The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-09-29
ON THE FRONTIER.
The Expedition Against Sitting Bull
AbandOned-ArranE
for Iar'' Talk"

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A special correspondent with Terry
| telegraphs under date of fort Buford.
mouth of the Yellow Stone, Sth, via Bis
marck, 18th inst: The final breaking
up of Terry's command occurred yester-
day morning. All the troops are now
en- route home, with the exception of
two regiments of infantry, which will
winter at the mouth OF Tongue river.
The Montana troops, numbering two
| hundred and fifty and one hundred and
twenty horses, and including seventy
infantry and the Second cavalry, under
Gen. Gibbon, left for fort Ellis with a
wagon train and supplies for eighty
days. Tkey will follow the old Stanley
trail. The route is teeming with hos
| tiles and four hundred and eighty miles
| long. They may encounter a large war
party in the Big Horn country. They
have been in the field since March, and
are poorly clad for the cold weather and
fierce storms which sweep over the prai-
pies in this season. The Twenty-second
infantry have been left at the mouth of
Glendine creek, and commenced the
construction of stOckade. They will
remain till November 1st, or later. The
Seventh cavalry have left for fort Bu-
ford, and will move along the north
bank of the Yellow Stone. After arriv-
ing here they will go to fort Lincoln to
winter. The Sixteenth infantry will re-
main here. Gen. Terry and staff arrived
here this morning and will remain few
days, and then go to St. Paul via Bis
marck. By the 18th, all the troops will
have been withdrawn from the north
country except the Fifth and Twenty
second cavalry containing four hundred
men.
A dispatch Just received from Gen.
Sheridan coHnteTmands the order to
winter regiment of cavalry on the
Yellow Stone, which renders winter
campaigning impossible and indefinitely
postpones the subsection of the Sioux.
Gen Terry leaves the field, having ac-
complished no purpose of the expedi
tion and with one quarter of his troops
killed by bullets or exposure.
Red Cloud agency, Neb, September
18th, via Sidney, Neb., September 18th.
To-day a committee consisting of
bishop Whipple and DIR. Daniels, was
appointed by the Indian commissioner
to go to Spotted Tail tomorrow and
submit propositions to the Indians of
that agency Friday, Major. Howard and
Mr.. Hennmann Craig were requested to
accompany them; the party to come
back and rejoin the remainder of the
commission here Saturday. Spotted
Tail, Two Strike and Whirl Wind, of
Brule tribe came up from Spotted Tail
agency yesterday, and are now here this
evening; they counsel with Red Cloud
Indians regarding the propositions, and
return to their agency tomorrow. 1t is
reported here that Spotted Tail himself
favors propositions to go to the Indian
territory. The indications now are a
talk will be had here on Monday the
18th, at which something definite will
be arrived at, as the Indians of both
agencies will be here by that time, and
have fully discussed matters. Though
the visit of the commission to Spotted
Tail at this time will not do away with
the visit of the commission to that
agency in body after the conclusion of
the treaty here. There has been no
talk with the Indians by the commission
since the first one held on the seventh
day after the commissioners arrived.