The New York herald., 1876-10-02
CROOKS CAMPAIGN.
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amputated. The names OF the other persons woundei
are as follows:-
wIlliam B. DUBOIS Company c. Third cavalry.
Edward Glass, sergeant. Company +, Third cavalry.
Charles Foster Company D. Third cavalry.
Edward McKerlan, Company +, Third cavalry
John A. kirkWood, sergeant, Company NJ, Third cav
airy.
August Dorm, Company d, Third cavalry.
j. M Stevenson, Company J. Second cavalry.
Edmund schreiber, sergeant, Company X, finh cav
Daniel Ford, Company =. Ffh cavalry
Michael Il. Donneliy Company fiith cavalry.
William Madden, Company NJ, Fiith cavalry
George Coulter Company d, Fiith cavalry.
Robert Fitz Henry, Company II, Ninth infantry
None OF The wounds except that oil Lieutenant Won
Lentwuz were dangerous. and he was IA very favor
able condition.
1nR INDIAN pgAp
who fell into our hands were thirteen but careful
estimate OF the number of Sioux who TALL
under the hrc OF troops leads TO the opinion that
there were undoubtedly fifty killed during the 9th
and 10th. The total loss OF the enemy, including the
wounded, captured and dead rs moderately computed
lco American Horse was distinct personage rom
The chio OF the same name who lives ut the Red Cloud
agency.
One OF the most disgusting and horrible spec,aclcs
ever bched was tho ghastly group OF dead lying in
the ravne after It's surrender
General Crooks had used the knives upon tho
head Of each corpse, aud tho skulls bare
tho scalps had been savsgey torn away and the cloth
Ing Of the dead squaws was SO dsarran2cd to nde
Gently expose their mangicd forms. NY faith in the
shock.
SECOND roRLoRS HOPE
The column was yet seventy-nye miles from the
Black Hills, and relief must be had before i, march
there General Crook ordered Colonel NILS TO start
again with my men, mounted on the best American
aud Indian horses avaiabc, for the Black Hills. We
leit the column as II was about TO encamp aud rode
ali The night o. the lith. which was very dark and
iogey We several times lost the points OF the com
lass, and at midnight unsadded our horses ami lay
down 10 snatch a little sleep The morning
gray and dreary possible but the mist seemed drcr
than before and began hone "A q
long storm. The vapor was disspated, ana at ninc
o'clock the clouds began TO mott and We saw tho
Black Hills In the distance We entered the
beautiful valley OF the Belle Fourchc the afternoon
anxiousiy scanning Its wide extent for some dreaded
sign OF Sioux village but were gladly disappointed
Wo halted on n small tributary for dinner The guide
had killed antelope aud its hauncn up and
sithcr Tried roasted by tho officers and
respondents. The soldiers content to butcher an
Indian colt which they cooked and ate and declared
be excellent 'veai'' We had discovered very
resh pony tracks and were anxious TO proceed lest
war party OF the Sioux should upon
"a We rode rapidly toward the loot
the sunset. They form the most beautul region that
have seen In Dakota Wyoming or Montana They
are fertile and picturesque aud uxuriously clothed
green We iound thickets loaded with ripcneo Wild
plums, and ate them with a keen relish.
IN THE BLACK
We were uncertain that the Black Hills still
populated fearing concentration OF the Sioux upon
the settlements. The sumbfc called the Bare
Butte which stands detached from the range; guided
us TO the mouth of the Whitewood canyon, which is
short distance west of II, ana there, AT sunset part
OF our party was left In camp, while Colonel
Mills Captain Jack, Frank Gruard and mvse. with
guard OF hvc soldier started Crook City be-
io,e midnight We emerged from a dense oak thlcket
the bottom OF the cany be challenged by three
horsemen, who had stopped IN the middle oil u well
worn road AT the base OF a mountain
''Who are your
There then eager greetings. Tho horsemcn ex-
planned that thoy were searching for cattle that they
ranycn, that the settlers veritably bcseped by
Tho Indians and that the hills full OF food.
All this information, quickly Cleaned, satisfied
hungry minds Tor the present, but not stomacns.
Captain jack Frank and l dashed up the
eallop which we did not check until We Crook
City. IL need not be remarked that banquet the
Immediate order Afterward we went to bed.
FOOD SENT TO THE TROOPS.
General Crooks commissary, Lieutenant Bubb, ar.
rived an hour later at Crook City and Immediately
took steps 10 send supplies TO the starving troops
the morning on the next day aud the next there
had before been almost deserted The column
csmped on the Belle Fourche the 18Th.
Their condition when they arrived there was
ike that OF an army OF skeleionized rasamuins. Any
OF the soldiers who had been awarded captured In
dian pony as booty would have eagerly gwen Tor
piece oil tobacco. When bread sent out TO them
they mobbed the wagons cont timing IT, and mad de.
voured the whole load lew moments after IL reached
the camp. For two days again they had been sub
sisting ON horses having consumed all OF tho proyi.
sions found in the captured village
THE CAMPAIGN CLOSED.
Tho condition OF Genera Crooks column renders
recuperation imperative and only something AKIN 10
madness could prompt its return 10 the ued present
Vi the cavalry are dlsmountod, anu the horses when
nave not been already abandoned unit ior lmme-
diatc service great number government
saddles has been lett the way and the whole loss
oi public properly occasioned by tho march TO the
Black Hills is enormous Add to this the dscontentcd
mood OF the soldiers who VIII be ripe Tor dcscrtion
soon they receive their two months pay, and you
have picture Of dlsorganized tatlercd aud dcnor-
nIlxed army, such as history presents only at rare
intervals.
The campaign outside Of tho agency reserves must
he considered as closed, and 1t has been without
Ia f IsHIp oil
former letters for the failure OF General Crook
u justify his reputation Indian fighter,
stlll apply, anu with rcuoubed force to events which
have happened since. | will not re-entcr upon their
scussion. but simply add that The ruihcssBess with
which he has subjected his army TO needless suffering
hardship and privaon, and has sacrificed the property
81 the army TO the accomplishment oil no adequate
object, should provoke an inquiry which should be
.onuuctcd In the light OF martial law.