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from punishment iii this worll hecanso the
witness agninst him docs not bolioyo In pun
iBhuput In tho next.
THE BLACK HILLS FOLLY.


Tic prompt notion Of tho Government with
expeditions now Atting out unIer tie aus
1icca Of specuatoya aud encouragement OF
frontier towns, aagor to 1nako fortunes ont |
Of thc excitement, ought to be Rolo1nn |
warning. Tho Government troops aro already |
III motion from various sections of tho co'tia- |
try for tic D1ack Hills region, and will OPP |
roso aly invasion Of it by forco Of arnls.
Thcir orders aro Of tho most stringent de-
ecrirtion. Gen. SHERMAN Inns atatcd his III
atr,ctioua very sharply, namely, to stop al
tloso WHO nro going tl1oro. md to cxpel nl
those who nrc in tho mining country, while
| Gen. snEnrpaN emphasizes these general
orders by directing Gems. TERRY and onp
| to burn tic wagon.trains, destroy tho
outfits, and arrest tho leaders, combining
| them at tho nearest military post In tho ILL.,
tlinn country. This seems md il us,ssecas-
sariIy hArs1, treatment, 20 far NJ tho deHtrtc-
tiow Of private property is concerned, and
sayora altogether too much Of tho maunor Of
disposiug Of Indians to ba palatablo to white
mon. 1t is only Incumbent upon officers OF
| tho Government to prevent 1ninors from 90.
ing into tLo Black Hills country aud expel
those who aro in there in the event TINT Con-
gress shall fail to extiuguiah tho Indian
treaty-titles, md this can bo affocted without
auch rough trcatncnt ~ Gon. SHERIDAN haa
directed. THO order is harsh one.
from the standpoint Of ordinary hu-
rnauity. These gold.hunters will sulIer
sufficiently from Weather, exposure, dis
ease, tho ranges Of Indians who
now havo q sufficient Qualification for attack
ing them, mud the cruel disappointment which
is sure to oycrtako them, without stripping
them Of nll thcreiFccts, mud outfits, aud trains,
and leaving them to crawl back homo again
us tLoy best can without leaders, clothing,
provisions, wagons, OF horses. Nevertheless,
tho orders of Gems SHERMAN md. SHERIDAN
ongl,t to convince those who hava mania
for the Black 1l;lls tl,at tho Government ia in
earnest and will enforce tho general orders
ut my cost. Should it fail to DO SO, indeed,
: it would bo violation Of aolouln compact
,, with tho Inainns, which would render every
= other Indian trcsty worthless aud inauguratt
q general Indian war, IN Which the savage'
. would lare right On their side, even 1t thcj
> did not havo might,
/, we 0nEG IupF1t 4AcFeAo4e, AepcA1 o&aA H'tA -
!. ings to tue crowd which is getting rcady tt
. rush to the Black Hills, TINT tho chances mr.
= :. moro than even that dreadful disaproint
~ mont awaits them, and that when it is to-
. late thoy will discover TINT they have not onl
% given up their situations, wasted their time
- exposed their families to suffering, and los
= money, but that they aro hunted down Q
- the o,,e hand by Indians, md on tho other b
!, ! the Government as outlaws. In addition
~ these facts, they must consider TINT the bul
. Of testimony is much moro conclusive ths
= = there is not gold enough in the Black Hil1s
- - nay for going, even II the treaty were e.
- tingaiBt,et. than tint there is, and that Ge'
~ -, onn has already ordered his troops to bring
tho miners who left Sioux City last October, OK
~ ing to their lestitution. We have little faii
~ ~ that warnings will be needed. Tho exp
49, riences Of tho Sacram cntonnd American Riv
Wiley, Pixies Peak, and Wliito Pine viii
MI probability DO repcatod, but when til
t;uo comes, tho Victims will not hnvo 1t
=. -, say that they wo:e not forowarncd by II
~. -a TRIBUNE. II thore ID gold there, it can wa
~ ~ Tho first expedition will not exhaust 1t, eT
IL tho first expedition should succeed in eva
~ ing the Indians aud tho military, Of Viii
sa there In little prospect.