THE INDIANS PREPARING FOR AN UPRISING -- TROOPS SENT AFTER THEM.

Associated Press / June 26, 1885

WICHITA, Kan., June 26. -- The Daily Eagle is in receipt of a special from the Cheyenne Indian Agency late this evening, of which a synopsis is transmitted to the Associated Press. The situation at the agency looks critical, and the officers, employees, and traders are liable to be attacked by the infuriated Cheyennes at any moment.

"Lower Trail, Sheep Camp," December 10, 1897. View full size or zoom in. A tent city along the Chilkoot Trail between Dyea, Alaska, and British Columbia, Sheep Camp was a waypoint for "stampeders" traveling to the goldfields of the Klondike. At its peak in 1898 it was home to some 8,000 people. A team of prospectors heads out with a dog sled in this photograph by F.D. Fujiwara.

Newark Daily Advocate / September 4, 1897

Frank Phiscator Found a Big Fortune in the Klondike.

Young Prospector Makes Five Millions of Dollars in Fifteen Months -- Perils of the Trip -- Death Strews the Way With Skeletons and Menaces the Traveler at Every Step -- A Thrilling Story Fresh From the Frozen Northwest.

(Special from the Chicago Times-Herald)

Frank Phiscator of Baroda, Mich., is back from the Klondike, with his pockets full of nuggets, his purse full of drafts and five times a millionaire, and his experiences in the frozen goldfields form the most thrilling and engrossing story that has yet come down from the Yukon country.

Phiscator became a gold king in 15 months. He went west with money he earned sawing wood. He was backed by two strong arms, a brave heart and a constitution as tough as a knot. He ran a race with death over glaciers, crags and passes,

ATTACK ON A HAYING PARTY NEAR FORT FETTERMAN -- THE SAVAGES REPULSED -- A HERDER KILLED AND SCALPED.

New-York Times / October 9, 1876

CHEYENNE, Oct. 9. -- News from Fort Fetterman states that on the 6th inst., a haying party of twelve men and seven ox teams were attacked by a band of twenty or thirty Indians twenty-five miles from the above post. John Ottens, wagonmaster, was badly wounded and one horse was killed.