, 1876-04-29
TIE BLACK HILLS

TIE BLACK HILLS.
Experiences Of n OhichxoAn&
To ths Eater e} ThA chitaee 7F1oures
Cus1xn Orr. OAK. Ter, April 16.-Aooording
to promise made my many aeausnssncos among
your zesdere, wfite you. Having beeu Ida ali
winter, osin8 70 tho closing Of cur shops, ! de-
termined Ia Try mT fortunes in this so-talled
Now E!dorsdo. Eagerly 1nadlng evsry scrap OF
information could find about t1le.s Hills and
being especially attracted By soms handbilla
published by tha Nor.huostern Railroad, found
that lino seemed 10 desiss to give full and fair
Information about ali the routes. Without favor.
ing auY one. finally determined 10 call
upon the General Passenger Agent Of that
line, and got surh advice ae be could
give. l oalied, bus 10 would not ~
to perauade me either 10 70 or To take any
route, but said they could oifer NO through
tickets to this point by 1ve or six routes. ~
they controlled ,incs 10 Omaha, Fremont, Grand
leland, North Platte City. Bidney, and Choy-
enne; to Bloa1 CITY, Yaukson, WisneE (Nsb.),
aiarshall {hiinn.), and Bismarck. With this
choice Of routes bafore ma, aud With offer Of
through tsckots to this point by any Of these
routes. finally concluded to 20 BY Nay Of
Cheyenne, and much have regretted that did
30.
bought hrst-otaas ticket from Chicago to
Custer City for eG1. end found 1t waA 10 take me-
by the California trhin Of the Chicago l. North
Western Hai)roAd, that loft Chicago 1t hslf-past
10 in tho forenoon. and By Which got to Omaha
tbs next morning u 9 o'clock. / had splendid
ride On that road. and sould dnd fault with 1t
only because the CARS ueEa very full. Wo had
two dTawtuR-toom Basoping-c1rs, with every
berth full aud four coaches that we're also full.
After waiting three hours =. Omaha, We started
on tho Union Pacific lsai,road, and tho nost dhy,
at about noon, got to Cheyenne. | took pat-
rcll's stago line (tl,oy called it stage, but
called it ! covered mud-waxon). and il took u
five days more to get TO this place. We CAME
over the most Internal road ever esw. 1t Was
rough, muddy, full OF melting Snow !; rivera
to ford; no food TO be hsd; no ranches for
shelter and nothing but sand. and rock, and
alkaline desert, sil tue way. Il IL fraud Ia
send people this WAY, sna no oae but the Pacific
Road aud Cheyenne peoplo arc to be- blamed for
| 1t. Tho route Ia all right up to Chsyenne,-ln
fact, could not be bstiaE but ~ Cheyenne the
fraud btglnb, and does not end until Ne reach
tars. The route IL full OF thioyos, out-throats,
| Indians. aud utterly desperate peopls, who hare
a1uattcd down In the, desert for. the express
purpose Of robhing the nuckers." - they oaii
esety one who comes from east Of Tie Missouri
! lisos. / should soy tho Eouse tho so-callotl
stages take must be- about 400 miles long, a. ws
| trsvcieu day aud night for five davB. aud only
stopped to cuanEe tea1s At the miserable dug
stage company got *20 Of tic money paid for
fl,ul hero shout 400 ehanties aud sol.houscs.
There il NJ gold heso, but 10 suffering o1ists
bat not around THIS s1sY. On Rapid Creek, near
1tapld City. they arc dolng well: SAW them
taxo out III otto pau over 81 worth OF gold. On
that creek mon arc wasing about 80 par day aud
soil think thoss is plantr Of gold 10 pay any
ono that has means ~ huiid a!u.ces, but do not
| believe tncrc is enough to pay Tor pan-Wosk. ]
Am now working fur d Yankton Mining Company,
oharge of iorty mlusra. we eloan up avery
Other day, and 80 thr hare. got ahoTa tl6l
per day for tho forty men. The man are .pkid
- per day III gold. shai! etaJ hors. and b.
lave eh.ll %Akn ny plls: food ~ nore !. plenty
siou1-Clty -four. il oonts for 6ioux-lity bacon
IL cents for sugar. 40 couts for tofioe, aad sa
III ysre coming here ag.lo, J. should CON.
to Port Bully per stoambost. and then take I
pack-mulc for Rapids City. l sAw TWO par
ttca como In geatcrday Who came thts route,
and they got from Ch!csgo. to Aap.da City
In FIVE daYs. and hsd TO tssyol by land only l3o
miles. They bad tro machines f1ed to magot
| wheels, by which they measured the lAnd-foute.
Mos: OF the people who are hero now did noi
como to dig gold. Thoy ars spectators and
gam1losa from Cheyenne. and cotne % rob tbs
nsv-oon.e1s. Every QUO hero tells tbs SAINT
story - 1, that ii: that gold Is hare in pas.lnG
quantities.. After | hayo bsen hsre lltslo long.
o.. shall wr1ts you again. Untu than, mouic
say. do not como BY Cheyenne. but, II you csc
Independents. Bring food. rife, snd plsnty oi
fixed ammunition. Then. wlea Jou got here.
you can 60 HhaFe you please. and II you vii!
work. You cAn Ret xloh; but i you Ars lazy. md
think you Can get gold without working. and
that very bard. you bad better etasvs In Chicago,
for stasve you will IL Jou como hero.
Ono tnlng nearly forgot. aud inst 10: do not
toiu any pt0landed company that Ia bc!ng got up
by souae scamp who fa only Afssr your noncy.
! saw one big party 1eayo Chicago under man
claimed he h.d been hets Wtth Ar. Jeaaay. Ae
got his people about 80 miles from Cheyenne.
aud then thar found be had never oyen been
west Of Omaha. lie has \ partner or Two In
Chicago now, rho, Nlen lott there, WeEp try.
lug to Inve'gle others to 20 to join this ''Aajos:
told man was partner In ttis speculation. Thla
Major told hIa men that hs would take then
through DesAlolues, whero tlcg would b.
jopod by tfty more; but. When they got
easy Tor tho railroads 10 try TO- pereusds pnopte
10 coma here, And tosro u one thing csy -,
In fayor OF The Northwestern RAil{oadt MsJ
told mo they would not advise Any ons 70 80
but, II man was bound 10 80. thsr could giye
him Tho best rou.e. Do not at all regret thai
II is rough here, but the country ID dno, and, II
! wo San do nothing eise. Va can 90 to fhfminl
aud atook.raiaing. Tho ground Ia Jet fFoSeo
but, for all that, the Rrass e lnotea high.
10, who came through By wagon from Winnos
| IleapeotfullY Yours. 0Eon1K l.. CuTLEh.
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