The enormous reservation set apart by this treaty lies in the southwestern portion of the Territory of Dakota. In the westerr part of that territorial area is a region of country known as the "Black" Hills. from the (ark forests of stunted pine by which they are covered. a semimountainous region. a lateral or outlying spur of the main Rocky Mountain range. an irregular circle whose greatest dli ameter is roughly estimated at one hundred miles and whose cirQmnmference is described by the north and south forks of the Big Cheyenne River which rise in Wyoming Territory. swoop ie curves from the west. and swollen by affluents which descend from the eastern declivities of the hills. unite about the center of the reservation and form one of the main tributaries of the Missouri Riher. It has for a long time been rumored that gold existed in large deposits in the " Black Hills." and it is apparent fromn inndicastiomns now received front many sonreesnewspaper Statements. letters frotn special correspondents. and othersthat we are o the eve of an organized emigration from the western portions of the country to what is known as the " Black Hills country." which is a part of the Sioux Indian reservation hold under the most sacred guarantees by these Indians and which the United States are bound to maintain. protect. and defend by every obligation of honor. If this were merely a question between the goldbreters and the Indians. I could view the result with entire composure . but the difficulty lies here: these Indians are already disturbed cnd exasperated by the military expedition of looc summer under General Custer.
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