Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-08
Consultation at the White House
The Indians to be Chastissd
for their AudaCity.
ReinfOrcements Being Sent
Forward Rapidly.
Official List of Killed and Wounded.

scene of the Sioux war. The compa.
MES so ordered are now stationed as fol-
lows: One at Fort Gibson, n at Fort
Hayes, one at Fort Riley, and three
companies at Fort Leavenworth. Gen
eral Miles has the reputation of being
one of the best Indian fighters in the
army.
WASHINGTON, July There was a
consultation at the White House to.
night on the subject of the Indian war.
Secretary Cameron and General Sher-
man, who reached here from Philadel-
phia this afternoon, and the President
were engaged in discussing the situation
at g ;eat length. An impression is teltin
the highest quarters that the troops now
We ST near the scene of the present oper-
att ons against the Indians are numerlc-
s.t,ly, as well as in every other respect,
a BILE to enforce the demands of the gov
( eminent upon the hostile tribes, and to
effect a proper chastisement up%onRthem
OMAHA, NEB July 8.-Captain Nc
Xerson, A. D. c. of General Crooks
staff, who went out with the expedition,
returned 10 Omaha yesterday. He left
Crook on one of the small forks of
Tongue river at the base of the Bighorn
mountains, 1856 miles from Fort Fetter-
man and alb out 262 miles from the rail
road. The command is awaiting the
arrival of 9 upplies and reinforcements.
The latter, consisting Of five companies,
left Fort Fe tterman July 4th, and is ex-
pected to each Crook about the 18th.
BE viii also be joined Monday by about
$50 Snake Indians. These with the
troops will increase the number OF men
in the ex;oedi ton to over l4OO. McKer-
son does not apprehend any danger to
the expe dition; neither does Crook. He
does not look upon the attack of a few
weeks GO as a defeat, and is confident
that Or ook can and will whip the Sioux
as soon asreinforcements arrive. Crooks
locatit IN is not over fifty miles from the
scene of the Custer massacre.
BISMARCK, D. T., July THE Bis.
marc K Tribune, extra, gives the follow
ing off cial list Of the killed and wounded
in the recent encounter with the Indians
on the little Bighorn river:
Field, staff and uon-commissioned
stsF-G Austin, Brevet Major General;
W W Co olse, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel;
- Lord, Assistant Surgeon; ] NJ De-
wolf, Acting Assistant Surgeon; W Il
SHARON, Sergeant Major; Eenry Vese,
Chic Truinpeter.
Company A-Corporals Dollans and
King; pri Yates Armstrong, Drinan'
Moody, RaNIins, Mcdonald, Sullivan and
SWitzer.
Company B Lieutenant Hogdson;
prlVates Donovan and MOSS.
Company ,C-Col 7 W Custer, Lieut.
Harrington, First Ssrg't Bates, Sergeant
Farley; Corporals French and Ryan;
privates Allen, Criudle, King, Bucknall,
Eisemau, Eugre, B~rightfeld, Fahold,
Griffin, Hornet, Hattesdsll, King, South,
Lewis, Mayer, Phillips, Russell, Rex
Ranter, Short, Shea, Shode, Stuart, St
John, Shodied, .stanellsn, Warren, Wyn.
dam, Wright.
Company D-tJhas Vincent, f%arrier;
p~rivates Patrick Golden and Edward
Hansen.
Company Capt A E Smith, Lieut.
Sturgis, First Sergeant Hohmeyer, Ser
geants Egden and ia mes, Corporal Ho'
gan; privates Miller, Tweed. heller
Cashan, Keifer, Andrews, Cris6eld, Har.
rington, Hengge, Kavauaugh, Laboring.
Mahoney, Schmidt, Lemon, SewansenI
Riebold, O'Connell, Butler, Warren,
Harrison, Gilbert, Zielsr, Wash, An.
drews, Assdelly, Burke, Cheever, hcGue
Mccarthy, Dogan, Maxwell, Scott, Bah
cock, Perkins, Tarbox, Dye. Tessicr
Calvin, Graham, Hamilton, Snow,
Hughes.
Company K-First Sergeant Winney,
Sergeant Hughes, Corporal Callahan,
Trumpeter Helmer, private Ed St Clair.
Company I-Colonel NJ Keogb, Lieu
tenant J e Porter, First Sergeant Var
, den, Sergeant Bastard, Corporals Wide,
, Morris, Staples; interpreters J McGracer
and ] Pardsn, blacksmith II Bailey,
trumpeters McElroy and Mooney, pri.
Yates Brondehurst, Barrey, Conner,
} Downing, Mason, Blarm, MAR, Baker.
Boyle, Bath, Conner, Darcy, Davis, Far.
t rell, lilly, Haber, Hemil, Henderson lst
Henderson I'd, Leddison, 0'Conner
Rood, Reese, Smith lst, Smith I'd, Smith
Sd, Stellar, Stafford, School, smallwood
TAR, Vsngant, Walker, Brsgen, knight
Company F-Colonel G W Yates
d Lieutenant Bulley, First Sergeant Ken
u ney, s~ergeants Mersey, Vicksry, Wilkin
4 SON. Corporals Coleman and Free
man, Fairiers Brady and Brand
> son, blacksmith Tanning; privateI
. Atchison, Brown let, Brown I'd, Bruce
e Brady, Barns, Sam Golfer, Carney, Dc
e nan, Donnelly, Gardner, Hammond
Kline, Kryarth, Human, Loose, Milton
i Madison, Monroe, Ridden, 0mettinp
sycfoz, Saunders, Warren, May, LevicE
- Kelly, Driscoll, Gillett, Gross, Holcomt
le Hoen, Hittismer, Fred Lehman, Henr.
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