The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-02
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A Terrible Blow to the Cheyenne Cut
Throats-Bravery of the Troops, Etc.

"A Terrible Blow to the Cheyenne Cut
Throats-Bravery of the Troops, Etc.
Additional particulars of Gen. Mac
kenzie's fight with the Cheyennes, were
received at Fort Fetterman Sunday
night.
The victory was most complete. The
entire village of Dull Knife,s band, with
all its stores of substance and robes fell
into the hands of the troops, leaving the
Cheyennes, the bravest and most war
like band of hostiles, wholly destitute
in the face of a rigid winter, the con-
temptation of which fact caused them
to fight with desperation. Their loss
in killed is about 25, with a large num-
Der wounded.
General Mackenzie's conduct is cha-
acterized as brilliant, entailing the loss
of only one officer, 1t. Mckinney, 4th
cavalry, of Memphis, Tenn, and five
enlisted men killed, the wounded num-
bering twenty.
The Pawnee scouts rendered valuable
service, and were richly rewarded in
spoils.
Gen. Mackenzie will join Gen. Crook
or Crazy Woman's Fork, and a combin-
ed attack will then be made on Crazy
Horse, who is reported to be on the Rose
bud, nea the battlefield of June 18th.
M~ACKENZIE's oFFICIALREPoRT.
Chicago, Dec. 1.-The official report
of Col. Mackenzie, 4th cavalry, was re-
ceived at military headquarters mere to-
day. 1t states that about moo ON the
oath inst, while marching in a south
westerly direction towards the Sioux
pass of the Big Horn mountains, five
advance scouts met him; reporting that
the main camp of the Cheyennes was
about Is or 20 miles distant. About
sunset the command began moving to-
wards the hostiles, reaching the village
after daylight, surprising the Indians
and compelling them to vacate the vii
lage suddenly and take refuge in the
ravines. After a brisk fight lasting an
hour, and skirmishing until night, they
c~apitulated.
The entire village, having 173 lodges,
with all its contents, was destroyed.
Five hundred ponies were captured and
twenty-five Indian bodies were found.
1t is almost certain that a much larger
number were killed.
Five soldiers and one officer were
killed on our side, and twenty-five
wounded, besides one Shoshone scout
belonging to the United States service.
Fifteen cavalry horses and four horses
of the Indian scouts were killed.
The command then moved to a camp
on Powder river, whence this report
was made on the 26th instant.
Lieutenant Mckinney, Fourth cav
airy, who was killed, vas one of the
most gallant of officers and honorable
of men.
General Crook, in transmitting the
above report, says:
Il cannot commend too highly this
brilliant achievement, and the gallant
ry of the troops. This will be a terrible
blow to the hostiles, as these Cheyennes
were not only the bravest of warriors,
but have been the head and front of
most of the raids and deviltry commit
ted in this country"
A DIscREDITED REPORT.
Chicago, Dec. IA dispatch confirm
ing this account of M~ackenzie's fight
with the Cheyennes, from Gen. Crook,
has been received at the military head
quarters. The dispatch further says
''the Indians who came to us here (camp
on Crazy Woman's Fork say that
while in Crazy Horses camp runners
came in from Sitting Bulls village, with
information that he had made peace
with the whites to the effect that they
were to be allowed to hunt buffalo until
spring, when they were to have the
Belle Fourche and the Black Hills; that
part of Sitting Bulls village was talking
Of moving up to join Crazy Horse, who
was camped on the Rosebud, near where
Gen. Terry and / met last summer. -
So much of the foregoing as relates to
Sitting Bull, is d~iscredited at the mill
tary headquarters.
What Our Tonsorial Friends are Coming
To.
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