, 1875-03-27
Father De Smot's Old Story Of the
Mountain Of Gold.
Lar1y Indian Reports Of Aurif-
croue Wonders.
Contrary Facts Demonstrated BY the
Custer Expedition.
Military Arrangements for the Intercept
ton Of Adventurous Minera.

aouut, Culcaao, h1arcli 25,-Gen. ". r. Sher~
,,ou Hrot1ouortcrs Of U.s Army e. Louis ho.
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do you Know ot tho o|acR 'aAtbf respectfully
submit tho following remaTkH;
NV frat knowledge OF tho Black Ilijl, rsa dr.
-i,.,, f.,-, ,,,orr,ews wifi, tin Ia. Eath.r In
n' 'ou "ea' Wal "D.,a,,o ,,;.sio,nrr ,.,a.''
ethos' NUS" easAo,.. na,s.'. ""o'' .'les
many years ago on Inc Cosutn"'a haFef' III Ore-
gon, from whom tho 1ndian rotnntco OF
a ,no,tntain of poId In tito I!nck IIiIlH and hin
,,,,,,ttou ~ t,,,t oxtraor;linn-v an1 .'rIus,r.
oAp'anA''''4 - '%e' 0''''4'o
story.
To indians. fronsiorsmon, anu explorers. tho
D!ack Hills country is much moro extcuEi7o than
that narttcular locality brought to Tie nutico uf
a., n,,,L;o h., t,,o racnnt c,,,}orr,tonu NJ fla,
s'ie PuD''s - 'oo 'eu 49,. - 49,
CuBtor; and gets Aa hal'o run the b'aek'
scrubby character OF tl'e timber which eio"a oi'
the sides apd tops OF tho mountains aud hills 1t
Il, - 49,, nr ,oua,t,,ao no m tho rnu,n hr I'm
tAe caa1 ~ '"us.'"u' ~. 80. - 'e 'ot's" - 'Ao
swectwater and Laramie lase1s' on tlio west bv
tho Dig Horn and Wind lsiscra. aud GU tim norll,
ss,..,.- ~ ~ ~ n,,c1, 1I,,ta. hnt c,n,r..c, ~,
.'u't'' - -. nv ,"T;.;... ",,., ..n,".,. r,,,,.M
II arc several leea'!.'oa ea.ea I'as" 1''ls.
For instance, tue "back liil's VI tue l'ara'nic,'
tho "Elack Hills OF Powder liver" aud the
1,tock 1lss Of s,,o Sclycupo ll,rer," tic l4tter
,a ,aa,,;,, IN With, f;on fn.er n,o,o liz
Heius Lug 'oca1'y ~ "n4e" "o"' ''os' 'i'a'' ~"
reconnaissance last summer aha nho"s Which
thoro is 30 mich speculation Mt the present sinlo,
and within tic bounds ct which, It Ii auopotscl
M by n iarso uuu,ber Of rcople, III to be found tle
Father do 6mot mountain OF gold.
Father 10 S,nps's story was. thus while living
with the Sioux indians, he wan shown by them
uuggeta Of gold, which thoy informed li,u, had
beot, obtained at ditfcront points it, the Hack
Ii1ls, aul,nosod to oa frsm tic batlb ct tio Biz
Iiorn Ttnsnhud nud Powder Ulyc,a, and from
branches Of liz Tongue River; and, on Lila rep
rnHcntine t,at such yellow motal was OF tic
eqo ~, s, a,ptain & I Of It. tx uhsoanst jnyest
cat;en hn,rcvsr nrayrd Tint thn fn,lian ,nnun-
n tsn of aold wax nothing 1uoro than a formation
of yelow mica, such as NAV bo fund in a NUM-
ber M Of rlacos IL the above described county.
/ Ind scarcely riyeu lAc story thought aftor
t,,in ,,ttil abont tIlroo Years ago. Wien han
nn,,o,i sn hef in Nav York. and It was thorn
krnu,ht to INV recollection by nrou,it,et,t zen
tJcmnn Win asknd me- where Father ID Smot
sou,d a bo m sent At once to ret from M blu to sccto
of thn cold 1nountain yh1cI, would nav tho IN
II tionsi ny dsi,t. t % ato. "'~' "'''@' 'A' '' A
After + hnI ,uforn,nd him that Il ,raa an o1d
and o1ploded ntory. hin ardor cooled, aud tho o1-
s,,hsi1ei. ''''
r. M innnencd. bovoyer. that t,,e Dlsck rEifa
cnnntrv W. nn,b. acnI IN nv military command: ::
md. t9o ynara avo. IL becamo a1,narout to mo
shycnno wnuld soon become NECESSARY Tor t,o
,,a ,,,otoatin, ~ IN oottfomnnts H. Nohr, liz
froIr ia rai,1s rf thn Sims warr,ora. WHO NJ
u.~a .., hnfors thnv cnmnc,,ce,, Irnrctinttnr m
f,no o,,I xiiis1os n ia acu ,,cntinno 1s".
iior,nT th.t tSeec Indians world ncynr nlake war
~ ~, a"t.,nn,no+s an ionc as ~ cnnid throoto1,
thoir f.m;stca md xiiloora In tl,a rcmnfo fornIr
anouunns 10 game Hno a.. ta9 , ges n 10 naao ~.
usM' ~" GVlatGttoo'e! "no' '1''t s1'o Fts4e ~