, 1875-06-08
10 noro Summer Pleasure Trips at tho
Government Expense.
A Few More Individual Opinions Con.
cernin9 the Third-Term Letter.
Acknowledgement I'1errcpont Re-
sists u 100000 Temptations.

ucl 1Iinman, tho missionary to tue Aioux. whom
| tho Government employed In Washington aB In
| terptotor at tile recent Suu1 council, tacrollts
Cnatos's repotta about tho mineral wealth OF tho
Back Hills, aud even denies that that region Of
fers any indncensont to fnrmor8. Human. Inst
summer, Immediately after tho return Of tho
Custer expedition. escortod by two companies Of
cavalry, spent many t1nys In tue Dlack u11lB, do
Ing Heryico for tho indian Department. In d rec
port recently made to tho Interior Department
upon thia Buojecs Mr. lllnman yayH:
Our command Was broken up into email par-
tics for purposes OF exploration, oach tnking
such direction as seemed best to It's leados, and
wo niado very thorough examination Of tho
found, Ia hard and rough granite and pcbbIo-
stone. We fouud
NO srAMs or QUARTZ
hut fragments Of whiso quartz arn everywhere
found oil tho Hills. am sure that. aside from
tie ingeB Ut iron aeen In tho soil. aud sanu, aud
Btone. we saw no evdauoe Of tho cxiHtonco Of
| any mineral wealth, and NO found no signs
| OF coal. Several mon,bers Of our party,
| citizcna and soldiers, wero mon experienced
In mlutng in California and Colorado md
though thoy mado freQuant snd faithful e1am-
| MatWn uf tho lodges and brook deposite aud
spnds, they found. no trace Of gold or other
/ precious metalg.
MT n, ,19I sufs rhat .nY sp.d uues eAlI,
not no fnnnd IN a,,tI,oant onantitios to nav Tor
| working, lIo
| nors NOT RELIEVE doLD WAS FOUND THERE
bg clusters party, btt thsnEs tho sree!neDa
,,o d;an,"ors So 'aAeA w 'no'e "Ao 'epo''eo
Ten. Custor has no personal knowledge that
gold WIS discovered in t!lo Black IliliH. Ife
found nono himself, nor did he ZOO othora find
any; Ihe ontlre story 81 tue gold discovery tosss
~ % fs,," ~ ~ ,n'r. on i NM asso ss11,a J1t
with Indian traditions about the oroas yeaIti, Of
tho country, and who accompanied tho Custor
expedition as guides or wnEonesa, firmly boltov-
lng inc atoiy OF Tue wealth Or sho niaek A.ia.
ihot,a XIX so,t linz mi lava ;;,nita1 onl ~
t,,uit,es 70, urosroctlpg, those nou. Mr. uIu-
man televos.
To?K NUGGETS or ooLp WITH THEN
10 oiuer 70 maoniaetuIe In, nslaonco s1o1'd mono
,,,is ~, n,c,ro ~ nc rms m@0 ~
Buread demand for further and moro tl,oronlh
exploration, aud to induce largo numbers Of rucn
to oniiEra'e from tue East. Eycu should no
WeMtn III, pe Iouno IL tnc ti,s. tlae uno o1 ohissa~
H. frn,,or iia /. H. tIin,pan .anrs hssoa "
ou his own obsoryatioun mud knowlaIra Of ti1s
U,lis, aud In guprork OF it ho points 10 tbo
| Bionltirant fact that the t}ree men who arm a,,d
10 have ii,seoyeral tho coId sra "~AN
rms Only ONES OF onsrra'n LARGE PATTY
WIN haro rnatla anci, disenyor,er' nnt,Titn.t,na.
inr uIuuiant and frouueut eyidoncan aro r.,
nnrte.i by tlan. C,,star nf t,n c1istanno of
pseeinus metala. liz minis In tia sid,sSs,st nj
hut ti,at lilo d;acovery IL ronorted to hara hos,,
mnln in tho rnitfa of cnHtarss Park rhnrc tha
ca1nr waH Ioca.od that M otI,era nf ia n,rip
msae a9y alfsoy9rsoa @ q ~ taS time, although 81
did uot Know W Of ths disooyory Of p1,o tn
tnroa ~ man nuti ~" otipo ;.,t. ~ 10y .'G
| fatt Tia HAL. If,lu In fi,nfr nav :, tia
| ret,truinr n,arrj,. Mr., Hinman s,vI tho coinr
|
iii's nra - su' oo' AAa fo'Aa u 'no n4see
A"'' ~ o.r,,n .rvn NJ, ,,.,r.n z,rv
uhose minds hass a,,asn ,rex;avs1s IsT ,r,r-,..oa
;tt t,,a n,,.,t nato eousn ttsIsy H.. anp.essod
snat ~ ~ ~ H. u .o, t1p uosnl
is.. ~ ~ % tus at 1no ao4. " osHut WI
H. a.'o1 Mn tes, wuae s.ss t ~
ANAL eaoea ,,i, o. ytlioS fron pyriles which ero
h t.o ~ W o @ EeEp1e sop go