New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-19

white black and red lowered around the camp stary
ng and there several hundred cases Of small pol
among them.
the agents feeding the refugees and when the Colonel
arrived there was not ounce Of flour in the outfit
The officers Of the Indian regiments discouraged
by reports that tie Indians were be mustered out
and several of them had been of to recruit for
gro regiments leaving companies Of Indian soldiers
without officers Half the mules were dead, and the
other half dying.
Within the first sixteen DAYS of Col phillpss rule
four trains of corn from Loco TO 500 bushels each, had
been obtoincd the stock had been recruited and the
small bands of Rebels driven out by soldiers mounted on
ponies borrowed for few days from the Indian women.
Finding that the Command here would soon be strong
enough 10 attack hin. Col Waite who commands the
Rebel Indian Brigade, and who has been for some time
canped at North Fori Creek Nation forty miles distant
obtained the cooperation Of "Co." Quantre, who with
his men, no In number have been until recently
on Red River. Thus reinforced and confident Of sue
cess. Col Waite daslcd IN The 10th. He left Nor
folk the 18th. Two days before some Of Quantres
men had been around SPIES passing themselves oil as
9th Kansas men They, like all of Quantities men.
dressed in Federal uniform, with Sharpe's rifles.
or the guns Of the Kansas lIth, taken at Baxter 8
Springs.
They made dasl on our pckets last Wednesday af.
,ornoon their main columns ing up on the bayou four
miles south Of the ri, 70 the old battle ground OF the
Goth Of last Mny. Col. Phillips had no mounted men
The b rrowcd ponies he'd been used up and were not
here, but he went out with five or six mounted or
derles and four or five companies Of infantry
NH
ing ensucd, but TIE enemy declined general fight,
and in the darkness reiterated into the mountains.
ten miles of. The enemy had five wounded. two of
them mortaly. nnd our loss was two killed and two
wounded.
In the nieht the Rebels heard that Major Foreman
with train-a the wagons had been able to make
up 35-Nas moving 10 Arkansas 10 get -four. as The
command here was living on beans. The Rebels. fnd
ing there was 10 be lard fight abandoned the idea oil
attacking H. and started 10 take Major Foreman hair
Col. Phillips immediately started command Of ono
l2.pOnud hoWitlcr and 400 Infantry. under Capt Spl
man after them. will orders 90 rci'niurce Foreman.
Phillips had sent away best force ard moved the rest
Of his command ns DE If the works for fear the enemy
should move back on hun.
ECapt Spilman, who bad Capts. Aecker and Gletz the
two hracs Cherokee C,ptain and Lieut. Luke Parsons
with him. made n forced march of - miles on tho enemy
the nght Of the nth and the morning OF the lrt
fought The hole Reh, force himself. 40 the Barren
Fork Of Illinois. The nemys fighting force numbered
at least 90 men, and Quantities part OF II fought des
pcrateiy
About noon Col Stan Waite fed from the field leav
Ing QuHute fight II cut alone which be did till dusk
The Rebels Lost heavily 10 killed and ~ wounded, be-
side ~ horses killed. Our Joss comparatively light
us the principally posted In The woods. The
Rebels all mounted. Tho L. pound hOwiizcT gave
u great advantage.
Tho Rebels fcd. completely broken mp. A small com
retreat aud had only lad cavalry they might have
been entirely destroyed.
Can't Suilman has Reinforced MAI Foreman. and
they combined have SEQ men ana Two po"'"~- how AZ
zcrs and the train II safe. ,,
Col White Hold. blowing. swnrgeFing and Dragging
through the mountains at Rabbit Trap. think Quan
ire is used Up and hls fed toward South Vest Missouri