, 1875-03-07
The BLACK HILLS.
f.test Information from the New Ell
Dorado.
Letters Received Yesterday by Mr.
G. G. Wicker.
What the Colonists lequire---The Stock.
ade-..The Route.

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ade~--The Route.
LETTERS TO MR.. WICKER.
BhAcE H1LLa D. T., CUSTER PAnk, Feb. g.
F11zNp WICKER: I told you in 6ioax City some
time ago that would be In the Black Hills this
wtuter. ii possible. Well, hare kept my word
for further particulars see Sioux CITY Tinsfs. I
an preparing letter for publication that will
have chance 10 send out in few days by
Cheyenne. will say to you candidly the country
il al and much better thau Custer represented.
Gold .c3 .;!!==esz, iron and plauabago abound.
have some as good ore and blossom qna1tz a.
hasc ever seen. We have sent out some eolo %
exhibit in Sioux City. Ne travelled about 1oo
zniles, coming here By the Elkhoru and Mopra1@
route; sevanty.eight days on the tap; naa LAG
vsgon-master been less afraid OF 1nofanh anu
rol;.iers We could have come Hncn soot'es
,nonte 4nt tt,e country ne passed over, with very
few e1ceptions, Was as fertile ano az we'll "ooo-
I'd and vatered az a farmer CT railway corpora
ton could wish. especially betTeen White Mser
.,d chavaone marked On the map
s.bad lands y, WAS rs tine coun-
+r< A man could wish, and from
the Cherenpe to the foot hills on the stream Te
<a,ae M near Creek, thipk) the land needs 10
en]orv from me. The would cannot beat it. OF
tie rnouutains Custer drew but faint picture. He
hlrdy done it justice. Ny horses were poor when
I arrived here. the 23d December, now they are
fat on the excellent mountain erass, aud during
th3t time We had two weeks OF very cold weather,
with SHOW about inches deep On IN average
But cur catle sre looking excellent. and We
1arked them all the time building our fort. The
latter is 100 feet square. Our cabins are built
inside Of the fort, On three sides Of the square,
md large gate opening into the plaza Port
holes all round It is about miles below There
I anticipate locating our town-site- We are
twenty-five men and one lady and her boy, all
told some have provisions to last till May. but
the majority have not. What TIC want tnstdnae"
s,e provisions, hydraulic hose-nozz'es, picks,
shoyels, sluice-forks, and general miners
psraphaoa!ia. To get this here, wsut you to
use your influence and do your utmost. You
bIve my pledged word that the country Is rich
ia gold and silver. They are making $
ounces per day to the man, 10 yards
from the stockade. with an apology
for rocker. So you can judge what it would
DO with sluices> In the spring, II we are let
airne, ve will astonish the incredulous world
about the richness Of the Black Hills.
And now, MT. Wicker, whether tie route will
be BY BEule or Fort suliy, what is done must be
done quickly 1 would not advise my one to
there could be y great deal cut of, and We had
a1celleut wood and grass al the way, but We
travelled MI Of 700 miles. I think to start a
psct-train from Brulc would be the most ad7ssa-
b1e and lay ont route. Your own good iudg-
snent will see the Decessity Of this
We want provisions, tools. b!acdbmitbs, etc.
We will pay for them in gold. We must have
them BY the LIST OF May or abandon the country,
and possibly lose our scalps. Help us Il you
can. The route to Cheyenne OF Laramie CitF
from here, I think, il much nearer than any
other, but. knowing nothing OF it, could not rec
ommend it TO emigration. Write NE the first
eaie7ation that starts. Uee this for publication
you wish. Very truly yours,
SCOTLAND, D. T., March 1.-DEAR CHARLEY
Idepend npon you more than do upon stock
holders and public opinion and the voice of
great railroad meetings to define the route to
the great "E1 Dorado" OF the West-the Black
Hills. Al ia altre no,o. Ali hare said and
written in the face OF great men, eight yea1B
ago, dawps out like truth now. When sit here
in my own comfortable home, can enjoy the
xo1ess OF the eruption OF enterprise and
wealth mora than those who hare for years
contraaicted it. aud said "Old Campbell is
u visionary" You even thought SO when last I
sav you. When l said that your railroad should
be protected, Was it nut? Il had hare been
there as it's defender, on the floor. could not
have done as we'll. Debating well>written art-
ces to sensible men is better than claiming to be
IN oracle
Now Charley, your only route, rs you KNOW ID
Brule City, up the White Earth, or old Fort Pier,
up the Cheyenne. Doth routes will be opened.
MIKE your road where it touches the Mis-
souri River as far north rs you can
10 good ground, running west to
OF near some point north OF lsrule City. You see
by this, our road will do for the James River
hne of stages from Yanaton to Fire Steel, which
xiu be part OF your route, and am po~ run
hing stages from the Winona d ST. Peter
Roaa to Fort Thompson. and have this
route for three yea,s after the 1st OF July
ne1t Whenever you define your route
have and can move stock upon it to put Ia stage
line in operation. aud AIN ab1e to pay premium
tor the first passenger. Be assured that am
now and wilt alwaye cooperate with yoa, and
nil bring before the public dftfold froutiersuea
who will swear that there is no feasible route to
tae Black Bills except by The White Earth or the
Choyenne. CNorth Of the Finite Earth and south
n tbs Chevenne) Let me hear from You.
20 tomorrow to YAnkton 10 make move. Yours
Gneexely, @. T. CAMPBELL.
CHEYENNE TO THE BLACK HILLS
Cheyenne {HNonstna} Leader.
Il the forthcoming official report Of Gen Cus-
ser will establish the fact that the Black Hills
country is rich With precious minerals, We deem
Il our duty to point out to those who intend to
30 to these new mines the safest, shortest, and
uoss practical WAY Of getting there
Cheyenne is barely go miles from the Black
Ellis via Fort Laramie and the Red Cloud Agen-
q; it is not more than 200 miles, going direct
from here to Bed Cloud. At this agency there
b large military post a1ordiDg protection to
this frontier, aud from Red Cloud 10 the Black
Hlls it is only 50 miles. The road from here to
lied Cloud, either BY Fort Laramie OF the Old
Bed Cloud Agency on the Running Water, or Nj
ohrara River, is settled = good part OF the way
By ranches and stock men, so that supplies. aid,
ond protection can Je had on this hne 10 tcafhsn 81
miles Of ne mines.
Those who w1.n to 60 to the Black Hills can
Ind no other route 50 desirable, in every re-
spoct, as this. Those living East. South, and
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