The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-27
THE BLACK HILLS.

AAIA A01TAOAA AAAA-AIO.
A LETTER FROM GENERAL SHERIDAN TO GEN
ERAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. STATES WHAT HE
KNOWS OF THE BLACK HILLs-FATHER DEs-
NETS sToRY-GoLD NOT 50 PLENTIFUL AS
SUPPOSED.
CHICAGO ILL.,, March 26, 1875.
Lieutenant General Sheridan has written the fol-
lowing highly Interesting letter concerning the
Black Hills country 1t sets forth what has been
done and what the government proposes 10 do in
the matter, and Immediately concerns all who con-
template going into that country for gold:-
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MIssogRI,}
CHICAGO March %, 1873. !
GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN, Headquarters OF the Army St.
,5 reply to Your What DO You
MAS derived IRON an interview with the late Father
years ago the Columbia River in Oregon from whom
r nea4 IN t an ne aan tan
and " St, So of hG
mueh more extensive than that particular locality
to hs q the nS se by h s
the black. ,scrubbv character Of the timber which
IT @
WING AZ G
fasa @ RdSsr sb.t i
River The later being the locality il which Gen
time. and Sithln ne bounds, OF when III i Is
sS be SSnd Father Of People
Father Desme story was 2n living with the
SS Rey he shS s BY fs
points ne slask HIS sHppossd to Ge from the 9sas
branches the Tongue River and his representing
, ,nH such yellow kNs@ ya~s they
ssf S %as knew
ai %ss
given the story thDGgnt aer this S Sn about hrge
y
sa 70 BE- w noa ne w Fs sns n6a
se gold n s n Would a' pay of
t oo was and AZ bo a and se 9y ms
gold again subsidized 1t so nappened however, that the
thata military post the Black Hills Of the Cheyenne
The % s
sa1 e depSsdasns "o tsns5 o @
for sa h aa nsa no @
MAKE. war on our settlements as long as we could
eaiy aboundng in same and ali that goes to make
indian life comfort and win this purely %hiary
reconnaissance.
The discovery of particles OF gold by aluvia washing
reak On the eae slope the acs
Father De smets story for the third time The Black
situa s The fver
Wh Is known hse n the ser A.
dence in the Statements Of General Custer General
Hass y has
essa Sny IN test to not
a a ia. Ss, ns o2 Ssn Ks
Sas By the
OF gold in great , 9nanes stu it may be there But
e c e q @ ay % e sr this
but f Ss ers a.
The % sat his a t sqd the ad
Hills Of the CHEYENNE have seen nuggets rom the
Big Horn ana m and WIZ
where the mining has failed for want Of water for aln
have s' good reason to beieve9n fact i quite
on gold tho Ass in w ve
on %p' the headwaters Of the Powder River ana
meaning IN ne Black ILLS and ossde Of the sher:
hs rvege un game Z has NY Intention to
g m nunicate much Information this coming summer to
the Indians nave absolute right the soil hore
be but little difficulty in distinguishing their hunting
rHn YELLOWSTONE RIVER.
stone RIVER by sending George A. Forsy the and
of e Big HORN sa up Hs ice
will give the lowest udewaer having already secured
viii send General cSser with
up AM
stone crossing Powder River, Tongue River, the Rose
bdu and TO the mouth OF Big Horn. This country
Is as yet entirely unexpOred, and the expedition may
develop valuable auriferous section and make
of tho belief that mountain OF mica has not changed
TO gold win also send an expedition down the WIND
RIVER, through the Owl Greek Mountains from Fort ST.
Ambaugh via Fort Brown, to the mouth OF the Big
Horn and Will bring 1t back through the parks about
the headwaers OF the Powder River visited by Captain
for beauty fully equal to those described graphically
General custer existing the Black his OF Chey
enne.
BEAUrY NATURE
! NAV also say from my own knowledge tnat the val
leys the Big Little Popooye, Little Wind River
fertility while student of nature VIII find there
extraordinary upheavals of the earths crust prob
ably 10 be found this Continent am OF opinion that
this country gold bearing but OF its abundance there
only be conjecture Atpresent feel quite CONFIDENT
ability the Intended respass the rights
OF the Indians and the cavalry and infantry IN the De-
partment of Dakota are beng moved at the present
time the most available points 10 carry out
directions of september OF last Were IL not for
these precautions the part OF the government there
might be repetition of Catornias gold beach and gold
Ia &c humbugs with still greater suffering. as many OF
the persons now crazy to 20 TO the Black Hills never
think OF how they are TO exist after they get
failure. II they will wait tor further information from
the governments which now seems 10 be DESTROYS of
making concessions to meet these new interests there
will be one moro willing than myself to aid in
tanning their value tar MS troops are concerned. Will
promise activity in the present emergency, and the
which the miners start be as to make IL
impossible for our scanty force to watch them,
occupy the two or three III the Black Hills aud
clcctualy exclude respasscrs. Very cspecttully.