What to see in America . 74 in the region ; but evenat that time a good many prospectors were roaming aroundthere entirely independent of the troops. The prospectorsfound gold, and so did the troops, and both told stories ofwealth in the Hills that promptly brought a rush of thefloating population of the frontier and of numerous otherfortune seekers from the older Eastern states. The factthat they would be trespassers on the choicest huntingground belonging to the Sioux Indians was no seriousdeterrent either as a matter of justice or of danger. Effortson the part of the gov-ernment to keep the
What to see in America . 74 in the region ; but evenat that time a good many prospectors were roaming aroundthere entirely independent of the troops. The prospectorsfound gold, and so did the troops, and both told stories ofwealth in the Hills that promptly brought a rush of thefloating population of the frontier and of numerous otherfortune seekers from the older Eastern states. The factthat they would be trespassers on the choicest huntingground belonging to the Sioux Indians was no seriousdeterrent either as a matter of justice or of danger. Effortson the part of the gov-ernment to keep theminers out met with littlesuccess, and the difficultywas finally solved, twoyears later, by the pur-chase of the tract fromthe Indians. The bigstrike of gold at Dead-wood was made that year,toward the end of winterwhile there was still snowon the ground. Custerwas then the big town inthe Black Hills. Therewere 1400 buildings in theplace; yet almost in anight it was fourteen persons re-mained in the The Hills at Deadwood 330 What to See in America The placer mines of Deadwood Gulch and the tributaryravines were very remunerative for a short time, and thetown that grew up there was the metropolis of the Black situation is particularly piquant and interesting. Thehomes cling along the steep declivities of the gulch, andcreep far up every side ravine. In the depths of the holloware the railroads and a swift muddy creek, business blocks,mines, shops, and other buildings all jumbled together, andentirely lacking elbowroom. Round about rise lofty woodedridges with here and there a perpendicular or rock-crownedhilltop. In the city cemetery, high on the terrace of a bluff,are two brownstone monuments that have a peculiar is a full-length statue of an early celebrity, and each isprotected by an inclosing coop of chicken wire fencing fromthe affection of those who would like to chip off is of a minister who was killed by Indians
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