, 1876-05-05
THE BLACK HILLS.
Unfnvorablo Reports from tho
Gold Regions.
Capital Required to Work Tie Diggings
"A Scarcity Of Progisiona.
Fifteen Whites Killed By Indians, During
Ono Month, In the Vicinity OF Custer.

St,eiaI Correspondence qf Ths Chicago Tribune.
CUTTER Clr1, April 10.-~1 hAyo read many
articles in tho papa1s ~ to tho condition Of tue
Hack I1itla go1ti4ligginge, but rot qua t,nvn I
fonnd TINT told tho whole tr1tt. Tie fact tg,
TINT, on CuHtor 0ulch or French Crock, tflere
sro but two claims. all told. that pay expenses
knd al but thirteen claims lIave been abandoned,
or work on them stopped. Thcso ato huco-
claims, and, OF The thtrtoen. in faot but ton arc
now being worked. Tho galcl. Ii about u miles
in length, and hEa boen "psospected for the
ul,ole distance. fow Of the Claims on tie
gulch It may pay To WORK, but
THE i'Ar WILL. NE VERY MODERATE.
In some Of tho gu1chea further uorth, 1t may
pay little better.
At Spring Creek and Caatlo aud Iapid
Creeks, Tho condition ia about tho samo.
1u tLeso tho water docs not dry up quite
Bo carly in TIM hvason as at Custer 0utch.
Heyonty or 30 miles northwnrd from this city,
at Deadwood, Whtowood, Bears GulcH, 1ron
Crock, aud Sand Clock, thcfo are clatms that pay
from go TO sao per p,o1 aty; Aaa .n At beaa"ood'
Aiming operations thus far havo hcen retarded
by tho woasher, tho enow In many places hoing
50 deep thaI II Ia almost impossible to work tho
mined. But, 10 mattor what may bo tho weather,
CAPITAL Will BK NEQuIRED
TO successfully work the d1gglngs and littlo can
BE- mado by tho niner working e!ngle-h,ndod.
which Ill tho gulchea, and tho bed-rock Is deep
down. Thete esn d,,o. ho no ors doubt aaa taat IT
which l haso myself Eoen; but Al rot
lttio progress Las been mado toward ovorcom-
Ing tho obstactch that proyoot ttctr ocing do.
voloped. Not obly fs copits1. atd good deal Of
It, required, but tho lack of communication with
the rest OF the,word Is suoh that hero In Custer,
We are ......... ...........
HARDLY SECURE AGAINST STARVATION.
Tho bupply Of provisions in tue whole town.
which now numbers about 1000 haoalahtn,
ls not sufficient for moro tlan week; and sup-
ply-trains Gu touta lithor haye been ntuck On
tho roan OF in the road, somo IS miles lli1tant,
for no,ns t..no. Tho Indians too, :htoughou*
tho whole region. and OH all tho roads,
AttE N08fitK,
and almost daily stampede stock. and With their
rifles pick OF emgranls or proRfectors aud
numbers OF parties hayo loht their entire Quilt
Oh tho way, md endured terrible sul1eEings in
making their way hero Oh foot.
On tho 18th. five Inen on tho Yankton road,
only % miloa from Custer, wore attacked by a
pnrty Of about thirty sayayee. shots were OK
changed, tito emigran.s firing from behind theis
Wagons, and u laat waking their escape, undes
brush tilt out Of range, and abandoning thcit
wagons, teams, aud outtit. On the 18th,
at Buffalo Gnl. party Of four
| tosn emigrapts weEo attacked by the
In which two Of the omlgraut party were wound
cd. wete repulsed. un the 17th. = small paEty
| OF emigrants Wero surrounded by Indians At lied
Canon, anu tiyo u1eu and ono woman we're killed
! On tho 18th, M Tho telegraph han Joubsleya nd.
| vised you. party OF httfus Bulls bnnd tnsda .
| raid On the west outskirts OF Custer, and go
! away with nino head Of horses. Within the
| month, no less than
| IIYTgEA KM1agANTs HAVE BEEN tAHsAcnED NJ
THE ISpIAN8
| In this vicinity, aud, unless thu Goyornmnn
comes to cur re'tef zna TINT 9uickty, there II
| reaaou to fear tue town will hAyD 10 b0 abnndou
J ed as the saysgos CAP cut OF our supplies almos
| wholly. IT. ".