, 1869-06-11

summer ope1IGonA Tha he14qu1I1e11 VI s'As
Firth United States Cavalry fas been esiabnsneo
II Fort Merherson, bat nearly all the COMPANIES
arc In the neId. Tnn headquArte1s Of tho Second
United st11es Cavalry hns been removed from
Fort Mcpherson to omana Ba11acl1, Int II tne
companies arc operating farther west. Captain
DeWeesc, with bis company. Ia at Fort san0e15i
Captain Egan, one company, At Laramie: Captain
MIX, one company, al Sidney. Companies "D'
aud "E," Second Cavalry, Captains Gordon and
Wells commanding, are Il Fort Russell The
Ninth Un,ted States Infantry, reported tn ruuts
from California to the Department Of the Platte,
for consolidation with the Twenty seventh United
states Infantry, has not arrived Jet and probably
ali OF the companleawi1l not get in before August,
q two companies have 10 come from A1hakA
COLONEL BRACELETS EXPEDITION.
An expedition was recently lifted out At FoIt D.
A. Russell, composed OF four companies OF the
Second United States Cavz,ry, Colonel A. G.
Braekett commanding. They LEI, there week or
more ago, taking passage BY the Union Pactnc
Railroad u lsr Is Fort B1tdge., where they de-
embarked. Atlast sccounn they were twenty
serep uilea ron Fort Bridser and moving IN the
direction OF FuEt Ellis with la1ye tain loaded
with s1x months supplies Il is supposed they
will ~ INTO EA1lattn Valley, Dakota, and report
10 General Hancock for service this summer
against the northern Indians. One l1ty, ArA
Doane wlte OF Lieutenant G. c. Doane, accom-
panied the expedition
INDIAN RATTLE
4 terrible battle Is reported to have recently
taken place on the Big Horn River, between the
Crow ind Sioux Indians, In which the Crows were
victorious. The Sioux lost twenty-four wa1tors
| ont Of two hundred engaged The loss OF the
Crows Il not known, but they captnzed 100 ponies
| from the Sioux An old feud exists between the
| Crows and Sioux, both claiming the Big Horn sad
Powder River hunting grounds They have been
1t war for many years, and bate each other Win
hitter hatred Tue Crows claim never 10 have
Killed white man, except In sen-defence,
and have for long tine been ses5
| r4endly eIth the whites. Iron Bull,
the Chief OF the CrowB, Is . man Of great aonrs
and god sense, being inclined rather 10 peace
than way. This Chief has attempted to teach hts
people agriculture, bu: has met with lts:e snccess
Iron Bull hat~a the Sioux, and has often ASKED fol
no.ses and a1ms to aid IN destroying these mos1
| tmplacable enemies OF both the Crows md tht
whites. The government has uniformly declined
10 I'D the Crows, and, counting upon them as goot
friends, has not made them hny presents worthy
Of mention. This treatment has deeply oGendes
| Iron BAH and bis people, who say: "ToI
reward your enemies with blankets and food, Will
We, who arc your friends, 20 nated md hungry.
Tne Crown arc the or1res1 waF7torr on tbs plains
and number soma twent5-dre hundred dght1uI
men. Aauy years ago, number Of French uad
en- eet,led among tho Crows aud intermaTict
With them. Thcrc zre . g7eat mAnJ tali-bree
CROW men and women Who have al the 9etu
anl intellxenca pecattaF TO the French. These 10
tetest1ng people lnhahit III that territory lJin
along The Fowler River sud Big Horn Mountain:
between Wyoming md Montana
swKkTwA1xH N1KEa-
The mtpe1 on SMeetHztcr are again attracttn
good deal Of attention, and hundreds are pr
pairing to 60 there In search Of precious metals
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