, 1876-07-05

now ctlcninped, With plenty Of Wood, water, Antl
grnAt, az of the best qualify.
lcave fhe infantry and v.go,,-t1ain here, and
btatt out with pack k+nulea; but nobody tnoas
anything about II but Qcn. Crook, and ho lima a
faeulty for a'lenre that Is absolutely astonishing.
tcneras plans wifi ever Sc discussed Until aftes
they arc cxccntel,-- 20 pdceacas quality In COM
natdtng officer.
49,. GnArr = Eoquo1ous
whcn compared With hin
~! yuas ; ls;-A yoang ot1esr :. ssted qen: Crook
wn!t Until Quo wagon-tsaIn went In, and scud
lottcrs by It instead of tntr1lat!ug them to q
messenger who had 10 ride almost 200 mics
through an Indian country. "How DO you
the General. Tho result Is, tfat to-day we iii
doubt whether tho train Is going back At alt. or
whether tt wna ever intended Il should 40 back.
y Is generally believed that s.e arc valting for
Of Tho plan 70 use tho friendly Indians
10 fnd whcro tho hostile villages arc, and
then the whole caralry-comunnd wilt pull out
+ r. spsx o s. fysSna M. nrh 'f w fa Enc
travel Of the point TO bo struck, lay up ferdl all
dny, and push OH Tho next night, surround tho
enemy by daye'Feak, and
as Il were. We hRre all mnle up ctr minds
Bulls wives nrc nil widows, a1ld Crazy Iiorse
anl Little Dal Man have both gona TO Join their
distinguished ancestors. VIC will have 10 do
md wo could do II In a very llttEo wh!lo with
good guides md traIlcrs. We Gnu trust the
Crows AMI Shoshoncs, for they hate tho Sioux,
atltl loyo to steal.
Jnae 14:-At pbout p. n., tho Crows, nun,-
nftcrward, eighty 6hosl'onccs arrived. All dur
Ing tho nght they kept tip fearful raeket, beat
lug their tun@to1ns, and howllng In manner
calculated to aggrayatc tic most cvcn-tcmpcrcd
Individual, provided fo wnntod to sleep, It bp-
pears that the Indian who came down tho opro-
fllc bank OF Tongue River ot tho night OF thc
but, being replied TO In t!lo Sioux dialect, he
became alarmed nnl left. When the main party
rcuehcl this calup, they found our trail leading
back toward tho south, M'tl. supposfng nmt We
ilaf left Tho country wanted to return TO their
villages but wero Induced to ruturnbyA Maj. Burt
Of tllo Ninth Infantry, who was known to many
OF theGu. Guafu having como Into camp unl
represented the state Of alnirs the Major yolun-
tcered 10 60 after them.
june 15;-We learn to-dny TINT Sioux vtl'ago
OF 200 lotges-wh!ch nienl's 100 warr'oss--is
march Tomorrow at q; m, tho lntantrY nc
comparing us ot, pack-In,lles. Each man rarrius
l0oroundsof ammunition aud four days rations.
We expect to lnye
HE bi00E5I INDIAN
about tho 18th, tlat hus ever takcn place wcat OF
for the Sioux Nation, or cfso- =,
The only pnck.!nfTals allowed With tic col
umn vii! be two mules ladcn with medical sup
plies and surgical instruments. All tho doctors,
aud eixtcen volunteers frutn thu packers, 70
along.
JUS 1o.-Revcil1e at $3.50. Marched down
Goose Creek 10 inllca to Tongue River, crossco
It, aud struck across tho worst country that It
has fallen TO my lot to traycl iu,-alwnys ux-
ccpting the Bad Lands. It Is broken by barren
ridges, and Its only vegetation is
CACTUS AND sA1E-nKugI1.
At noont : ?: n. t!io country began to improve,
closed up In wcll-shclterctl valloy, It being re-
ported tlIat n fnrge body Of Indians weyr nGead
u US. Finding that 1t was nothing but u herd
Of huf!a'o, tho command was unsaddlcl, and
rested for IN hour and q hnlf.
At 1880 VIC Went Into camp In hollow sqtnro
animals IN the contxe-on tho Rosebud.
1usle T.-RevcIlle at 0 i. III. Marcl,rd at Q
o'clock. We marched down tho stream, tho
and 2d ,cavalry on THO opposite. About milcs
down the creek, tho Indians evidently had dis
covered something, aud, after solna little delay,
the whole command was halted, Mnsaddled, aud
ordered to Craze their animals We NIL expect
nights mafrl, anl fight in the morning, "a wo
are told that We btvollnc lcsc The NUN, with
the promptness to use any materials at hand
tlat may proMote their comfort, arc cutting
sticks on tue ba1,k OF tho crock, and erecting
blankets aIoriing e1scleft@ @ shade. ~ EvcrySoSy ssH
is specializing on tho probable result of to-
nights march and the mornings fight, when
dropping sktrmish iiru is heard on DIR right, and
TuB nATTLB OF nosEnUD HILLS
has begun. The Shoshones and Crows dash
about mn,lly on their ponies, and the firing in-
crcases In voiume oycry moment, coming nearer
and nearer until ut longth ouralilcs break oycr
the ridge, and tl.o Second CavaIry, dlsmounted
fr,f-
tho left, moyo up in beautiful orlor, occupying
tho crest. and ], Of tho Second, each hive i
man wounded; whilst Kane, Of tic Fourth In
fant.y, sway " tho left, loses three Of Ills bcst
tinaous rattie; md, having salliet, tho Third aIo
Yroyct Lent Col. Mlis commanding, and con,
s!stlnE of Troops ], 4, E, and NJ, Third Cavalry,
wfFu led by Col = ;t tkoysi at rspa gal through
tton just Carried by the infantry, and, doouuc,l-
Ing into u broad vallcy with ridge on either
slide, went BY company lcft-froat into line Mt a
gallop., Andrews was ordered to deptoy and
lant style, driving strong forca OF ths oneiny s
before him; Mills, 4uterills, uld Lawson carry
Ing the ridge on tho right In like manner. Sound
tng tl1e charge, the gallant fellows dashed for
c,ny like cilnil before tho winds of hcay,n- tho
officers leading with
4 rLucK THAT DESERVES AL rRArsp.
Mills Was suon 0rdcrod To halk aud hold tho
ground takeu, whilst Andrews, having detached
Lieut.. Foster to clear d ridge with tLo second
plntoon Of Troop, pressed on Under a CALLING
fire, aud drove tho enemy from strung position
alnong sotne rocks, which be occupied and held
until positively ordered to full buck.
Fostcr'8 platoon, making u left half-whccl,
plunged down tho side Of the hill, across tho
valley and were OIL the crest oppostte In less
ttmo than 1t takes to write h, Tho enemy, al.
though superior in force, position, aud arms,
hrok9 before tho gallunt little party, and wcro
driven pcll-tncll frun the ridge, occupying
q crest further on. 11altlnE ut tho onI
of tho ridge, having changed his
direction 20 US 70 conformto the gcuera dlres,-
tion Of tho liuU, tile horses wcre Ellowctl o mo.
tncnt'a breath, and, again charging on their ecc-
ond post!ont t,o carried IT. Rnd swinging to tho
right, dashed nt party OF tho enemy who were
running down thu valley giving them tue pistol
n they rutae. In o moIuont volley WIS tlrc.l
from q body Of Sioux os, point 10 tho left and
front, md seeing that to further follow would
bring bis command untar thu poiht Anl expose
tlc!n to grcat loss, tbs chief of platoon wheeled
to thc left, auid took position undcr cover ubout
Wo yards frpm TIC point wheucu i,o was Inst u.s.
sailed. Thinking that tho forward movement
eo we'll begun by Mills battalion would bu con
t!nucd, Foster charged aud carried tAls point
also,