The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-03-28
The Black Hills Furor.
IN. Y, World I

The adventurous eplrlG OF large clasa
the American people promises to End
the richness of the Black Hills county y
the precious metals are continued. Ips
Western States one Of those old fashioa.
furors 10 rising-such an one as those viz
swept thousands of eager men to Califon5
and Afterwards to Pixies Peak. As far b.,
as Chicago parties are forming to invade ~
Rlack Hills, and we are not sure that -
excitement has not extended even to -
own State and city. Small trains are Il,
ing the frontiers of civilization in Dali
and Wyoming daily for the gold aud sin
fields, and it is announced an expedS
composed of several hundred men, ~
armed and carrying full supply Of
visions and mining implements, will
part from Sioux City on the Missouri RNl
on the 18th of April. Recruits are advs;
tised for, and the story that comes to ush1
that settlement and Yankton, sixty nil
further up, is that "strangers are pourip,
to ioin the expedition, and railroad. u.
steamboat expressmen, hackns
draymep, whisk ey- sellers, outfit trader.
fact all who have anything to sell, inch
ing the entire population of Sioux Cityx
Yankton, are on the qui riue."
Since there is strong prospect Of
headlopg rush of gold seekers to the BIZ
should lose no time in exposing the aeh
condition of things. AS was the case in d
unfortunate Pixies Peak Juror, many ban
working men, farmers and mechanic,
be induced by the reports from the BIZ
Hills and the hope of obtaining vea
quickly and easily to turn their little 4
sessions into cash and abandon sure
honest pursuits to go on this wildgm
chase. Upon some of these persons va
, ing would be wasted. Nothing but cuff
ing unutterable and bitter disappointu,
will cure them. Others may be intiuena
. to stay at home, for the present at lea
, by a brief statement OF the doubts
difficulties in the way.
In the first place, 1T is not certain
9 gold or silver exists in the Black
f country in quantities sufficient to just
q digging. TIE reports of Clusters
were vague and uperhciak--Ihe sclenSs
experts with the expedition did not spa
b favoraoly of the mineral character OF s
b country. Then, again, the invasion OF 8
l. Black Hills country is against the law
II the United States The tract belong
II the Indians, and its invioability is guanl
" teed to them by solemn treaty. The va
) man who crosses the line which dlvideaS
0: territory of the Indians from that off
whites breaks the law, and if caught
L Uuo vi tuO - hieSo Sles>S
n liable to punishment. If caught BY l
r. Indians who are feeling very angry at
~ prospective overflow of their huntI
III grounds, he is liable to scalping and crI
1e death. The route to the mines is long
st rugged, over a country called, from
ct scantiness of its vegetation, the y
a. Lands" and it cannot be traversed with
great hardship, to say nothing OF the hs1
ship of encounteripg a band of saw
We bowling reddevils. 1
al 1t is shrewdly expected that this fr
at has been created and fostered by sPssj
in tors and sharpers on the frontier whoA
20 to profit by pilgrimage of fools W
70 must of necessity be largely guided
40 them. These are the outfit-seliers, 4
Ill road ticket peddlers, stage propriss
IF dealers in whiskey, provisions and M
and horde of gamblers, thieves, andt
70 peradoes who have a rich harvest to anf
~ pate if the East will send forth its gra
10 horns in search of gold. Flaming aceoa
1T. of the wealth of the Black Hills couE
ne have been spread broadcast. How eE
to would be to invent them! The coum1
be the Wyoming and Dakota newspap
ed afford confirmation of this suspicion
10 Spectators are "bulliug" the Black
'' sensation The Cheyenne Journals den
much space to and expend much eloqua
lis IN showing that the rOate by the vs.!
Ict that settlement and Fort Laramie is
in only short, safe, cheap and comforH
ad one; and the routes having their star.
=. points at Sioux City, Ia, and Bismaret
ne the Northern Pacific Railroad, are daaE
ed Gus aud costly, covered with deep 81
So, bereft of wood and water and open to
ge torrays of the Indians On the other b.
Tot the partisans of the Sioux City and
marck claim all the advantages for d
own routes and depreciate the rival roT
The competition is fierce, and possibl!
truth may come out in the end. 10
10, meantime General Sherman is mas
III preparations to prevent tue raiding
les the Indians country. The intending
itv igrant, therefore, must take into consf
-: the black legs, red devils aud blue-c'
:, ton the prospect of running the gauut'
NY to find in the end that all Is not gold
en-, glitters.
nN The Louisville Courier Journal, ve'
" the subject in its moral aspect, Gays;
.ad The Black Hills belonged to the ).
20. Indians, and nobody else; nevertNtI
''' this generous Government of ours gsN
Fss Sioux Indians the Black Hills as PEI
me ual reservation, for them to have 90
ep hold for all time to come, the Govern
solemnly pledging itself that no y, v
,-o man should ever settle upon or inVsee
~ reservation. But rich deposits oil
0SI- have been found among the Black