The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-08-28
TELEGRAMS
MISCELLANEOUS.
FIGHT WITH INDIANS.

airy were detailed to advance to look up the
road, when tea miles ahead they halted 10
await their train. Soon after Tie Indiana
appeared on the prairie and made demon.
STATIONS towards their camp, and line oi
skirn.ishers were then thrown out and horse.
saddled; the Indians we're easily driven, bu,
it proved to be decoy Of = large parry in
the neighboring voOd, waiting IN ambush
for the cavalry; but finding the ruse had
failed, the Indians to the number of $40
boldly rode out and advanced on the grove
occupied by the cavalry. Gen Gustav had
but one squadron Of 80 men, under command
OF Capt. Maryland, but a rapid firing vas
while thus engaged with Gen. Custar in
front another party Of Indians prowled along
behind and tried TO stampede his horses, bu'
this vas frustrated. The Indians fred the
grass in several places, but failed to burn GU,
the cavalry. Alter three hour fight his am
mnnition gave out he then charged the In.
dians, who precipi,ably fled, dropping many
OF their equipments. After refreshing sew
eral miles they took to the bed lands. One
man was slightly wounded in the arm and
one horse wounded, formed the extent OF
Custar's Losses. While the fight was going
on several Indians left the var party in
search Of strsgglers; coming upon DR.. Hen
singer, surgeon, and Mr.. Balaren, cavalry
sutler. who were less than mile from the
columns, they killed them and took their
horses. Private John Ball, of the cavalry,
while out hunting met a similar fate. In
4 his fi,hf Vn.ti~1, xvapo
ponies. Four days after the fight at Torqus
We came upon the site of a recent Indian
village. Gen. Stanley directed zen. Gustav
To take the cavalry, numbering 40 men and
follow and punish the Indians. Custar
started at shutdown, and on the Oh, after a
march Of forty miles he arrived at a place
where the Indians had crossed the river,
tweaty -four hours before, taking over their
families On boats and RATS The next day
he attempted to cross the Yellowstone, but
the current Was too swift and deep to swim
I ne horses, and the attempt to cross had to
be abandoned. In the evening his camp was
discovered by the Indians, and on the morn.
ing of the llth, at daylight, he WIS attacked
BY 500 Indians. The firing WAS returned
for two or three hours, both parties using
trees AZ a cover. A party of 800 Indiana
M .'os" 'n1 river Soo'e anu oe,o" our
.A"P' a"u ei'e"'o'eo 10 ga'" the piuns 10
our r1ar. O'l nen were oismoun'ed ana
los'eu ." tne p'uis VINO ieseiveu !nem
kept up fire. Gen. Cus,ar then ordered
charge which WAS made, the Indians break
ing and We persuing them boldly for eight
miles. Just at this time the train came IN
and opened upon the Indians across the
river with artillery, and a few shots dispersed
them and ended the fight. The battle took
place within two miles of Big Horn.
General Cu,tsr and Adiuiant D.ham had
heir horses shot under them. Lieutenant
Paaden was badly sbo, in the thigh pri-
rate futile, Gen. Custar's orderly was
killed; 20 soldiers were slightly wounded
We had four horses killed and three wounded.
The Indians were we'll armed with heavy
lilies and had abundance of ammunition.
some were dressed in clothes procured at
he agencies these were Uniappas, and sup
,osed TO be under command OF Sitting Bull,
MI also supposed to receive their sapplies
rom Fort Peck. on the Missouri. a fsmon.
radiug post for the Indians and an infamous
me for Wits. The exped ton arrived at
Pillar on the - n, and reached
Muscle Shell on the 18Th, homeward hound.
ien. Stanley expects to reach Fort Rice by
he lst of October. The health of the com.
naid il good. Fort Brad~n is getting on
yell.
DENIES THE CHARGES.
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30 n, R.,,e- p..,or Of =,
MP Cburch and NAVY o,hs,,
n of which ar. In The sE,c,
"a, tho ,eco,d of Tie trial and ns,;,;on in
'vor n Mrs Snrra,, were in ,be psi
.o,,. off;ca hefor. IN. s,scu,;o, ~ tho CON
,;r,,o,. Jud,s R;noh.m,. Is,,.,s a.,ea
,Iv II 1S-3 STAT. The for, ~ h.v;ng
raxn M a pe,i,ion in favor Of Mr,. Snr,
~, and after her execution, when he heard
report that the petition had been with
old from tho p,..;lspt ba ..aIlad nm The
ecretary OF State and also ON Mr.. Seward,
nj was assured by them that the commu"i-
'iOn had been before the President and
id been duly Considered ny him and his
ivisor-, bat the death sentence upon Mrs.
Irra,t had been approved, and the Presi-
mt aud Cabinet upon such consideration
ere unit in denying the prayer Of the
iiiioner.
G-n. Meyer, Chief signal officer, has
lied for Vienna 10 aiend a meeting OF The
chronological Society at that place. The
neral hopes to see this c,nventicn take
eas 10 bring at'out world wide system Of
'aihss reports.
The Treasury DepartmeD. to-day have
ceived from the Syndicate in London
DOC. 900 in fve-lwenty BON. $ and can
lied COUPONS.
Official dispatches from, General Stanley
ntirm the reports rubli.bed On Ncnday
.,iye to General On. t,rs tyht with the
di.ps.
The Secretary Of the .en,te has received
folIow;ny le,,.r from senator Morton.
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