Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-07-11

''' 'Eiihol! 'idii Ill ils own place. Dt
he wants to come back, ard come back h
VIII. You can take my word for it. youn
man. that unless Gen. Miles has large rel,
forcenents. Sitting Bull, with thousands c
braves. will sweep down upon the Uppe
!. Missouri and the Yellowstone valleys. an
there will be more than one Custer mas
Sacre.
''N hen got to Ft. Leavenworth. Cllie
Joseph, who is 2 prisoner there, heard l.,
arrived. and he. with three of his men
took dinner with me on board. Iosepl
knows ne. and calls me ..Phillccpi.' IL
played sharp trick on Gen. Miles. IL
sent White Bird. Il young Chief. and two
> men as messengers to Sitting Bull The,
had Il pow-wow. and on White Bird re
turning, he was sent back to Sitting Bul
with the best of .Joscpll's band. They
passed right through Gen. Mil : regiment
unmolcstcd, although the General ou"h1
to have known what WAS on the boards
And now Sitting Bull has these men tC
help him when he comes to fight again.
The Captain went on to say that lie was
not afraid to trade up and down the Vel
/ lowstonc, and rs Il starter lie had built ant!
! fitted up the '.SpcckIed Trout" His cargo
WaS s>ins-buil;lo. black-tailcd deer. ante
lopc. dressed buck. beaver and otter: also,
dried mountain deer, buffalo and antelope
meats. tongues. and spccklcd mountain
( trout, packed in ice. The value of the car
90 was nearly $1,000. and he had disposed
OF most OF it 1t the river towns. For the
buffalo tongues and trout he had readily
obtained fifty cents Il pound. and tor the
dried meats. twenty-five cents. Several
city storekcepers visited the boat ycstcl-
cay, and wanted to buy. but refused to pay
this high price. The Captain was very
independent, and said that, sooner tllrn
sell cheaper be would pack the stuff off to
the towns above. where he knew he could
get what he asked. The boat had cost him
nearly 900. and he wanted to sell her,
although perhaps he could get very little
for her. Even though he got nothing, his
trip had well paid him. He has had no
mishaps of any kind. His intention WAS
to purchase small steamboat of light
draught to trade with on the Upper Vel
lowstone.
AT about 100 miles this side OF Sioux
City he met the Bachelor, the steamer
whicl, left here under Capt. Marsh to run
up the Yellowstone. Capt. Marsh knew
what was wanted for that river. and his
boat was built expressly for the trade.
Capt. Marsh was going up higher than any
steamer had YET gone, but lie could not rin
as high by 400 milas as no had como from
and Where he intended TO trade regularly.
His steamer would commence to run up
from the stopping place of the Bachelor.
Mr. Sovereign is IN entlluiast as to the
resources and progress OF the region. eth
er for the miner, tie hunter, the farmer,
the trader, or those in search OF health.
The pure air and tie medical qualities Of
;he mountain atmosphere he ':as seen per-
form wonders, lie says, in restoring heath.
Lean Missouri cattle fatten up like magic
on the rich buffalo grass. The soil is fer
tile and the winters not so severe as repre-
sented. and in the valleys, stretches and
parks between the mountain ridges, the
cold is not felt any more than it is here. 1t
is the granders. country on the earth, ne
thinks, for the hunter. There are herds of
buffalo. mollntais sheep and elk. OF all
meats to eat. he preferred mountain sheep
and buffalo.
"Iere, Frank he said to the half-brecd.
'.go and get the gentleman few slices OF
meat"
Frank lifted up cover, put his arm
down the '.hold'' Of the vessel. and picked
up buffalo tongue and chunks of buffalo,
deer and elk. from which he cut slices with
his hunting-knife. They were really fine,
although the tongue, not being boiled, was
a little too oily tor one not accustomed to
prairie food; the elk and buffalo meats
were delicious.
On the deck were the antelered heads of
deer. elk and mountain sheep. and against
the mast was nailed the hind webbcd foot
of g beaver.
IL fooled lots of people, coming down
the Missouri river, into believing that that
foot was the wing of bat" laughed the
Captain.
During the conversation, Lieut.-Gover-
nor Brockmeyer appeared. He expressed
his admiration at the pluck Of Captain
The Governor is well-known
sportsman. and lie met man after his
own heart in this respect. 1t is said that
white hunter never shot beaver; but
Capt. Sovereign says he has shot plenty.
and Gov. Brockmeyer told how he had
killed one on a wager, but he had to wait
around long time, up in tree, before he
could get an effective mark. Gov. Brock
never was so much interested in the enter
prise as to refer Capt. Sovereign to we'll
known citizen. who would be able to give
him information regarding suitable
steamer. if there was any here, for the
Upper Yellowstone.
In the very small cabin of the ''Speckled
Trout are "A number of Indian curiosities.
There is an Indians head ornament, with
a little girls scalp attached. which the
Captain got from some OF the Crow In
dians.
If the desired vessel can be obtained.
Captain Sovereign intends to take back
with him stock OF ready-made clothing
and groceries, principally. Sugar sells at
from 20 to 30 c'nts Il pound; bacon at 20,
and ham at 30 cents; salt at 10 cents. For
50 cents worth of sugar he could, in ex-
change with the Indians, get skin, which
he could sell at the agencies for four or five
dollars.
Success i'm Society.