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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1877
Page
8
Local leaflets report Cheyenne headlines including water ditch complains and weather jokes. Gen George Crook arrives from the east and stays at the Railroad hotel while discussions with Indians proceed at the agencies. A Black Hills coal coach schedule and rail plans surface, along with local incidents, robberies, and jubilee notes.
From Deadwood May 19 77 an Occasional Correspondent reports disputes over Deadwood’s legal status as Wyoming or Dakota territory. Geo Henckel’s map suggests Deadwood and surrounding towns lie west of the Wyoming line, affecting civil status. Prospectors flock west for placer diggings and new quartz veins. several notable figures visit, while locals joke about lawyers and judges in the mining boom.
Frank Yates, a trader at Red Cloud Agency, was approached by a Sioux scout employed by Crook. The native asked to change a $100 bill and briefly offered the entire roll for a gold watch chain, then sought a $40 chain before buying a cheaper one. Yates suspects the bill may have come from his brother killed in the Custer massacre, noting he carried over $800 at the time. The Sioux reportedly took the bill from a Cheyenne’s body after Mackenzie’s clash with Dull Knife.
Special correspondence from Sitting Bull, Black Hills, May 12, 1877, details Castle Creek and Castleton mining prospects. Describes Hill City revival, placer claims on Newton’s Fork and Slate Creek, steam pumps being installed by Cornell Williams and others, pump outputs, and notes rich pay dirt on mountain tops and gulches. Includes local towns, a silver lead discovery, and prospects for future reporting from Battle and Squaw districts.
The last Red Cloud Agency census by Acting Agent Johnson put the Indian population at over 800. A more complete census will begin Monday at Red Cloud and Spotted Tail, aiming for accuracy. About 850 Indians were listed with Crazy Horse. Lieut. Johnson expects relief soon by Dr. James Irwin, after which military ties with the agency end.
The first wedding in Hayward City Dakota Territory occurred on the 9th. Groom Charles C. Drake of Bennett and Drake and bride Anna Jenkins of Custer City were married. Ceremony conducted by Theo Vos Burgh, Sq.
Sheriff reports telegram about a body found four miles from Durbin's Crossing and four miles from Sturges and Lanes ranch on Pole Creek. Coroner notified and plans to proceed with the remains. The rest of the text promotes Glenn's Sulphur Soap and Hill's instantaneous hair dye with medical claims.
The Sidney route between Red Cloud and Custer City is described as dangerous and deteriorating. Weather has worsened the Bad Lands stretch with deep gulches and black clay that sticks to wheels, halting coaches. The South Cheyenne crossing is narrow, and the Cheyenne road ford presents a broad valley with low banks. Henry Gibson, manager at the Herald in Omaha, reports Salt Lake City as dull, praises Sidney as a business hub, and predicts Omaha as the Queen City of the West.
Application to Gen. Crook last winter to visit Red Cloud Agency for reclaiming stolen horses was denied due to unsettled conditions. Crook informed last Sunday that stock men may visit the Agencies to recover horses. Over 3,000 Indian horses are under military charge at Red Cloud. identified by owners brands will be returned if claimed before final disposal by the government.
Special telegram from Custer City reports John Featherston of the Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage Company killed when his wagon struck a buck hole near Mountain City. The driver was uninjured. A Hayward City shooting left Hurley dead. Geo Johnson suspected shooter fled on horseback with Deputy Wolf pursuing. At Red Cloud Agency two young women, dressed as men, sold rotgut to Indians, prompting Gen. Mackenzie to intervene and detain them for possible punishment.
Gen Crook plans spring operations against hostile Indians along the Big Horn foothills with five 5th Cavalry companies prepared at Fort Russell. Capt John M Hamilton leads a battalion including Companies B L A and HH with Lieutenants Swift Kellogg London Rei ley Rockwell Wheeler Andrews. Gen Merritt in Cincinnati after news of his father in law’s illness and death of J W Warren.
May 5 hunting party led by Ten-Mile Ranch proprietor Stewart McKay with Charles Johnson camped in a gulch south of Bear Lodge mountains west of Mountain City. Johnson, who hunted in, was last heard from twelve days ago with no provisions. McKay found no news after returning to camp and seeking help.
A gang of noted horse thieves lodged at the city public building yesterday afternoon. The officers described them as vil laious and feared for their safety until faced with judgment by man and by Jehovah's. The scene was solemn, with banter about Judge Lynch and a funeral nearby affecting the mood as the suspects were detained.
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