The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-08-19
THE iSElAN WAR.
conjunction Of General Terry and
Crooks Commands Offensive
Movement
Sitting Bulls Account Of the Custer Mas
saCrC-He Wanted Peace but Was
Forced to Fight Ne MuStcrS
Eight Thousand Braves.

ST PAUL, Mimi, August IS Cap.
tain CoIlius OF the Seventeenth In
tautry arrived at Bismarck from Fort
Buiord last night, tie fails t. confirm
the SquAw's reports OF the recent hat
tie between the Indians and Terry's
forces, Scents from Icrry's column,
two days out, arrived at Buford Mon.
day evening Courirrs who arrived at
the supply depot, at the mouth OF the
Rose Bud on the nth inst, report
that Ierry's command met the head
of General Crooks command early on
the 10th, Crooks men were following
Il lnrg" Indian trail in the direction of
Powder river Upon short consulta.
ton between General Terry and
Crook, the commands were united and
proceeded on the trail Crook was fol.
lowing. The Ffh Infantry was de-
cached from Terry's column and order
ed back to the stockade, with instruc.
tons TO take forty thousand rounds of
rations and embark on the steamer
Far West and patrol the Yellow
stone river rs far ny the mouth
of Powder river and ascertain whether
or not the Indians had succeeded in
crossing the Yellowstone. If not
they are to prevent them. In the
meantime Terry and Crook will come
down on them with their combined
commands aud force battle. 1t is
not positively known whether the In-
dians are ON Tongue river or Powder
river Five hundred Crows vulun-
teered 10 join General Terry, and they
were at once rutioned aud forwarded
TO him They will be sent down the
north side Of the river with General
Miles command, the Fifth Infantry.
The Pioneer Press and Tribune has a
special dispatch from Bismarck this
afternoon containing interesting new s,
additional to that already sent. The
steamer Silver Lake arrived from
above to-day. She reports that the
steamer Key West was fired into five
miles below Fort Bulord on Tuesday,
by party of about fifty Indians. No
damage was done. The band recently
run OIL herd of four hundred beef
cattle from the Black Hills region,
killing all but one. A large number
of horses have also been run OIL. The
boys killed one Indian and his head is
preserved in alcohol. 1t will be sent
to Washington when an opportunity
presents. Medicine Cloud and a party
belonging to the Fort Peek agency,
whom Major Mitchell, Indian agent at
Fort Peek, sent to Sitting Bull
with message on May - last,
has returned to the agency. The mes
sage sent by Major Mitchell to Sitting
Bull was to the effect that he desired
him to come and visit Fort Peck !, hope
ing that such step would result IN
ceasing of hos'lities against the
whites. Sitting Bull replies, July eth,
"rell him | am coming before long to
his post to trade with him. l did not
commence this war. am getting old
and did not want to fight, but the
whites rushed on me and | was COM
PEELED to defend myself. But for the
soldiers stationed on the Rose Bud, |
and my people would have been there
before that If was assured Of the
protection of the Great Father would
20 to Fort Peck for the purpose Of
making peace. ] and other chiefs
wants the Black Hills abandoned and
we will make peace" Medicine Cloud
numbers the hostiles as consisting of
Brutes, Unpaps, leatons WinceOnyas,
serasses, Ogallallas, Cheyennes and
Blackfeet-of the latter but thirty
lodges. lie says he does not remem-
Der .he names Of any Of the leading
chiefs. Each nation has two or three
chiefs and they all insist that they did
not intend to fight the whites, but the
Santos commenced the trouble some
years ago. He says there are no York
on.tes with them. He estimates the
hostiles at from eight to ten thousand
fighting men. The Saranaes and
Cheyennes are most numerous, and
they all have many women and chill
dreu with them. There were several
chiefs, but they did not engage in the
fight. One of these chiefs started to go
to the whites with u paper, at the COM
mepcement of the fight, but was shot.
There are no whites with them. He
does not know how much ammunition
they have, but they have plenty CT
guns and pistols. He thinks they get
ammunition from place called the
Burning Grounds, beyond the Black
Aills. They captured many horses
during the fight and but few mules.
The Blackfeet Indians made many
pesents, consisting of horses etc, to the
warriors in order to induce them to re-
tire from the conflict. They watch
continually for whites but do not in
tend to attack, but will fight hard in