, 1877-10-06
Gan. Sheridan's Report Of His
Trip Through 1t Last
July.
rhe Painted Rock River Section Of
the Big Horn Mountain
Region.
crnss Parks at tho Summit Of
tho kange-.-N1njcstlo
Scenery.
The Little Horn Valley Filled with
Prospeotors, Emigranb, and
Tramps.
f,leut. Carpenters Report on tho Geo.
logical Formation OF the
Country.

lis visit during the past summer TO tile lnndh ot
TIC hostile Sioux:
lrxApqrAn1Ena M!,'TAnr A n,T!stoY r o. THE M ME-
r. y n To,rasfnd. ddjuiaat- Gtntral Of Me Army.
1iathtnqfon. z: C.-s.n: The necessity wh!eh
na.,s ea n III thc Yciiow.tone and ia iorn Valleys il
Tic heart Of The hostile Sioux country. made lin.
eumbens on INC 10 collect such knowledge Of l,at
srrtnn az would enable me 10 determine TO soma
4 n. II ss # Sf
,on na.. eeo ap 1sis ebaenx
tcopc Of The country referred 10 NJ was psactrahr
Therefore made " ny ,, na u g ts y nin a 'fem en-
fas Sasps s!ss IL %aa KlveS ,ssar,sia:.
H. pAs.nsy ss" & ss Ss sho.. s Mns Ssn Tss
Camp e iIrown. Win piuper cscort, 10 ttaycl down
thc little wind ltIycs to It's Junction with hs Nam
by theit Junction, 10 The western hnee Of the owl
Geek Mountains; then turning sast and nottheaht.
"a ~, ,uSs s{ ~ sEfs dsk .e sa wse saea
nd Is erronconslr put down on The mans - 10;
,esshcd ~SGH paint whic. would eaab|s no TO
trall. and, after rcachinR tho eastern % base aso
atais Il i,s mouth From thence oy steamboat eoald
/. al tho mouth Of Tonguo River. and then ~
steamer to bismarck. and By tho Northern Pacific
1iaiIroad back via =, Paul to Ch!ca9o; Tho conn.
w embraced Ia this circuit covered nearly tho
Whole IT the great Zig Horn and Yclowetono Fnl-
ieys, and 9 tho country TINT waa oceupied by the
hostile indians urin th1 PREVIOUS ssn su'sr [Ist.s
camp Isrown. II. r, ] te.t Chicago Juno 81. 1877.
CO.. D. V sssxe. tis.
{. ' Of my stat: Lieut. II. l.. Carnenter, Ninth In.
ae;y te s!nsn f'eaas @sS, GG P y 'Ses Mss
by Zen Crook, commanding the department OF
tic Piattc. and on arrival at Camp Drown JUNG 20.
Aides Camp, Everything being In readiness ut
Camp Brown, We started chrly on tho morainH o!
Jaly'1, and on July 4 reached thu ea''eFn bare Of
OWL. CREEK MOUNTAINS.
Tho country nown the Ltttto Wind River. and the
s' {. M hf sna ,qa Dig ps sna eeys
not p; :;danc S1ss Il io s vsss e 4 ss
81! Ss Tao country on vs
Junction OF tho Wind lsivcrs to the haac Of the
w WI ouaa mai e 70 'aSs Ind
without grass sufficient Ia quantity for grazing
owl M 5 is"se s of Ge
hioux Fa.s, reaching. the l!cad waters Of pan1ed
K"ek I'issr and on Ju'y l. arrived q tho ba,s ot
tsnt,.- After ieavins our CAMP an inc ,orMns OF
July tho coun!Fy pasacd oyeFchau1cd from sAen'
ss,i sh am a%a % @ .0 S e one N s'ssd 'sde ws osr
ssn" .h.n",t thr oos."s tina rrnsa inrrenart,
in fusnfa,,ce and IN arca sufficient for Thousands
Il, vrnepal disees,on. nearly north. and aon: the
base Of the lsig Horn Atounta!nn where Tor hun.
dred miles down Z and on .he east stds' !, nc ng
tr,,,n. o,n sn hcnniifa wiId awcIs Tbe
wiley of Painted. Rock Rtsef 10 snaeeptshle Of
H. ns@ig ~ %u",S -, Sia:
from tho Sioux I'aAr all The WAY down the valley,
and elk. antcl"pc+ deer. mountain. .sheep, buffalo,
any 't 5aIy ate e n tho o.ccnt of tho u
sn snnf pe'"ns ev ssSsra, trent n 1aees - a ,
.e ~ iii. nsar iIo canon or ronraa
R!ser: Ths a:ea", @ Va: not dialeat, !: .Ao up:
,nton sn tfe that aow" TO Aooa' 'ee'
nEsur1ruh PARKS Or onAss,
" ~ nS seh ana aoGS e wsh M
in crossing wns atous twenty miles lung, opening
r,inSSns T1s sS fs y.i s s
looking down the canon Of Shell Creek to The canon
lark 10 The north, mud the Wind lstyur the
west and sonthwcst, eannut psobahly be e1ceettas.
on tho globe. Tbs bunch. gsma' an.l otlssr ,.Is
OF lhis region.
tte ora sna M ' do~n ts ' Witty of that 10
Post No. =. At ia mouth, arriving there July -.
Ths country wing eass of thu 'ig lIosn rang from
very me. Looking to tho sonth Along Tho b.ss Of
te mountains, ~ taf ~ tue nia po.t Of Fort phtl
kehrney. then east across to the Wolf OF Hoscbnl
Mountains, then north to tho Il1 Horn Valley.
gives scenery OF unduatng valleys watetrl Gy
mountain aseams trlnged witt. timber, the noil es.
Ing excellent, hl'sldca anu vallc}h covered with
bunch, buffalo CANA, blue. and other grasses. In.
termtxcd With Will aowets..
Tbs valley o. this Little Horn a. thia season was
aio.oat continuous n-adow. with grass almost
SiRh enough to le tho tops fr0n each side ncsD.s
aotssa Hatk This wua the country VI the buffalo
a eSs1 Sioqx ony a't year there sse 9 sgns
~ ~" s %i,ffsana ,fn and ttamps The country east
broksn than 'hst range j. much letter aud ~
r,nss "ets 'of s muaaseds e. m'le: !. superb a
s.shc u.n snuen tsHef than IN Cot.
thn litter pa,t III Inn Or Tcxas, tut IN
~ ~ - ~ XII, ~ ~ sanmeF ana tho falt tho climate
& 10 w 'a1t i ~ 9tsss makes voo.t buy without
stn isn.ns sn ts Ioathstn atifudes the atteF'
,n Il ,.iuss ~. * 'sla1aFioust1 The Cattle,
~ H. InuaJ +, Po., s"o k,ass' =. ..uu.,,.,
1,"mt .s.n nnsli vim !. seMsatta!!y located oy
hsovs, in it, errr,inn EtxW WotH!ne ~ b1ey ~
th III ttafr ,x",o ~ stcai'IrFs coming up
i."at"s ttsr nn. anu we're soon A. the