, 1877-06-04
Their Location, However, Only
1tcmote1y 1iinteu.
1ig Things Anticipated from the Xe1-
1owstons Country,
Undonbted Traces of Early White Set.
Elements In the Hills.
Why the Indians Never Made
Their Home In the Hills.
A Warning to Persons Anxious to Seek
Their Fortunes,

From 0mr 0en tnfrrtpondtnk
;ooknkN dA7s.. Black Hills, May er.-As early
As1sb9. Capt Reynolds, Of The Typographical
Eneineets. fl his report OF m oteta, ytst 10 tho
Horn countries, says: avery decided evidences
Of the existence Of gold were discovered In tho
Valley of the Madison and In the Zig i1urn Moun.
, tans, and no found some Indications Of Us pres
enee In tho Black Hills, between the forks Of tho
Cheyenne" II tho "dccidcd indications" found
by Capt. REYNOLDS ''ran out" a. well ~
. .'some iudtcat!ona' found IN the Black
1iills, We may look for reports from This
rrgion that will startlc Tho world, and which, may
lsn1 10 o material roi1cson In The value Of The
metal.
joseph 8. wIlsor, willis Commissioner OF tho
General Land Oafcc in 1903, says: ''Thc country
tn tho vicinity Of the Black fills IL believed 10 DO
rich In ores Of gold and silver. but hrs been go IT.
tlo explored that nothing entirely reliable in rc-
gard to the same IN known ha i1eing the fact also
~ 10 many other mountainous rcgons Of the Ter
riiory (WYomln2), whore reasoning from analogy,
II Is supposed these metals Will te Abundantly
found. Gold ia known 10 exist on tho
Powder and Dtx tIorn ittscrs." In 1900, In
tho report ot au official survey Of the same region,
an0taer officer reports:
"37tn vAktEr OF THE TRLLowsTosE OFFERS
:. TIE GREATEST INDUCEMENTS OF ANY FART or
,1NH COUNTRY ExrLoRBD.
lis fertile enough " JicL generously to tho
farmer, and the capacity Of tile bills for grazing
L. unlimited tis the pafullrr OF The 1ndinus,
and in every direction It Is marked by Tho track Of
Z vast herds Of hnfralo, antelope. and elk, which
tubslstcl nponl It. This will apply to the folow-
stone from Tho mouth OF the l5g Horn River to the
mountains Nearly al tho country inside tho
curve OF the 1'ig Horn Mountains 10 nlso Of this
description There ID every reason to believe that
tine mineral wealth Of tho mountainous portion ~
amon4 those afdef my command to search for
gold bit Io &c, crn instances small Quantities of
ihs sa' @ tsss IT, md
S:s q iss:s san!a!S. A. s;s S;ssssy ,!%lIs; i !.
FAX. FIX " With nls,uni II IN M Euia. " "'
IN ,hfis lin .niiiicrs nnier command of f1cn.
cnm,,ar wh, vera IN nm rs,,cdlt,on nnn;n.t t,c in
,n. ts 4 as ss s q ;s
gp o. 3 IT, s +! .S rao
that Tho FsxS', %i,,,; ;, .s7ox,<u r,, vo,,,n
by tho richness ., II, mjnes, '"" "'"AD
on q! w az In ,caion s usS as,'f
an an spesH'ns, Inc snn!s bsi,s i s!yea ms Under
psa3a pr :, Sas. he ona ~. ~ I'm, tonn1t. ~
esissr. VIZ have VISITED as ssaatty' alsS y Hos
Who hase 9eeh Gro p'ot9fGt'nS. M t as Msil - so
ne .se d % M 1pe M fn an =, %
nna nn zsfn mtnor,a vii, 'a' tcrs me'' o n"h
ha anu @ nse.nl I'M, massn t M'a 'as "t % ~ to"aM NV
yi y H., - ,, ~,s ~ ~ s ~ s ~ ,a sM.t
as aass se eansy why III
s!! H. ~ r. sst ss,s
guarded n,s " tes 1s,,r '1tass n'ls q sa;ss.
yss5s wss afstf II s,ssna tss h. .s, sx Of & hs.s
isnastg anot u ocat of IL an tpsi4 snsnaie,s
may 10 saM .na1 every Pay wn,en aavv oas
In ann NJ ii" 1ykT trvonsswa r,,fsl n,a,nt thr,;y