The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-04-26

be made available At least foul to
six months in the year these streams
(Belts7 Fnurche nd Souyfr Fork ~
J Cheyenhefa Pare quite high-s gThe Hpgs
cuud be cut andLAralTs ported sta HE
sides Of these streams during the dry
season, and when the streams are
/ high. IN the spring of the year, they
I could he taken down into the Ms
4 ,uuri River with Tp-guOu degree Of
safety and ease.
4 The Black Hills, which appear in
The distance and derive their name
] from. their dark and gloomy apprar-
} ance. contains au ineXnuu-tIbie Quau-
| tity of the ineStIiIheE, al~GSlSrBiur,
! which riIGdnubaess rgiiaAILuIFiis-
] turbed for many years to come"
General Custer, who visited the
hills last summer, in his report also
speaks g~luwingly of the supply of
timber, and says: " he timber
found consisted of many varieties,
/ principally of pine, oak and elm.
\ The pnIe is.lbff suitabla dfRiensfdais
for being worked into lumber, and j.
meto with in1Ebundance1 onJ every
hillside"
Col. Forsythe. of Gen. Sheridau's
staff, who accompanied the rXpedi-
tiOu, also t~OrrOburutr~ the statement
that a great abundance of timber
exist in the hills.
7 The fertility aOf tbP RSUii in the
I Black Hills vas noticed by Lieut..
WarreU, jn JSaS. Sp7lkipE of the.
} Valleys m'thW region, ne say IN hiS
report of that yvarI 'unthese muun-
tain formations which border the
gTeap Jlam-LbH- the wr~t IN. tSahr'
. fuuud beautiful flowing streams, and
Il 4,,,..II rr.l, ,r.,lF.Kss ..a,-LTs.l ..... ,urtI,
fine grass for hay, and susceptible .:
cu]iiivaIion hy means of irrigation.
Fine timber for fuel and. lumber,
! timr5topr, and EspdEsinae, fnT huiia-
\ ing IIurpu~rS,. arr here -ahupddnt.
Goid' las be- i found IN places in
yaluaIhP 7'qhHiit.tics, aiid. without
doubt, the more 5l and useful
minerals VIII be discovered when
niu minute examinations are
nadp.n
Ia the same report, further on. hc
Says: "Thr country furnishes the
/ u.5un2 gfr EaiSipg StfGgirpL qVntifir-t
' of Eraiu ma Nd1Etttrfd2 f5r ilH. 49, ~
the Northumberland beautiful.
healthy and desirable locations for
/ their homes. The remaI kahIp free
Dom here from sickness is one al
the attractive features of the region,
audi with iBvthIsUTcsPect, lgUsiat 10
TecOmpunSc the settler from the
Mississippi valley for his loss in the
smaller amount of products that can
be taken from the soil. The great
want of suitable luildiug material,
which lUjSS%g atriSu>k' rCtardS the
growth Of HE west, will not he felt
here" 1rsu Il yrs
He also says that uleaesSettlempnts
G =. H.. DTL. IIsHI --..
! hGagrisu.IuE+lto-lhe same ~eXtpHtas-
{ llt"sc ia the Mississippi valley. hut
mus dfpepd greatly upon the Fais-.
Gen, NJ +. Rayuolds, who niade.a
! Typographical survey of this region
in 1890, says, in speaking If ii in
l bis report, page 7: "The whole re-
giOn al the Black Hills i uuuur~-
tinnably QGstiuel, ~ 10 distautyaate,
TO afford hnncs Tor u thriving popu-
hutiun. Tue mountains will furnish
4 sufficient supply of pine lumber for
ordinary. uses, and although timber
y VERY scarce in the region H. Il
whole from Fort Pierre to the Pow
! ger ltivcrJ, yGt rbe Black luis will
fully SUplIlyt hiS great drffeieucVin
] the districts immediately atljuinfnE."
| His route from the Missouri River
led him to the Forks Of the By
Cheyenne, and then he skirtpd the
northeast and north sid" of the hill-.
: II" describes them in his Journal aS a
| -uCCessiou-u-muuntai1 EaugesAW with
heaatiful valleys between, the soil OF
which is rich and Fertile, ant GOV
! cred witlCa5 heaSy grawth OF grass.
! Groves +of ash OAR .-ettn= aad et4ter
varieties of timber are mentioned H.
being net with, ringing the clear,
beautiful streams of water, putting
down from the hills into the Belle
| Fourchp. Between the forks of the
I Cheyenne very decided evidences of
the existence of gold were found
pagexI nut ~pf"~pectiig MAI di+
Outraged by htmNOn account or dan
ger from the Indians. and for fear of
making the expedition a failure.
=" 1t WAS for these ,a-uu that the
search for gold was AT all tiupS dis
toursgrd,H he says .page ia, yet
Sti Z 1t Was bfseE idiHiiailtl 10 restrain
the disposition to 'pru.pect,' and
there were moments whrn i was
feared that sornr of the party would
defy all restraint"
lhes" descriptions and discoveries
were mGaeiM thF BRc2fHiH- SIN
teen anti seventeen years ago by
reliable army officers, whose only
object WAS t" make truthful reports
Of IN" country. AMI were made under
many diSad v~nutagcS. The number
Of men. EACH huIrvaT-mall, and. the
dangers frrhn4thc h0stfth SfbtfX We're
pot III" only trouble they had to pro
vide ng inst.
Warren went north from Fort
Laramie, vi! Rcd ButteS and Old
Wngam,s FnrkS to The Spuh4hey-
enne. and thencG. 70 1hyanl Kara,
where ,heliowas iHlercepted sby the
Sioux, and Compelled to retrace his
Stnns. He went hnLk tnMarlS Fort