The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-09-22
TIE FRONTIER.
Interesting Account Of Late
and Passing Events ofthe In
dian War.

, Interesting Account Of Lat
dian War.
New York, September13.-Th
Bismark Dakota Territory dis
patch says a Standing Rock pape
dated the 18th, says: An Indiar
arrived last night from the hostil
camps with a message from sew
en- hostile chiefs. He is know
to have left this agency abou
three weeks ago for the hostil,
camps. While he does not claim
to have been with Sitting Bull
he says he was with another
much larger camp where lodge
and Indians covered all the prai
rie. He reports the Indians a.
abundantly supplied with fresl
meat, buffalo and antelope, which
is in great abundance. They are
also reported to have more arms
and ammunition than they know
what TO do with. They daily
watch the men who are engaged
in building the new post OF
Tongue river, and say at one time
they could have destroyed anOth-
er body Of troops as they did Gus
ter and his band, but they thought
| that they were going home, and
upon that reason did not care to
disturb them. This is supposed
to have been Gen. Miles and his
regiment: when they started
back for yellow Stone. They are
anxious to treat for peace, and do
not care to fight the soldiers if
they are let alone, but will fight
for years if necessary. The wrl-
ter says several of the bands re-
fused to be counted, and ratiOns
were accordingly withheld from
them. One Chief who submitted
to count, refused to receive his
rations and scattered them on the
ground. 1t is claimed that the
count, though not completed, will
not show more than halfthe num-
Der of Indians which the agent
claimed to have been issuing to.
Though new rations have not ar
rived, full rations of flour and half
ratiCns Of sugar, coffee, tobacco
and bacon were issued. The cor
respondent claimed that Indians
received full as much under this
issue as they had formerly receiv-
ed for double the number Of lodg-
es. Captain Collins has been de
tailed to assist Lieut.. Roach in
count of the refractory lodges.
Intelligence from Fort Thomp- |
son, Dakota, dated Sept. 3, says
advices received from Fort Pierce
and subsequently confirmed,
report that a party Of five men
were killed by the Indians near
Sica, and it is thought
that some Of the party must have
rot away and penetrated the foot
hills as far as Crook City, from
which place a force of 80 miners
came out to open a road to Mis-
souri,. 1t is reported these were
attacked and surrounded and
leld coralled on the hill for a
whole day, when a messenger es-
,aped and went to the hills for re-
Twenty Others
came out to the assistance Of the
)esieged men, but before being
lble to cooperate with them,
hey were attacked and overpow-
red by the Indians and all mas
;acred. This is the last report,
which has not yet been confirmed,
Dut it seems probable, as the III
lians have recently appeared in
arge numbers from hostile camps
n the neighborhood Of the Black
ILLS and even at Cheyenne Riv
n Agency,
General Clusters Remington ri
lie and black horse he used to
ide to Fort Lincoln, have been
by some Of the Black
Killers, from young warrior kill
d on a scout to the Black Hills.
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