, 1876-10-10

temcrikF Il except irbn t1lls Itfhafti, Hartlttt,
and Crawford, or Cant. Jack, as well as ilulJaln
Willie, nil Of whom know to be brave incn)
rcnturca some ak or eight miles away from
camp, and IN accordance with iime,honorcd Gus
protected gttlc1', anu bcenn conk[ng With great
intluairy. Bomc time after dark eight Indians
rode upo!' knoll, and one Of them chilled ont in
s9nx, "Arc ~ sl y9M sonxi" PIKE Tue scouts fired 9ns
Sa ei %e. s o"t w i"ss ss
nnan!,nity, coming t,,to eanp r. n manner tu
himself WIS n closo pursuit. Tic indians, who
wsrc. probably n snalI scouting party, hatl cyl-
IDENTIFY been affected lly \ koon interest III thu
ailaira Of their village, about the same ti.no
report to ticn. Cronk, for Tho abandoned cooking
utensils, ctc., Of t!to eco,lts were found next
dayto, bc undsturfcd. 1t was o plain casc Of
mutual Bcara.
From Deaycr Creek, sluggisll stream the
valley of which grows the llncst grass that
hayo y0t seen, nnl which 1Atn told will yield
fully two tons 70 the acre as It stands noss, We
marccsi to the Little Missouri, crossing It wl,cre
Custer did In Ills fan10us expedition Into tho
Hack Hills IN 1S7t. Frum here we marched
abont tei, miles through an exceedingly rough
an,l broken country, n1ii twenty miles across n
1He q Custsr's ofd camp. 1t tle head q Heart
| River, reaching II TN tho evening Ut Sept. d.
stu long way from Fort l'nco'n, n,-prntably
posuro to cold and chilling rn!fis had tnld snllY
upon tlur horses, rnamy Of which had nlrcady
| been abandonesl, II being absolutely impossible
to drag themselves along. The infantry wero
almost barefoot, whilst many were footso1c,
md uiI thoroughly wurn out.
| THE MARCH rnost HEART RIVER
began on the morning of Sept, 9, and tho
column WAS hca,led-,to tho a.toi,lsl,n.ent of al
Hills, instead 1T along the Lincoln trait. The
story OF this marrh van best he told ln tue la-
Euayo Of diary kept from day to day during
Tho march Of the 9th was TO Cannon-BalI
Creek, thirty rnsfcs away, and no bacon was Is
sucl with tic limited ratton this evening. The
| ration as nav constituted for the command ts
a'x and lla!f hard tack, four ounces sugar mud
coffee, four ounces bacon.
Sept. 7.-Marcled thirty-s!x miles over a roll
iug country, Horses abandoned as utterly.
worn out all along tho ronsc number OF
Issue this evening, SIX and u half hard tuck,
two ounces bacon. md two OUNCES cofrcc.
A detachment Of 1oo men, made nt up Of fifteen
mcn from each troop tn tho Third Cavalry, sc-
their horses, left this evening under Capt A,lson
Mills with orders to mike forced march To tho
settlements Of tic Black Hills, and there pro-
i1o Tor tg pGss6e :, f9
Mills was assisted by Lteuts. Crawford, Won
Luettwitz, Scllwatka, and Buff, the latter being
Com,nIssary olllrcr and charged with the pur-
| EllabC VI llEVfbSlOTb3--lk MY HlG u III lDuUu.
Sept. s.--Marclle1 twenty-five miles and
can,rcd IN ravincs, IN The bottom OF which
enough raln.watcr Ind coliected II pools to meet
thu wants Of tho communal. It is Guild and wet,
aud the wood Ia Vcry searee Indeed, about sul1l
clcnt for cooking purposes. The lust remaining
hArtl-taek was Issued t!,ts evening; being one,
sixth # #. rat!on The Gomnissafy beral
aencc OF anlt is really tic greatest deprivation
to be borne, except the abssnce Of tohaeco.
Sept. 0.-Aa wo pulled out this morning an
MD came galloplng up with orders that ten lncn
and report to Gen. Merritt; that Col. Mills had
Ind n fight twenty miles ahead and needed na-
ssstnnce. THO dctachment, Gons!sttny, Of tho
were soon marching as rapidly As possible for
tho scene of action. Tho mud was deep md
tenacious, md every here and there "bogs" had
to be crossed, which rendered travelling very df-
fcult indeed. Tho sceno of the a1tair was
reached at about II o'clock by the advance Of
tho cavalry, aud the rear guard was on the
ground By. 2p. m. We found ihat Mills had
wounded an unknown number Of 1,lians, cap
turea about 800 ponies, and. best Of NIL. 5000
pounds Of dried meat. And this is how It was
done; ne call it tic
RATTLE or eL1M DUTIES:
On the night Of the 7ti Col. Mills loft us, and
marched until 8:W a. Ill. next day. At 10
o'clock llo again moved, aud At 2 p. ut. l!scoy-
cred the Vicinity Of nm 1ndian village, but, the
day Gcing 90 very foggy aad Misty It Wns ltt,. =.
was large Of small. After consultation with his
officers, 1t WIS determined to fail back tu m.
vino about two miles OF and there cncanp until
at daybreak, sl,at being a much more favorable
time to attack village titan fl the afternoon or
evening. Accordingly, after standing around In
groups all night long, trying to keep themselves
@ar moved ou sa aSppt a. Fe pa i
wns this: The pack train was TO remain back,
md, II they had no orders to tho contrary In thc
morning, they were r. TO- Close s< up p,; r;ap,tly
tltl, by-tlo-by, with great promptituac under
tho direction OF Lieut.. Duil anA Mr.. Moore,
both Of whom were In tlTo to share IN tho ne
tton. Lieut.; stllwatlta wttlitwcnty-fye mounted
signed tho duty Of charging tho village, cutting
right was Crawford. Ills detachment was to q
IN ilismouutel on tho west side Of tho village
while Won Lucttwitz, with a similar command
was to go IN on tho cast side. ..-.
, Tho morning WIS dark and foggy. and tht
{ column lcada ran onto tho pony herd before u
ths a'iinais that It was feared TINT tic village
) would DO alarmol Il. I'LL instant srl,watka did
, thu proper thing; shouting
"nEAw :rlsroIsl cMAnoEi MEN, cHAnaEW
be calamity LED lis little party Into and th1o,1g!
Crawford and Won Lucttwt1 pushed Into til.
positions assigned them at donb'c-as!els, n1It
! followed up sshSatka's pistols with rap!.
!. surprised III tlcr sleep, nnd not taking timo tn
@ unfastcn thoir lodg9 doors, cut their wa,
: through tho canvas with their kn!yes and in
D stantly bcgan ,lring. At this point Won Lue.t
t and soldier, }ell shot through tlo Joint q til
D right knee. IN very few minutes tho wiling
+. was In possession Of our troops, and the 1ndials
tint s.sasa h%vhn occupied s'us II t
0 noints. Lieut., Crawford cspcclalIY dlstiu