New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-31


and determined, and have committed mum
6er!ees outraRes Of late, their rage seeming
~ being directed toward the miners and
emigrants who have been, or are going, intG
the Black Hills.
Day before yesterday two soldier de
serters, Who were endeavoring to make thtil
way to Custer City, were captured by the
RED devils, shot, scalped. stripped and lef,
entirely naked upon the plains, prey tt
the wolves.
The Indiana are unusually alert, and any
stray emigrant trains which are 90 unfortu
nate a. to fall into their hands are deal,
with mercilessly.
Two days ago party consisting of q
man named Wilson, Ills. two sons, aged re-
spectively eighteen and twenty, and q
miner named Miller were captured
A perfect reign of terror now exists in the
Hills, no one venturing to 60 out any dis.
saDce whatever for fear of an attack.
shooting affair occurred near Wichita
yesterday between two. farmers. named
Kelley and Black, during which Black was
killed. The cause of the killing was dis.
pqte regarding the ownership Of Q house.
Private advices announces that the com.
pany of adventures from Cincinnati
kn0wn as Colonel Stones squad, were at
tackled by Indians near Custer City, few
days ago. and eleven out of twenty-five
were killed. They were cons of wealthy
Cinclnnatians, and went on the trip more
for frolic and to see the country than any
thing else. They are expected to arrive
here in few days. They stopped here q
few days on their way to the bills, and
made many friends, who are much grieved
at the report, which appears we'll founded.
! Of other cooperating movements Fort
Laramie correspondent writes, under date
of May %:
| Owing to the tremendous rainfall on Sun
day night and all through Monday, Colonel
| Royals column was delayed in Chug val
| Icy, Hunton's ranch, until this morning, as
it was impossible to move the wagon train.
| We reached this point after . march of
thirty miies, at one O'Clock this afternoon;
| Our cavalry are in splendid condition, and
| General Crook can congratulate himself on
commanding the best equipped expedition
that ever left this region to fight the In
dams. Following is the 0rganizatio of the
entire force: Brigadier General George
Crook, chief in commsnd; general stat, Cap
tain A. b. Nickerson, Twenty third Infan-
try, aid-de-csmp; Lieutenant J. G. Bourke,
Third Cavalry. aidde-c camp; Captain Ran
tain Stanton, engineer corps, chief engineer;
Major John V. Furey, expedition quarter
master; surgeon, Albert Hartsuff; doctors,
Stephens and Pease; chief packer, Mr..
Moore; quartermaster's agent, Charles Rus
sell.
Royals Column-Lieutenant Colonel w.
B. Royal. Third Cavalry, second in COM
mand; Company E. Second Cavalry, Major
Wells, captain commanding; Lieutenant
Rowelle, Company A. Third Cavalry; Lieu
tenant Lawson, Company D,same regiment;
Captain Henry, Company E, same; Captain
Alexander Sutorsas. Company F, same; L.
F. Reynolds, Company NJ, same; Colonel
Mills, captain commanding, Lieutenants
Paul and Schwatka; adjutant, Lieutenant
H. r. Lemdi, Third Cavalry; quartermss-
ter, Lieutenant George A. Drew, Third
Cavalry.
Evans column-Maior E. A. Evane, Third
Cavalry, commanding; Third Cavalry, Com
pany B, Captain Meinhold and Lieutenant
Simpson; Company C, Captain Van Vliet
and Lieutenant Won Lu1weitz; Company g,
Lieutenant Crawford; Company l, Captain
Andrews and Lieutenant Foster; Company
L, Lieutenants Vroom and Chase: Company
D, Second Cavalry, Lieutenants Sweigert
and Huntington.
At Fort Fetterman are the following:
Company A, Second Cavalry, Captain
Devices and Lieutenants O'Brien and Pear
SOD; Company l, same regiment, Captain
Noyes and Lieutensnt Kingsbury; infantry,
Company G, Ninth Regiment. Captain Bur-
rows and Lieutenant Carpenter; Company
81, same regiment, Captain Burt and Lieu
tenant Robertson; Company c, same regi-
ment, Captain Munson and L;eutenants
Copron and Delaney.
The cavalry companies average 50 men
and horses each, and the infantry COM
panies average 50 men each. Some more of
the latter may be ordered to join. The
pack train consists of 800 pack mules, each
carrying 200 pounds, and LOG mule. team
wagons, each carrying $500 pounds. There
are five assistant pack masters and IS pack
ers; 100 teamsters and 10 wagon masters.
The cavalry horses may be averaged at 60
to each company, as there are many extra
horses. This would give 900 in ALL OF men
there are 825 mounted, $50 foot, and 200
packers, teamsters, etc, all armed, making,
including officers, an effective force of 1900. |
This organization will not be altered, un-
less by splitting the command for separate |
raids after we reach Fort Fetterman. The |
Indiana, it is reported, are crossing the |
Laramie and Platte rivers, go as to attack |
our ranchmen in the rear. The boys have |
now received United States rifles, and will |
be we'll prepared to receive the red rufians. |
The women and children are being removed !
to places of safety. We will reach Fort |
Fettesman on Saturday.
Halfbreed Lewis, we'll known Indian |
scout, has just arrived from Red Cloud |
agency with the following official intelli. |
gence. Of the seventy lodges of the agency |
reported as having deserted to the hostile |
tribes, seventeen have been brought back to |
their lodges. In all there are of Cheyennes,
Sioux and others, some 5000 ready to fight |
out this campaign against General Crook. |
They have numerous allies, and people well |
Mace the actual hostile Indian
camp at from 1000 to 5000 fret class fighting |
supplied with ammunition fur |
nished by post-traders and speculators, who
grow rich on helping to shed the blood of |
the regular army. The Indian rendez-
vous is ut a place called Blue Stone,
! stream which empties into the Vel
owstone in the Montana country. They are
by Sitting Bull and Crazy |
Horse, both chiefs under forty, and eager
10 signalize themselves by Strengthening the |
whites. 1t is expected that the first serious
light will be at place called Old Woman's
park, between the Bluestone and the yell
owstone, in view of the Big Horn mountain
.ange. The older Indians of the agencies,
Scout Lewis says, discourage the present
arranged for q speedy march on the warlike
,avages, and that Of Evans will have to
march like lightning. After we move from
Fort Fetterman We are cut of from civlliza-
lion, and judging from present appearances,
shall have no little difficulty in informing
your readers of the events that may occur.
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