The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-07-18
INDIAN WAR.
General Crook Awaiting Reinforce
ments with Large Indian
Force In His Front.
Eight Hundred Cheyennes Leave Red
Cloud Agency TO loln the Forces of
Sitting Bull Merrill Ordered 10
Intercept Them Crooks
Losses.

CHICAGO, July 1.-THE following
dispatch from General George Il.
Crook is dated at the camp on Goose
Creek, Wyoming, July II, and came
via Fort Fetterman.
My last Information from Red Cloud
Agency was that the Cheyennes had
lett there TO reinforce the enemy In
my front, aud this taxes away all dis
turblng element from that section.
have availed myself Of the Lieutenant
Generals permission, and ordered
eight companies of the Fifth Cavalry,
under Colonel Merrill, to join me at
| this point The best information |
can get from my front is, that the
Sioux have three lighting men to my
one, Although | do not doubt my
ability to whip them with my present
force, the victory would likely be bur-
rem Of results, so ] have thought II bet
ter to defer an attack until | can get
the Fifth here, and then end the cam.
pagn with one crushing blow. The
hostile Indians are, according 10 my
advice, encamped on Little Horn,
near the base OF the mountain, and
will probably remain there until my
relnforcements come up. received
dispatch from General Terry this
morning, asking me to cooperate.
will do 80 TO tho best of my ability.
CHEYENNE, Wy, July l6.--ln con-
sequence OF the report fIom Captain
Jordan, commanding Camp Robin
son, that 500 Cheyennes were about to
leave Red Cloud agency for the north.
General Merrill has delayed the pro-
post d movement of the Fifth Cavalry
from Fort Laramie to join General
Crook, aud has moved II to position
where he expects to intercept these
Indians. He arrived at Rawhide on
the llth, and 1t was expected he would
strike the savages on the next day.
The two courlers started on their re-
turn trip from Fort Fetterman for
General Crooks camp, this evening,
and will reach him In three days.
WASHINGTON, July l7.-General
Sheridan has forwarded the following
dispatches to General Sherman:
al had already ordered General Mer-
rill to join General Crook, who will be
detained a few days attempting to In
tercept the Indians who have left the
Red Cloud rgency. l would suggest to
General Crook to unite with General
Terry and attack and chase the In
dams, but am so far away that |
will have to leave them discretionary
power as have done"
CHICAGO, July 1.-THE following Is
the official list of the killed In Crooks
engagement at Rose Bud, on the 18th:
David Marshall, Sergeant company +;
Gilbert Roe, private company Fl Eu-
gene Flynn, private company |; Anton
New Herman, Sergeant company l.;
Richard Bennett, private company l.:
Brooks Connors, private company l.;
Allen j. Mitchell, private company l.;
all of the Third cavalry. Among the
wounded are Henry A. Gay, Captain
company q of the Third cavalry; Pat
rick O'Donnell, Sergeant company l
and Thomas Meagre, First Sergeant
company OF the Second cavalry; An
drew Grossen, Sergeant company l.
James Carly, corporal company !; all
OF the Third cavalry. Besides these
there were fifteen wounded, chiefly
from the Third cavalry.