Cheyenne News Roundup From September 28 1876
Yesterday 35 Cheyenne passengers arrived by train and one car of fruit came from the west. U P trains ran on time with 5 cars moise for Cheyenne and 8 for Fort Russell. Reports on mining, cattle theft, and Wild Bill circulated as the community prepared for fall travels and the Centennial. Local parties included Miss Caddie Sunter’s seventh birthday and Frankie's band performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. P
Cheyenne
Fort Russell
Castle of Fashion
Black Hills
Nevada
Laramie City
Bill Nye
Wild Bill
St. Louis
Wyoming
Caddie Sunter
Ina Ingersoll
Molly Willoughby
Viola
Tina Landau
Lottie Hamma
Dora Warren
Addie Stimpson
Florence Hurlbut
Emma Rogers
Minnie
A Defense of Colonel Carrington at Camp Stambaugh
To the Editor of The Leader, a citizen defends Colonel Carrington against a prior report titled Carrington's Carouse. The letter, dated September 17, 1876 at Camp Stambaugh Wyoming, recalls events from December 21, 1866 near Fort Phil Kearny, recounting a military response to Indian movements on Big Piney Creek and noting casualties among Company C 2d Cavalry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Stambaugh
Wyo
The
Leader
Tim Leader
Carrington
Carouse
Colonel Jr
Fort Phil Kenmney
C 2d Cavalry
Big Piney Creek
Wood
Red Cloud Leads Council on Black Hills Giving Conditionally
Red Cloud and his chiefs meet with the Commission at Red Cloud Agency as officers and Sitting Bull participate. Red Cloud signals willingness to cede Black Hills if the journey to Indian Territory yields a favorable report, while others press for guarantees of goods like fredd and blankets and prompt agent action. The session, lasting about two hours, includes phrases about Great Father promises and the soldiers’ role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bubb
Crook
Crazy Horse
Laramie Plains
Sheridan
Fort Laramie
Weart River
Red Cloud
Little Wound
Swift Bear
Red Dog
Red Leaf
Black Coat
White Tail
Sitting Bull
Pretty Crow
Eagle Dress
Quick Bear
Camp Robinson
Black Hills
Commission
Indian Territory
Quick
Bear
Washington
Platte
Fred
American Horse
Dr. Daniels
Major Howard
Joseph Bisnett
Coun
Brules
Ogallala
Nebraska
Bishop Whipple
Great Council
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
New York
Col. Boone
Gaylord
Local Leaflets Reflect Autumn Life and Frontier Patter
A fragment from a local sheet notes autumn air, a looming snow threat, travel pleas for merchants to visit the mountains, and a tale of two Sidney men seeking teams. It cites editorials amid frontier jokes, a Wyoming Colorado match challenge, and a Cheyenne youth’s misadventure with a horse. Reporter tone mixes humor with unrest as eastward visitors fear theft and frontier politics sour relations with Red Cloud and Native groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
The
Laramie Chronicle
Democratic Party
Denver Times
Colorado
Wyoming
Fair Grounds
Denver
Dr. Nichols
Deadwood
Negro Gulch
Centennial Show
Crow Creek
Howard
Red Cloud
Indian council urge quick consent on western land issues
Red Dog and Black Coal led talks with Arapahoe and Sioux leaders about signing papers to permit movement to Indian Territory and potential access to funds from the Black Hills. Officials including Bishop Whipple and Judge Gaylord urged immediate action to ensure future rations as Sitting Bull interrupted the session. Supplies were issued for a feast, with another council possible tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Bouchet
Antoine Janise
Bill Rowland
Hank Clifford
Todd Randall
Frank Solway
Nelse Moran
Red Dog
Washington
Black Coal
Arapahoes
Black Hills
Bishop Whipple
Great Father
Missouri River
Indian Territory
Gaylord
Interior Department
Sitting Bull
Men in the Mines from Old West Letters
George Stokes reports from Deadwood on the mining camps with a humorous look at diverse state men. He notes Montanans as the sharpest, Californians as finest in lean ground, Utahns demanding high wages for low output, Nevadans asking steep claim prices, Coloradans as biggest cocktail-leaning prospectors, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stokes
Denver Tribune
Deadwood
Montana
California
Utah
Nevada
Colorado
Treaty Signing At Red Cloud Agency With Sioux Chiefs
The commission completed a treaty with the Sioux Cheyennes and Arapahoes at Red Cloud Agency on Sept 20, with Red Cloud and other chiefs signing after readings of the propositions. Several leaders raised questions about supplies, annuities, and contingents for the Indian Territory, while Little Wound pressed for timely rations and Washington access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cloud
Ogallalas
Spotted Tail
Troward
Washington
Missouri River
Indian Territory
Mr. Foot
Charlie Green
E. W. Raymond
Austin Tledean
Sam Dion
Down East Worker Describes Harsh Mine Labor
A narrator recalls hearing from a laborer that he was forced to work for wages since arriving, noting the shock yet profitable twenty four dollars weekly wage. The speaker reflects on tough miners who arrive from other regions and often depart if not taken into partnership by the luckiest claim holders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Down East
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Meekly
Leater
Whitewood Creek
Hat Creek
Anen
Powder River
Crook City
States
Whitewood
Sam Scott
Geo. W. Palmer
Palmer’s Gulch
Mr. Palmer
Cable Brown
Charles Philips
Rapid Creek
W. H. Ross
A. G. McGregor
George Graves
Mr. Salsey
Emeryth
Crook City Tribune
Arastras
Patrick Shearan
Lead City
Hle
Messrs. Chisem and Son
Robert Neals
Jack McCleary
Buckley, Engher & Co
Fetterman
Ten Eyck
Col. Carrington
Taz
Old Fort Kearney
Red Loafers
Sitting Bull Jr
Red Cloud Redskins
RED Doq
Twant
Major Soward
Bissonette and Daniels
Big Foot
Crow
Errier
Apt
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