Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-09-21
BIG INJuN.
Crook Catches Him.

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aml ammunition and about hum
dretl ponies, surrendered to him A.
standing Rock, on the 18th. Twen-
tv-nine men surrendered, all Of
whom were In the fight on the Little
Riv Horn r. III. SHERIDAN.
General Drum sent the following
to General Sheridan: Colonel Buell.,
commanding the Cheyenne agency,
under date Of the 9th inst, says a.
follows: Have had messengers yes
terday and to-day from the hostile
camp. They report the camp near
Slim Buttes, one hundred and eighty
miles distant; also report General
Terry,s column on Beaver creek,
moving towards the Missouri. The
Indians are very desirous Of surren-
dering; have stated that 1t could be
only unconditional, viz: surrender
their arms, remain rs prisoners and
submit to whatever punishment and
other treatment tho proper authors
ties might dictate. r. G. DRUM.
Sioux City, Sept. ls.-The follow
ing Ii just received from TT. Sully:
Heavy firing was heard on the river.
ten miles below hore, last Tuesday,
apparently In tho direction OF the
Black Hills, but no explanation Of II
was had until yesterday. About ton
days ago Col. Buell, commanding at
Cheyenne river agency, sent some
scouts out To General Terry, who
failed to reach him, but were attacked
by tho Indians and one wounded In
tho shoulder. Retreating they came
acrossa large military trail, which
proved to bo Gen. Crooks. On the
way tho scout saw n camp OF thirty
lodges, near tho slim Buttes, north
Of Harney's Peak, and when Crook
was overtaken tho scouts informed
him, and turning back his cavalry,
by rapid march Crook surprised and
killed every ono, estimated to num-
her bctweon two and three hundred
Indians. Not one escaped. To-day
Glen. buell. takes census of oil the
Indians near here, and will to-mor-
row disarm and dismount them. Ii
Ii expected the Indians will try to
oppose, but Gen. Buell. IL firm, and
will carry out his orders to the let
ter.
Red Cloud Agency, Neb., Sept.
i7,~-Grouard, Cooks chief scout,
arrived here last night with dis
patches for Mckenzie from Crook.
He left the command on the after
noon OF the iith. He reports that
last Sunday Crooks advance OF ono
hundred aud fifty men struck al
Indian camp about tifty miles north
of Crook City. That night tho re-
mainder of tho command arrived
and mn attack was made by Crook,
tho fight lasting until noon on Mon
day, when the Indians were routed
with q loss 10 tho whites OF only
three killed aud nino wounded.
Fourteen dead Indians were found
on tho battlefield and four bodies
are known to have been carried of.
Thirty-Hvo Indian lodges were
burned by tho whites, with all the
contenta. During The fight the
Indians received reinforcements.
Twenty-one Indians were captured,
but OF these, two bucks aud nine
souaws were released. Tho remain
der arc being brought In. II is
known that In this vscinity whore
the tight occurred there has been a
camp Of hostile Indians for several
months, from which raids were
made on the Black Hill miners, but
dr0uard thinks tho Indians attacked
wore OF Sitting Bulls command, for
tho reason that spoils OF the Custer
masscro wcro found, among which
WAS nine hundred dollars I'm money.
irouard says no Ii convinced that
two-thirds OF tho hosti!es are Indians
belonging to lied Cloud, Spotted
Tall and Missouri river agencies, and
that largo amount OF supplies have
boon received from tho Same sources.
That there aro thousands Of Indians
now In tho northern country who
don't belong there. Grouar.i hns
been with Sitting Bull two or three
years, and knows the northern
country thoroughly aud all Indians
belonging there. The count made
hero and at Spotted Tall by the mill
tary recently, shows twelve thous.nd
five hundred absontccs with very old
and very young Indians preponder-
ating among those remaining hero.
IL In reported here that Sheridan is
at 1T. Laramie, and that Crook II
expected to meet him there to-day.
Grouard says he cannot get there by
the tims designated. Among those
killed was White, scout; tho other
two were priyatcs, Second Lieuton-
ant A. III. Luitwitz, OF the third cav
| airy wounded In the knee, and had
1 leg ampntatod. IIc wis captain Of
| the Afty-fourth New York during
| the war. The fighting was mostly
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