Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-19
Terry and Crock Probably Uni
ted their Commands
on the 10th.
The Various Tribes Composing
the Hostile Forces. e.
4 Budget Of Interesting Items
from the Theatre Of
Operations. r.
THE INDIAN WAR
Latest rKoM The FRONT.

Latest rkoM The FRONT.
Sr. PAUL, Aug. 1s--Capt. Collins
of the 18th infantry, arrived ut Bis
marck from Fort Buford last night.
He fails to confirm the squaw reports
OF y recent battle Between the In.
dlans aud Terry's forces. Scouts
from Terry's columns two days OUT,
arrived at Buford Monday evening.
The couriers who arrived at the sup
ply depot nj the mouth OF the Rose
Bud the llth inst, reports that Ter.
rY's command me, the head of Gen
Crooks cofnui and eafly tfiAsl0th.l
Crooks men were following large
Indian trail in he direction OF Pow
der river. Upon consultation, Genl
Teuy's and Crooks comtnapds were
united, aud proceeded On the trail.
Crook was following. The 5th in
fra.ry were detached froa, Ferry,s
column and ordered back TO the
stodkade with instruniuiss 10 take
forty thousand rations and embark on
the steamer Far Yves, aud patrol the
Yellowstone river as far as the mouth
Of The, Powder river, aud ascefni,,.
Whether the Indians had succeeded
] inliorossi.g the Yellowstone, il not
they are to proven. them. In the
meantimc Terry and Crook till come
down on them with their combined
commands, and force.a battle .sSE
II is not positively known whether
= The Indians are on Tongue liver or
s Powder river. ztA46
Five hundred Crows volunteered to
join Tsrrys They were at once ra-
toned And forw arded To bin. They
will be s1at down the north side of
the river With en-. Niles command,
the 5,I' infantry.
owHRREAsouTsor HITTING BULL. IN.
TEgEsT1NG PARTICULARS.
y Sr. pAuI,-The Pioneer Rress
spseiA from hsmarck says Itesstea-
m.$ Key West vas 6,cd into II few
miles below Fit. Buford Tuesday by a
prty Of about fifty Indians. No
damage done.
Well armed Indians recently run
off a hento, 4oo beef cattle from the
Black Hills, killing ait but one; a
hIge anmhr of horses Z have aiso
Been run off One Indian was Killed
and his head preserved in alcohol, aud
will be sent TO Washington.
Grey Etgies scalp, taken hy Dave
Cah'pbell.f was teAt TO The Bismarck
Tribune by the steamer Josephine.
Med cine Cloud and his party, he.
longing to For, Peck agency, whom
Mai Mitchell III III ladi4a ;agens st fort
Peck.. sent ito1 Sitting Bait Mitb y
message May 9th last, has returned
tos,he agency The message was 10
the etfeo, that he (Mitchell) desired
him to come and visit Fort Peck,
hoping such steps would result inShis
returning upon the reservation and
ceasing hostilities.
Sitting Butt replies, July 9th
"sTch him = am Coming hef,fe long
to visit his post to trade. Tell him
| did not commence 1 iam getting
old did uot want to fight, but the
whites rush on ME aud am compcll.
ed to defend myself But for the sol
diers stationed on the Rosebud |
with my people would have been
there before. II was assured o
the protection Of the Great Fai6er
would 60 to Fort Peck for the pur-
pose Of making peace and othe,
chiefs want the Black Hills abandon
ed and will make peace.
e Medicine Cloud numbers the hos
tiles as consisting Of Bfulcs, llncpa
pas, Tetoas, Mipneconjeux, Sarasons4
Ogallas. Chcyennes, and Blackfeet
OF thc latter only 80 lodges. He
says he does@not remember the name.
. of many of the leading chiefs. +" Foul
Harm" and :. glack Moouy are uac
papas. Each nation has Two or thre.
chiefs present and they all insist thai
they did not irttend 10 fight the
whites, but the San,ees commenced
the trouble some wears ago, ths
whites crowded them back on to then
80 they took it/up. \
He says, also, that tberc are u,
- 1ankianiiais nav mttt, tt1en1s fta ca
,im.tes the hostiles As eohJsting o