, 1875-06-19
Classical Origin Of the First
Mentioned Name...The
Bloody Sioux.
First Sight Of The Promised Land-.-
Progress Made In a Nine
Days. March.
Mnke-Up Of the Expctlition---The
Scientific Gentlemen TIM
der Prof. jenny.
Lesser Notabiiities..-" California Joe,"
Tige," and Calamity Jane -
Their Curious Ante.
cedents.

~ANAA WA Ao0& <AAkV
cedents.
!srteai Corrttpendtnes et The cafeaao Tribune.
cAxr JEsHy, BLACK H1LLa, June 4.-Tho
Black nilla Exploration Expedition loft Fort
Laramie On May Is, aud alter nine very short
and easJ marches ts encamped on tho east
branch Of the cast fork Of beaver CscoH, IN tho
wess sdso Of he Black Hills, 100 miles north OF
Fort Laramie, and to mics cast Of tho 104tl.
parallel Of longitude; latitude "A deg. Is min.
The Black Hills ars thus shown 10 DO al In
Dakota excopt the northwest epuE Of The
mountains.
Ltcue..Col. Dodge, Of tho Twenty-third In
fantry, ID III command Of tho escort, mich con-
Bists Of six companies Of cavalry and two CON.
patliea Of Infantry, bbaiaes mountain howstzer
and Gattlng gun, making up / force TINT will
resist al tho Tnd1aos that can get together It
any time during the hummer.
THE SCIENTIFIC coRrs
Ia composed Of men sent o,st by tho Department
Of tho Interior, With an efficient corrs Of A.
siatanss and miners. Tho Chief il Prof.
Walter T. Jenny. geologiht and mining engineer
(bnt Professor Of what m not able to aay). The
typographical engineer Is Dr.. 3. T. McGi}ly-
cuady. at Detroit, and tho astronomer Capt.
Tuttle. These gentlemen have, with tho exccp-
tion Of Capt. Tuttlo, the assiataucs of practical
miners and mounsaincers. Besides these sc1cn-
tflc moo. the War Department has sent out
Ma. Burke, Of tho Engineer Corps. and tho
current talk is that Nal. Du,ke Capt. Tutt1e,
and Dr.. WcGll1ycuddy nonopolizo tho brainA
aud scientific ability Of the wlols atupendouH
msss Of kuowledEo which NAKED up this ex-
pethsiou. This IL mere eurren: talk, aud not
reliable. Prof. Jenny IL young man Of
about 29 yeara Of age, aud has the appearances
Of + NAH who hhs never mixed up much with
tho world. lie hAs quick aud nervous ssYlo Of
apeAkug and an Intelligent expression of coun-
tepance. He Ia not tho Prof. Janney Of Arizona
diamond notorioty. What he knows about min
inE reluaiua to be seen. A. one Of tho mining
czroFta, we have son Of old john Brown, Who.
iustoad Of following in tho footsteps Of hls
'athtr, is pioneering tho Black Hills. It ID par
Asps u WE'LL
p1AlT or TILE EXPEDITION.
Tho expedition has 20 fer been successful, ~
II Ia now iu permanent camp without An Acci-
dent, Az bafore related. tho expedition left
Fort Larau1ts On Msy 25. and made its camp that
night on nsshida Creek, small tributary Of tho
Nozkh Flatto.
Tho seccnd days march We up tho Raxhide
to Or near tho Kawhido Duttaa, where the next
camp was mado.
The third dAy'a march waa nado Ac1oas high
divide OF tAble.Iand hlls, raYines aud small val
lsya, Until the hoa4.sprluRs Of tho Nlobrats, or
''L'eAu que Court" were reached. Camp was
made ut this potnt for the night. Hero there
Was no fuel to he found but gToen sage-bruah.
Kow. dry s4ge-brush burns we'll enough, and an
awe1s to cook meal or two; but green eago-
brush s NOT tho best iuel to burn. Add to this,
the discomfort Ut heAry white frost that night,
and the necessity Of = protsacted prAyor.moctins
the next day for tho benefit Of recent converts
CAD bo Imagined.
TLe fourtl, days march WAS from this camp to
the "ofd Woman's Fork" This stream Ia one
Of the southern tributaries Of the chsyenne
River, and In sonchiuC It the command had to
climb q high range Of hills, from which burst b.
fors cur eyes tho
TinBT AlouT Or THE PROMISED LAND.
Immediately about Us were deep 1avinea OF
canona full Of pines, gradually slipping down to
tho narrow valley Of the Old Woman's Fork.
Then. directly below ua, wound this willow
frtnged stream, 10 crooked aud 30 tangled thnt
IT, cou1ao could but with difficulty be dssss-
mined. On both sides Of this nauow valley rose
ntragglng blura broken by deep cuts and backed
by au tutsIminablo succession Of ntill more
ragged hills. Fifty miles norshwsrd sombzo
elevation soousd TO tiso absubtly from the plalu,
and. gradually falling toward the soutnaast
stretch IN inky line as far ~ tho eye could
reach. The black elevation was Bear Lodge,
and tho black liuo the Black Hills.
II tho scenery from tho hilltop Vas mAgu!A.
cent. crossing and recrosslug
THE OLD woaAN's FORK
Al IA nft&
Impression. 4 lsngaid st.oan Of yellow alkaline
water, lowing, as It almoat tired OF existence.
over mud and ssnd bottom. mAds many mule
whscler eu1so tho day ho Was born. Tho most
facettoua Aliuaio1la continue TO bo nasds 4boat
th!s stream. and many inquiries u to Why and
how 1t received Ito mama.
The facts, ~ given by the !" "Cut-throats" or
Sioux, arc ~ follows: Many bnowe hAye gono
slnco tho great Sioux nation came to this country
from tbs East. They had been driven from ther
homes by moro warllks trtbos, Apd thcY In turn
drove before them tho lssa numerous and unor-
ganized bands who were then living In j,esce-
fui enjoyment OF buffalo, elk, and deer.
The aloux. finding that the country aboundeti In
Ill kiuds Of game, followed up the advantages
they had gained Rud mAdo numerous raids intn
ths country o9 thaif weaker sussnies, stealing
their horses. burning their lod8sa, bsalping
women. Thsse women wero lll-traAted, beaten,
aud made to do al tho drudgsry OF khor c4ptorn,
aud whenever Sioux wstEioE Hss killed Gy the
epslpy, ak OF theso unfortunate raptiysa wore
taken cut aud tortured osar a slew tire with
spi!ntsTs Of p,tch.plne stuck In their quiyering
hest, while Ill tho other cAptI,ss veEs
mads To soArify their ams to
the shoulder, ind their legs to
ths thigh, aud cut gaahes into their breasts.
These hileoaxlY gaahtd aud bleeding creatures,
dripping with gore, waIe made, Under penalty
Of instxat dtath, to form cirols around tnoir
burning sisters, aud dance and sing Joyous
war dance until llfo In these c4xrrad bodies w2s
extinct Such wsH tie spost.Yeneas ot the