Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-09-16
DISGRACEFUL FIASCO.
sittIng-Bu Boss Of the PIaiDs-The
United states Army COnGesses It's
Inability TO Cope with Gus
ter-s MurdereFs.
After all The Urgent Entreafy for More
Money and More Troops, the
Campaign has Come 10 an
InRIOriOus End.

CHICAGO, September ia special
corTes pondent OF The Times with Terry's
command telegrsphs under date of Fort
BufOrd, mouth of Yellowstone, Septem-
bsr SO, Vid Bismarck, September I4th !:
"The final breakiE g up or Terry's COM
mand occurred yesterday morning, and
no " all the troops are on the way home,
with the exception of two reg NJ snts OF
infantry, which will winter at the mouth
of Tongue rIver. The Montana troops,
numbsIing two hundred and fifty 1n-
family and one hundred and twenty
horse, Including the Seventh infantry
and Second cavalry, under General Cab
bon, left for Fort Ellis with the wagon
train and supplies for eighty days. They
will follow the old Stanley trail. The
route is teeming with hostiles and four
hundred and twenty miles long. They
may encounter large war party in the
Big Horn country. They have been in
the field since March, and are poorly
clad for the cold weather and fierce
storms which sweep over the prairies at
this season. The TWenty-secOnd in
fantry have been left at The mouth Of
Glendine creek, and commenced the
construction OF a stockade. They will
remain there till November 1st, or later.
The Seventh cavalry have left for ForE
BufOrd, and will move along the north
bank of the Yellowstone. After arTiv.
log here they will go TO FJrt Lincoln to
winter. TIE Sixteenth Infantry will re-
main here. General Terry and staff ar
rived here this morning, and will re-
main a few days and then go tU s.. Paul
vid B smack. By the fifteenth instant
all the troops will nave been withdrawn
from the North country, except the
Fifth and Twenty second cavalry, con-
Lainipg four hundred men. A dispatch
lust received from General Sheridan
countefmands the order to winter reg
iment OF cavalry on tie Yellowstone
river, which renders winter campaign
ing impossible snd indefinitely post
pones the suhjsctiou OF The Sioux. Gem
eral Terry leaves the field, having ac-
complished no purpose CT the expedltson
and with one quarter OF his troops kllied
by bulIe,s or exposure"
RED-I LOUD AGENCY, NEB., Septem-
ber Ii, ola SIDNEY, NEB., September l5.
10. day, the com mIttee, consisting OF
Bishop Whippie and DIR. Daniels, ap-
pointed by the Indian commission to go
to SpOtted.Tail agency, are to start
for that agency ia order to suomlt
propositions to the Indians there on
Friday, Major Howard and Mr.. Henni-
man being requested to accompany
them. The party is to come back and
rejoin the remainder of the commission
here on Saturday. Spotted Tail, and
TWUSJrike ana WhirlWind, OF the
Brule tribe, came up from Spotted, Tail
agency yesterday, and are now here.
This evening they hold council with
the Red-Cloud Indians regarding the
propositions, and will return to their
agency tomorrow. 1t is reported that
SpOtted-Tail himslf favors the PROPOSE
ton to go to the Indian Territory.
IndicstiOns now are that talk will
be had here on Monday, the eighteenth
tcstsnt, when something definite will
-i,rived at, as the Indians OF both
be q - will by that time have fully
agencle ~oatters.
discussed A. that the visit OF the COM
1t Is though. Tail agency at this
mittee to Spotte0 with a visit OF the
time will not do awAJ that agency
commission in body tU ~<sty here.
after the conclusion of the IA indians
There has been no talk with the = eoe
by the commission since the first
held on the seventh day after the COM
missioners arrived.