The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-09-19
Gen. Crook Getting in His Work
ON the sioux "A Whole Camp
DESTROYED TO tho Last Man.

UeStEOyeu 10 the AItasL hAaAn'
Sioux Cry, September 1s.-The tol
lowing has just been received from For
Sully: .ru ~
Heavy firing was heard on the river II
miles below here last Tuesday, apparently
in the direction OF the Black Hills, bu
no explanation was had till yesterday
About ten days ago Col. Butler, command
ing at the Cheyenne river agency, sem
some scouts 10 Terry, who failed to reacl
him, bpt.were attacked by the Indians,
and one man was wounded in the shoul.
der. Retreating, they came across a
large military trail, which proved to be
Gen. Crooks. On the way the scouts
saw camp Of thirty lodges near Slim
Buttes, north OF Harney's Peak, and
when Crook was overtaken the scouts in.
formed him. Turning back his cavalry,
by q rapid march Crook surprised them
and killed every one. estimated to mum.
Der between 200 and 800 Indians. Not
one escaped.
DsARM AND DIsMousT.
To-day General Buell. takes census
Of all the Indians near here, and will To-.
morrow disarm and dismount them. II
is expected that they will try to oppose,
but General Buell. is firm and will carry
out his orders to the letter.
RED CLOUD AGENCY, Sept. II, |
VIA Fl. LARAMIE, Sept. IS. !
Gen. Crooks chief scout arrived here
last evening with dispatches for General
Mckenzie from Crook. He left the com.
mand on the afternoon Of the 1lth, and
reports thatlast Sunday Crooks advance
Of one hundred and fifty men struck the
Indian camp about fifty miles north Of
Crook City. That night the remainder Of
the command arrived and an attack was
made by Crook. The fight lasted till
noon Monday when the Indians were
routed with loss to the whites Of only
three killed and nine wounded. Fourteen
dead Indians were found on the battle
field. and four bodies are known to have
been carried of. Thirty.fve Indian
lodges were burned by the whites with all
their contents. During the fight the In
dians received reinforcements. Twenty
one Indians were captured, but Of these
two bucks and nine squawSwere released.
The remainder are being brought in. It
is known in the vicinity Of where the fight
occurred that there has been a camp
OF hostiles for several months from which
raids were made on the Black Hills
miners but the scout thinks that the In
dians attacked were Of Sitting Bulls COM
mand, for the reason that the spoils Of the
Custer massacre were found, amoug which
was 5000 in money.
tits reported here that Sheridan is at
Fl. Laramie, and Crook is expected TO
meet him to-day. Gruard says he can't
get there by the time designated.
riH KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Among those killed was white scout; the
other two were privates. Secondg Lieu
tenant A. H. Vantintwitz, Third Cavalry,
was wounded in the knee and had his leg
amputated. He was captain the 54th
New York during the war. The fighting
was mostly done by the Second and Third
Cavalry.
! COUNCIL WITH SPOTTED TAIL.
Whipple, Daniels, Howard and Hin
man, OF the Sioux Commission, returned
to Red Cloud from Spotted Tail agency
yesterday evening. They report a council
held by them with the Spotted Tail In
dians the preceding day, which was we'll
attended but there was nothing done be-
yond presenting Me propositions Of the
government. Tomorrow is the day
set for council at which the Commission
hope 10 receive an answer from Red
Clouds people TO the propositions which
were presented here on the 7th. There
are very few Indians here, almost all
connected with this agency having gone
into camp on Sqadron creek, twenty
miles distant, and about half way be-
tween here and Spotted Tail agency, for
the purpose, as they represent, Of con-
sulting with the Indians Of that agency.
Gruard says he is convinced that two
thirds Of the hostile Indians belong TO
the Red Cloud, Spotted Tail and Missouri
River agencies, and that a large amount
Of supplies have been received from some
source; that
THERE ARE THOUSANDS
OF Indians now in the northern country
who do not belong there. Gruard has
been with Sitting Bull two or three years
and knows the northern country thor
oughly and all the Indians belonging
there. The counts made here and at
Spotted Tails by the military recently
show $500 absentees, with very old and
very young Indians preponderating
among those remaining there.
FURTHER FROM CROOKS COMMAND.
ACheyenne courier from Crooks camp
on Whitewood Creek, September 10, ar
rived at Sage Creek tonight, and brings
the following news: Since the fighting Of
the 9th inst, the command has worked It's
way to the Bell Fourche river, subsisting
on fresh horse and dried meat captured
from the Sioux. The supplies from the
Deadwood miners were met on the 18th,
and this morning they moved up here
where there is everything in abundance.
The march Of September 18th, be.
tween the Owl and the Bell Fourche river,
80 miles were through mud and rain. II
was one OF the most exhausting the troops
ever experienced in any country. The
weather since has been good and new life
has been infused into the command whose
future movements now depend on sherl.
dan who has sent for Crook to visit him
at Fort Laramie at once. Crook goes to.
morrow followed by his command as far
as Custer City on the 18th inst.
Col, Upham OF the Fifth cavalry made
a detour on an Indian trail down Owl
river, acrsss TO Bellefourche and up to
the main command yesterday. He
found the trail too old to follow further.
Yesterday morning private Miller Of
Company Awas killed, the Indians sur.
prised him while out hunting.
g.. Dividing the Seats.
s-MEMPHIs, September Is.-A special
from Hernando to the Associated Press
aays nj n Joint discussion to-day between