The New York herald., 1876-07-07
SKETCH OF THE CAMPAIGN.


letter received at the Frve Press oice rom Surgeon
McGiIIicudy, OF General Crooks command, dated ~
Fort Fesrma an June 2l days before the engage.
ment, says that the Indians under Sitting Bull, the
Northern chief TO the number Of 1000 warriors,
sising OF The Ogaiailas, the Red Cloud and NissoD
River agencies, Sioux. Arapahoes aud Chcyennes,
were encamped very large fortified villages ncar
the mouth OF Rosebud Creek, at its conhuence with
the Yellowstone, and twenty miles or more from
the Little Big Horn River. The Indians were we'll
armed and supplied with ammunition, which they had
been accumulang for the last years 1t WAS re.
ported that Lone Wolf was his way North VITA
l,50o Northern Chcyennes to join the Sioux.
POSITION or THE TRoors
General Crook with tho man body Of the troops
1900 In number, and 270 Crow Snake and shoshont
Indians hereditary enemies Of the Sioux, scouts,
and lO4 six muc wagon teams, with supplies
was a. the Permanent Supply Camp on Goose
Creek, . tributary Of Tongue River, which
cmptes into the Yellowstone TO tho east
ward OF Rosebud Greek. in Montana, in the vi.
c,ny of west longitude l0e latitude 40 80 From the
permanent supply camp to the Indian fortified village
on Rosebud Greek was 40 miles by tho practicable
wagon The supply camp is fifteen miles north.
west OF the site OF old Fort Phil kcarncy. General
Crook contemp plated immcdia,o advance the in-
dians They audacious, and on Friday, tho 10Th
uiI had run last five head OF beet from General
Crooks command. The supply camp known to b
surrounded by Indians.
GENERAL rERRYs coxxASD.
General Terry, accompanied by General Custer ana
General Gibbons, was encamped the north side ol
the Yellowstone River not many miles distant from
the Indian village on Rosebud Creek. He had had fire.
auent skrmshes with them and the week previous had
sent two companies infantry across river drive
back the Indians. but the soldiers rcpussd and
had return All this, Of course greatly emboldened
the savagca At this time Juno 2) all the horses be-
longing one company OF cavalry were reported ~
drowned In the Yellowstone General Gibbons wA1
instructed TO prevent, possible. the escape Of shS
hostile Indians north across Dakota into British
America. General Carr, with eight companies OF the
Filth cavalry was have left Fort Laramie on thG
morning Of June 90 the country Of the
Big Horn River aud prevent tho Sioux from goso
south
BuvvALo BrLI-
He had with him . scout W. y Cody, "BunalG
BILL" who recently let the stage TO join his old
mand During the last night OF his appearance AZ
Cheyenne Spotted Tail vas spectator at The
Opera House and scrutinized William very closely. HM
long hs,r viii be great attraction ior the ssvagea
From the Iestcr OF Surgeon McGilcuddy the situAsio
on tho morning Of the 2ssh, the day Of the basss may
be- skstchsd as fol ows:-
BERoRK THE nArTLk
Tho Indians had evidently len their fortified village
on Rosebud Crock and rsseated 70 tho Little Big Hosp
River having thas stream - prosscsion II
their front and tho Rossbsd Mouataus
as q shelter their rear. The LitsA
Big Horn flows north into the Big Horn River, which
Ia q conausnt Of the Yellowstone. uniting with the
latter stream Fort Pease 10 the westward Of ne
fortified village Rosebud Creek. To tho south Of ths
Indian position. some twenty miles, was the
permanent supply camp OF General Crook. Genera
Gibbons was north Of the Indians, upon the Yellow
stone some distance 10 the northward. General Can
was sixty or eighty miles to the westward and rapidly
approaching the Indians with hw eight companies q
cavalry when Custer pursuing the valley Of he ~
Horn and Little Big Horn rivers. was intent sths \
on cutting OF the retreat OF tho lndtoaa -, =
westward or forming junction with 0snenl
south Of him with General Gibbons north ~
most likely the latter. All the locations pso
south OF tho Yellowstone River and ameug
ranges composing the Black Hills. The q
operations "a SIXTY miles south Of tho n
about the same distance east Of the
the assumed advanced position Of
airy. froa this sketch u will