The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-05
UP THERE.
Notes from the Land of Nuggets and
Dust.

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Dust.
The Deadwood correspondent of the
Chicago Times says; We are looking
forward to lively times this coming
summer. and expect to witness an in
aux Of emigrants and capital to the
Black Hills second to none heretofore
experienced In mining camp. We
have the inducements here to warrant
It, If such have ever existed in a good
country. 1t is needless to talk of our
mineral wealth. Enough has already
been said upon the best authority re-
garding this subject.
ATRoUBLEsoNE DECISION.
The entire population of the Hills has
been greatly agitated for the past two
days in relation to the late decision of
the secretary Of the interior, regarding
our titles here to property, which took
the ground that until the late adjust
ment of the Indian question, all title to
the country here was vested in the red
skins, and that, being unceded lands,
no citizen of the general government
could acquire a perfect title by preemp-
tion and occupation, but that to perfect
title property-holders must re-enter of
record all mining property, city proper
ty, ranch prescriptions, and real estate
claims generally, As a result, yester-
day and the day before were the busiest
ones that recorders have ever
known. The scramble upon the part
of honest holders to secure their own
was only equaled by that of the Jump
er' to get a paper title to valuable pos
sessions, to which he could have no pos
sible right de fdcto. That the decision
was an obnoxious to the pioneers of
the country must be apparent, and why
the decision could not have been so rem
dered and worded as to protect the
property interests already recognized
here among ourselves, is a matter much
wondered at. 1 confess that 1 am not
at all posted regarding the decision in
question, and do not attempt to discuss
the matter either pro OF con. 1 OILY
know that much trouble is liable to
come of it. Our citizens have had no
official notice of this decision, and the
reasonable presumption is that without
it their interests will not be leopard
lied, at least for the present.
There is little doubt that as a rule
the people Of the Hills are law abiding,
and despite the crude condition of our
local district laws relative to mines,
both placer and quartz, they will be re-
cognized by our people, and the rights
thereof enforced by popular will.
THE INDIAN QUESTION.
The chief hindrance to the develop
ment Of every interest we have here
now lies in the adjustment, speedy and
final, of the Indian question, and we
are all looking anxiously to see what
may come of Spotted Tails mission
to Crazy Horse and his band, which has
for its purpose the disarming and bring
ing into the agencies of this trouble
some customer and his followers. One
thing is certain, that unless the govern
ment does something to secure protec-
tion to the emigration hither the com
ing summer, our interests will be ma
terially injured for this reason if for
none other. We are new yet, and, as
compared with our needs and the natu-
raj difficulties besetting all pioneers to
a gold country, even are poor. We
want capital to develop our resources,
and this important need will be with
held from US in case the Indians should
be permitted to raid the different
routes leading into the Hills. 1t would
not deter the emigration of that larger
class of adventures who seek coun-
tries like this. They are numerous
enough already. Men who have every
thing to gain and nothing to lose are
moi as a rule the ones who develop
quartz mines, erect stamp mills, and
wrest fortunes from natures original
treasury. They take their lives in one
hand and a gun in the other and strike
out. If they fail, it is only another
experience which they record among
many, and are ready for the next. But
men who have money and are willing to
come to the country and investigate its
resources and advaI .tages with the pur-
pose Of investing, will hardly risk their
lives in an attempt to get here. There
is nothing the new administration at
Washington could do, tending to make
itself popular with the great northwest,
which would be so e~ffectual in that di-
rection as to Immediately inaugurate a
policy, either of peace or war, that
would make the Indian takea back seat.