This is the present style of Indian
fighting ; it is all on one side. The
Indians perform their part thorough
ly, while the regulars study the best
tactics to keep up a protracted and
“masterly inactivity.” Last year an
Indian war was organized by govern
ment and the result was, each Indian
killed cost a million of dollars. It is
believed by those acquainted with the
business that the work can be done
for a great deal less money. But that
is the economy of not fighting Indi
ans which government has so long
pursued. The people are about satis
fied of its economy, and would now
like to see a little effective Indian
fighting just for a change.
A conespondent of the Helena, M.
T., Herald says that on the morning
of the 18th ult. one “Col.” George
Hynson was found hanging under a
tripod gallows at Fort Benton. He
whs said to ha' T e been a bad man gen
erally, but the immediate cause of his
hanging was supposed to have been a
highway robbery committed a few
days previous to his timely end.
CHEYENNE, WYOMING, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 1, 1868.
The Question of Freight
The resurrecting trump of the
Plains is the steam whistle. That
which but a few months since was
an uninhabited desert over which si
lence reigned, broken only by the
thunder of heaven or the howl of
wolves, is now a scene of the greatest
activity and human labor to be found
upon the footstool of the great Creator.
