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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1877
Page
6
Weekly Leutex reports a Sept 13 1877 Cheyenne scene with notes on Corinne quake afterfriday, cattle shipments from Julesburg and Sidney, and Cheyenne bid to land U P car shops. It mentions Brigham Young vacancy, Sioux removal doubts, and local business stakes along with social jests about fashion and a station agents promotion. The piece mixes local crime, prospects, and infrastructure talk with dated small items.
General George Crook, touring agencies and fronts, predicts the north will stay quiet aside from Crazy Horse’s confinement. He notes a remnant Lame Deer band surrendered, preventing further attacks around the Black Hills, while plans to move Indians to new agencies on the Missouri may not finish this fall. He expects Clark, Red Cloud, Spotted Tail, and Big Little Man to travel to Washington, with Crazy Horse to be sent elsewhere.
Crazy Horse arrived at Camp Ronson after an arrest at Spotted Tail Agency. He drew a knife during guard-house disarming, wounding Big Little Man. Crazy Horse was stabbed and gravely hurt. Indians fled to villages. troops armed and alert, condition improved by 10 p.m. No further violence reported.
A large gathering of Division employees in Laramie presented Mr. Shankland with an elaborate seven piece solid silver plate set, valued at 1100 dollars, to honor his departure for Fort Scott Kansas to enter the stock business. The gift, though not yet received, will be forwarded soon. Attendees included Conductors Prentiss and Vermillion and Agent J B Adams of Rawlins who delivered the presentation address.
The grading and tracklaying forces have been increased with the tracklaying group numbering 100 men. Four miles of track were laid on Wednesday and Thursday, and the work will proceed at about two miles per day.
Washakie says if Nez Perces attack he can whip them in a day, per a telegram from Jas J Patten agent of the Shoshones. In city, horse thieves targeted Mr C F Annett’s Sixteenth street stable. young Annett fired at a nighttime intruder, buckshot suspected to have hit. Police notified if any man seen with a load of lead.
Pat O Keefe a brakeman on the Eastern Division saved twenty head of cattle from a moving train after a door was kicked off and a steer jumped free. At twenty two miles per hour he climbed the car side and waved his hat to keep the herd in until the nearest station was reached.
A witty guide warns boarders to avoid complaints about living conditions and house rules. It advises perpetual mobility, portraying the elderly landlady with corkscrew curls as selective about boarders and urging boarders to avoid grumbling, since only a married man running his own home can safely grumble.
Mr Luke Voorhees at Red Cloud observed six cavalry companies and two infantry with Gatling guns and armed Indian soldiers march along the river valley to the Agency. Five thousand Indians gathered around the Agency as Crazy Horses village was found empty. A detachment including Big Little Man pursued toward Spotted Tail while the main column returned to camp. General Bradley reported quiet and expected no further trouble.
A public note from J. A. Williamson, Commissioner of the General Land Office, explains sections of the revised mining statutes. It states rights of possession for veins within 300 feet of tunnels, limits on locating claims before discovery, and surface and subsurface boundaries for patents. The letter emphasizes that patents require surface ground and proper marking of boundaries before issuing.
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