Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume], March 29, 1876, Image 2

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In view of tin fall of Belknap and the
sg?
$hb 5£?%ai»
Op ^rid Williams, late members of
[rant's Cabinet^Mr. Bristow hag risen
immensely in the estimation"©! the
American people, and were he a resident
of one of the Northern states, he would
certainty be the next President bu?
those who fought to subdue the South­
ern rebellion are not jet ready to ele
vate a Southerner, not even Bristow. to
the highest position within their gift.
Blaine and Bristow, however, would suit
almost any loyal man. None who have
operated with the old rings need apply.
The assertion that northern Dakota,
or any considerable portion of it, is in­
capable of cultivation, is false, while the
objection that anew territory would in­
volve a large expenditure for buildings,
has no force whatever. The government
has not given a dollar for pu'oiic build­
ings in the territory for ten years. Da
kota was organixed in 1861 and not only
has never received a dime from the gov­
ernment toward erecting public build­
ings but in some instances hare furnish­
ed buildings for the exclusive use of tht
government, gratis. The New York Sun
has tackled the wrong torn cat.—Yanlc-
Press.
The Minnesota papers are urging Sen­
ator Windom for Vice President. No
better or purer man can .bo found in
public life than William Windom.
Though be has been in Congress for tht
past sixteen years, no charge of corrup
tion has ever boon made involving Sen­
ator Window. Wiiile others have grown
riea on the spoils of office, Sanator Wni
doin hus lived within his means, but i?
no better off than when he entered Con­
gress si2teen years ago. We can scarce­
ly hope for the selection of so geod a
man for the second plac .- on the ticket.
A portion the niat^ri
Black Hills Tribune arrive
and it will'go forward at-:
Present arrant men
paper in charge of X. S.
with
The Ilepubliean party will be stronger
fcr the trials it is now passing
through, and it wiil go into the next
•campaign purified. .Republicans will no
longer defend those charged with crimes,
but wilt be among the first to denounce,
as they have been among the first to in­
vestigate. They wiil adopt Grant's idea,
and go in determined to exclude guilty
men from office, and determined, us well
to let no guilty man escape/'
The .Condon Times reports a rumor,
that the in&gnigcentbequesf of.the Duke
of Modena to Don Cntlos was rbsde con
.. ..
drtibnal on a declaration of()peic^ in
Spain.. Carlos losiiig,aU'tvope, of as
centfmg the throne immediately, pre­
ferred t*f oTitife^egacy.
the
101'
Monday
early day.
place the
"ate ol
W
irse,
the Perhatu Nevrs, with the Bismarck
TEIBUNS
Company owning an interest
in the concern. Col. Lounsberry will
probably go to the Hills to aid in the
establishment of the paper, returning
at once to take charge of the Bismarck
TBIBUNE which he HAS r.o thought of
abandoning,
I&ICIE*
fever
has^brji» 1)4* -h&iytnjj
oi.A
c$J4ed, on F.?ida,j: itvrowee1
what.could be dot»* At
-r .«}V.
eat YanktonVhaj?. .ftopUs* u»fluty iti
i8.euoy|ht0jMj|Hi tne!#*pttb]iQ rejoice
even in its sorosw^n»ajgtf Wfciva the
President frOfy much
sure „wh ich h|st l^ad
tfte past have mer jted.
bun*.
there
severe ct«-
ajpppi^fin^isJn
-MwwapoiuTri'
A letter of Gen. Crooks is published
in the Montana papers, in which he ex
presses an opinion favorable to the
Black Hills as a mining region, and aavs
be thinks the government will in­
terfere with the miners.
Mrs. Urhnbold thioks the Doctor isio
•sane bv-rau-oe, among other thing, he does
not care what the newspapers say of
him, btii i.- delighted if they mention his
name.
VAtlllG TUT SAWli 18
nessaafGreetibr £a&
Look on this Picture, Ton Who
Have Listened to Union':
Pacific Ides.
Col. F. A. McOlure, of Worcester,
Mass., writes to the Fremont, Nebraska^
Herald, as follows
SAND HILLS.
"We are in camp seventy mil^s north
of Cheyenne, on the sand hills. Two
of the boys turned back to day. The
route is simply horrible. Nothing but
PUBB HELLISHNESS
and greed for gain could have-induced
tho people at Cheyenne to have so fear
fully misrepresented thi3 route. We
have had
NOTHING BUT CRACKERS
to cat to-day, and God only knows what
we will do to-morrow. When we left
our homes, it was represented to us that
$20 each would take as from the raU
road to the Hills. The weather has
been
SEVEEB AND TERRIBLE
to bo out in, and we have not found the
accommodations promised us.. The
country is
BLEAK, BARREN
and destitute of timber."
The Herald, a leading paper of Nebras­
ka, comments as follows:
With many such reports daily pour­
ing it, it is a mystery to us how men
can have tie supreme cheek to continue
ROPING
in innocent parties, and setting them
•:drift on a, bleak and inhospitable sandy
plain at this season of the year."
LYING MAPS.
The Union Pacific railroad, the Chi
ci'go and ilock Island and Pacific and
Dakota Southern railroads, have each
issued maps of the routes to the Clack
Hills which are
INTENDED TO MISLEAD.
The Fargo Times says of a map pub*
iished by the Press and Dakotaian in
the interest of
YA N K.TON.
11
The Press and Dakotaian publishes
a new and perfectly reliable map of the
Southern Dakota and tho Black Hills
country. The distance from Yankton
to Sioux City by railrord is sixty-three
miles, and this new and improved map
locates Yankton just half way between
Sioux Cit}r and the Black Hills."
The distance from Yankton to the
Hills on a direct line is
325 MILES,
as will be seen by lookiog at a Military,
or U. S. Land Department map, or at
Mitchell's or Gray's Atlas. This map,
which professes to be reliable, locates
the Northern Pacific crossing of the
Missouri river (Bismarck) one huudred
and ten miies north of its actual cros­
sing, making the crossing at Fort Ber
thold, instead of at the mouth of Hart
river*
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A Union Pacific and Rock Island and
Pacific map shows the location of Chey­
enne to be within One hundred5lies of
Harney's Peak, when, as a matter of fact,
^he distance is
280 MILES
by the nearest traveled road, and when
they reach
r_v.fr
cuifBS* fcWY}
the best payi^mines.^re from sixty to,
one.hundred iniles north, while Custer,
Ci ty is reached ty a ro«ite over sandy
plains, destitute of both wood' and wa
teh antif U^ach'es the mountains, irVeii
rbads ^pass^O]
jf6r isiity niiles are .'.louihjij l^efpee eyeni
Colors are found.
Pi
W
CifiwK"--r
TBS BISXABCK BOW*
U"
HB'KTLI PACIFIC KOSTK.
has b^n.^ no rai9represenUtion4,
The r»ilr(^ ^MDi98t ^ve jwued no
speciaf maps, ha^«oaght
to/es^lwi§n everj^^iHn^ijiV .by^ewdi UH
b)e, wttn^ises^ aa^
vthf?vhsffC
not fa^leU
is over the finest lportion of Dakota,'
crossing Rom^ fOrty, 6i ^Fty streams
affording^:
PITS® WAIFEB'
and plenty of wooid—afibrdiog
camps having th&e advaata^e.8
rood
while paying gold is. fouad within 195
miles of Bismarck, and tbe
ACKKOWUtOOBB iflCHBeit
mines are within two hnudred miles
it, and Custer' Ci!y is only 225 miles
distant. HeaVy t*6ins with loads have
made the trip in six days, and raeii oo
foot ia eight day-f, and we have the au­
thority Of GBX. CVSTXK
for saying that the trip can be made
with heavy trains in eight days.
Freight is now being sent through to
the Hills from Bismarek at five cents
per pound, and passengers at seventeen'
do'iiit?*. The fare from Chicago to Bis-
1 for A rat-dan and
iewnd'^p, making thf
cago to the Black Hill
J&rchifcs
inert* supplies
$86 for
COM
and at the lowest possible prices—no
town in the West can sell at lower
of corn, which will not enter into, the
Black Hiila tt toy extent. ..
About five_ hundred people.have gone
from Bismarck io "the "Black Hills, aiid
our people refer with confidence to aity
Of them for confirmation of the state
ments in relation to the routes or mines
that have come from this quarter.
MOCE FACTS CONCERNING CH8TEHNB.
From a letter published in the Chica
go Tribune of March 24th, dated Chey­
enne, March 3d, we extract the follow,
ing, which aims to give a truthful state­
ment of affairs at Cheyenne, still urging
however, that the route via. Cheyenne
is the or.e 6y which to go to the Bills.
The writer saw Cheyenne advertise
ments in Chicago, where the stage fare,
which was supposed to be for one with
baggage, was stated to be ten dollars.
Here we have the truth—ten dollars for
baggage and a chance to walk over a
desert destitute of wood and water. But
to the extract:
Great misapprehenson prevails as to
the methods of transportation from here
Some fancy that $20 fare means a regu­
lar ride from here. Now, the methods
of going from here to the Hills are:
First, one can have his baggage convey
ed from hers to Custer City for $7 per
100 pounds, and has the privilege of
walking after the wa^on and, of the
many ways of conveyance, this seems to
be the most satisfactory. A perfect un'
derstanding prevails between the par
tics, and no bickerings arise on the road,
as there do among some of the others
who make contracts to ride part of the
way, and to have 100 pounds of baggage
transported for $12 to $22. When
teams and men get tired on the road, it
is to be inferred what trouble can arise
as to when the proper time to ride or
walk comes. Some people buy teams
and outfit themselves others undertake
the journey on horseback, and" some
make a bold dash for the gold world on
foot with their baggage on their backs.
Another great mistake is made as to the
time it takes to go from here to the
iiilLs. The general impression is that
it takes'oniy ten days at most but it is
vrell ktiovvrs mnong the residents that
the journey cannot be made, sometimes,
inside of fifteen dav
£120 All! UK Ait I
Black Hills early in February, writing
to his"father. Coi. D. A. Robertson, St
Paul, under date of Feb. 26th, says:
PILGRIMS.
There are about 2,500 men in the
Black Hills, and they are able to protect
themselves against the Indians without
military assistance. The stampede' to
the Hills still continues, although many
disappointed miners and pilgrims from
the states are already returning.
CONDITION OF AFFAIRS.
There.is.now no money in the cotm
try and non business. There are plenty
of storeri ahd supplies, ahd until'the
miners comcnen%6 to take gold outl of the
'ground there will net b+ much chance
to do anything, except to take pan,
plck aha shovel and t^ke chances with
th'e 'tektj'dlgflfiTig W tbi and Wa^
I 1 .?•!•
:l ttAB»SHbpS PBrTATIONR
of a trip Co, ahd life iti this country,
arer a»ything,sbttt ftin.'? MJy owo ex­
perience if» trayeiing throogh antlndiao
a^'a soft df a
WALKIXG Ai8BNJU.,
on tt
& "the
to
rf^iture
Cciuyariaoa o£ Rontcs to ike
Dlack Hills—What a Colorado
Miner ^iiows of Thcm-Miacrs
Almost Unanimous In the Con­
clusion that Bismarck Affords
the Shortest* Safest and Best Out­
let.
W. G. Robertson, who went to the
frozen ground,
s%»«king
hideot» with? theii' iftfertMXK rh&ditijtid
The si»rt«\ pi^iW6p wtate to the
Black HiHs {sfrom Bissiareki and mer
^aadiseti^n bo delivered there as chea^
as in Cheyenne'.Tho
»igf'j&br HSS* CHBlnisjiB
is the lot4*g»t ti»ree hnndrcd miles that
eveT wesry "bmig^Mit trav^ed over, and
wood jayi yrBtersre very aearce. |iany
tim^s we had to make our cam^fires
ioot df sage broah. and to
look npon the Btoaa^rck route as their
natural a&f beat aaijs^eat outlet,
Joe," artri
yesterday, having been eighteen da?a on
the road, with a saw mill It took a
a good open road,
en dky* on therqad.
from
0|r pjyfty
-fliers-is proof- positive of the^advan
tages of the Bismarck route over all
otHere. A* o2} ft^C wijlh a sa#-mUi
left Bismir^ ^ebl iB^b and arrived in
th? Hills Feb. 25th, eighteen days on
the route. A similar outfit was thirty
five days en the route from Cheyenne,
and two weeks ago we published a letter
from Albert Braugh, of Yankton, who
was thirty-six days on the road from that
point with a similar outfit. The Dodge
party, which followed Custer's trail*
were eleven days on the route from Bis­
marck to Hill City, but returned by a
short cut in six.days. A party came in
on foot last fall in eight days, and all
parties who have passed over the route
agree that it is a good one, wood and
water being f«?und every noon and night,
and oftener, and that the distance is no*
to exceed 200 miies, and, what is better*
no one has charged any one with mis
representation ir^ the interest of the
Bismarck route.—Ed. TRIBUNE.]
TIDINGS FBOffl THE HiLLS.
Saw Mill Party Beaches There in
Seventeen Days—Something-About
the Mines, Prospects, Ac.—Cali­
fornia Joe's New Town—Spring
Creek, &c.
On the 8t'n of February, a party con­
sisting of about forty teams, principalyl
ox teams, and about one hundred men,
rendesvoused on the Little, Hart river,
a few miles from Bismarck, and on thf
9th took up tbeir line of march for the
Black Hills, arriving there on the 25th.
So far, Joe Pennell, whose letter is pub­
lished below, is the only one heard from,
though the safe arrival of the saw-miii
is mentioned in a letter to St. Paul par­
ties, published elsewhere.
RAPID CITY, BLACK HILLS, March 2,
1876.—Dear Wife :--We were seventeen
days coming through from Bismarck to
the Hilis, and bad good luck, but met
heavy snow over half of the wayr which
made it very hard on our stock.
I like the country first rate, but there
is no money circulating in the Hills, and
if we get anything for our goeds we will
..have to stop here awhile. I think, how­
ever, we will start back by March 10th.
There are at least two thousand men
in the Hills,'but as they are all up in
arms, one can't tell much about the
number.
I have full confidence in the Hills, but
there there won't be anything done un­
til things become settled.
We find gold any where we prospect,
but it is so far down to bed rock that
some are getting discouraged.
Rapid City is located on California
Joe's rancbe, where Rapid creek leaves
the foot-hills (two hundred and three
miles from Bismarck), and we have
started another town on the north-east
side of the Hills, where the Bismarck
trail crosses Elm creek, called Spring
City (one hundred and ninety-three
miles from Bisitfarck).'- have a'house
almost finishedy and we shall ^aU take
lots when Judge Bowen eompletesfthe
work of running the lines.San% Town
send is buliding~'in Rapid 'Cfty, The
mines1 are al
1 oti this rilde Hills,
and I think wc'wiH have theh«st7city on
this side ^omefrtw^&Qt ex
actly where.- It is warflk *nd plepsant
re he a $
iWgjjroteRtedby %WWest
#lnd)r
nThere are tear s^w-mills in -the HJUq
and some more.oil. the road, .'Lqmbe^
selling at $40 per«.
night k^oir.'
ipect.10^^
mum
sense
If a
f*
r-- MBLTskoW
for ourselves and horses to drink, and
the lsdians will be very bod on this
route, as 8potted Tail and Red- C3oad
Agencies are very near, and .almost all
the Sioux nation and warriors are at
these agencies. Indians are now steal
ing horses on this route. Bismarck is,
at the most,
ONLY TWO HITNDBED
miles from the Blade Hills, and I am in­
formed that it is a g^od route* The
1
Don't look forliWeo until we come,
tO1- caike^ scftne
astoftsg 'woci n||ght)r^fai(y
tr!7^v- 3' Jbs»
msuvfcfcs mv TUB.
Blekeit BtlM?
-J
pEXBBLli.
The Sherburn Uow£ St: VWniltlibtf^
Hon.
pointed Colleotfff^ol Internal Revenue
fifths Chio^jiistrjNst,:
The ^Amsterdaci Tjutchmeh have at
last gained possesadoir fif the St Paul &
Pacific railroad, and J. P. Farley has be­
come its genera}-^anager^
Immense damage was doneby a freshet
in the Hoot River Valley, Minn., a few
days ago.' Bouses, barns, mills and
much other property was destroyed.
The St. Louis. ^Ttm^s says: The last
time Mrs. Belknap appeared tn Wash­
ington society she wore two elegant
post traderbhips for ear-bobs, whilo on
her bosom a fat sutlership rose and fell
with the so& tide of emotion.
7
c^ph-
siterde^a^d^
'It.,jis reported that PinkerWn ,#H1
agree to1 put Kis hatfd' 6h Charley Ross
intwentffWfh^rs^if
«3 in rewirdis b*7-^^b
JMBABWOO*.
weeveni—
—Twcaty
JSartaia—-Tfce. V1
Beperte* mmm
lM4e ef la-
A. H. Gay, brother of William Gay,
from Dead wood Creek, Bfad:
Hills, Feb. 20, to Gen. CampbeTl,' &*ys:
DBADWOOD
week is a"tributafyoFWhitcwoodcreek,
emptying.: in
to it from -the southeast,
ttt^ mHe«J»Muf Bear Btlttev I. am (ous­
ted on Deadwood, two owiies from the
mouth There is a 'scope of country
here about twenty miles square, taking
in Whitewood, Deadwood, Black Tail,
Bob Tail, White Tail and Grizzly creeks,
which have all prospected good—from
25 cents to $1.00 to the pan.
*IVB DOLLARS AM HOUR.
A gentleman just came in from Bob
Tail. He got $5.00 in an hour on that
creek. We sluiced two hours on this
creek and got $24 00 but the weather
has been so cold for several weeks that
we have not done anything. We hope
to be able to get t$. work in a week or
two. TVe are getting some supplies"
from Cheyenne and Sidney, but from
those points they have to come through
the Hills and over a verj rough coun­
try, while from some point on the Miss­
ouri river, say Fort Pierre, there could
be good road, and much shorter, and I
can't see why some of your enterpris
ing citizens are not ftwako to their in­
terests.
DISTANCE I'ROM CHEYL'NNB.
We fere 350 miles from Cheyenne,
and a pant of the distance has to be
made with pack animals, while from tho
Missouri we are only 120 miles, and a
good road could be made the entire
distance.
TWENTV-7IVE D3LLAU8
A DAY.
We have partially located a town at
the mouth of Whitewood creek, in the
toothills, which is in close proximity
to the prairie. I feel confident that
we have the richest and most extensive
gold fields in the Blacit Hills, both in
placer and quartz. The placer dig­
gings I feel confident will pay $25.00 a
day to the man.
QUARTZ.
I have found several quartz leads that
prospect well. I send you a small spec­
imen of gold taken from the crevice of
Black Tail lode, and I would send you
some of the ore, but haven convenient
way of sending it. This specimen I
send you, came from about five pounds
of decomposed quartz* taken from the
lode. The lode is fifteen feet wide be­
tween the walls, and we are down 25
feet—and bids fair to be one of tho
richest lodes in the country. We have
several other lodes that indicate silver,
but they are not sufficiently developed
to state positively as to their richness.
WHIP 8AWINO.
We are sadiy in need of a saw mill,
and if you know of any one who has a
saw mill I could guarantee they would
do well.' AH the lumber that hasbeos
made yet, is by the primitive way of
whip sawing, and for that they charge
$150 a thousand.
THE MINERS.
I am in company with five experien­
ced miners—Mr. E. Haggart, from
White Cloud, Kansas Wm. Gay, from
Ohio M. J. Ingollsby. from Steuben
ville, Ohio J, B. Pearson, from Tank
ton, Dakota and Stoniel Mugtcles, from
Lancaster, Pa.t and they all say it is
the best mjniogoountry they have ever
been.in.
{Hr. Gay is an old miner and scout
well kriown throughout the west, one
inwhoMf implicit confidence can 'be
p\*ri$. The
vDeadwoopT,
mines, as ne
4^ribes them, 20& rajles from Bis­
marck the roote iaa good none being
£h¥'lam«i aS tfio "rdots
?t«T
Mil, RMpId
i-
ek feUrflhining iiatf«0l8-^re rapW
fy centering ixr*tfcSs^ asd the
city of the Hills wilf be fh ^ie
Deadwood region, Vidl^itjp^of
Spring or Rapid cities, which ^%?^inen
tibiffed e^eWb^m/' W'pfut
on about Apr it 90th between Bismarck
and Bear Dotts,"mllSBliI Mfwlji in
SI hours, and leaving eve|y mirning
and evening.^hs- fiice will W $16.00.
Iffirflorn rltif-^iiflins
frj^:
^if Itfite.
rnTengnplf eonpinj
rn the ?*tSi!tion
BHsmirck tO B6ar
be m'ado before the close of the present
season
Queen Victoria will soon be endowed
with a new title, iStnpress of India,
ahd it is rittnored she i»»tends -to caie«
brate the eve'nt by the rflease of" tha
^etilaul pr^oners.