The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-09

GEN. MTLEs's WOLF MONTHLY BIT
TIE UITH tR1Hy HORSE
Our Soldier. Sealing steep uiiIs Covered with
Frozen snow-Crazy Horse Discouraged
The Richie. OF Tongue River valley a
D,y Of Glory for Gen. Niiess Command

Day Of Glory for Ge" Mhess '""""""'
CASroNMrNT AT TONGUE RIVER, NJ. T.,
Fob This cantonmcnt will, undoubtedly IN
n shor, snncc Of time I've locality Of great prom
fnencc in this Territory. lying within one nun
drcd miles Of the Wolf or Panther mountains.
<vbcro gold discoveries are reported that far
excel the Weld Of the Black Hills situated at
tho mouth Of Tongue pver whose valley but
requires the axe 81 tho woOdman and the cuti-
walton OF the farmer to produce as much wealth
IA can be attained by dclviug in the mines Of
Che Wolf mountains and surrounded by locai
fics where coal and copper are exceedingly
plentiful land closely contiguous to navigation.
and together with these advantages that are so
nttractivcto the poh'er it possosses a mild eli
mate compared to the remainder of the Terri
tory fine water and plentiful timber Another
attraction possessed by tho cantonment IL its
lying close to gold felsh other than those of the
Black Hills and Wolf mountains. Numbers of
prospcctors IRE awaiting the suhiugation of the
Indians to work claims whose location they
possess. and whore they are hopeful Of rcaping
rich harvest ~ auriforous metal These To-
catics are necessarily unknown save to the
favored few who propose working them. hut it
81 an undouhied fact that N the vicinity Of the
Big Horn mountains are numbers OF claims
That will richly repay the labor oi mining them.
Gen. Mil,ss command marched up this valley
for about 10 miles. and the further it advanced
the better appearance 1t presented, We met
with no occurrence worthy Of record. until the
Sd Of January, when the Indians hi~nWhuckcd
ono of the mounted deiaehmenis IN account OF
m" surr"e,Iiny div thrrn sci in "A regular
January thaw that partially melted IN, zee on
heavy fail of snow that prevented lis rcforma-
ton caused great diiheuliy Co. tn" command in
crossing this -er,rn;ile stream. ON Jan. the
w,nfnrT r,-.phl,d tprl iuth.r than Jnntnry
nltrrnai ng ir,twcrn t.in uud sunshine. and the
pirurc that was pr scented by thr wagons and
mules hr.nking ihtu.tsh f.e iac the uulns
getting in,,iri-lti, ,r'1ng.,d snvo ly hit hing
on from four ten ", 'i...of oven thr Oxen like
wis, hrrai;ins H., ncI Yno -.I.iirg supiuciy
in the icv NAT rli4iu'f lo'owin. .pinhinrd
e. maknn -..f,.'f .Ui.,ii. Ion long ip Do. rrinrm-
bcrri kftl.- ts.... ~. canned i'm the vicinity
of an Oh cumpim, ground ut the Indians. and
from tlii- ,n 'i,,.t. ID IN, In r.. ,nt n..,iinuDy
continual H. n.''.a .nd iunniv. On this
day the communal nad a me vir,y III a double
sii''"f tb, V.',,..y' nnd ,,nd.r who's, prisr,ntic
arches tn command wound liz tortuois course
and unimportant aI,rs. until the 7th oi March.
Tilt aiicrno"n the scouts who had been cx-
potlmG me COUNTRY IN pr front rginrnrd re-
with th, m some s1r,,vs and pnunns,'s th,v had
calturr,i with their PONIES and equipment com
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