The New York herald., 1876-11-10
HONEST REDS AND STOLEN HORSES
Competition Of General Crook s
Column.
WARDNG OFF FROST BITES
General Crooks Report Of the Big Horn
and Yellowstone Expeditions,
FoKr LARAMIE. Wv T., Nov. 8. 1876.

River expedition have progressed quietly out steadily
since General Crooks return from Red Cloud Agency,
md present understanding is that shall leave
here on sunday for Fort Feterman which is In reality
hc paco OF rendezvous Toe column Will consist Of
en companies OF cavalry. eleven Of infantry and four
81 artillery besides from 200 500 Indian and
voldcrs The troops under orders follows
rnR COLUMN.
Fourth cavalry, companies u, u. y. I. snd !;
Fith cavalry, companies II aud l. and companies Of
the second and X oi ihc rhird. Companies o. +, II
aud OF the Fourth aftillery; a. y, ID. and Of
hc Ninth iDianiry ID and q OF the Fourteenth and G.
and OF the twenty .ihird.
General Crook will command in person. General
Mackenzie. Colonel OF the Fourth cavalry, will COM
nand the cavalry aud Lieutcnan, Colonel Ii. l. Dodge
he infantry and artillery The other officers ordered
INTO the ield are as lollows-
Fourth cavalry-Captains Mauck, John Lee, Writ
DAVIS, w C. Hemphill, Icutcnants Martin, Callahan,
Mason, Beaiis, IRWIN, Shoemaker Rosenquest. Budd,
Otis Miller. Lawton McKcnnoy. Dorst and Tyler.
Fifth cavary-Malor G. A. Gordon; Captains John
" Hamilton and A. b. Taylor Lieutenan,s Rockwell,
Wheeler, Ward and Swift.
Arullcry-Captains H. G. Gushing, James b. Camp
pc aud r. q. smith; Lieutcnants Taylor, j. NJ. Jones,
cummin. Crozicr. II. r. Anderson Howe and French.
Ninth ntantry--Major q. 4. Townsend, Captain De-
vim Lieutenants Footc, Lee McCaleb, Pcase, Rookie
teller and Baldwin.
Fourteenth neutrality-suspicious. vandersce and
Krausc; Lieutenants Austin, Hasson and X imball
Twenty y-ihird neutrality-suspicious. Otis w. Pollock and
Charles Wheaton, lieutcnants Hay, Dodge Pratt ana
Clarke.
Medical Corps-Assstant Surgeon James K Gibson,
shef medical officer, Assistant Surgeons Price and
Petteys
There will be on General Crooks personal s.ar Firs.
Lieutenant John G. Burke, Third cavalry; Aide de.
Camp Waiter s. schuyler, Fifth cavalry AIDE de-
Camp W T. Clarke. commanding Indian scouts; Cap
tain George NJ. Randall commanding the entire de-
,achment OF Indians including Sioux. snakes, Crows
md Pawnees. and Captain Frank North will command
ouartermaster FIRST lieutenant G. H. Rockwell is
Chrf Commissary OF Subsistence.
PREPARING TO ROUGH 1T.
Extensive preparations are foot by all going who
are in a condition 10 provide for themselves, to guard
against the rigors Of winter which expected to be
very severe and though 1t is said tho campaign is not
intended TO be prosecuted tho Powder River much
longer than months the officers generally antic
pate and preparing for more proracted struggle
with the elements If not with the hostlcs. 1t is
enough make sh yer the precautions that
being taken by knowing to avoid being frozen
and to hear their terrible stories of camp life in
region where mercury freezes ard one can take his
LrMrs.
The troops will be fairly provided with covering
but spite of all the precautions that may be taken
AIN inclined to believe that there will be considerable
suffering tho trip and that more than few will be
found to have succumbed TO the trials Of The cam
pagu before 1t is ended. That hostile Indians can
be found in numbers large enough TO engage the ente
command there be little doubt, # Que may accept
she surmises and conclusions Of somo OF The scouts
preston tnat they siii well and literally
provided with ammunition too prevails here pretty
generally, Notwithstanding the recent action at the
agencies. II this acton however, result in destroy
ing important source of supply It Will take long
10 exhaust the stores hand, for the indian
very wasteu soldier and in the excitement OF the fight
nseiessly shoots away large quantities OF ammunition
though at the beginning of battle he is generally
tolerabiy elective marksmsn. Even this much am
afraid cannot be said tor the majority OF the white SOL
tiers engaged in Indian lighting OF tho
qualities OF the troops forming the Powder
Rver expedition IL is yet too early TO speak critically
RIGHT
But time will prove them, and II report speaks ac-
curately of General Mackcnzie's temperament he Is
likely 10 lead his portion OF the command TO vigorous
and aeclsvc action should an opportunity present
itself and orders permit H. He has had expert
ence with the klowas and Conanches aud is SAID 10
bc considerable on tho Dght' in border parlance
The short carbine of the cavalry however / do not
consider good ior much except at unccmotahly close
quarters, and the conditions favorable 10 its effective
employment seldom present themselves in lndian
tho white soldiers they won't hesitate about
coming close enough and on all sides, too,
as IN the Custer massacre, while II they
ind themselves outnumbered they contrive 10
keep just beyond the range OF the carbne ana content
themselves WIN picking on s soldier now aud men
airy officer going 10 provide against this difficulty and
his remedy IS 10 Obtain long iifcs Tor his men, who
seem 10 be as glad 10 accept tho change as he vas
ready 10 make il Tor them This is Captain Egan, OF
company, Second Cavalry, who has been through
some lively Indian skirmisncs with his command and
appreciates the advantages OF a long range gun.
INDIAN TACTICS.
II would seem that the uuians' iavoritc method OF
fighting 10 surround tho enemy they would
herd OF buila!ocs and IN this style oi lighting long
range gun Is OF Inesiimapc advantage
CROOKS RKrruRr.
General Crook just prepared report OF his recent
action al Red cloud Agency, from which forward the
following extracts:-
upon arriving at Camp Robinson Red Cloud |
learned iuat the Indians were and had been for some
VINE a considerable distance IroM the agency and
u quue intimate communication win the hosties who
have been cut IRON there the past summer. While
waimg Tor Colonel Merrltts command 10 get within
striking distance II became apparent hat the principal
banis about 20 cave apd tue movement pre-
clpiated before Colonel Aerritrs command got into
position.
Colonel Mackenzie, Fourth cavalry, with eight com
panics Of cavalry and pa OF the pawnee scouts cit
be post alter dark on sunday evening I'D October,
ma esrly .he succeeding morning surrounded the
nads OF Red Leaf and Red Cloud, and when daylight
iavncd and they saw the condition oi things lhey sur
vnaercd without hrng shot They were at once dis
rmed Their pom taken from them, and the wsrrior,
followed by their ian1es with their camp equpsge
ana properly brought TO the agency, where they
rcie ascd anu put ~ camp. About 200 ponies cap
turcd, with all the arms aud ammunition the Indians
had ABOUT Their persons in Their lodges The dis
srmipg OF these two bands mad most sautary effect
upon the other indians al the agency.
LOYALTY REWARDED.
The other bands not disarmed, known tho Arrspa-
hoes Loaiers and CuiOn SIOUX have been loyal 10
anu to have disarmed them with tho others would
SIMPLY have array ed white man against the Indian
ana placed the loyal disoyal on The same footing
BY not doing this they convinced most de-
cdcd manner that such was not our Intention and
AMOUNT of talk about our rlcndsbip and ho friend
ship OF the Great Father" would nave so thoroughly
impressed IL upon their miods For the nrst
time the history OF tbis reservation did they
SEQ the loyal treated well even IA those who
been persIstently stubborn and disloyaL This good
eject manifested IN the desirc OF the
riors from these bands TO enlist and eniistmens have
sincc gong on there IN large numbcrs then
bad council win spotted Tail, decidedly tue most in.
tcigent and loyal oi ali the head men there al which
an understanding most complete and satisfactory vas
arrived at | then placed him IN charge OF all the
tribes at the agencies at the same time advising him
TO send representative men with the Commission 10
the Indian Territory, as desired by members then
present Enllstments from the Indians nj Spotted
Tail wore be commenced, but notwithstand.
Ing this since Jeff there have been ADVISED by Colo
Mackenzie that one OF the Commission their ato
agent Howard advised them not 10 do so, interfering
with the Interpreter 'n the most wicked and vicious
manner
IL Is the oppression Of these Indians. as expressed