, 1876-09-09

btcls oH nlh iaflRs up u Auh. l. lHe tfau WaA
largo one; but % 70 whether It Tas three days
u three weeks old, the experts and lnd1ans oil
differed. The extent al the camp, Rtso wns
subject Of conjecture, ~, II small party
canpc'i two or three .lnys and moved only for
santls Of men lad been there ono day.
=, THURSDAY, Aug. f.--Fron day 70 day, until
tlio l!tti, VT had The same uncertainty to meet:
wsthsr W. wc1s + Ifotowins it thu 1naisns .,
left Gooao Creek to 90 On 4 wlld-goose chase.
Finally, IN the f7ttl, the trail turned OF cast
toward the lower agencies. AZ the cavalry
Gan. Terry deemed IT best to continue his march
To the Yellowstone, where, by steamer, ho could
leaving tIe YelIox.tone xe 'kasys !nnfstel .
y; On tie 18th, q; on tile i4th, i5X; TN tls
1i5th, s4; on the 10Th, 1oI; on The! 18th,
3;-n,tai 1o4 miles ~ measured BY
Tongue, down the Tongue. across to the Pow
der, an! down the Powder to its conflu.
sncc with the Yellowstone. To-day VIC have
Of tie hostilo 1n.l!aps than we had tcu .dnys
ago. wllcn We left tho Yellowstone; and ccr-
tatn]y Crook knuws less, Gen. Crook's coin
;naMl consists Of t,56 cavalry, 4G3 Infantry, 500
followers lncluding rcporters) all armed, OF q
total Of 4,::f3 repeating guns, and ammunition
without stint. Il e cohunlrum, which Crock
~ wl l!avS to aolye estoIe ; some "cotnmistec on
HOW liz LET THE INDIANS GET AWAY PROM
As for TcTy's disposition of his troops, I have
already written that Il could not have bgcn bet
defeat that fell upon Terry 80 Unexpectedly,
aud to the surprise aud modification Of the ma
tlon,-Tcrry could do nothing less than to fall
buck for retnlorccments. The uncertainty Of
$ta&1
faulte. liz put Ills command In shape
anu moved two days sooner than hts Quarter
Muster thought II possible. Every eircum-
dlans fell back from the Little Horn tothe south
! and wcst.' Crook also fell back before them,
and, as stated abovc, IBIS scouts seemed never to
have lost sight Of them. The expedition OF
entire llosti[e force was in Crook's vicinity.
Hitl, this fact III view, Terry cut loose from Ills
base Of supplies and took the. field. He and
| every one with him confidently expected to
Crooks territory. You can inagine, then, low
surprised VIC were Wien Crook ca1tie In upon
our front within thirty plcs Of the Yellow
stone; but yuu can hardly Imagine how disgust--
/ Dakota are ut this miserable termination Of
| what promised to be an actiyc nud glorious
en11!aIgn. 4 hundred ttncs dag tho question
| Ia asked:
/ WHAT HEEAME OF CROOKS 1EDfAN34
aud some are sarcastic enough to reply that they
don't believe Crook has lind any Indians ncar
him since his defeat on the Rosebud, OH the 17th
| 81 Junr.. II hc had. md It waa their trntl ho
followed from Goose Greek to the northern
SLOPE Of Wolf Mountains, On THO Rpsebul, and
which thu combined army followed 100 miles
further, then tho 1naians rain that tru!l into q
holc in thu gEou,,d, and pulled the hole In ntter
them.
] A good deal has been printed in tho States
about Terry Wa!vluE rank In favor OF Crook. lie
llas done nothing OF tic kind. lie met Crook
cordially, nnd has deferred not little TO his
experience as an lntla,.-dghtcr, and to his sug-
Personally, Gen. Crock appcars to be every
| inch the man he las been represented TO be;
and, II he has made this terrible blunder, now
more more than suspected, Of letting thu hostile
should bc elsartaby criticised As for Terry,
| hn Ii above and beyond criticism. l}e
| rEELs THIS fAux-rAs TERn1nLr,
tic more 50 that tue season when tue 1nd!aus
can bc found anil whipped In tho field ls rapidly
Fntpar, % AnE. 1S,-1acking even weekly mail
! facilities, and trying to ayUd expressing any
mainis TINT | soutd send a somewhat extended
a.I0nnt Of Gen. Terry's movements. What Is
written Is, Of course, MI imperfect chronicle of
data picked up here and thuTe, aud good deal
Gt It. fen Fossip st o at eauprcs; n, Eyeiy officer,
hs OWN for t!n1lng Sitting Bull aud whipping
his army; and asn ouly sorry that Murat fiai:
stead couldn't scnu III his ''plan ior conducting
listen. to the many suEgrstions Of Ills $3.50.
ciatcs with quiet respect. though 1t is doubtful
If he Inns done moru thAn to 'lfstcu. but thu
catnpaiEn has Ind one bad accessory, und that
In a En- ae9sY e9pms ase ct plo1s fseSts Ms esesss s
| utterly unreliable, and Crooks 4hosllones are
tou fur away from lclrhuntIne- grounds to be of
much service. Among the white men employed
and rivalry. They hardly agree upon ths most
trivial matter. Gen. Terry Is ut their mercy.
The brayc mar!ner On tho tracklcss ocean. with
| out compass Ia uo more at thu mercy OF wind
a'nl 'yayo thon fcrry's nrny, out upon this vast,
| trackless waste, Is
At THE MERCY or HIS uu1nEs AND SCOUTS.
[ The sun rses IN tllu east, hhncs nll day upon
vast sxpa1'so Of sage.orish and grass, and, as it
sand rayiucs that neither man ilur beast can
cross. The nlat,nct always points narth; but
| whether onn can 60 either north or south can
only he decided BY personal c!tntt. An insigg::
or buifa!o-wallow ofttisnys inpcrccptlb|y lcads
tic yuyager into rnrne after ravtnc, uyer bluff
attcr Gluif until at Inst he stands on tho c,lgu
OF a ynw1llng canon hundreds Of feet in dopth
fur him to DO but t rc.raec Ills steps and ln,
| an accessible route. Crook brought with him
"Duira1o HNl" md Frank ur0uard, u half
breed, who lsaa lived With the Sioux many years,
/ 1%k hA0 nus IVA II III k4l lAAh I'LL 4e4AkAcs
Terry Inns Fred uiranl, interpreter at Fort Lin
eoln, ana former jot.prlntHIr in The st. Louis
taiia; and MuEEins Tuylor, OF Salt Lake.
individually, hayo no doubt, these arr euver-
ally good men and experts: but, collectively,
they lun't amount t0 q cuss. Thu Infantry
witch Gen. Crook brought with him (unIer
command Of Col. Chambers, Of the Fourth In
futtry}, hnytng been on the rlalns u!l summer,
wers iartlencl, mud marc!cd like detachment
Of Shcrmans s'i'm!ness, keeping mpon tho heels
's sly 81 ty,,,n pps sase
extreme pnrtlsips. Alch fell out IT Tho ranks
every hour, ana hal to bo piekcd.up aud
brought-n by the cavalry. To add to their lIa-
comfort, the Tongue and Powder Rivers llati to
be fordcd every five or ten mscs, generally two
fcrt In depth, cAussnE the .seh to strip. The
last three tiays' marching was also srvcre upon
thu eavalry.horscs, mally having to be abau-
| luned.
| CAMPAIGNING ON TIE PLA1Ns,
tho army fluids, is vastly different from what It
experienced during the Civil Var. An utter
] WastG, u vast solitude; frcquently-reeurT ut
mt,Sthtric disturbances bringing terrific !n1re