Connecticut western news., 1876-09-29
THE INDIAN CAMPAIGN.
The Capture of nm Indian Village by Gen.
 erRl Crook.

The Capture of an Indian Village by Gen.
 eral Crook.
 A courier who left General Crooks command September 10 brings the fol lowing account of the capture of viii lage by Gen. Mills:
 September 9.-Since General Crooks column turned south toward the Black Hills, on the fifth inst, there has been considerable hardship through wet weather and living on bacon and hard bread, and Q good deal of grumbljng. On the seventh it was decided to send a portion of the pack train ahead, under the escort of Colonel Mills, with fifteen men, on the best horses of each company of the Third cavalry, making 15O in all. Lieutenants Won Lentwitz, Schwatka and Crawford composed the subordinate officers, with Lieutenant Bubb, Fourth infantry, chief commissary, Tom Moore, chief packer, and Frank Gruard, Gen eral Crooks chief scout. The latter was to serve both as guide and scout, and on yesterday evening he discovered, through the rain and fog, without being himself observed, hostile Sioux viii lage, consisting of forty one lodges and b'nd of several hundred ponies and a few American horses.
 Colonel Mills concluded to attempt the attack with his 15O men, without waiting to send work to General Crook for endorsements. He fell back few miles, hid his command in a ravine, and at two o'clock this morning marched for the village, which was situated on lit tls creek, tributary of Grand or Owl creek. He formed on the north side with Company M to charge through the village, while the rest of the force, dis mounted, were to form a skirmish line on either side, and pick off the Indians as they came out. The latter were completely surprised, and scattered out "pellmell," half naked, returning the fire to some extent. Their ponies were effectually stampeded. Owing to Mills small force he only succeeded in securing the lodges and property there in and about forty ponies.
 There was an immense quantity o1 dried meat, berries, etc., all that Crook whole pack train could carry and suff- cient to postpone the proposed purchase of supplies. There were wagon loads oi robes and savages' spoil of all kinds The guidon of the Seventh cavalry, which Custer used in the Little Horn massacre, and various little articles o1 wearing apparel also captured on that occasion, and quantity of corn stored aJ the mouth of Powder river as late 8. August 5, where Terry was fired on, were among the spells.
 Ghe whole march and showing since Terry and Crook met goes to con firm Rhn 0f lot rpC the enemy's probable destination anG whereabouts since leaving their caml on the Little Horn.
 Lieutenant Won Lentwitz, Compa ,, 0, was seriously wounded in the kp Private Medbury, Company 0. wou ed. Charles Foster, Company B, wou ed. Augustus Dorn, Company D wounded. Sergeant Glass, Company 10 wounded. Private Wenzel, Compan, A, was killed in the action of the morn ing.
 About seven o'clock word had reache, General Crook, fifteen miles back witt the main body. He came forward wit sections from the cavalry, reaching Mill at eleven o'clock. The latter had kep up good picket fight during the fore noon. Crook was very much disappoint ed because Mills did not eport the dis oovery last night, as there was plenty c time to have got up the entire com mand, and so effectually surrounded tn village that nothing could have escaped but the general is also pleased, too, a things considered.
 About one hundred yards from tn village is little ravine, in which ban of seven warriors and fifteen wome and children were safely lodged in
 cavern of rocks, and it was in trying { dislodge them that Mills lost his kille and most of his wounded. Gener,
 Crook desired to save the women an
 children, and by means of Gruards il
 terpreting barley ensued, and the wa
 riors came out, one chief, Americs
 Horse, being mortally wounded.
 Before the barley was effected, hoy
 ever, Frank White, 0 citizen, was sh, through the heart.
 Privates McKeun and Kennedy, 7, Company 0, Fifth cavalry, were woun ed.
 Abouttwenty minutes past four o'clot this afternoon there was sudden pick firing, which begun on Colonel Mas or } front, and resulted in the wounding
 Sergeant Aebrsiber, of Company K, al Private Dorn, Company F, Fifth ca , airy. | It proved to be the result of re-enforc 3 ments received from Crazy Hors, 7 band, and running attack was made round the circle; but the troops we ' quickly thrown out ana the ener | driven off in every direction. The l, ter got about dozen horses, too DO !, to get into camp. The village was tho oughly ransacked and the spells divide 2 Colonel Mills and his men got t B ponies.
 There were found passes to good ! 2 dians from Indian Agent Howard, U the Spotted Tail agency, dated resp u lively January IA, and February, 18' Much ammunition and many guns W. T. found in the lodges.
 '5 All the evidence is to the effect u u these Indians were prepared for '. winter. There were probably one tho 'i sand warriors connected with 1t, a y their chief is Roman Nose, formerly - - the Cheyenne agency.
 }" It is regretted that other of the lart ,, villages were not surprised and ID stroyed. But this affair demonstra u the good policy of stern chase after ,o Indians, even by the foot soldiers.
 Hanging.