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An Indian treaty: the miners have to leave the Black Hills...



Item # 699973

August 11, 1875

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Aug. 11, 1875  The front page has: "Black Hills" "Preparing To Leave" "The Miners Covering Ups The Richer Lodes--The Town of Stonewall Planted in Custer's Gulch" with a dateline of "Cheyenne, W.T.".
This concerns the treaty with the Indians at the time, which required that the miners leave the area as the land was being returned to the Indians. 
Complete in 8 pages, spotted foxing, nice condition.
 

Item from Catalog 354 (released for May, 2025)

Category: Post-Civil War