, 1864-10-05
FROM GEN, SULLY'1 In
DIAN EXPEDITION.
Tia Br1iyaI at Fort Uaien--Threo
Days Fighting With the
ladiaps.
Thsy Lose 200 in Killed Our Loas
about 2 Rilled and l6 :,
Wounded.

Sine: Tuesday the nsnotsny Of quiet garrison
life tat been broker, The wh,ttte oi the steamer,
" ,aS ts Of &c
NofthWctterD Indian Expedition, has fasuished =
s'ght never before rt.ne,sed on tbes. shores:
TIE expedihon left Si"ux C.tv on tho 4sa Of
June, travelled 49, llet 10 the Missouri laid nuf
ard oomme need Fort Rtcu ant lett th@re on 'hs
y B ot ynly On the ssth reached ps.tos ON tho
irem Foft Rice. AeIe . ioriided camp vas torn.
of s' GO 40
D. larger iii q lie eomnisnd sis1ted on ths 2s.S
With dsy' cookec rettons In bsvcrsscks and in
sb! m -, .sfSns o. ins r. y II 1t 1t deg 50
sbout 10 .. n. Here tho Indiana had collected al
their available warriors, numbering from 1909 to
vi Itet. T6rir position was chosen with great
ekll and judgement on the eldes OF \ lofty ridge
flleo with rlnnactce, ravinc-, aud Amos: mpene-
rolling prairie il the resr oi tho ridge I've onad
The Ltie Nil .oafi Gros Vertrts, succession Of
every cantsfyable aIEe and shapa where 20 living
be!n: 1nscqua1nted with the paths coula follow
Uur forces wor- .no,tly dlsmounted and throvn
fo1s s!d deploycd ~ ekifm!shars, one fourth OF
&c eaeh dltmcun,ed company leading ths horses Of
lowed near the center Of tho line Of hatte. Heavy
Eete,vas q cavalry were hold on either flaak. aud
es6e batteries With three comp,nfe. OF c.yalty u
IAE$%
N6o arc Wild and u1taned, swa,med on every
side on their deet htils ponies In .ner eaudy or
nAments and pnnt wi;h shield and lance a. we'll
- more formidable weapons, dsshed wildly to-
either or Dispersed on ticna from their c6iefs.
But the whtete OF the long range tle ana the fate
OF many Of their number taught them that the
White nsn r. nd 1eapon far superior to any hu
Time and tlne aeain was the eagle puued baton
Of tha chief waved ~ slcna1 fer Concentration;
tfen = dash would be mnde that Was followed oJ
m equ1Dy fnpfd retreat. IN which thcy would be
severely punished. having inflicted but little In
tn'y: gone lsrfe ps1ty parsed arourd nnder cover
1esr. 4 piece ofartileu. under comusnd Of Lieut..
Whippie, and company Of cavalry gers inst4s'ly
ordered in motion. and The drst shell Heod Killed
torn IN ptces The right d.nk bang threatened 81
larce 3, dy Of indians, M2}a Bracket was Or
sere6 TO charPe With hts battalion. which ae did
tn rood st9e, p9rsutu4 them about o1e and half
miles. and dispensing them with the Iosa Of two
men killed; seven wounded and 10 horses shot;
wtEv Killed hy the ssbre alone. Spsce VIII Tos
permit me to mention the Loseworh h. incidents Of
the battle; but ali the troops acted without sia
conid b eeen on the neld OF Tah-kah-o-ku-ry.
Our lots was tn % killed III nina xo1odcd. or
the 1ndtsha loasitts impossible to tpeak with con-
seen to endsnRet ,aetr ewn lives and throw away
Ill theJ had for the SAKE OF carving of the dead:
tut 1b0 l. probably 4 moderate ed d'lmate of tpe
number Killed. aLd to tbs the artillery contributed
At2 o'clock the Eext mosnins We were up and
Ia rGrs9it pat were stopped BY the A,nvaia 1esrs,
70 their camp and epens tho entire day 10 destroy
ing tt-hne ioogts q ek,ne. ps.deches dlled ~ish
dlicd buffalo mrat, broes kettles mses asd hou,e-
po!es snd destroyed By nre; the d tstruc,loa VA
Only completed In tbe evening ~ aet.iog fire to toa
woods, aud consuming I'll In i general coal asra.
ton.
We again reached our corral On Heart Rtya. On
- ast oE Jt,J- having Travelled l5u miles. fought
I battle and destroyed : faree camp Ia ei1 days.
ou tbe Sd OF August We took up cur iine Of nafeh
IN q northwestsry direction. On the sta We
~Eeschen another portion Of M&uvals Te1res OF tne
We sae1 St o. Inc nra
Tie ecenb utterly btEgars detc1iptien; 1t II ouly
eueh scene II caa BE- realized Ia soma Wild, d.
tnstsd' ntghsnaIe re- dream rlnuaelec tnstete. oyr-
ttEe, description snd cu.or, frsn g.ey ro bright
red. and fssm i've 10 fvc hu :dtrd fetr nlah piiad
In y conceivable confusion By nature in oas u her
Ikteemed H. thau7h no ssnt man ,u,d attempt
r. fass through. yet By dlar IT nuuos1s and
through bsd p'scsa to the river; olstane- Of Ii
mica TIE ur1t day We only moved miles uo
the ffxer-hs.1Y forces being at work to dig rsad
far seversl mics was the drJ bed Of . s,resa 10
psFtW thst only one wagon cou1e pas At time,
and tho sides IN places many hundred 1eet hieh.
and 10 take possession Of ali CONN andlnz points
Hers th% Indians eoon appeared In great 1smbess
but only to nno thsnss res b%Hled aud driven back
ttcna which they ealcniafed 10 h1e upon the traIn
n our toteesston; This sf,rmisa neht 'a.ted ill
dsJ; At night we biyonackea ata lisss lake. The
4exr morning the fight reconme0ced but tnly last
ed for few hours Whcr the Iadla1.a rtfSred sppa-
rently theropehl} dsehsartened, and vel thez
weuEd.d but few oi our men and killed none The
country IN which We fought WAS 1ne most uAfay-
oraeie that eol'd po.s,b'y have been selected f'r
h8d fought before had been reinforced BY otbers