, 1876-07-05

for miller, being accompanied hy LIEUT.. Dourke,
| MD to tho General mil Frnnk Gnuhrd, the
Crook, carried BY Capt. Ntcksrson, and ordered
tD change dlrirtlnn 10 Tho left, and, making n
detnur return 10 the main holy. In tho mean.
while, and q Of tho Third, ur"1cr Van V'et
tho fi1go back u camp, and occupied 1t, were
drawn hack, and , {Mclnllold's) of tho Third,
taken from 1soynlls ling and concentrated On
s, tha M noT oSi;;Sped, by tho 9s1tr} and e
T1lirll, Of MiA' Battalion, now held tho ridge
aliong which a, E, and N hnd charged earlier In
II il esttna.ed that from
FIVE 70 hpvnN HUNDRED 1NnfANs.,
were pressing thIs battalion from the front And
loft la1k Ia 'lns,bcrof shots coming from their
loft md rear. This fro was especially annoying
to tile left Of tho linz, withholding held by u
part Of Antlrcws' troop and few licn who Ind
become separated frotn their proper commands
induced small number Of men to break away,
saying that they could atand 'ire from tEe
c0mc from tho reur, Il Has rather rough. The
officer ln Charge appealed to them tn 80 bacl!,
saying, Men. .we must hold tho hlll.n "Al!
right sir, replied one Of them doggrd1y; Ut
oycr;" and they went back and stayed until
tho order camc to nhaulon thu position. As
eoori nj abandoned, The crest was al onco occst.
pied by the enemy, WHO poured In q terrib,y-
the III tcrvcntng valley. This line was oll for
ten minutes, autl agntn tho order cnno from
Gen. Crook TO fall bnck, he wished tcso four
cDtnpanlcs to join him l1 onc grand rusll for the
village.
Tho Indians, seeing the soldiers rctrcattng,
Imagined they were bcatcn, md, being encour-
agcd by the thought, displayed .dash md
cOuragn not boforu seen Oh that .lay, and ecldotn
further to the rcar, ou crust tliat was destined
to bu tho scCne of
Tns HOTTEST ENCOUNTER
that had oyer tahon placc bctwce1, Indians md
tlucc.l by wonnded, details necessary to carry
them back to tho hospital, and horsc-lo1lcrs, to
nut n,oro tian 70 mea, Al told, firmly awaltrd
tho onslaught, Of the enemy, who wcrc now
rs,vi.,es, and eoycr u all descriptions Tilr com.
Reynolds, and Foster, Remaining still mount.
ell, as they had lcc,, all day, .llil being ably
Henry, Of |. Truop Of thu Third, rotlc up uni
down tho line, encouraging tho incn, anil cau-
tsot,ing them to w'lste no aaii1n,,nlto but wait
for tho cllargc. And sot'n II came. With
"rtrl Ylr! nt.rAnl MlYAnl
they dashed at the ling ut u ca1lop. The sktr-
mishcrs gayc buck few PAGES, but, instantly
returning, poured whitening votley into tho
rasca!s, fepulslng thetn with considerable loss.
The horses wcTe about 1o0 yards farther back,
and threatened the safety u tho animals. Al
about this time, COL Guy V. Henry, Capsnln
Third Cavalry, was shot through The apex Of
bcing necessary 10 send then, buck out of tho
why, tho gallant little lino already too small,
was rapidly thinning, aud, evidently knowing
TINT ar. order To mount would be followed by i
DASH ot tho enemy, who would charge the MO
ment they suw tllc sklrn,isll-line give way, aud
catch the u,cn at n disadvantage when mount
Ing, Col. Royall, who gallantly stayed with the
i,attnllon throughout, sent Lieut. Lcnly to ask
AEnln tho bIoux advanced. Pressing up a
ravino which ran toward our right, they Charged
In on the right Ut the line. Iii an instant the
men broke to the rear and front, md, facing to
tho right tllnts, gaVc them
w1rHEEINa voLLEY, --
driving them back as fast as they came, many
of them holding to ther ponics' mancs, shuwin.
how that fre had told. Hoping for reinforce
fought on with a desperate cournge hardly to DO
believed il not actually seen. TI,cru was sea-
sou Of this scorchiug cnfilading IRE, while all
the while the bullets camo thick and fast fro,n
tt'e only question Of cartridges y; Willie an
officer to another remarked coo,ly, "WeIl 1
guess we'ro dono forl Better die right here,
facing tho raacals, than give way. an Inch, md
80 down With l,,ncc III tho back further to tho
rear Ar occasional grin, Joke about cleaning
out Old Sitting Bull was passed., ns such things
will happen even In the facc Of death itsclf.
Now came the last onslauGht,-tho
aurREME EFFORT or TIfx DAT.
Magsing Under cover, tho Sioux rtlallcd on with
Wild ycll, receiving tho first vollcy unchecked.
Our line broke and gave way, and Tor u moment
I looked as though tho end had como at last.
hand Of heroes still hud reserve OF soldIcriy
pluck. 6purring their horses forward, tho ou(-
GERS appealed to tho men. Sergeant uenry's
Btcntorlan yoice WIS heard above the rattle Of
H to ;dla frylng thcm msnt Pr