THE SUMPTER MINER.
Wednesday, November, 1,-1899.
WARREN A WARRIOR.
How He Fed His Men When
Fighting Chief Joseph.
A dead smooth writer In the Denver
Times-Sun has written an unusually en
tertalnlng story on the early days of
Butte, Montana, In which town and story
General Charles S. Warren played a star
part. Speaking of this at present promt
nent citizen of Sumpter, the Times-Sun
says:
"General Warren and Miles Flnlen
were joint owners of another claim, now
worth a fortune. The dual ownership did
not suit either, so they shook dice to de
cide to whom It should belong. Kinlen,
with his Irish luck, won the mine, but
had to pay for the drinks, and Warren at
that time thought he had the better of the
bargain.
"In July, 1876, Chief Joseph was on
the warpath with his Indian braves, and
Dame Humor foretold the destruction of
the mlnliiK camp of Hutte. Governor
Potts, who then ruled the sparsely settled
territory, Issued a call to arms, and every
able-bodied man In Uuttc, about 300 all
told, mustered to fight the foe. They
were expert shots, fearless riders, and
valiant men, but Chief Joseph led a brave
and well disciplined horde. Among the
Hutlc volunteers was one veteran of the
civil war, whom fame credited with mili
tary genius and dauntless courage. This
was Charles S. Warren. He harangued
the Hutte battalion, bade them evoke
order from chaos, and nominated W. A.
Clark as major and chief. The Indians
were then marching through the Hitter
Hoot valley, hastening toward the passes
leading toward Wyoming, where they
hoped to join other Indian tribes. War
ren soon had the battalion finely mounted
and a commissariat sufficient for an army
corps.
"He had no money, but he Issued war
rants, signed Gharles S. Warren, adju
tant, and as he marched through the Deer
Lodge valley the Warren warrants were
exchanged with the ranchers for all the
supplies and luxuries which the chlef-of-staff
believed necessary for his brave and
patriotic troopers. Glrard's liquor store
at Warm Springs was looted from cellar
to garret to till the ambulance chests, and
it Is said that for a year after the expedi
tion marched through the valley, not a
turkey, goose or chicken could be seen.
Warren's troopers had forcibly taken pos
session of everything living or dead that
was edible or drinkable. Neither locusts
nor Indians could have devoured the sub
stance of the valley so completely, nndjnll
the consolation that the owners received
were bundles of Warren warrants. Two
boys of the Hutte battalion had a glorious
time. Every evening beside their camp
tire they enjoyed a barbecue, and toasted,
In cups of Glrard's 'best,' the major and
his chief-of-staff. Captain Talbott's
company became the vanguard and took
possession of the pass In the Hitter Root
mountains, through which Chief Joseph
actually came ten days later. But before
the rear guard could reach the pass, an
order was received from Governor Potts
for the battalion to return to Butte and
disband. In the twenty-three years since
that order was Issued, General Warren
has not recovered from the rage and mor
tification to which, in him, at least, It
gave rise. Had that order never been Is
sued to Warren, he would have gone to
the deathless fame which General John
Gibbons achieved when, two weeks later,
he encountered and annihilated Chief
Joseph and his warriors at the sanguinary
battle of the Big Hole.
"For years the Warren warrants were
bones of contention in politics and In the
law courts, but they were finally settled,
and today are at a premium as mementoes
of the most famous expedition ever seen
in the West."
Cyclooc Mk Uatlct Baai.
E. A. Smith, of Sumpter, who, with
four others, own the Cyclone mine, seven
miles east of Baker City, In the Virtue
district, have bonded the property for
$7500 to Messrs. Hoal and Thompklns, of
Baker City, representing a syndicate of
mining operators. The Cyclone Is past the
prospect stage, 105 feet of shaft and 125
feet of tunnel having been driven on the
property. Last December twenty-eight
tons of ore were milled at the Virtue mill,
and It amalgamated W per ton. The life
of the bond expires within thirty days.
It Is believed the property will be assumed.
It Is one of the best mines In the Virtue
district, and the quartz reveals free gold to
the naked eye.
Spokane People Numerous Here
Captain Thompson, of the firm of
Thompson & Bell, who Is down at their
office at Sumpter, writes to the home of.
fice that Spokane people are numerous
down there. "Among others here,"
writes the Captain, "are Frank McCol
lough, all the Warners, John Murphy,
Ed Gove, and half a dozen more. John
M. Burke Is back with a hundred thou
sand dollars ready to push things on the
Hanzette." All of which looks as though
Spokane people were beginning to take a
pretty lively Interest In that section. The
Captain also says that the Golconda and
Ibex are looking better all the time, the
former taking out some ore which appears
to be more gold than quartz. Spokane
Stock Report.
Summit Mine to be Developed.
Leo H . Long and Jas. Clark.of Spokane,
and E. A. Smith, of Sumpter, owners of
the Summit mine, on a parallel vein with
the E. & E., are preparing to prosecute
development on this, one of the prettiest
prospects in the Sumpter camp. The
Summit shows surface value of from io
to 950. A 6oo-foot tunnel will be run
this winter to tap the ledge at a depth of
400 feet. A 3oo-foot ore shoot Is exposed
on the surface, and assays In the bottom
of the shaft, across a 3-foot ledge of
quartz, show over i6 per ton.
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