Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-09-19
INDIANS WE'RE ROUTED,

the fight lasting until noon Monday,
when the.
INDIANS WERE ROUTED,
with loss to. whites OF only three
killed and nine wounded. Fourteen
dead Indians were found Oh the battle
field, and four bodies are known to
have been casried off Thirty five
Indians lodges were burned by the
whites. with all contents. During
the fight the
ISnlA&s RECEIvED RElNFoIGEMEN ENTs
Twenty one indians werr captured, !,
bat of these two bucks and nine
squaws were released Inc remainder
are being brought in. 1t is known
that in the vicinity where the fight
occurred there has been camp Of
hostile, Indians for several months
from which raids were made on
BLACK HILLS MlsERs,
but Gruard thinks the Indians attack
ed were of Sitting Bulls command,
for the reason that spoils Of the Gus
ter massacre were found among which
were $500 in money. IS
Ii is reported here thar Sheridan is
at FoIt Laramie aud that Crook ex-
pected 10. meet him there o.day:
Grnard says he cannot get there by
the time designated.
Among those killed was white
TIM r,tk t,pr,
Second lieutenant A. II. VonLiu-
twitz,' third cavalry, wounded in
knee and who had his leg amputatcd,
WAS captain Of the fifty fourth New
York during the war.
The lighting was. mostly done by
the second and third cavalry.
Whipple, Danields, Howard, and
Hinman, of the
sloux COMMISSION,
returned to Red Cloud from Spotted
Tail agency yesterday. aud report
that the council held by them with
Spotted Tails Indians the preceding
day was well attended, but nothing
was done beyond presenting the prop
osi,ions Of the government. To-
morrow IS The day sst for the council
here, at which the commission hope
to receive an answer from Red
Clouds people 10 the propositions
which were presented here on the
1th. Very few Indians are here,
mostly all connected with this agency
having gone into camp ON Shadon
creek, twenty miles distant, and
about half way between here and
Spotted Tail, as they represent, for
the purpose Of consulting with the
Indians Of that agency.
Gruard says he is convinced tha.
two thirds of the hostiles are Indians
belonging toRrd Cloud, Spotted
Tail aud Missouri river agencies, and
that large amount Of supplies have
been received from the same sources !;
that there are
1noUsANDs OF lNpIANs
now in the northern country who do
not belong there.
Gruafd has been with Sitting Bull
two or three years, and knows the
northern country thoroughly and all
Indians belonging there. The counts
made here and at Spotted Ihil by the
military. recently show l2,5oo absent.
ees, with very old and very young
Indians preponderating among those
remaining there.
CHEYENNE, WY, Sept. ls-A
courier from Crooks camp, White
Wood creek Sept. 18th, arrived a,
Sage creek tonight and brings the
news: Since the fighting Of the oh
inst, the command has worked its
| way--to BBrtttr Belle + F,uttrtit uttr che,
/ suBs1sTrNe ON FRESH HORSE
and dried meat captured. from the
| Sioux. tSupplies from Deadwooc
mines were met there on the 18th
aud this morning moved up here
where there is everything in abun
dance.
The march Of Sept 1ssh between
Owl and Belle Fourche river, over 3t
odd miles, was through mud and raj,
and was one of the most exhaustine
the troops ever experienced. Th'
weather has since been good, and nev
life has been infused into the com
mand whose future movements nov
/ depend on Sheridan, who has sent 70
Crook to visit him at Fort Laramie a
once. Crook goes tomorrow follow
led by his command ", far as Cus,e
/ City. T.
On the 12th instant Col. Upham
of the fifth cavalry, made detour 81
an Indian trail, down Owl river
across to Belle Fourche, and up t.
the main command yesterday. 81
found the Indian trail too old to fo
j low further, bu. Yesterday morning
he lost Private Miller, company a
| Indians surprised him while out hun,
4 ing. H@