Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1872-11-07
an Q Fallon' Creek. about three miles nom
AsLARGE raRTY or INDIANS

a itS ttlbuIfi.
ASI.ARGE PARTY OF INDIANS
closed iii upon Our rear, anu eventually
novel over ali,on the b ufi on oar right
! ffahk. threatening the column from both iii
reetions, aud espeeialie putting stop for a
while To Interpretations af the IN gIueel.s the
wagon train WAS Immediately formed. into a
eompact corral. a,a.l ire escort sleplaT-
I ed arnfaHd itfor pfotestio5,. Two companies
of the Eighth lniantry were detached from
! the, right flank and seiit into tile b uffs to
/ fight off the enemy, which they succeeded i'll
/ doing after eoaciderabie climbing and firing.
| We suffered no loss. and could not ascertain
how much we inflicted. Ddring the engage
hment an lntllar. who announced himself as
Z .eSitting Bull weIl-known Unkpapa Gheii
relied from The bluff that he proposed to raj
| " all tie hostile Sioux within ea1lao give
| onr party battle before we gotsaalf across the
Bad Iands.again. But as Iieand his party
very soon afterWardsImovetl off in the, irec-
| ton Of FpWiler River, it is believed that he
had too small party then to offer any seri-
ous opposition. AS fir AS could be ascattan-
ed. there were from one to two hundred In
tIians in the bluffs.
On the 24fllof August, at midnight, a sup
ply train of thirty-nine Wagons, with an es-
cert OF one hundred men, was started back
to Fort Rice for supplies, u hich returning
would faeet the expeditioH..at the Little Mis-
sour. about the 2fsh Of September AS tile
expedition would move back over the same
route il Went out, deemed had already
fulfilled my Instructions. and so returned
with the supply tlain to Fort Rec, reaching
that post on the third of September. We saw
no signs of Indians onour way back to the
Missouri River.
4 GENERAL FEATURES or TIE COUNTRY.
The greater portion OF the country passed
over was nnknown heretofore to any white
man antIeYen to the majority OF tile Indians,
but we found it admiralty adapted to the use
for which it was explored, and the line to be
adopted by the Northern Pacific will not on-
ly be comparatively skmigllt. but entirely
praiticable. Extensive beds Of Ignite and
semi-bituminous coal were found at Intervals
from the Missouri River to the mouth of o.
EdilOIl t1TeGk. /.
Timber in considerable quantities is also to
be had at intervals, especially d fair growth
Of pines was found Oil the Little Missouri. as
well as ash and oak. Grass was found along
.is<s isc7roflfe, with GOOD water at shart
Intervals sis,s1s sflia
56sB NssaReoitleat islltt nearly altogether
and added by theit picturesque and Won
derfnI attractions greatly to the beauty Of
the route.
The, fossifized tree ferns are found in i'm
meilse numbers near tile Little Missouri.
Where their shattered remnants have been re-
posing for centuries. On Cabin Creek tl,e
ground is strewn with marine petlifaotions.
such as the clam, and what is believed To be-
the nautilus.
nave the honor to append hereto man oi
tie country passed over and table of dis
lances. am, sir. very respectfully. vour
obedient servant,
(sIgned s. c. KELLOGG.
Gaptain Fifth Cavalry.
10 Assistant Adjatant General Military Di-
Vision of Missouri