Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-10-30
WASHINGTON.
Indian , ccOunt Of the Yellowstone
tig't-A Rather Thick Story.
A Db.h OF Experience from Colonel
Stanley's Lips-0ther Indian
News.

WASHINGTON, October 29.-Colonel
a. ;. Stanley, under date of Fort SuIly,
october llth, reports the following as the
Indian account Ofthe fight on theYellow-
stone, in august last: After the return
of the expedition, Little White Swan, a
AinDeOOneyOer chief, friendly to. and
who has lived at the Cheyeuue agency
isr the last six years, called young An
,eSne Clement to a feast. The latter
was in the fight at Big Horn, as a scout
Un our side. White Swan told Clement
lhat our young men who participated
ID tce attack, he'd been to see him, and
ssiq that the lEdians had lost four killed
and twelve wounded in the two engage
ments; also that thirty-five pioneers
were either killed or had died since:
ihat one of the wounded had died, anG
That others would probably die. The
leaders in The attack were Red Ears.
son OF Brule and Bull without
halr, MinneOOnyOer. Red Ears
draws rations at the Cheyenne agency.
lhe IN .djans engaged were eight or ten
Auhu cd strong, with very few UnXO-
laPV Oses. Long Dog, an UnXOpapoOse,
vert to see Sitting Bull, who refused o
.loid the war-party, saying that his prom
ice 10 Pere De Smet was medicine -
sInd that he would not fight unless at
tackled. After Colonel Custsr's move
uent had dra an them across the Vel
lOwstODe rive .. .ils. south side. they
found no buffalo, .,ud as antelope have
nearly all died tins summer, the hostile
camp was compelled by starvation TO 90
10 White Clay, Spotted Tails agency. for
rauons, where they are now. The In
dians said they had seF,t runners after
the ogallsllos, but found the latter away
after the Pawnees.
Colonel Stanley ia conclusion says:
81 give this Indian story for what it is
worth. My expert snce is that the Sioux
generally give pretty correct account
or their losses; Oley NAV, however,
conceal them. Very high prices are
being paid for NJ .des at White CLAW, and
The Indians sly they can get all the
Winchester rifles and ammunition they
desire at Tat place" Colonel Stanlty
also fepoEts, under date Of Grand River
station, October 9Th, that a small party
ol H>dlans, apparently from hostile
caI1p on the Yellowstone, attacked
henderson the day previous and at
tempted to ride of a herd. There was
considerable firing between the parties,
Jut no one was hurt, and nothing taken.
The party making the dash divided into
one OF four and one Of six Indians,
with larger force at some distance, par
tally concealed. In this dispatch Stan
ley also reports that the Sans Arcs aud
UnxapapOOs engaged in the Yellowstone
tight had watched for over four days for
an opportunity to attack the Yellow
stone expedition.
Lieutenant-ColOne Merrill, Of the
ninth cavalry, reports from Fort Con-
chO, Texas, that the Indians made their
appearance in the counties Of Coleman,
Brown and Runnells, and have been
stealing stock. Lieutenant Lebo, of the |
ten cavalry, while on the way from
Fort COncho to Fort Richardson, recap |
tured from the Indians herd of sixteen |
stolen horses, but the Indians, five in |
number, who were driving them sue |
ceeded in making their escape. He says |
the Indians now infesting that country 1
are probably from the Fort Stanton res /
ervation and other portions of New Mex /
leo, following the buffaloes as they come |
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