The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-09-11
LARAMIE CITY, WYOMING.

10 tic Editor # tie Eagle:
MANY of our friends Of Scdgwick
county would be well pleased TO hear
from us, through your valuable paper.
something concerning this country, and
. small sketch OF our adventures among
the Indians of the North Park. AT
present we are. living on the Big Lar
annie River, 35 miles south of Laramie
City. just in the edge Of Colorado.
Right around here il is quite mountain
Gus but a beautiful grazing country,
and the boss place for man to make
an easy living raising stock, which lives
the year round On the natural pastur-
age. Not long since We visited the
North Park with a prospecting expcai-
ton to find If an excitement that gold
had been found there in paying quanti-
ties was true. and that we might become
the possessor of mine Of our own and
one day become a partner, as far as
wcalii, is concerned. with the Roth
childs. We travelled the road by the
way of pinkhans rancho and on up TO
the south end of the park, knocking an
mtclope oyer now and then to see him
kick until we came to the Michigan
rancho. On little creek that Is called
Michigan we pitched our lent and
eanlpcd for the night. The next morn
/ inc early we arose and made tracks for
the mine. which is about % miles from
Michigan rancho. We arrived at the
foothills that evening, where we pre-
pared to pack up TO the mines the next
morning, which were away up among
thn rocks of tllc rockiest OF the Rocky
Mountains. Up, up We assembled,
among rocks and scrnby pine thai
would bother ea;amomt TO find liis
way ont. until we came to some funny
colorcd rock tiial laid the wrong way
with edges up. Then we stopped to
have a talk and assay The ore. We
found II to indicate very rich carbonate
of silver that would pay big to the ton
We remained in this locality for about
two weeks, hunting and prospecting
until six of the tie Indians made Al
attack on us and compelled us 70 ske
daddle for fear one hundred III number
who were camped q short distance
away. would come in on our sinai
party. as they did TO another some years
ago. and Kill all Of Us. However, W.
-lafed out few claims before depart
iue. which | fiatter myself will be o
great value some day TO some one, |
not TO myself.
Down we came from the mountain
and campcd a. Michigan rancho again
Without much sleep that night we lei
early next morning for a locality wher
T. we knew our hair would lay in peace
and have no Indians TO watch 10 say
our precious scalps.
The North Park is a tinc country an
:. we,I watered. North Platte river an
Michigan creek heads III here, which az
fed by beautiful springs from all par'
OF the park. North Park is about se'
) cnty miles long and thirty miles
/ width. and is the finest pasture lands
America Cor summer grazing. Ii Is III
q OF game. comprising antelope, deer, ell
black-tailed deer, some few buiiai
bears. wolves, cayotes and foxes.
- The park will soon be settled and Il
+ namc run out, as indications now prov
e men are going III there every da
Ii and al tho present there are about thr'
=. u hundred men prospecting for It's re
Q minerals. They have already toui
d some fine quartz that assays 2o2 Dune
u per ION. There is some talk OF stariii
= town on Jim creek.
Il Yours truly. y. FORESTER.