The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-17
THE INDIAN WAR.
Crooks Command Attacks crazy Horse,
Route the nOstlles and Captures n
their village.
American Horse Killed Spells Which
Custar Used in the Little Big Horn
Massacre ReCapiured Move
ments of Sitting Bull and
His Allies.

CHEYENNE, September l6,-The
courier who left General Crooks COM
mand September 10, brings the fol-
lowing news. Since General Crooks
column turned south toward the Black
Hills on the tfth instant, there has
been considerable hardships, and u
good deal OF grumbling, On the
seventh ii was decided to send por-
tiop OF the pack train ahead, under es-
cort Of Colonel Mills,with fifteen men,
on the best horses OF each company of
the third cavalry, making one humid
red and nifty in ALL Lieutenants, Won
Lutwita, Schultz. and Crawford COM
posed the subordinate officers, with
Lieutenant Bnbhy, OF the fourth in
fantry, chief commissary, Tom Moor,
chief packer and Frank Gruard,
Crooks chief scout. The latter was to
serve both as guide aud scout, and on
yesterday evening he discovered
through the rain and fog, without be-
ing himself observed, u hostile Sioux
village, consisting of forty.one lodges,
ami band of several hundred ponies
and few American horses. Mills
concluded to attempt the attack
with his hundred and
fifty men, without waiting
to send word to Crook for reinforce
ments He fell back a few miles, hid
his command in a ravine, and at two
o'clock this morning marched tor the
village, which was situated on u little
creek. He formed on the north side
before daylight, and ordered Lieuten-
ant Sithwalk's company to charge
through the village, while the rest OF
the force, dismouated, were to form
skirmish lines on either side and pick
of the Indians az they came out. The
latter were completely surprised and
scattered out pell-mell and halfnaked,
and returned the fire to some extent.
Their ponies were etlectually STAN
peded. Owing to MilPs small
force he only succeeded in secur-
ing the lodges and property
and about one hundred and forty po-
MES. There was an immense quantity
of dried meat, berries, ETC., all that
Crooks whole pack train could carry,
and sufficient to postpone the proposed
purchase of supplies. There We're
wagon loads OF robes, and savage
spois of all kinds OF the Seventh cav
airy, which Custer used in the Little
Big Horn massacre, and various arti.
cles of wearing apparel captured on
thay occasion. A quantity Of corn,
stored at the mouth of Powder river as
late rs August 9th, where Terry was
fred on, was among the spoils. The
whole mqHh since Terry and Crook
met, goes g. confirm the soundness of
the latter views .of the enemy's
probable destination and where.
abouts since Leaving their camp on
the Little Big Horn. Lieutenant Won
Lutwitz was seriously wounded in the
knee; privates Midbury and Charles
Foster, Augustus Dorm of company ID,
and Sergeant Glass of company Il
were wounded, aud private Wenzel of
company A was killed in the action of
The morning. About seven O'clock
word had reached Crook, fifteen miles
oack with the mail column. He came
forward with sections from the cavalry,
reaching Mills command at eleven
o'clock. The latter had kept up good
fight during the forenoon. Crook was
very much disappointed because Mills
did not report TIE discovery last
night, rs there was plenty Of
time for him to have got up the
entire command, and 80 efiectually
surrounded the valley that nothing
would have escaped, but the General
~ nevertheless pleased, all things con-
.idered. About one hundred yards
from the village is little ravine, In
which band of seven warriors and
fifteen women and children were safe
ly lodged In the cavcrn0us roe ks, and
It was in trying to dislodge them that
Mills lost his killed and most of his
wounded Crook desired to Save the
women and children, and by means o
the guards interpreting, parley en-
sued. Three warriors came out, one
chief, named American Horse, being
MORALLY wounded. Before the parley
was effected, however, Frank White,
sergeant, was shot through the heart,
and privates Kennedy and Mike Ed
gar, of company Il, Sixteenth cavairy,
wounded. About twenty minutes past
four this evening, there was sudden
picket firing sprung up, beginning on
Colonel Mason's front, resulting in the
wounding o: Sergeant Schrieber, of
company X, and private Dorm, of COM
pany f, Fifteenth cavalry. 1t proved
to be the result of reinforcements re-.
ceived from Crazy Horses band and
running attack all around the circle
ensued, But the troops were quietly
thrown out, and the enemy driven OIL
in every direction. The latter got
about dozen horses, too poor to get
into camp, back mfle on the line OF
march. The village was thoroughly
ransacked, and the spoils divided
round. Col. Mills men got the ponies.
Much am munition and many guns
were found In the lodges and all the
evidence is to the effect that these In
dams were prepared for winter. There
were probably one thousand warriors
connected with 1t, and their chief Is