Indians on the Warpath After Bernard Fight
San Francisco reports a Bernard battle against hostiles with about 700 warriors. Casualties include two officers killed and several wounded. the Indian camp near Stein Mountain is destroyed and pursuit planned as a protracted campaign unfolds across Deadwood to Camp Harney.
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San Francisco
Silver City
Osmo Coimeron
Ebert’s
San Francirco
Bernard
Stein Mountain
Hipward
Portland
Camp Harney
Ccasione Ag
Howard
Miles
Harney
Sarah Winnemucca
Spin's Mountain
Buffalo Horn
Sarah
Bottled Message Hinted From Missing Maine Man
A steamer on the Missouri finds a bottle with a note dated May 15 1878 near the headwaters of the Yellowstone. The message says Indiana surround me I have killed 19 or 20 of them but they are too many for me Good Bye My home Maine and bears the name A L Kexsinarox Augusta Maine The piece suggests a dying confession from Kensington tied to Todian savagery and unknown remains may be found in the hills.
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Terry
Missouri River
Bismarck
Yellowstone River
Indiana
Jain Maine
A. L. Kexsinarox
Agusta
Maine
Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park
Kensington
Sioux Sightings Drive Miners to Safer Camp Nearby
Mr. Georges Mumford reports a hunting party in Box Elder saw several Indians near their camp, prompting a move closer to mining activity along the creek. A Sunday incident left a young man named Owen shot near a killed antelope, with five reddens seen approaching the carcass as they fled. The Wardner and Bittinger ranch on the Belle Fourche hosts workers. The note warns cautious travel in foothills or plains amid government concerns on Sioux movements and troop deployments.
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Georges Mumford
Box Elder
Owen
Fred
Wardner & Bittinger
Belle Fourche
Spruce Gulch district opens as mining booms attract miners
In the Hills Spruce Gulch hosts fifteen or more cabins and over seventy five miners at work in quartz mines led by Anna of the French Brothers and Dom Pedro Lexington and Iron sides. J M Gilman of Elizabethtown plans a grocery, Court Brothers prepare lumber for expansion, and the mill is under way as the mill-yard stock grows. The outlook is encouraging with new additions expected as the company earns income.
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Spruce Gulch
Anna
Dom Pedro
Lexington and
Ironsides
Billaldes
Geon Ag
J. M. Gilman
Elizabethtown
Court Brothers
Turner letter reports gold fever in Bear Paw Mountains
Willow Creek style missive from Will E Turner to Granville Turner describes a looming stampede to dig for gold in the Bear Paw region. The note cites Eagle Creek diggings and Little Box Elder Creek trails, mentions tools and sluice work, and urges swift travel without risking property.
Visit of antlered guest inspires town hillside vigil
An antlered visitor loomed over the Enterprise Sunday afternoon as townsfolk watched from brackets. The creature then fled along the hill back to its native haunts after residents fired harmless bullets in a wary but noninjurious standoff.
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Enterprise
Political-Punch in New York Tribune Sparks Controversy
A fragmentary 19th century editorial sketch lampoons Tilden and McLean with sharp political jabs. It notes Mrs. Clark Gains and mentions Albany civic zeal, while a separate anecdote describes R. L. Potter’s walk across the continent planned with a wheelbarrow and book project, plus local letters criticizing sensational reporting on pest houses.
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R. L. Potter
Albany
New York
Makin
Omaha
Sidney
San Francisco
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