Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-09-13
TELEGRAPH NEWS.
The Indians.

New YORK Sept. IL. "A Bismarck, u. L
dispatch of the 18th says: A Standing Rock
letter, dated the 18th says: An Indian arrived
last night from the hostile camps with mes
sage from seven of the hostile chiefs. lie Is
known to have lett the agency about three
weeks ago for the hostile camps. While be
does not claim to have been with Sitting Bull,
he saws he was with another much larger camp,
where the lodges and Indians covered all the
nraire. H. reports these Indians as abund-
antlv supplied with fresh meat, Buffalo and
| anteIone being 10 great abundance. They are
also renorted 10 have more arms and ammuDi-
ton than they know what to do with. lney
| daily watch the men VINO are engaged 10 GUILD
ing the new post Oh Tongue river, and say at
one time they could have destroyed another
BODY of troops as they did Custer and his oand,
but they thought they were going nome, ano
for that reason did not care to disturb theu;
This is supposed to have been Gen. Miles ana
his regiment whep they started back LOT 1ne
Yellowstone They are anxious to treat LOT
peace aud do not care to hight the soiulers II
thew are let alone, but if they are DOT Will hght
for years if necessary. The writer says scVeral
of the bands refused to be counted and ratlons
we're accordingly withheld from them: Ooe
chief who submitted to the count refused 10 re-
ceive his ratIons and scattered them on the
ground. 1t is claimed that the count, though n
pot completed, will not show more tnao nan
the number of Indans which the agent Claimed
to have been issuing to. Though inc ne" sup
plies have not arrived lull rallous OF Hour ana
half rations of sugar, coffee, tobacco aud bacon
were issued The correspondent claims the ln-
diaps received full as much under this issue as
they had formerly received for double the num-
Der Of lodges. Captain Collins has been de
tailed to assist Lieut.. Roach in the count oil re-
tractory lodges.
Intelligence from Fort Thompson, Dakota,
dated September 81, says advices received from
Fort Pierre aud subsequently confirmed report
that party of five men were killed by lDdlans
near the Wakapa Slca on their way 10 the
Black Hills The massacre took place near
the head of the Sica, aud 1t Is thought that
some OF the party must have got away and
penetrated the foot hills as tar as Crook City,
from which place force OF fifty miners came
out to open the road to the Missouri. 1t is re-
ported that these we're attacked and surround
ed and held corrallcd on hill for whnlc day
wheo messenger escaped and went 10 the
Hills Tor raiutulcementS Twenty others came
out to the assistance Of the beseged mcu, but
before being able to cooperate with them they
we're attacked and overpowcrcd by the lndans
and all ulassacrcd. This is the last. report
which has uut yet been confirmed, but 1t seems
probable, as the Indians have recently appear
ed in large uuubers from he hostile camps III
the pcghborhood Of thc Black Hills, and even
at the Cheyenne river agency.
Gen. Clusters Remington rifle and black
horse he used to ride at Lincoln nave been cap
turel by some Black Killers from young War
rlor killed on the route TO the Black Hills.