Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-11-10
General Miles, with the Fifth In fantry,
Meets and COnfers with Hin,
and then Whips IN
Fair Fight.
Operations Of the Troops Before fNe
Battle-NumerOus COmbats-
Fifteen Hundred Braves
In Line.
Sitting Bail and His HOStlles Still fC "
WaT-Ihey Have No Terms to
Offer, and None will he
Accepted.
New York Herald

I New YORK Herald.
MOUTH OF CABIN t.REEE, NJ. T. October 21
VIA BLSNAI-cN D. T., November 1.
An unexpected change has come over the.
| face of the lately desOlated state of the Sioux
/ war. Close upon the gnpOrt that one thousand.
and SIX lodges of the Sioux had left STANDING.
! Rock Agency came a delay in the regular.
| supply from Glendive Nothing was heard
| from it for several days after the proper time
/ kad arrived for it to reach us and we began
/ to fear for its safety Scouts sent out could
not find it. General Miles, in consequence
| gave orders for the Fifth infantry to take
I fourteen days supplies and march to the relief
Of the supposed cOrralled train. The two
/ companies of the Twenty-second infantry
were left as camp guards. On the morning
| of the seventeenth the order was given, and
| long before daylight the troops were In readi-
ness for a start with eight pack mules per
/ company and few wagons. Every one was
| alive to the necessity Of marching promptly
| to the relief Of the train. The crossing of the
! Yellowstone nver was commenced in the
macklnaws and one fatboat and finished by
| eleven when the march VIZ promptly
taken up and the old Fifth FLED out througha
| long, narrow ravine In slender colum, but
| looking sturdy and solid on this, its first ex-
! peditiOn as a regiment, since the Utah cam
! palgn.
! THE MARCH.
| 1t numbered about four hundred and fifty
men, all told. The march was continued
| without intermission until about dusk, when
| fifteen miles had been passed over, and halt
was made and coffee taken. Here we waited
| for ammunition wagons to come up. They
arrived little after dark, and night march
was made of thirteen miles. Early the next
morning the weary men again plOdded for
ward after a short sleep and marched ten
miles, when another halt for coffee was al
lowed
THE ENEMY.
Shortly after starting cloud of hOrsemen
were observed gallOping toward US, and proved
to be some of the scouts who had been sent
| forward. They reported the train coming,
and also that they had had a close, sharp
fight with about twenty Indians, who had
killed one of their number and that they had
! killed seven Indians while they were in the
advance. The train came in sight, and soon
| Colonel Otis rode up.
FIGHTING THEIR WAY,
1t appeared that the train had left with
couple of companies, and had been attacked
by the Indians who had captured about forty
mules, which compelled it to return to Glen
dive. Colonel Otis then took five of his COM
panies and brought the train safely through,
though having had sharp running fight
with about three hundred Indians During
several days the Indians renewed these at
tacks, charging boldly down on the train and
firing on our men, but they were on every oc-
CaslOn speedily driven away Two friendly
Indians, who had been sent from Standing
Rock by General Carlin, had came in under a
white flag to tell Colonel Otis that the Sioux
wished him 10 come out and have a talk with
them, which he had declined to do. A letter
had also been found put upon stick, signed
Sitting Bull, ordering trains to cease running
through that country and frightening the
buffalo, The Sioux had found in their
three days experience that their old enemies,
the Iwenty-secOnd, are no more to be trihed
with now than formerly, and in Colonel Otis
man they could neither stop nor whip.
Three Of the Iwenty-second were wounded
and many Indians were seen to fall from
their ponies. That day the two commands
Camped near each other and rested. The
next day each took Its line Ct iuarch-the
Twenty second t. Tongue river and the
Fifth to ina the hostiles, after sending back
fifty men to complete the quarters, already
well under way. That day the Fifth marched
fifteen miles and camped on Cherry creek
without having seen any evidence Of Indians
beyond few calcasses Of buffalo.
i-'+ 44Ci-t- iAlNlsElS,
On the next day. eight miles beyond Cedar
creek whore the TwentY-secOnd had seen
the last OF the Indians, two Indians were
seen coming over the hill with white flag,
which was the prelude to what was the most
remarkable scene which has ever taken place
IN Indian warfare. The Indians, who proved
to be those -ent from Standing Rock, brought
word that Sitting Bull wished 10 have talk
with General Mile Vth view of surrender |
mg the Indians. About one hundred and
bfty soon appeared on the brow
Of hill some distance away. The
We're so suspicious and doubling that il
seemed scarcely possible to arrange
NEE ng, especially as General Miles inter
prefer was absent. Finally Lieutenant Bailey,
actlng-adIutant, consented to go over to the
hosples Ylth the two friendly SioHx There
! he found white interpreter of Sitting Bulls,
and after much difficulty & meeting was ar
ranged to take place beFWeep the lines, with
few fonewers on each side. everything
being. conceded to the reds, except the re-
mOval of ROdman gun, which was frowning
down from neigAhering hight and which
caused the Indians much uneasiness, Cen
erai Miles rode out, followed by his staff and
0rderhes, his hne beng arranged with q COM
pany on each fanking hill and under the Rod
man gun, his train surrounded by skir1nish
line to the rear of the whole.
THE INTERVIEW.
Having moved out several hundred yards,
General Miles k&ised near the center, and
waited what appeared an hour. Lieutenant
/ Bailey having returned and gone back to TIE
reds, at last a motion was observed IN the
hOstlles, and there appeared 2 line Of some
dozen warriors, dIsmOqnted, marching for
wal,t IL perfect line, without rites, accom-
panied byOthers mounted and armed. Slow
| ly they moved forward until they arrived
about thirty yards from the generals party,
and halted, desiring hrm to dismOunt Cen
eral Miles and staff then dismounted and
/ moved up, when the circle was formed It
was magnificent spectacle from she lines,
and one of most psQ.iNgul and e1cruciating in
terest Qpu uaedslness on both sides-the
t Sioux 10 set their wishes, and the whites in
remembrance Of the Candy affair This be-
came especially so in the Fifth when the
mounted and armed warriors came forward
| by the dozen and completely surrCG4jed the
little group of officers
THE COUNCIL
! was much as usual, the Indians complaining
in their speeches of the trains passing through
/ and frightening away the buffalo, ol the occu-
! patton of their winter home, of following and
/ lighting them, etc.
NO ORATOR.
/ Sitting Bull, pre-eminently theirchief hQht-
| ing man, cannot talk or e4ptes5 his thoughts,
/ I'VE tGlL, lUt be i our fighting chief" 20
spoke Then orator, PTetty-Hear. Many prom
/ rient chiefs were at the council Long and
earnest was the conference, the troops await
ing the issue in the bitter cold The Indians
were extravagant in their demands, asking
the withdrawal of the troops at Fort Ruter
and the cessation of trainl gung through
But such demandsweIe g5aduallY abandoned
General Mines persisted in demanding simply
that they Should GO TO Tongue river, and put
themselves under subiectiOn to the govern
ment. To this they would not agree, desir-
ing to remain out to hunt the buffalo. Sit
tng-Bull Is man Of thoroughly savags snd
warllke desires. WISHING the zieux 70 leave
the agencies ap,, IatRenSiand go out and live
on ,i,iEaia meat, as in good old times.
several hours conference continued in this
way. Those in line anxiOusly wOnde-o,' now
it could break up without .ss,,odshed, whep a
commOtlOn VIZ observed in the crowd the
!e,,Ttiuz stparatmg as quietly a. though thew
Mere civilized belGgerants ON 10th sides. and
the Indians took their departure. promising
to return early ON the next morning, while
the t1tth infantry took its way back TO Cedar
Creek, escorted part Of the way by a few
heetly mounted Sioux. If in this council il
had been intended to delay General Miless
march, it VAS failure. He marched d, Ear
as he co'It IN the direction -,e,vssary to 90 in
order I. reach tie .ei0u&. Ihlt night every
nrCcausiOn was taken to-prCycnt surprise. but
no disturbance occurred. Early the next