Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-11-04
GEOGRAPHIC sum MARY.
Big Horn Indian Campaign Drowluu
n Close

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Big Horn Indian Campaign DRAWING
TO a Close.
CUEvETNE, Oct. o6.-Thc arrival of Co,
Merits command at Red Cloud yesterday
signalzed the closing of the Big Horn and
Yellowstone campaign, which will lie Sic
ceedcd by the Powder river expedition con.
sisting of Is companies of infantry and II
companies of cavalry The latter are prin
cipally of the 4th Regiment, with few com.
panies Of the ID and Sd, which have been in
the summer campaign. All are fresh troops.
and will be commanded by Crook in person
quarters at Fort Russell, Gen Merritt in com.
mand. The 81 goes to Fort Laramie. Ten
companies will remain at Red Cloud. Snot.
ted Tail was formally installed chief of the
Sioux Nation by virtue of the authority of
the President, and was as such accepted by
all the Indians at that agency. The capture
made by Gen. Merritt consisted of 500 In.
dians, 700 ponies and a large number of arms
the last two named to be disposed of at pub.
lie auction on the cd of November at Fort
Laramie The moral effect of this decisive
policy is wholesome, and peace promises to
prevail at the agencic.
rThc Sioux War.
BISMARCK, Oct. 31.-Gcn. Miles had sue.
cessful fight after III unsuccessful council,
with Sitting Bull, on the2ad, on Cedar creek,
killing and wounding a number of Indians,
his own loss being two wounded. He chased
<ho Ind; ohnu srf,, mil
divided, one portion going toward the agcn.
cies, Sitting Bull toward Fort Peck, Gen.
Miles following Gen.. Hazen has gone to
Peck with four companies of infantry and
rations. Sitting Bull crossed the river below
Peck on the Gath, and had sent word to the
agent that he was coming in and would he
friendly, but wanted ammunition.
Failure of Another Arctic Exploration.
LONDON. Oct. ga telegram has been re-
ceived announcing the return to Valencia of
of the Bristh Arctic expedition under Capt.
Mares, comprising the steamers Alert and
Discovery. Progress to the North pole was
found impracticable. Capt. Mares reports
no land could be discovered to the North
ward of the highest latitude reached, namely:
80 deg. 20 sec. but in other respects the ex
petition was success. The Alerth
ceeded to Queenstown, and Capt. Mares
London. All we'll.
The Alert and Discovery left Port Foulke
Cape Sable. After severe and continuous
struggle, they reached the north side of
Lady Franklin Bay, where the Discovery
was left in winter quarters, and the Alert
pushed on and reached the limit of naviga-
ton, or shore of the polar sea, the ice vary.
ing in thickness. the berg in some places be-
ing $50 feet deep. The President land, so.
called, does not exist. The Alert wintered in
lat. 50 deg. % min. At this point the sun
was invisible 142 days. Aparty with sledges
was dispatched northward. 1t was absent 20
days and reached lat. 80 deg. 2min. Another
party reached Cape Columbia the northern
most part of America, and traced it 220
miles westward from Greenland, and also
explored eastward. These sledge parties
met with no game. and suffered from scurvy.
Hans Peterson died from frost bite, John
Porter, of the Alert, and James Hans and
Charles Paul, of the Discovery, died on
sleding expedition. No Esquimaux were
seen, nor were any icebergs met with beyond
Cape Union. The expedition encountered
great difficulties. In returning, the vessels
left Smiths Sound September 9th. They
signaled the Pandora October 10th; all we'll.
The Alert parted from the Discovery in
gale on October 10Th. She will shift her
rudder at Valencia and proceed to Queens
town to coal. The admiral, at Queenstown,
tclegraphs that the Discovery is expected to
arrive hourly.
During slcdge journeys the ice was so
rough that it was only possible to advance
mile day during the winter. Rich collec-
tions in the department of natural history
were made, and many valuable scientific
specimens taken. Excellent coal was found
near the place where the Discovery wintered.
The expedition experienced the coolest
weather ever registered, the temperature be-
ing SO degrees below zero for fortnight,
and falling to over 104 degrees below the
freezing point. The Pandora, when spoken
by the Alert reported her screw slightly
damaged by ice The Pandora called at
Littleton Island and Cape Isabella, but was
unable to reach Cape Sabine. As the expe.
dition cid not touch at Littleton Island on its
return, it missed the letters left by the Pan.
dora. The health of the crews, with the ex-
ception already mentioned, has been good
Frost bites were severe but not numerous
Peters, interpreter, died in forty days after
both feet had been amputated, from frost
bite. All members of the expedition declare
it impossible to reach nearer the pole than
their northern exploring party, which pere-
trated to within 400 miles of it. On their re-
turn from sledge journeys the men were in
it was necessary to draw some of them on
sledges. The planking O: the Alert was
much damaged by ice.
A member of the expedition telegraphs TO
the Daily News the northwestmost land
reached was in lat So deg. 8 sec. After
that there was ice. The point furthest west
reached was in long. 80 deg. Lady Franklin
Strait is really bay. The northernmost
point in Greenland was in lat 50 deg. 81 sec.
The British Arctic expedition brought
home specimen of wheat deposited by the
American steamer Polaris while on her Arc.
tic voyage.
Capt. Mares, commander OF the Arctic ex.
petition, has sent telegram to the admiral.
ty containing the following additional par
ticulars of the voyage: 1.-THE Polar Sea Is
never nav;gable. The ordinary ice averages
eighty feet in thickness. Animal life and
he nortlerly migration ends south of Cape
Columbia. A memorial tablet was erected to
Capt. Hall, of the Polaris expedition, at 20