e'- ranch, about
thirty miles east of Fort Laramie,
and thence in IA nO~rthCastcrIy direc-
ton, over a good road, to Red Cloud
Agency. This route is also travelled
by n stage line, which carries the
muif and passengers from Cheyenne
to Red CLOUD and Spotted Tail
Agencies, owned by Hoshier and
CinnamOnd, and also by freight
trains, ranchmen and settlers. This
route is settled up as far as the Platte
River, and all of the Indian goods
for these agencies, and most of the
military supplies for the two mill
tary posts at the agencies, Camps
Robinson and Sheridan, are trans
ported over it. The fare to Red
Cloud is fifteen dollars, and the dis
lance from there to the Black Hills
is about fifty miles. The following
table of distances by this route is also
correct:
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GENERAL
Delegate fn Congress,
forty ThI1d Congregation. ". K. SlceI

FcFtF JH17u LOHgT zss-IOu- W. x. Steel
Territorial Omcep.
''orsr"0r-Jno. ". Thayvr.
5 ersfary-G. ". FICuCa.
J"sl's 'y ~SuI',,as. rogrJ. W. FIrhrr
-tsa0CLU's JEsl1ts-JU-. NJ .rrl. Z. A. Ihums,
OT'-' Sia'Ss tOtt.'fOT-k j. snow.
Surveyor GsHsr4t- SiIas heel.
EsCCIJs' u PuLAc -H~OHsgs-G. ". Corey.
Eryts'tr / y. LIHd apes. II. WIu-uE.
Territorial TrsuSrTC5-S. W d wHr,.
TtyritOriTi .iuiN0T-J. II. Hay ford.
n. l.. Arnold.
t0UtDsssstgItsr 81 EtTti-nhTrWS Charles hutton.
VI. T.. Posi-.
T,yrf'05 idl L}rgriGa John SIaugL or.
tp51WfsFiy"sr r. LtrHlgrafiat-J h. jeffrey
55"pt rt"i. "If"f q Lns.l yg"cH-JOLu Slaughter,
Dls'rsrt .lrsSErg-E. r. johnson
Jh1ot SfGtss LGHyHsEigasrJ W. Brun-.r.
CLyF Of If .Judi-fH piytyIci-J. vs.. b.uner.
UGr=EG-FrLuk WolcUlt.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-25

Wyoming Commandery No. /. Regular con
clave first Friday in each month.
Wyoming Chapter, No. /. r. A. M. meets
hall, on the first and third Tuesday evenings in
each month, at = 0 CLOCK p. m.
Cheyenne Lodge, No. 10, meets arst and third
Saturday nights in each month. at Masonic Hall
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-25
I. o. G. It.

Cheyenne Lodge. No. 81, l. o. G. T, meets
-very Friday evening at Good Templars' Hall.
nth street.
limitations will bs conducted only on the hrsi
and bird Fridays of each month. The interyen
ing Fridays during the month will! be devoted l
literary exercises. DAN. FALLEN. W. C. T.
W. Il. WnoD. W. Secretary.
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EGa, ?, BsWi.I I Co.,

onduc an Agency for the reception or ad-
vCrtIsCmcuis for American NEwSPAPERs-
the most complete establishment of kind
in the world. six thousand NEWSPAPER
are kept regularly ON nile, open to inspection
by Cu.tOmers. Every Advertisements IS
taken nj the home price Of the paper, with
out any additional charge or commission.
An advertiser, IN dealing with the Agency. is
saved trouble gtnd correspondence. making
one contract instead Of n dozen. Il hundred,
or n thousand. s Hook Of eighty pages,
containing lists at best papers, largt st ctrcu-
lUlionS, religious, agricultural class, pOlItl-
col. daily and country papers, and all
publications which are specially valuable to
advertisers. with some nformation about
prices. is sent FREE to any address on
application. Persons at n distance wishing
TO make contracts for advertising in any
town, city. county, stale or Territory OF the
United states, or any portion of the DOmin-
ion Of Canada, may semi n concise statement
Of what they want. together with n copy OF
the advertisements they desire inserted.
and will receive Information by return mall
which viii enable them t. decide whether
to Increase or reduce the order. For such
there Is no charge or ers are
taken for n single paper as well as tor "A list;
fur'R Single dollar as readily as for n larger
sum. Offices tFimes Buildingl,
4! Park Row, N.Y..
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The following named gentlemen.
who have lived in this section Of
country frT from ten To- tW~enty-five
year, pu-t, and know whereof they
speak, each aud all of them affirm
r'sEVt lEU EnCH HIS Is rich in gold,
aud il altogether an attractive and
lovely region Col. w. q. Bullock,
I"dd Randall, james Sanders, Jules
FaUti,.y, Peter Decurey, Joseph
Il quiet, Joseph Bis,omnelt, Old Re
shaw RichurdsJ and William Row
hI"d.
How 10 REACH TIE BLACK HILLS.
Without decryiug any Of the pro-
ur~Ci routes from points ON the
Urn 81 Missouri River, We assert that
tine route from Cheyenne Horthward
/ TIE safest, s!erdicst, cheapest and
best, to reach the Black Hills.
Cheyenne is at the junction of the
two connecting railroads from the
caS,-tIu Union Pacific and Kansas
Pacific. 1t will be two days rail
road travel to Cheyenne from Chicago
or 81. Louis. The following liable
viii show the distance and present
rate Of fare from these two points to
Cheyenne:
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-25

Hope Encan Jmcnt, No. ., I. o. o. F., meet
every ID and 18th Wednesday OF each month a
DAD Fellows Hall.
Cheyenne Lodge, No. !, I. o. =. F., meets ever!
Monday evening at Odd Fellows Hall.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-25
Table of Distances.
Cheyenne as an Quitting
Point.
Point.

Iussmuch rs n large portion OF the
American people are now interested
In obtaining correct and reliable in
formation about the Black Hills of
Wyo alng and Dakota, we deem it
prudent I q compile such facts iP rsla-
ton To them as ARE known TO be
truthful and gathered from trust
ROrthV sources.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-25

4 DYHRTI~ING Cheap: BoDI: sys-
~ fsDtIhE.-All persons wuJ contemplate
making contracts with nov >Dnpers for the
insertion Of advertisements. should send Is
Crnts to Geo. +. Resell 3 "a. 81 PARK Row,
New York. for their PAMPIfLFT-BOOK
.Hiucty-scvCnth edition.. containing Isis OF
over ? ~ newspaper and cstimatcs. showing
the cost. advertisements taken for lcudIuE
papers in many STATES at ~ Tremendous t.
ducti0n from publishers rates GET IHE
BOON.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-25

ST. Marks Church, Episcopal. Rev. F. W
billiard rector. Sund y services. II a. m. anC
S p. IN. Sunday school after morning service
Seats free. Al persons are cordially invited l.,
attend,
Roman Catholic, kcv. Jas. McGolrich. Pastor
Rev. Eugene Cussan, Asst. Church onO'Nei!
street, above Twentieth.
Presbyterian Church, Rev. W. B. Reed, Pas
tor. Services at II a. IN. and sp. IN. Sunday
chool directly after morning service.
Methodist Episcopal, Kev. W. F. Warren. par
OF. Preaching every Sabbath at liza. m
and I p. m. sabbath school at az p. r.
Prayer meeting every Thursday evening. The
public are cordially invited to all the services .
The church,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-25

THE BLACK HILLS
he between the I3rd and 45th degrees
Of latitude, and the lU3rd and lOjth
parallels Of longitude, and occupy an
area OF about one hundred mites in
length, nor;hVriy and snuthCrIy, and
AhUUt sixty miles in breadth. Their
form + Ctiipticul, and according to
Lieut.. Warrpn'5 report Of them, "thC
major axis trends about 2O' west Of
north" The tzlSC Of these bills is
stunt 900 to 5000 feet above the sca
level, and tho highest peaks do not
exceed 1000 feet. The eastern bound
AIRY line of Wyoming. 10th parallel
Of longitude, runs about midway
through the hills. The whole range
al the hills lies in the forks of the
Big Cheyenne River, which j. the
most important stream in that re-
gion. Tine north fork il called Belle
Fourche, is thirty yards wide, and
passes around the northern end Of
she range in n SemiCirClc, receiving
the waters from the greater part Of
she Hills, which How into ii from a
great number Of small streams. 1t
takes its rise far to the westward of
this range, car to the sources of the
Jrttte Powder River, In what IS
! 4 ~ AAlS Wv a. X "NEtl wv
waters Of the Yellowstone and those
ef the Missouri. The South Fork Of
the Cheyenne River is about II
hundred feet wide, takes its rise in
the same divide" flows around the
southern base Of the hills, and also
receives numerous tributaries which
have their source in them. These
two streams unite about forty miles
EAST OF the Black Hills, forming the
Big Cheyenne sometimes spelled
Shyennel River. which pOurS Itself
into tire Missouri some sixty miles
above Fort Pierre. From either
Fort Sully or Fort Pierre, in Il due
west direction to the Wyoming line,
which runs through the centre Of the
hills nearly, is a distance Of 220
miles, on an air line. Formerly there
was a road from Fort Pierre to Fort
Laramie, Ovcr which military and
traders stores We're frcightcd, and
the distance fixed at three hundred
and twenty-five miles. The road
necessarily passed over the bad lands
considerable Of the distance. Any
route followed from the Upper Mis-
souri, will encounter them. In the
summer the heat j. intense i'm the
country between the Upper Missouri
and the Black Hills, the grass is not
good for stock, and the water i,
strongly alkaline. For these flcts
We are indebted Ia persons who have
frequently passed over the route dur
ing the past twenty-five years, to
officers Of the army, and to the off,
cial reports of Lieut.. G.. *. Warren
anal Brevct Brig. Gen. w. +. Ray
soIGs, of the Typographical Engin-
eerS of the United States Army.
The former Of whom twice explored
the country in, 1866 and again in
1878, and the latter In $4,000.
FORESTS OF TIMBER.
The Black Hills lake their name
from the dark green appearance that
the magnificent fyrC-t> Of pine, that