, 1876-11-25

10 AaA AS kAGA hANHN4 EluEG kAGAS N4AJR 4uNu1
send, Of tho Ninth Infantry, has been placed In
with Flrat Lieutenant Morria G. Foote, Ninth
Infantry, as Adjutant. Capt. James D. Camp
boil, Fourth Artillery, has immediate command
Of the four companies Of his regiment serving
against thu slou1;. and Lieut.. Cummings,
Fourth Artillery, has been assigned to Lieut.
Col. Dodge as Adtutant Of tho nttiilery md
infantry commanded by that accomplished
officer.
Frank Gruard Ia along as Gen. Crooks a. Man
Friday" "Factotum,n or anything you may
choose to call him; anu will doubtless DO Of
Immense uso TO tho command In ferret
ing-out the whereabouts OF the encmyts
villages. That IL, IL his shrewdness
ia not counteractcd by tho treachery OF those
Sioux who hayo joined Gen. Crook and prunisc
to fight against their kindred. or course, Wa
havo their wives and families fn our possession,
and they will act rs hostages to prevent amy
overt act Of double-lcallng toward us, such as
aescrtiaE bodily to the enemy, Or turning their
strength against our forces IN battlc but It will
not prevent them sending ont a lcW chosen run
ncra at tho critical moment, to wurn hostile VII
iages OF tho approach Of our troops. Nobody
AN wish moro fervcntly and more sincerely than
1 that
TnB "s1oux CONTINGENT"
may prove tnat ttielr pIoniscs are made 10 good
1Nu. N Dut tIetG .S Is gooa ueal q human haearo
Sson ~ .o hoon "a @ hnaian anu ta9so
not through any friendly feeling toward our
Gauso. but simply to procure food and raimcnt.
ng people waon tlioy afo eapecten 10 iseht are
that they should do pl they can do, with safety
to themselves, to prevent tho doom of disaster
from falling upon their Rinsfolki
Ii Con. CrouE succeeds ia making evcn this
email mindful E01ir hnOrtv
onS e1su as yet uohe .oMatu eonqaerng that
powITiut se''ieMesatson M % oi tnnes-a coniedera-
otia on .as n,, .s amays asa @ III nnIson and sI
yond d. or % ken '' X WIZ The so Apaees aeaIus
,sns ~ao aT. ny pasduEI tnlS poey 50 sueesatay u
VIZ WIS uiiietGnt. they very sp!lt 'hto 4ll1erGnt
m i,pes tnas a Geen t waIrs 9he wss1 Inc osner
,,a a''tS1os ~ arso,,o 10 1e aif VI Tile nFs' WHITE
nfa' "a AlizonS i1i,. ,,..,,,,,
~, Sapoison lllleu his armies WITH soldiors from
t the Httc lIiI!hGlEaHtles o. GcTtnanys because
.ni'c .Ey Merc ~ 1xsn y net.S 1Sa!onstss; w hc
vac ,hor hu ne,,r,r, 70 ha w. s,anaaa wsn no IN
msi Mln 10 % ase o. h9ineay PHRASE, pulled TO-
gS.nff; aat1;, 9nu So IL Is Mith tne soa1. Tho
aMestl1,m' ,'. q sastos,anee ll ead few to act as
ta 1a r' ,,I, ~ i,o to snus ~ ~ = u ~ iearea
I'll LINZ tho aailao Wy! ne soufco OF weakness to
", nllu poesinly VI ulseelRhtarc' II Is bold
;sone, IT. 1na, II - ~,Ne, Isook Wiii deserve nll
"''- SN'AAe ~ +1N %'iO N11h%Es
Noih!ng even bearing tho remptest rcsem-
oannSo 70 aMa8ter neeo 10 unprecedented. Tho
column u s--.. .....
TOO srnoNo TO SUFFER- A REruIBE
from any force that the Indians emil possibly
bring to bear at this season. The exciting
% rumors oi dcieat and massacre, so ripe during
the lust campaign, will be wanting In this. The
sarao, shanSsa " were against Us then nov they ere
.ot q! hosttcs north Of the Ycllowstono, OF thelr
1gnoblc surrender, can or will prevent tho
Powder-R!yer Expedition from being sncccss
81 magnitude, not tho esownIng mercy OF
,. wlNTEn-cloTu,no.
Perhaps no expedition has ever started on q
campaign agalnbt hostile Indians better and
more thoroughly equipped than this. 1udcod,
It may ba said Without reasonable fear OF con-
tradtstion, none las gone forth 20 well pre-
pared to Withstand the severity Of this climate.
Every soldier has been provided with q seal
ekin cap with ear-lapa aud peck-protcctosa, scui-
skin gloves, and Arctic oycrshocs with patent
improvement on tue buffalo oyurshoo thnt l,as
hitherto been looked upon as heing the dcsiicr-
atum ia the way Of foot-covcrinE for troops
Berytng III the Held during the cold season In