, 1875-12-11
RETURNED ADVENTURES.
Trials OF n Colony in the BLACK Hills
What They FOUND lhcrc.

Trials Of n Colony in the BLACK Hills
What They Pound There.
From the Kansas City Times, November 10th
y detachment Of the expedition which left
st. Louis last summer 10 seek gold in the
Black Hills, reached Kansas City last night
on their return trip; broken in fortune, bur
not in determination TO win tie golden prize
hidden beneath the pine-elzd hills Of North
ern Wyoming. They "put up" at Chic,
hotel, where a TBlcs reporter met and con-
versed with Them. There We're six Of them,
all brouzsd, hale aud hearty young men.
Mr.. Andrew Young, the leader Of the party,
was very communicative, and gave his expe-
rienees with directness and candor which
left no doubt Of the truthfulness Of the story.
He said
We left St. Louis last May with well
organized and wen EQUIPPED outfit, for
the Black Hills There were six of us in
the party. We declined the association Of
the larger and more prominent parties, such
as McBrien's ot st. Louis, and Colonel Car
penJer's Of Kansas City, and
STRUCK OUT ALONE
for the Black Hills. We paid $50 for a
CARLOAD of freight from St. Louis 10 Chey-
enne In this car We loaded our wagon,
which We bought in 81. Louis our coffee,
bacon, dried fruit, whiPsaw, a cross cut
saw and two smaller saws suitable for saving
lumber ior sluices, and Il general assortment
of merchandise ard provisions to last us fUr
six months We bought our -four at Chry-
eune, and rugged up our teams there, and
STRUCK OUT FOR THE BLACK HILLS.
We went west from Cheyenne 10 avoid the
military. We learned sufficient az Cheyenne
from teamsttrs and mountaiueers from Fort
Laramie 10 satisfy US that it would be impos-
slble to get our outfit across the military ferry
over The North Platte at Fort Laramie, and
aimed, by derour of couple Of hundred
niies, to the west, to
AVOID MILITARY INTERFERENCE
and reached the Black Hills west of III
range ,couied by Indians and soldiers. W
did -. We struck into the Black Hill
about 100 miles west of the Red Cloud sgen
cy, and about eighty miles east Of north {
Fort Fciterman. We found the country ful
Of game and covered with Il heavy grow tn {
| pine and cedar Beaver. deer and bear wer
plentiful ia the hills north OF the Platte, au
| anielopes were swarmIng upon the plains AL
WE STRUCK GOLD
from the time We commenced TO prospect
the hills. II was fine - lour " gold all of !
and can only be collected by Guicksiive
We were able to make about ten collars =
day each to the man, after wr had Whipped
ont enough lumber TO make siUices- II
pine lumber Is thick and plentiful and
found abundance of water. This, yUu mu
understand, was the west side Of the IN
ana remote from military interference.
mieht bc naturally expected, We could Il
remain there long without beng
DISCOVERED EY TIE INDIANS,
aud " gIyen away " by them TO the militar
The Iudians-,huse controlled 10y Red Clor
and Spotted TAil-are using great deal
polIcy III their treatment Of the miners La
yur case As an ILLUSTRATION They made
ypposi:ion 10 our going into the hills ";
our "outfits-" They SAW us 20 IN a
watched Us prospect the valleys, but did
interfere. They waited until We had d
covered good pay dir', - and had got tan
: down 10 work, and then they reported o
7 ,r,s,uc. in III halls to the oOnIuandant
| Fort F,.lt,ruuri, " no sent a scouting party
ORDER Is OUT or THE HILLS.
OF course We came. We had no other alt
: nifty If Nc stayed, We would lose {
wagons and mining apparatus BY eonfS
rion, and perhaps orr scalPs by The cF4
: Sioux. We left the hills about two we
e AGO. aud came out by way Of Sweetw1
70 VALLEY and Medicine BOW There we
= opr oprfit for two hundred dollars, Vhich
= US seven hundred dollars IN ST. LOUIS
E. started home TO ST. Louis. How much G
Is did We bring out with us2 Wei, | TeeA
Is about seven hundred dollars all tod
man can make easily
, TEN DOLLARS DAY
- after his s!uices are made and he get
IN work. know there Is gold in abunda
~ because I have seen it. l shall return z!
r. in the spring and 20 to work IN the
- I, will paw any man who Will WOrk-
h soldiers favor the gold-seekers all they
We They want The hills open TO settlement
= do nothing more than they are ordered u
= Ia, indians care Eo,hIrg TOR rhe hills, x
- ior what they viii bring IL a sale t" the
. eminent
PROSPECTIVE TEoCELE-
,,- Captain Young reports the hills fnl
nd miner. prorpec,ing. They move a0Ou
Ole nar,ies Of three OF four. The soldiers ca
me III Iydtsr- ara TeluctaI