The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-29
VOL. XLIv.--N0. %.
CROOKS EXHAUSTED MEN.
STHE F4MIsHING ARMY CHfR0ING
UPOy FRESH PROJISIONS.
Gen Crook Gone TO Consult with sheridan
The Forced March in search OF Food-Sno-
st.,iug Rtsbt Dnvr on Boiled Horsehesh-
The Campaign Confcssedlv FAILURE.

The Campaign Confcssedlv Fniiure.
CnooK CRY, ID. t.. Sept 16.-Gon.
Crook and stat, accompanied by Llcut.-Col.
Chamber and small escort, nassed through
Bere this morning en- route to Fort Laramie or
fbe Sioux agencies, where the former goes to
nonault with Gen. Sheridan upon the subject OF
hpdian hostilities. His command meanwhile
will either move slowly south through the
BLACK Hills recuperating both men aud horses
by easy marches, or await his return Ia this
Vicinity. II is pow bivouacked upon whitewood
or Clear creog, tributary of La Belle Fourohe,
spa about efteen miles distant Your cores
pondent was delighted to avail himself Of the
opportunity to visit this extreme frontier settle-
ment. and revelling in fresh beef. soft bread
nnd butter, has endeavored to forget bis eight
tdays subsistence upon boiled but unsalted
horso nesh.
Crook City and Deadwood deserve description,
but In this letter must submit to be crowded
nut BY the subject of the campaign and partio-
piarly the recital OF our suferiugs and depriva-
kions during the last march. The frst intma-
tion the Inhabitants OF this city had OF the near
approach OF Con. Crook was The appearance OF
the scout Crawford, notorious as Captain
Jack" In this region. He had guided Capt.
Mills and nfty men OF the Third Cavalry, who
had been sent In advance by Gen. Crook to pro-
pute rollef. Lieut.. Butt, acting Commissary OF
Subsistence accom- panied the party, and, as the
Representative OF Uncle Sans acks,
spcednY possessed himself Of herd OF beef
tCAttle and several wagon loads OF -four. coffee,
land sugar, which were pushed rapidly forward,
and reached us on La Bsle Fourche the evening
i0f the l3th inst.
Some enterprisinR citizens of Crook City also
went down, not unlike the "wolf on the fold"
Who envelope which bears you this Invaluable
correspondence was purchased for round
Ailme box Of matches was valued at nifty
,cents; small plug OF tobacco cost one dollar ;
bnod cheese, ginger snaps, and preserved fruit,
zone dollar and halt per pound or can. AS for
IN hat or pair of shoes. &C., only the most opu-
lent could afford the necessary outlay. or
'greeuhaoks we had few, having been flse ced by
tthe suffers upon the Yellowstone. What rag or
sbard money there was however, went into the
pockets of those traders for something to eat
md their wagons only Quit camp when drafts
upon JAY Gould were presented and dis
bOnorci.
A baker carted over huge box Of pies, and
was met Ave miles from camp by crowds who
had beon warned Of hls coming. SO great, in
deed. the rush u these wagons OF men who
since last April had marcaed over many weary
yous week had Mmos. starved, that Gen. Cook
had 90 furnish each trader with an arned guard
pi several men, who attempted. but Win iitde
Buccess. 10 preserve order. these are facts.
Tue ruppnes had been principally obtained
pt DendwOod CITY, distan' about twelve miles
From this point and were considered sufficient
until the arrival OF the Government train. now
en- route from Fort Laramie and the sgences,
and expected 10 arrive III a few G.ys. 1t would
seem almost Impossible 10 continue the cam
paigD vita these exhausted troops and animals,
although there IL every evidence that IL will be
prolonged into severe winter. The men are un-
provided with clothing, shelter equipments,
&c, and the horses have been unsAod for weeks.
OF thc iormer there are now few sick, ana tho
wounded are doing well. lhey VIII be tsm owed
Will be established for their accommod uun
Bincc leaving ne Rosebud there have been KILLED
aud abandoned a. least four hundryd horses and
manns soddles and equipments. II was inpos-
sthle To tr9nspor. tor1. Tor them aui grass is
insufficient for the rorses rurchased Tor the
army when they are bard worked. CsH Us these
animal cost the tovcTi mtu,, freight included,
about $50; consequently, iu this item lone, the
meat littie loss Ia presented OF about S6OOO Ia q
Ny last letter was written Just subsequent to
'Capt Millss capture OF the Indian viiilge. The
Two buca5 ana hall dozen .uaws have since ac-
.dissat.f 1, elton Of Ute John, who utterly allied
present kindness TO them. joan took all tho
soalps Of The dead In the village, bucks and
sQuaws, although lie nad 10 hand IN their death.
These trophies hang at his belt and Will doubt
les, eg a., hs Sg Theme lSr P1ny pam W.eTs ,aIs
,Lhip'sl last exclamation ae he rolled down
thirty ieet OF embanknent were, God Al
mighty I'm doae tcr!' lie was brave, but
iDofensive man, and valuable scout.
on the llth INST We Iassed ne prominent
Butte respectively. Inc former, as the name
sinMncs, has a singular resemblance to the
erected ears q an animal. Boar Butte is mass
OF porphyry, the hi.ne.t point OF which Is over
twel,e hundred feet above the surrounding
prairie. There are four Of the Slave Buttes.
Owl Butte lies further south and east. some
gerry picturesque bad lands were also encoun-
tered, but win this exception the country i'm =
mediutely north Of the Black HIS Is only infe-
Eior to that about Beaver Creek and the big Horn
range. anu perhaps luliy equal TO the latter.
1ne march on the l=,h inst. was the hardest
and most disagreeabl3 We had experienced. 1t
was very cold, rained al day, and camp was not
reached until 10 o'clock at night many exhaust
Cd horses being abandoned and dismounted
men stragslng in until morning. Inc latter had
TO be assisted through slougns by their CONF
radios who threw them one end Of larist aud
pulled them out. On the 18th inst. about twenty
ponies anu horses were killed. but that evening
al approached tho Belle Fourche our ey es
were glatined with the sight OF beei herd and
several wagons laden with supplies. lhe ponies
alluded 10 had been captured 6y and distributed
among the enlisted men VINO participated under
Capt Mins III the engagement with the Sioux,
and their seizure aud Uutchery by order caused
,intens2 di,sausiactio n. About twenty had been
ieiaughtercd on the l2th inst, Gen. Crook deem
Ina H. necessary 70 sluply the troops, especially
meat thln that furnished from the lesh OF old
und exhausted cavalry nurses.
1 have omitted 10 mcution that a Montana
miner who accompanied the expedition as a
scout and whose name Is unknown, disappeared
Killed by the lnaians. Pfiyaie Cornweil of Com
panY ID, second Cavalry, While apparently suffer
Ing from Temporary insanity, shot his horse,
TOOK reeking strlp from his c,rcase and wan.
derod from the tFai ana has not been seen
since lie fell In rear oi The command Whus
waikinI Ia order 10 rest his nor e, ald his aD-
senue was not noticed until he had abano oned
our path. On the l2th last. Major phaul with
one hundred aud my men Of the llftn Cavalry
Followed the trail Of about twenty i've lodge 4
aud although no lnGians were discovered, Phi
Vato Moses Miner who was hunting about hall "A
Iniie irOm the command was found snOt
through the head, dead, and scalped. Lieuts.
Keyes ana Plummer are now absent with i par
ty Of twenty-five men, having been sent b cll
upOn the trail to recover abandoned saddles,
and some fears are uteItatned for their safety.
number Of miners have been killed aud
much stock run of in this vicinity. These
depred atoms are supposed TO have been cOm-
miited by small parties returning from the hos
tiles To the agencies, although as Crazy Horse Is
he Powder
river, his band s doubtless responsible for the
greater share.
Yesterday will be long remembered by the
comma Tor rs ealing! washing aud drying
II was, indeed, the oLly fair day we had mad for
month, aud every advantage thereof was
taken 1t may DO as well to state exactly the
condition 10 which our cOmmissurY was reduced
when this recent march was undertaken. IL
was 5upi Osed that there were two and a half
days rail 1ns on hand, but when Issued there
were found 70 be one and three-foufths OF cof-
fee, ono and twO-th Tds hard bread. one OF
Supar and three Quarters of "A rattan nf narnn-