The Leavenworth weekly times., 1876-08-17
INDIAN NEWS.
Further News From Gen. Terrys Com
mand Out in tie Sioux Country.
Movements Of Troops at Cheyenne.

Movements Of Troops at Cheyenne.
HELANA, Montana August l3.-Tke "ln-
dependents" Bosemsn, Montana, special Of
August II says Sioux squaw who came
into Grow camp reports terrible battle
that Crook has almost arnihilated the
Sioux, and had the remainder in such a po-
sition as to force their surrender. Parties
from the Grow agency bring this news. 1t
NAV be greatly exaggerated, if not entirely
false.
| LATER REPoRIs.
CHICAGO, August l4-R. Williams, As
sistant Attorney General at Omaha, tele-
graph. TO Gen. Sheridan's headquarters
here that the following had Just been re-
ceiyed by him:
| "Fort Laramie, August 1.-THE report
OF Gen. Terry's fight with Sitting Bull is
confirmed through Indians coming into
Spotted Tail agency. They report heavy
engagement ard the defeat Of the Indians
with great loss. Sitting Bull is wounded.
(Signed,) TOWNSEND"
1t is proper to say that the accuracy Of
the information contained in this dispatch,
coming as it does from questionable
source, is discredited.
On THE MARCH.
ST. PAUL, Mimi. August IA
"Pioneer Press" special from the Sioux ex-
pedition says, that preparations are at last
completed, and We march at daybreak,
TO. morrow the route being up the Rosebud,
The objective point being Indians where
ever and whenever they may be found,
principally. We expect 10 effect junction
| with Cen Crook, but no deviation from
the main object will be made for that pur-
pose. sicknes. ia showing itself among the
men with tendancy TO scurvy, and that
winch is TO be done must be done now.
The weather is hot beyond precedent. the
mercury indicates to-day from 1902 TO
l15o in the shade Gen. Terry's force,
exclusive OF depot guard, consists of 9l9 in
fantry; 57i cavalry; 40 artillery and "A
Crow and Rec Indians. The organization
of the command is shown by the following
extract from general orders No. Z. The
troops in the field will he organized for
tie coming movement as follows.
The battalion of the 9Th, 9th, 9Th and
22nd Infantry, will constitute a brigade,
under command of Col. Gibbon, of the 9Th
Infantry. The battalion of the I'd Cavalry,
9Th Cavalry, battery of artillery and the
Indian scouts will report directly to the
Department Comm ander.
One of the most formidable difficulties, TO
be anticipated on this march, is the want of
water and grass There has been no rain
for several weeks, and the Rosebud has but
We little water in it at its mouth, and il
is feared that the grass, which has survived
the drouth, has been burned by the Indians.
CUsTER's FIGHT.
LAWRENCE, Kansas, August 1.-THE
Lawrence journal" tomorrow publishes
an account of the Custer battle, as reported
by Agent Hays to Superintendent Michal-
ron. 1t is strictly the Indian version Of
the story, though it agrees in important
particulars with that Of the military. The
Indians are said to have had forty men to
Casters one. number of the .. F. Short
and ,iermain murderers were killed in the
battle.
CHICAGO, August l5.-The "Times'" cor
respondent, writing from Fort Buford, Au-
gust ii, via Bismarck, August IA. says:
Gen. Terryis force, which left the Rosebud
on the SIh, numbered a lighting force of
i 600 men, and was accompanied by a train
OF 225 wagons, containing supplies for
thirty days. Gen. Terry, with a view OF
forming a junction with Gen. Crook, will
move down the west bank of the Rosebud
for distance Of seventy miles, when the
combined force will endeavor to engage |
the Indians in the region Of the Big Horn
mountains. Grow scouts report the main |
body OF Sitting Bulls band encamped on |
Sinking river, a tributary Of the Big Horn, |
and to engage them it will be necessary to |
cross the Big Horn mountains, which will |
be an almost impossible undertaking this |
season of the year. There appears to be no |
prospect OF another engagement with the |
Sioux, unless the Indians desire to make a |
fight, the troops will be unable to overtake |
them before the approach of cold weather. |
Reports are that large band Of Northern |
Indians have been seen crossing the Mis- |
souri, river below Fort Benton, north, into |
the British possessions, and it's not believed |
that they will make a stand against the
troops again this year. Considerable sick |
ness prevails in supply camp.
Gen. Terry has decided to return his en- |
tire command to the mouth of the Rosebud |
about the 18th of. september. All the |
troops will be Withdrawn after that date,
and the command will march overland from |
supply camp to point opposite Ft. Buford,
where Terry will be provided with means to |
move the command to the east bank Of the |
Missouri when the troops from that point |
will march overland TO the garrison posts in |
Dakota, and along the Missouri river.
The steamer "Far West will remain at |
the mouth of the Rosebud until the return |
of the troops, and will carry the sick and |
wounded, and such Of the supplies and |
camp equipage as it will be possible, to the |
mouth Of the Yellowstone and down the |
Missouri. All of the steamers, with this |
exception, have been taken out Of the river.
GIN. CROOK.
The Iater-O e-n's" special correspon- |
dent, with Gen. Crook, under date Of Aug. |
4th, sends the latest news received from that |
command. He gives the follosipg, as the |
strength of Crooks force, including that OF |
Merritt:
Second cavalry, ) companies; Sd caval- |
~, 10 companies; 9TH cavalry, 10 compa-
MES; 4th infantry, 3 companies; 7th in
fantry, companies; 14th infantry, COM
panies.
The cavalry average about 45 men to the |
company, and the infantry 40, or the sum
total for the present campaign OF 400 cav
alry, 400 infantry, and 250 Indian scouts I;
total, 2,C50. Buffalo Bill came with the
Fifth Cavalry, as scout and guide, on the
4th.
Orders have Just been received to take
four days rations in the saddle-bags, fifteen
being taken on pack-u ules, and 10 move at |
daylight, Angus, 9TH.
Who's LYING?
ST. PAUL, August ia special to the
"Pioneer-P Press" from Bismarck, to-day,
says:
ave have no news of Terry's last fight |
with the Indians, except by the steamer |
sWestern,' which arrived this morning |
from Fort Benton. When at Fort Peck the |
Indians told the Captain of the Western
that be had fight with the Sioux the |
day before. and that Terry's killed number |
ed three hundred. Sitting Bulls loss being |
seven hundred men,"
TROOPS.
CAYENNE, August 1.-Two companies |
of tn 4th cavalry left for the north yester- |
day. Two companies OF the 18th infantry |
arrived from Utah yesterday, and await |
orders. Four companies of the 4th artillery |
and one o. the 4ih cavalry are expected
here tomorrow.
Si1ty-eight Ute scouts leave Fetterman
Thursday. They will endeavor to join |
Crook