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Show TELEGRAPHIC1 11111,. MM It lit A. U liul Hi' l'riitNi'N In Io Willi lliti ,Situv liitliunit, Tho I'm-tn to Unlit on tho 1 t'llOtlftttlllU Iii-r. Tim IIIim'U IIiIIh Will 1m- ov-iri-il tt litntiN mul Ittz- it liirinic Hit NL i it u or Ni v t'ui-M. (.'li eno, 1 Tint in i lit :n y cum-iiiild cum-iiiild t'ol the hoiiMtiif r pn Hi nLiliveH luiViiiv; reite-(ed l.iciitfii.ini tiem-r:tl P. II. Siioriil.ui lo supplement liiri lediiiiony on uuliliry id!. urn reeenlly l;iv-ii I icli ru 1 1 ml eoijnnitlcf, Unit ullii'iT 1 1 ;ui mmlo the lollow uig ml-! ml-! dilioual Bii;git)Uoim. Jt will lie acen tlut he Iwu i'U I down tho iipproprin-tioii iipproprin-tioii riipiind 1 y tliu bill iniioilueul I'V Mr. Miiginiiis Ifoni $;iO0,OOU to i'JtHl.tK'O. ju view of the iinuiigr.i-Uon iinuiigr.i-Uon to llm Ul.H'k 11 ilia it nd the pn-.-ent i..ilit;iiy expiHliiion this coin-nuinu,:it coin-nuinu,:it in ol llm luutt'iiunt genund lin.s peeulinr iuterept: UKAiKii'AiiTi.iis Mim-Auy Division 1 OK .MliOl'lll, Clneago, Wh., Peb. 2u, lTtl. 'J'ho neensMiy lor two nnhUry poHtu I on tlio Vellownlone hns liecli apparent lo mo tor two years pua'., and 1 have I recommended llietr (.ituhliainiu nt in my luiiiuitl reports. So strongly have 1 In en ix ll liiced of tliirt UeCi mil)' th.it 1 h;ive, without any tspenneto llit goveriuii- nt, made mi exainina-lioii exainina-lioii ol liie Yelluwulonu river ui.d se-leeletl se-leeletl the p-Mnta at wiiieh they shnuid he huill. i'lie Indian qiKvli 'ii in the Ulnck Hills mi s r now ui-: Hrrri.i:n hy the ctil!ihniciit of the Indians on llie Missouri river, and in Itie i ixntiplishment of this purpose the two p' wlii menlamed will have to be located, one tit or near llie inuulh of H:g Horn river, the other at or near the mouth ol Ion;: lie river. These jo-ls em he Hipplml hy s'.eaiuhoat up the Yellowsluiif, in :il can It cousin cou-sin :cted ol male rial found in ihu viemi'.y of llie poinls neie It d. 1 can ha've liieui hnill f. -r -?h M.HJO each. In other woriin, I will try to huild t 1 M in for Jlh)(o hi, instead of llie ? 'i "0,i". I mntione.! 1:1 t!ie h;il. i ne lil.iek lli!!.i" counlry will probacy he Co Vend IVIllI TOWNS A NO V.I.LAOiJ ihiring llie neit liva or six years. I'.s value will cau.-e tho extension of the Northern Pacific railway on the south side of the Yeiiow-tone as far as the (iallalin valley, in Montana, and will a!;0 huild auotiier railroad from North Fiatlo tlalion, on the Union Paeilic railway, lo the Black Hills. I am oi the belief that the largest ! depc Mis of g. ild are further west I:. an where the miners are now working. UOLD EVEiaVllEKK. The head w iters of Wind river are gold bearing; the Owl Creek mountains moun-tains ari- gold hearing; the Big Horn valley 18 gold hearing, Powder. river is gi.kl bearing; also Clark's tork of the Ytllowstone. lit sides this the Black Hi. Is have abundance of good limber lor the treeless country eoulh of them ui.d w.--t nf tiic Missouri river. The t-ueccBS of all then mterctts drpemin on tho estalihsliment of the two pocls iiamed. Military operations nave now been commenced against the hostile bands of Siour by request of llie interior department, and I consider con-sider this appropriation so necessary that I especially request immediate action on it. P. H. Sheridan, Lieut. Oen'l. |