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discovered seven to oeight miles in cx.
tent titles to the north, and gives
promise OF great value. 1t is called
Mammoth Ledge.
LOCATION OF THE NEXr CAMP:


The command left camp Hamey for
Rapid creek, to the northwest, thirty
five miles from Clusters guch, where
the next permanent camp will be
located,
Black lIr,Is 1:xrkD,r'os,
CAMEO Nk. on RAPID uCRtEE, DIT,
July 81, via FoRT LAMAaiE, Ang.3.
The Inter. Ocean Courier leaving
here to-day conveys the following:
On Sunday last camp Harney
in Clusters Gulch, French creek, was
broken, and the. expedition moved
north through Spring creek gulch aud
canon to Rapid creek, where the.
third permanent camp is now located.
GENERAL CROOK,
commanding the department of the
Platte, arrived at the camp which
bears his name last Wednesday, ac-
compained by Captain Mix, with an
escort OF cavalry, Captain Pollock, Of
the ninth infantry, Major Stanton,
Paymaster, and Gen. William sooy
Smith, of Chicago. On The march,
General Crook, who came to person
ally view the field and decide as tothe
best means OF carry ing cut President
Grants instructions and execute the
orders Of General Sherman and Sheri-
dan, gave the country careful sur
vey, and held numerous conversations
with miners along French, Spring.
and Rapid creeks. His expressed in
tention is,if possible, to resort to no
harsh or coercivc measures, and to
strictly enforce treaty obligations and
to indicate the policy to be pursued,
The following was issued yes.
terday as his =
rROCLAMATIoN:
Where's. .the-PFesiden dent-eI-lll!e
United States has directed that no
miners or other unauthorized citizens
shall be allowed to remain iii the
Indian reservation OF the Black Hills,
or in the united territory OF the west,
until some new treaty arrangements
have been made with the lydians;
and
WHEREAS, by the same authority
the undersigned is directed;
to occupy said reservation
and territory with troops, and to re-
move all miners or other unauthorized
people who may be now Or may here
after come to this country in viola
tion Of the treaty obligation:
Therefore the undersigned hereby
requires every miner or unauthorized
citizen to leave the territory known
as the Black Hills, the Powder river,
and the Big Horn country by or be-
fore the 10Th day Of August next.
I He hopes that the good sense and
law-abiding disposition of the miners
will prompt them to obey this order
without compelling resort to force.
1t is suggested that the miners now
in the hills assemble at the military
lpost about to be established at camp
Harney, near the stockade on French
creek, on or about the 10th day Of
August; that they then and there
hold meeting and take such steps as
may seem best to them by organiza.
tion and the drafting Of. proper reso
lutions to secure to each, when the
country shall have been opened, the
benefit Of his discovery and the labor
he has already expended.
GEORGE Crook.
1 Brig. Gen. U. S. A., Comd. Dept
Of the Platte.
Camp Crook, D: T., July 30.
Official. copy: Norris C. Ford, First
Lieutenant Ninth Infantry. Adjutant
Black Hills expedition.
MORE TROOPS.
To see this order carried into etiec
three companies-one Of infantry
and two of cavalry-are now OF
their way to the hills, under captain
Pollock, Captain Henry, and Captain
Wells.
TIE MINERS.
as far as yet heard from, are in har
mony with the letter and spirit o
j General Crooks order. The majority
declare they will leave promptly a
the expiration Of the time specified
Some few pilgrims have already re
turned, and others are prepared to fol
low. The Castle creek district hcle
q meeting at which sixty.ive ,niners
were present, ,at which, by resolution
they agreed to accept the conditions
and fixed forty days as the opening
of the hills to claim holders to return
and resume possession. Tomorrow
| the Spring creek district miners con
vcne for similar purpose. The re
mainder in other districts will speed
lily wheel into line, and mining vii
be practically abolished for the season
in the Black Hills.
PROFESSOR JENSEY
!. states ,,hat the extent and thorougnes
Of his prospecting and testing Of bar
!. and flats will be materially aided, a
4 n I II,