The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-05-27
THE BIG HORN EXPEDITION.
- Concentrates AZ Fort Felisrmaa 70
Day - The Oneers and Their
Commands y ToIai EE
feeIIye Force $50 Men
The Indiana.

Day The Omeer. and Their
- Total EE
feeIIye Forse $50 Men
The Indians.
special Telegram to The LEABEE.i
FoRT FErTERMAE, May 26.
The Fort ID. A. Russell column
of Gen. Crooks Big Horn expedi-
ton, which arrived at Fort Laramie
Tuesday, being compelled by the re-
cent great rise in the Platte river to
come via hat fort instead of taking
the Chug cutoff, as intended, left
Fort Laramie Wednesday and reach
ed this point tonight. The Med
icine Bow column, commanded by
Maj. A. w. Evans, left that station
Monday, and will arrive here to-mor-
row. Three companies of infantry,
under command Of Maj. A. S. Burt,
which left Laramie on Monday, ar
rived here yesterday. The entire
command is in excellent health and
spirits.
The expedition as now organized,
Gen. Geo. Crook commanding, is
composed of the following officers
and companies, the Fort Russell col
umn bieng commanded by Col. w.
b: Royal, Bird Cavalry, and the
Medicine Bow column, under Major
A. w. Evans. The general staff
consists of Capt. A. IL. Nickerson,
and Lieut.. ]. G. Bourke; aids as fol-
lows: Capt. w. S. Stanton, chief en-
gineer; Capt. G. M. Randall, chief
of scouts ; Maj. j.. V. Furey, quar-
termaster; Lieut.. II. r. Lemley,
adjutant (; Lieut.. G. M. Drew, regi-
mental quartermaster.
The companies of cavalry and in
fantry are as follows: A, b, C, Z,
+, G, l, L and M, of the Bird caval-
ry; A, B, d, E and l, of the End
cavalry /; G, G and H, of the 9th in
fantry.
Capt. Egan, with his company of
the End cavalry, and Capt. Russell,
with his company of the Bird caval-
ry, have ibeen reserved for scouting
duty ON the road between Fort Lar
annie and Custer City.
The train of the expedition will
consist of 100 wagons, 100 transfers
and ten wagon masters, besides 800
pack-mules with 20 packers, under
Thos. Moore and his five assistants.
The capacity of the wagons is $500
pounds each, and of the pack-mules,
100 pounds each. The infantry
companies average so men each and
the cavalry SIS men each, making the
effective force of the expedition
about 1850 men.
The expedition leaves here either
Monday or Tuesday next, and Gen.
Crook now expects to return early
in August.
TIE INDIANS.
In all there are of Cheyennes,
Sioux and others, some 5000 ready
to fight out this campaign against
Gen. Crook. They have numerous
allies, and well-informed people place
the actual hostile Indian camp at
from 1000 to 5000 frst-class fight
ing men, armed with the best rifles
and plentifully supplied with ammu-
milton furnished by post traders and
spectators who grow rich on help
ing to shed the blood of the regular
army. The Indian rendezvous is at
a place on the Blue Stone, q stream
which empties into the Yellowstone
in Montana. They are commanded
by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse,
both chiefs under 40, and eager to
~signalize themselves by Strengthening
the whites. 1t is expected hat the
first serious fight will take place in
Old Woman's Park, between the
Blue Stone and the Yellowstone, in
view of the Big Horn mountains.
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