The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-01-01

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J. B. Wilson to work III his placer mine,
sometime about the latter part Of Octo-
Der, 1881, 1 quit work in the mine, and
went to work for Pat Carbon in Nichorde
Creek valley, and staid with him until
January, 1882. Then I went to the
Gloster and worked on saw mill for the
Boston and Montana mining company
until May. 1892 From the 2Sth Of May
until the 7th of November, 1882, worked
for Tom Murray, at Hogan, Jefferson
County. Left there and arrived at Boze-
man on the 18th day of November, 1882,
where I remained until the 10Th of Nov
ember, 1882, where 1 hiresbout to ]. B.
Smith to cut logs by the thousand. l
cut logs for Smith until sometime in
February, 1888; afterwards cut logs for
S. d. Berry for two or three weeks, until
change of proprieters took place in the
mill; worked then for White Calfee
about one month. About the 1st Of
April, 1883, came to BOzeman and stop
ped a few davs and then went to Liv-
ingston, where l arrived on the 5th day
of April, 1883 from here went to Hell
ena and from there l went to Nevada
Creek, Deer Lodge county, in the latter
part of April, 1883. Went back to Helena
about the 1st of May. where / bought a
team -four horses, harness and wagon
for $500. Left Helena for Bozeman, and
stopped at Wickes one day on the way;
stopped in Bozeman two days-(this was
about the second week in May, 1889
camped on the reservation near Fort
Ellis; here l sold the team to Thomas
Phillips for $500, who took them to the
Canadian Pacific Railroad. Went to
Bozeman that night and next morning
went to Livingston, where remained
until the 18th of June, 1888. From here
1 went to Helena to get 81 200 that was
coming to me from certain parties. Staid
in Helena one day. Here l bought two
horses for $3.50. from q man named
Thomas Young. who was to deliver them
at Bozeman for me. arrived at Boze-
man one day ahead of the horses, about
the 18th of June, 1888, turned the horses
out on the flat below town to feed, and
thev strayed away. Saw a teamster who
told me that he saw two horses below
Chestnut that answered the descriptions
of my horses; went down on the cars to
Chestnut, and from there took it afoot to
the Yellowstone Valley; could find moth
ing of the horses. Camped that night.
June 18th, with freighters. Hunted all
next day, Q6th) for horses, and about
five o'clock struck Sprague's ranch, where
a man named Smith was skinning calf
in yard bid him "Good evening"" and
asked him show far it was to the Noun
tain House?" He told me 2! miles (the
real distance being about eight miles,
Left Smith skinning his calf for the
Mountain House, but camped with two
teamsters who were on their way from
Butte to the Park. On the 18th of June,
1883, the teamsters and l went to the
Mountain House (it was Sunday, 1 Think
Here 4dl gvcX Xr9ts few letters and attended
I left the Mountain House at one
on the 18th, and went two or three
miles to White Calfee's tent, where his
men were two had worked for "hte
Calfee for several months some time pre-
v;o,,s) and camped with them that night.
On the morning of the 10Th OF june L
wont to the saw mill with them to look
for nine l had lost in the winter in the
SNOW thinking could find it when the
snow was off, but not finding it came
hack to their camp with them and stop
ned all night. On the morning OF June
Goth I left for Bozeman; took the cars a
Chestnut staid in Bozeman for two o.
three hours and returned to Chestnut II
the afternoon; got off the cars west 0
. Chestnut about two miles at rallfoa'
camp. Here is where | first saw fete
: LYMAN and Thomas Rogers. These wv
/, men were stopping in cabin about AZ
r wards from Chestnut; l stopped at III
: cabin door and Lyman asked me to com
a in. T went in and talked for about a
: hour and quarter; we talked on gene
e a, subjects. mining and other work
r which had been engaged, and packln
l. LYMAN asked me If knew how to pac
k told him l did and that ! had pacK'
c. cor General Howard on his Nez fer
y campaipn. and at other times; ne wal
le 81 me- to show him how to throw Il
,e .Hammond hitch" in packing, whlci
Ie did while he held board against I
ht corner of the house, and told him II
would come to the Mountain Hous'
would show him how to pack on
tn horse. I left them at Chestnut a
nv staid at White Calfee's camp until
Il Goth. the morning when l lett for
for Mountain House, about . miles If
nv. the tent; on the road l found nan
,st. and gave it to Mcintyre at Mount
,6S. House had with Inc lunch OF pisc'
ent and meat, which l had tied IN ma
ped kerchief: got to Mountain House a
In o'clock in the morning. Mcintyre
md his hired man was loading hay whe
Inc got there. stopped in the corral u
Of tbev loaded it and hauled it to ST
and near bv where they put it on the to
lies another stack. After they unloade
in helped them take the hay rack off
ran place if against the fence, and ne
one them get the wagon ready to 90 into
ana, mountains for poles. Mcintyre al
arch went into the house. (Three day
nty, fore this left gun at this house W
rt Of l had bought from sweede for
Nov and sold it to Mcintyre for s1.oo'
1ing- dav.) 1 helped Mcintyre milk a
Car that had sore bag. About 10 O
meg LYMAN and Rogers stopped at Mcln'
ldley to see abovt the packing of the nc
the unpacked their horse and stepped
r the the house and had several drinks
ating, then ate dinner. After dinner ha'
1876. versation about trail f; repacked
,allas, with the assistance of a pan in til
,atch- plov of Mcintyre. After the pac
,ueen, on left for Livingston and they
d was Clarke's Fork. When l left Nc
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