Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-04-17

! eUEsrssHs AND Answsns.
Fna : baacA of lsktsrs tsfssd over 70 -
b Gov. Psssisstos, Who receives nors
sequiris tAAa doasa msn can answer. We
eelecs ths following
QURsfIoxs:
1-Woald you sdviss man OF capital
to 50 70 tAs Black Hills and could hs en-.
ploy hia capital probably,
s-WouM you sdviss l,boriDg men who
ars willing e work % 20 Dakota With s
view - locating permassatly 10 ths terri
toryt
3-Do you consider the reports concern
Ing shs large amount of gold and silve, 10
tie Black Hills q truey
Have the courts Of the Black Hills
hssn Organized,
What projections does the territorial
o. United States Eovsrnnea. afford TO peo-
PIE bound for lie Black Hillsi
e-As the Indians troublesome.
AN8WH01.
Al the governor has given ~ thess lot
ten to read and comment upon, We answer
them from our knowledge Of the subjects
upoa which Information 70 sought:
Yes. provided the possssaoI Of capi
tal 10 endowed With sufficient business ca
pscity 70 judiciously maaags his business
Affairs. There arc excslleat opportssi.ies
Tor Investment In ths Hills and capital
rightly employed will bring large pro6.s
The Hills need capital Crude wealth 10
there needing only capital to convert II into
available shape.
2-Men who arc willing TO work can
certainly realize from their labor in Dako-
u, whether they employ their muscle in
the gold fields or the grain fields. The op.
portunity u here and disposition to
work Il the certain road TO success. Free
lands abound and persons Who come 70
stay need have NO fear Of the result Of their
venture.
3Our information upon the subject Of
the existence Of gold and silver In the
Black Hills IS OF such positive nature a
to admit Of no contradiction Newspaper
reports are. not exaggerated The placer
diggings have received more attention than
the quartz lodes, for the reason thss the
former have been better developed than the
latter, but II ID our opinion that the yield
of Quartz gold In the Black Hills will sur.
pass that Of any known mining region.
Placer gold exists in all the stream valleys,
and gulchep, and even up TO the hlll-iops-
- Custst reported. from the grass roots
dewa .aNS4Ae- truth ruth has mot besu yst told
Of the marvellous richness Of the Hills.
There never yet has been contradiction
TO any Of the accounts received from the
HULA emanating from men who, had look.
Cd the grouId over.
34-Courts have been established In the
Black Hills and the people Who live In
that part OF the country will enjoy the
eame legal protection ~ 10 extesdsd 10 the
residents Of the old settled states. The
Hills have bsen included In the lrst iudic-
ial district Of Dakota, over which Judge
Bennett pFesides 81
5-The Eovsrnnent sxtsnds any needsd
projection 70 smigrants 10 the Hilla A,
yet none has been required from this point
and soldiers have had nothing to do.
1Ths Indians never trouble the Niss.
oun river side Of the Hills. The hoet,les
are perfectly peaceable when they come
within reaching distance Of the agencies
which seldom occurs, and the agency In
dtans are - harmless q whites.
These are questions which should prop.
erly 30 answered BY the superintendent Of
immtkration, but q the legislature OF Da.
kota, In its false mott 1ns of economy. has
seen fit 70 suspend that office, We take up.
on ourselves few Of his duties. Az there
are many people daily writing for just such
Information - We have given, this Issue Of
the Press and pakotaian will be good one
y send in reply TO such lettefG5
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