The New York herald., 1876-10-15
THE INDIAN CAMPAIGN.
General Merritt Starts on a Ten Days
Scout from the Black Hills.
BUCKS JOINING FOR A GENERAL UPRISING
A Band of Renegades from San Carlos Reser-
vation Punished.
EIGHT DAMS KILLE D
Bic Horn EXPEDITION.

BIC HORN EXPEDITION,
CAxP NEAR CUSTER CRY, d. T., Oct l3,
Via STRING OK HILL, Wy. T., Oct IL, 1910.
The Fifth cavalry and 30 men from the Third, under
General Merritt, making over 1000 In all, left hero
to-day, At ten A. NJ. with ten days rations on pack
mules, intending to scout tho country between the
Hills and tho agency. Halfbrceds from REQ Cloud
to-day report all the bucks have left there for
Spotted TAIL intending TO join the bucks there, and
A GENERAL OUTBREAK IS ExrEcrED
Over 100 head Of stock have been stolen from the
command since into the Hills. and Lo effort
has heretofore been made to recover tho animals
until this morning whom between twenty and thirty
head were run OFF by Mexican and a white man who
have been following tho command. Several tcamsters
and one OF our scouts Slim Jim Hilton, followed them.
About eleven A. NJ they returned with eleven head OF
the stock, but failed to bring the thieves back They
The Mexican got behind q rock aud fought hard for
his lfc but the boys business and he paid the
penalty OF his crimes
There are horses tied up all through the country
in rnvincs canyons and deep woods-waitIng for tho
command to leave. Tho infantry, wagon train. and
the balance OF the command will remain noar Custer
City tl wo receive further ORDERS with Colonel Royal
In command.
The stock are In very bad condition. what Is left or
the command arrived in the Hills Tho grass is dry
and very poor
AN INDIAN VILLAGE yorxn
Yesterday parties from Dcadwood reported prospec
tors having discovered village supposed TO be that
OF Crazy Horse about forty miles from Slim Buttcs
Before they could get away they wcrc discovered by
the Indian hunters, and two OF thor number killed
one of them is said be Bill Gorman from Montana
his way to Fort Laramie.
While way from Custer to this point,
Red Canyon wo saw tho trail OF Eve Indian ponios also
moccason tracks, going north toward tho Beaver trail
Wood choppers Hat Greek to-day fred upon,
ana ran into camp.
A BAND OF MURDRRERs PUNISHED.
PRESCOTT. A. T., oct, a. 1876.
Under instructions OF General Kautz Captain Porter
Of the Eighth infantry, with a detachment or the
Sixth cavalry and q company Of Indian scouts, left
Camp Verde September 80 In pursuit OF party OF
renegade Indians from the San Carlos reservation He
struck them tho 4th inst. and. after short fight
killed eight bucks and captured two squaws. These
were the Indians who killed Thomas Hammond, a
miner. at the mouth OF PinaIl Creek, In tho Pina
mining district about September l, as shown by
the property found them and also by tho voluntary
statement of one Of the captured squaws.
TUETHER INDIAN ATRocITIEs-A TIoHT ON
RICHARDS CREEK-PRIvATE TAsKRR, SEC
oND CAVALRY, KILLED.
CHEYENNE, wy, Oct IA, 1870
Last night twenty head OF horses were stolen from
camp near Custer. A detachment Of soldiers followed
the trail and found the animals the possession OF
Mexican and white man, who, resisting arrest,
both killed.
The. Indians drove In to tho station wood party
who were working scven miles from Sage Greek.
number of Indians are reported TO have left tho
agsnces at to-day and stolen Twelve horses from
McIlvanes ranche near the Chugwater
Sergeant Parker, with detachment OF the Second
cavalry who arrived 1t the last named place night
encountered large body OF Indians at nvc o'clock this
nternoon ten miles from Hunters rancho at the head
OF Richards Creek, and the fight which ensued
Private TasEcr killed and lett the held
The Indians have in their possession about 100 head
OF stock, and are heading for Bridges Ferry.