The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-10-06
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The Chicago Tribune Il not rs cred
ulous n newspaper Hs some of its
readers might be induced Ia believe.
1t rf1nrd lis faith regarding the
wealth Of the Black Hills 10 Prof.
Winchell's estimate last year ind
from 1his it will moi nudge au inch.
True, its course aud attitude cHunut
alter the fact, that the Black Hills
country is wonderfully rich ia gold
and other valnablcs hut the stub
born manner in which Il persists in
its statement that there islitte or no
gold there, is, to say the least, severe
~ mulish. IT, statements are I'M
rue and unreliable. wilfully So, about
the Black Hills country. Perhaps II
has some object in view, In persisting
in them! Perhaps It pays, who
knows?
The Tribune has no reasonable eN-
cuso for its continued misrcprcscnta.
tons. For instance: In IL Issue of
the 81 inst, in d~iscoursing upon the
imaginary plat which it worked up.
in which the Indians were To make
mince meat out of the very reSpectt-
BILE and very useless Commission that
was there euleav1ring 10 hnd cont
what the Indians wanted and how
they would take II, dt4hesl oT The
following statement AMI yet desires
to be considered 4 reliable newspaper.
LAS To- the gold supposed to he IN
the Black Hills, the latest reports
seem to Indicate that among the
1000 IDiners who have Enle there
and all the soldiers and scientific men,
not more than $500 worth Of gold has
been fUuud,-uut enough to pny the
expenses of a single person who has
gone there. There ARE mere traces OF
gold sn far. and not enough TO war;
ran any further negotiations In view
o. the unheard of demands of the
Indians"
Returned miners have exhibited
gold in Cheyenne in amounts ranging
from n few dollars To us much rs $500.
White II is true that % one miner
has exhibited any great quantity OF
gold, a large number of them are lie
termined to return, despite the per
verse attitude Of the Tribune, to work
and dig for it, whore they know it
exists, in the Black Hills.
Some of its readers in Chicago and
elsewhere may iunOcently think that
the TfiGlnle is 4 safe guide to follow.
This is moi so. 1t is an exceedingly
reckless and untruthful paper in soaIe
things, Look at this statement:-
"It is simply ridiculous that the
sum of $4,000, coo, in addition to
other annual bOuntics of food. stock
houses, furniture, etc, should he even
mentioned a Il price for the barren
hills fIpm which Ihe- Indians are
asked To retire. The best thing the
government cau do, is to spare all
further expense, retire from the ne
%gotiatiou, and let the Indians have
their barren Eldorado.
How pray, did the "2ri6lHle learn
that the Black Hills are Il " barren
Colorado =" and does the term ''bar,
rem Eldotado" exactly express the
estimate placed upon that section a
country by the Tribune? l. there not
n contrad elton in the term that q
critic might ridiruie? "Eldoratlo y
signifies "a country al ounding IN
gold orother rich pro tuctS ofTature,'
aud according To the Tribune the
Black Hills would be a barren coWt,
try a5oumdiRy in gold or Other rich
products Of nature. The Tribune as.
sumes hat it is an authority when in
point of fact it is not. 1t is the reverse
of a safe aud sound authority upon
very many subjects. Observe how IL
speaks of the barren hills from
which the Indians are asked to r.
tire" This sor Of talk in 4 large
daily newspaper with abundant Op.
~portuEities TO know better is inexcu-
sable. The Black Hills IRE not bar
ren hills and of this the Tribune
should be advised. The Indians are