Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-07-09

fuer was FrsateN tan this. The viHag
I In tio vs,iey WAS R5oG. three miles i
g lssJss,n and about q iiIle in width. Be
oldes the lodges proper, great numbe
OF brushwoOd shelters wss found in it, in
dIcating That many men besides it
L proper inhsbitsnts had gathered ther,
together. Msior Reno II very conf den
b. that there were a norobeE OF white mel
/ fighting witt. the lndisns. II is ba
D isFed tbSt the loss OF the Indians wa.
Ell large. l have as yet received no ofiicia
2 reports in regard tc the battle, and only
e what is stated aud gathered from the
{ officers vino vera on the groHnd, and
I from those who have been over it since
2 "ALERED Il. TERRY,
"Brigadier-GeneTal."
WHAT GENERAL SHERIDAN THINKS OF
THE CUSTER MASSACRE.
, WASHINGTON, July S-The fallowips
! dispatch was received here this morn.
. ing:
'PHILADELPFrA, JulyE.
''To g 0eneral W. 7. Sherman. Wellington:
r "Your dispatch received. 1 think il
is prem stBre 60 think of asking for vol
Rnteet cavalry, with the attenGA-t ex-
4 penses. II the six e4-1psniss Of the
, TTeDty-seoond .ul4ntry are given Ter.
ry, he VII have about two thousand
nen. Crook, in a few days, viii rs~o
! fifteen hundred men, snd : send him
MeIItt's eight pOrAfsnies of the Fifth
cavalry, f0sr hundred strong, which will
make nim over two thousand strong.
We are ell right. Give US a little time.
III deeply deploEe the loas Of General Gus.
ter and his officers and nsn. r feSr 1t
Wcs an unnecessary sscrif0e, due 60 mis-
apprehension ard gUperabundanee scf
courage. The latter Was extraordinarily
developed ia General Custer. l will
Keep IN constant communication, and
II should see the slightest necessity
OF additional mounted men. which
unfortunately cannot be ,fegniahed from
my meagre commsn3, I will not hesi-
tsIe TO ask f1r them, and il congress will
give the TWO hundred thou,a1d dollars
Which have asked for for the past tyo
years, for the establishing of posts at
tongue river a9eS ure mouth of the Big
hoFh, - will be in the interest Of econ
, .,ny and will settle the Sioux question.
It should be remembered that the loss Of
! General Custer and the men with him,
must hsv9 been attended by st least q
corresponding loss On the part Of the H.
disns.
(signed) "P. H. SHERIDAN,
"Heutenant-General.''
SHERIDAN ORGANIZING BIS FORCES.
WASHINGTON, July 8.-Another dis
| patch from Genersl Sheridan to General
| Sherman says that he has notified Cen
ersl Terry that six companies Of the
Fifth infantry, under General Miles, will
Immediately join him, and also that he
has requested General Sherman to send
from the lake stations six companies of
the. Twenty-second infantry to join
him also. General Sheridan further
says: 81 have also notified General
Crook of this fact, and that, il he should
require any additional forces than the
five cor0 panies which [ have already
sent him, can order eight companies
of infantry under General Merritt to
Join him. There IS nothing to be re.
gretted but poor Custer's death and the
officers and men with him. The column
was sufficiently strong to have handled
the Indians If Custer had waited for a
junction. There is no csuse for uneasi-
nesg, and we will soon give the Indians
another turn. | will be in Chicago by
the first train" General Sherman does
not think thst'the Indians now number
m0re;tbsn twenty-five hundred or three
thousand me-, and that they must be
greatly embarrassed by their wounded.
SECRETARY-oF-WAR CAMERON.
WASHINGTON, July S.-The secretary
of war, IN long communication to the
President, recites all the facts of the Or
gsnizstion of the military expedition
called for by the department of the in-
terror, for the purpose Of forcing the
Sioux under SittiDg-Bull back 20 their
reservation, set apart for them by the
government The secretary is very se-
Vere upon the Sioux for their Ions-con-
tinued career OF cruelty and crimes, ind
says that the department is doing all it |
can TO reinforce Generals Crook aud
Terry, with a view TO administering ad-
equate punishment for the massacre of
General Custer and his brave soldiers.
Beyond this promise of revenge, the
secrstsry's communication embodies
nothing new.
LIST OF DEAD OFFICERS CONFIRMED.
The following dispatch has been re-
celved at the war department:
ITO General E. D. Townsend, Adjutant-Gen-
eral:
Captain Smith, OF General Terry's
staff, telegrapns from Bismarck IS fol-
lows; General Custer, Captsins Custer,
KeOgh, Yates and Cook, and Lieu5en-
ants Reilly, POr6er, Sturges and Critten-
den were killed. Lieutenant HarriDg-
ton and Acknowledgment Lord are
Two hundred and sixty-oue
dead bodies have been found. Fifty-two |
wounded were brought away
"sR. 9. DRUMM, A.A. g."
The following are added to the lisr of |
officers EiIled: @. Austin, brevet msjor- !
gensrsI; ". W. Cooke, brevet iieuten- |
= Lord, assistant surgeon;
J. NJ. Dew0'f, acting assistant surgeon;
w. Z. Sharrow, sergeant major; Henry |
V0se, chief trumpeter.
DIFFERENTIATION.
NEW YORK, July 7.-Genersl Sheri.
dan, in conversation with reporter on
the Custer massacre, says the truth was
the army was unable to carry out the
purposes Of The government in the In
dian country, by reason Of its weakness:
"a have,n he said, "sent every man
could epaTe into that region, even taking
troops from Laramie aud Salt Lake. |
The government, in its wisdom, directs
the doing Of certain things in these re-
gions. 1t directs an expedition like this
OF General Terry, an expedition neees-
ssry for the DEVELOPMENT Of that coun-
try. We do the best we can with our
material, but we are in no condition to
do the work required Of u.s." In answer
70 the question, what were the reasons
for this campaign, General Sherman
says: We are doing this at the special
request OF the Indian department; il |
does not originate with the war depart
ment sc sit. Our purpose is to drive
these Indians, who are Of the very Wild
est and most savage sort, down on the
You can say we will do it |
now or eXtermiuste then,n
MIR. Lo UHEAsY.
OMAHA, July Much excitement
has existed in this vicinity since the
reception OF the news Of the Custer mag
sScre. The opinion expressed generally |
Is IN favor OF whipping the Indians into |
subJagatlon, and 1t is believed this is the
only Wsy 70 secure peace. Much regret |
Is expressed at the Iste Of General Gus
ter and the men who were killed. In
formation from Red Cloud agency under
cate OF me fcurth, is 10 the effect that
gEeat desi OF mourning and aneasiness
Is exhibited by the Indians Al the akan.
cies. This would seem to confirm the
reports OF severe losses by the Tudian in
the recent engagements.
TROOPS MOVING TO THE FRONT.
DETROIT, July S.-The Twenty Sec
ond regiment Of United States infantry.
stationed at Fort Wayne, near this city'
have received orders to join General
Terry, at Fort Lincoln. A special train
is in waiting to transport them.
MEETING OF GENERAL CLUSTERS COM.
RADES.