The New York herald., 1876-09-18
TROOPS IN TIE YELLOWSTONE.

to withdraw the cavalry and leave only infantry on
The Nellie Peck has arrived from Buford bringing a
number OF officers from Terrys command from whom
the above facts are CLEANED.
Az EDITOR MISSING.
T. S. Burke. editor Black Hills Tribune who was en-
gagged In surveying for ditch from spoarhsh to the
White Wood is reported missing and is believed to
have becn killed by the Indians.
THE STORY OF A SCOUT BEARING THE HERALD
DEsPArcHEs--TEIALs AND DIFFICULTIES En-
coUNrERED IN GETTING IN AHEAD.
FoKr LARAMIE, Wy. T., Sept II, 1875.
After the fight your correspondent engaged me as
ccved permission from General Merritt after which
General Crook requested to accompany a detach-
ment OF fifty men to the Black Hills, knew tho
country With fifty Indian ponies selected from the
captured started, passing the column about ten A.
NJ. the l1th. and riding til midnight On tho
10Th at six A. NJ. we again moved forward and when
within twenty lies of White Wood Creek after show.
ing Colonel Mills tho place TO enter, tried to get
away from tho command with my dispatches, but was
prevented twice by Colonel Mills and Commissary
Budd.
On arriving at Crook City, and nf,cr eating supper
and receiving another despatch from your correspond
ent, started at eleven o'clock at night for Dead.
wood. 1t pitch dark ana my mule iell
with mo twice, that l had to walk through a
arrived the morning Of the 18th. at six o'clock
After some difficulty securing horse started for
Custer City. being warned by friends 10 keep good
lookout
TIE oovHn xMKxr COURIER
rode 10 Box Elder, where got q change Of pony
Custer City was passed by Frank Gruard. who, with
General Crooks authority 70 buy fresh horses WINS
determined 10 bea, mo at Custer He engaged Frank
Smith, one OF my Black Hills of last winter pay
ing HIM sloo TO carry dispatches Red Canyon forty
miles. He told he sent courier bcforc nine
O'Clock, bu, II was twelve before Smith started and
while !, exhausted, slept
WHAT BECAME on rux DUPLICATE
10 also retained duplicates Of your correspondents
despachcs, which he handed out OF a package of
mail matter going 10 Red Cioud. Ncxt morning Mr.
Young, of Custer CITY, provided me with horse, re-
marking:-
"Jack, XII him If you waat; but beat them u pos
siblc.
At nine O'Clock next morning LEFT Custer. and at
three p ". was Major Colycrs camp Red Canyon.
The Mojor being a particular friend Of mine, would
let me go further sha. night no REMARKED You
arc nearly dead now and Gruard sent me Crooks or.
give It up They arc twenty four hours. ahead OF
you"
AGAIN ROAD.
The Mojor mado mo bed, and slept; but in tho
morning was again the road. and, poor horse,
I made s,gc Creek eight r ". Here met Licu,cn-
Ant TAYLOR who told me he had forwarded tho de-
spatchcs. and that they were far ahead
nRgAx lS rnx LINZ
There was break In the line from here 70 Fort
Laramie, and the operator informed mo that he had
sent man tx the line, and he thought he could
u By ten O'Clock A. NJ SO 1 len the duplicate with
him which Gruard very iooishy handed me- at Custer
and ordered /, ovor the line as soon as he could get
current and, sure enough, when 1 reached Govern
ment Farm found tho man sent out to Ok the wire,
and ne informed me that my despatch
oy
and ahead OF all others. rode from Sage Creek TO
Government Farm-forty eight milcs-in Ave hours,
got change OF horsos there and arrived here at seven
O'Clock las. evening only hours behind Crooks
courier Five men and seven horses were against me,
yet beat them all
HIS RIVALS RIDE.
Gruard informed me that tho first horse no bought
no killed trying 10 catch me. Frank is a good
friend OF mne bu, suppose he was obcy;ng orders.
will start back tomorrow for the command with
dispatches from General Sheridan, who interviewed
me las. evening | met Captain Eagan and supplies
going into Indian Crack. rode 32s niles In six doys
and am pretty well exhausted.
INDIAN MAssAcEKs
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