Show FAR NORTH matters MATTIES llo ho 5 az jons johs P bruce CRUCE is permanent chairman or of the tile montana stone wagon road boad and prospecting expedition and frank grounds was elected captain of the expedition which when organized had bad men 20 wagons and a large number of horses a brass piece of ordnance plenty of small arms rounds of ef ammunition and was ivas other otherwise well provided for A letter from cheyenne written by daniel mclaughlin to major bruce appears in the bozeman arant avant courier upon the subject of big horn and yellowstone exploration in regard to which the CIN cheyenne ev and wyoming people were all alive allye and anxious efforts were being made to obtain permission from the secretary of the interior for a an n expedition from cheyenne to cross the country via forts fetterman phil kearney and C F smith to the objective point on the yellowstone river and to unite with the montana expedition in making an established route for trade and travel between cheyenne and bozeman it was confidently expected that several expedit expeditions lows having those objects in view would woula shortly leave cheyenne as connection between those two cities was greatly desired congress has established a mail route between cheyenne and boreman via fort fetterman and it was expected that service would be ordered on the route the coming spring or summer louis louls Gaz gadnon ilon llon an old french trapper was shot and killed by indians on warm spring creek judith basin feb 5 the removal of the flathead ini deans from bitter root boot valley the i garden spot of montana and and the opening of the same mine to settlement are causes of great rejoicing in that territory the Mis contains the following proposition for a direct railroad line to the Muscles Muscle shell liell we call our company the missoula Muscle Muse shell leshell bismarck rail bail road Corn company parly pally 2 and hereby give notice to all whom it may concern that this road will start at the town of missoula follow up the deer L lodge od g e to the little blackfoot thence up that stream and cross tile the range to the head of ten mile and thence down that stream to hien holena hlen from the latter point cross new york gulch and get upon tile the h high agh plain and then make a straight shoot for the mouth of Muscle shell distance from missoula to muscle shell by rail miles from that point bismarck is easy of access by steamers nearly all the year and the distance is less than miles hero here is a clear line or of railroad from missoula to duluth with the exception capt on of something over miles of I 1 heavy eavy draft steamer travel affording many advantages oar or neighbors of montana are evidently stirring themselves in furtherance of their strong desire to obtain more satisfactory com eom communication muni munt with the outside world notwithstanding the fact that their legislature killed the bill to aid in the construction of a narrow guage railroad between that territory and utah |