Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-07-17
They are to be Forced to Remain
ON their Reservation.
The Yellowstone Valley to be
Freed


A Comm issfon Appointed to Eff
feet that Object.
From Governor Potts, who arrived
, in this place Monday evening, WI
learn some gratifying news in rcgart
70 Clusters expedition, its objects, &c
The expedition left Fort Abraham Lii
COLI, opposite Bismarck. on the z
INST. 1t is the best equipped and OH
cered expedition ever gotten up in OH
country. It goes prepared for an,
emergency.
The expedition consists Of ten com
PAL les Of the It'll Cavalry, five OF which
will lie under the immediate COMMAND
Of General Custer, and five under the
command Of General Forsythe, Of Gen
Sheridan's aft; two companies of in
fantry, commanded by MAYOR L. II
Sanger; battery Of three Gatlina
guns and one Rodman, commanded by
First Lieutenant Josiah Chance; de
tachmcnt Of Z. S. Engineers under
Col. ludlow, and sixty Indian scouts,
commanded by Lieutenant Wallace.
The staff of Gen. Custer consists OF
Lieut.. Calhoun, Acting Assistant Ad-
infant General; Captain A. Z. Smith,
Quartermaster; Assistant Surgeon, j.
| w. Williams, Chief Medical Officer.
Or. Williams is assisted by Acting
Assistant Surgeons Allen, Of Fort
Rice, AM: Bergen, of Iowa.
Col. Fred. Grant, Abide Camp on
General Sheridan's staff, accompanies
Gen. Custer as an Acting Aid.
Several eminent scientists accom-
pany the expedition, Prof: Winchell
and an assistant will take the "testi-
mony Of the rocks" Prof. Grinnell Of
Yale College also accompanies and will
looi after fossils. HIN. Ross and VIM.
Mckay, both practical miners and ex.
plorers, are expected to find the gold,
which is supposed to exist in the
! ~reatest abundance in the Black Hills.
Gen. Danny reports that when at
Fort laramie, a squaw brought into
that pos nugget Of pure gold as
large as q he MS egg. which she claimed
came from the Black Hills. Other
snocinons have hnen brought in by
the Indians from tin to time, and the
Indians questioned concerning that
country invariably tell OF the rich
Minerals.
Governor Potts received dispatch
on the Sd from the expedition. A
white Missionary, who has been with
the Indians for a number Of years, !
had come in from the Indian camp
and reported the Sioux concentrating
all their forces about forty miles in
Clusters front, and were determined to
contest every inch Of ground to the
objective point Of the expedition. The
of this force will have
the effect to draw the Sioux from the
Yellow lone valley. The Missionary
tried to prevail on General Custer to
abandon the expedition, and prevent
q bloody war. The General replied
that he was under orders to proceed
to the Black Hills and establish mill
tary posts, III order to force the Sioux
upon their reservation and keep them
there. Pacific messages had been sent
to the Indians; they had been given
to understand that this is not meas
ure Of war, but of peace; that if Trey
will let the expedition alone they will
not be molested-their rights will not
he interfered with.
One CT the main objects Of the ex-
petition is to free the Yellowstone val
ley from the presence OF hostile Indi-
ans and open it to settlement by the
whites, and also to reopen the Powder
river road from Cheyenne to Bozeman.
The Secretary Of the Interior has
notified Governor Potts that commits
sioners have been appointed by the
Government to confer with the Sioux
near the Yellowstone. The object of
this commission is to carry ont the
amendment to tho Indian Appropria-
ton Bill which was introduced and so
ably advocated by Delegate Steele, Of
Wyoming, which proposes to confine
the Sioux to their reservation and re-
open the Powder river road, and all
that country to exploration and settle.
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