Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-10
Latest Reliable Information
from General Terry's
Command.
Several Erroneous Statements 70
Gently Tolegraphed
Corrected
The Situation Regarded Highly Fla.
V0rable-NO DangerO Of ReVerseS
to National Troops.


ST.. PAUL, MINI, August TO-
General Forsythe, of General Sheri-
dams staff, passed through this city
yesterday, having left Terry's camp
at the mouth Of the Rosebud a
week ago last Tuesday. In CONVEX
sation with army officers while here
Colonel Forsythe corrected several
erroneous statements recently tele-
graphed from Bismarck and for
warded from this point. 1t was
stated that General Terry had fallen
back eighty miles, which is the
merest no nsense, and gives a false
impression to the public. There
was no falling back at all.
The eve ming before General For
sythe left General Terry a scout
from General Crooks command
had reached General Terry. Gen.
Crook was then somewhere near
the headWaters of Rosebud river, or
between that and Tongue river.
Now at this time General Terry
was at the mouth of Big Horn
river, and in order to make COM
munication between himself and
General Crook easier he dropped
down the river to the mouth of the
Rosebud, between which point and
General Crooks command the dis
lance was no greater than from the
mouth of Big Horn, while the
country to be trayersed was infin-
itely more favorable for the march
of troops. Besides, the scout al
luded to furnished the news that
Indian trails had been found lead
ing to the east between General
Crook and the Yellowstone, and
the junction of General Terry and
Crook at a point further east than
d
the Big Horn was likely to prevent
the escape of Indians to the east
and north of the present scene OF
operations.
Another misstatement found is
to the effect that the troops under
General Terry are disheartened at
the prospect before them. Colonel
Smith, who accompanied General
Forsythe, utterly contradicts this
baseless story. On the contrary he
says General Terry and his men are
in the best possible spirits and are
only too anxious to meet the horde
of sayages in a fair and square fight.
There are no fears as to the result,
Another correction which simply
justice requires to be made is in re-
gard to the scalping and quartering
of an Indian by Dave Campbell,
pilot of the steamer Far West, and
a party from that steamer, that left
the boat to attack some Indian
marauders that were found at q
point above Fort Buforl, where
supply of forage was stored. The
Geographic account Of that affair
is mainly correct, but there was nc
scalping and mutilation Of any In.
dams. One Of the men Of Camp.
bells party who was wounded by
the Sioux, was brought back to thu
boat, but he died shortly alterwartlI
from his injuries.
The Indians as far as could b.
learned, although the information
was by no means definite, were still
supposed to be massed somewher
between Rosebud river and BIZ
Horn. The impression prevailei
that one of the two alternatives wa
left them, either to scatter to tn
eastward and towards BIRTHS.
America, or retire southwark to Ri
Horn Mountains. Although the
were in front of and in close PROV
unity to Gen. Crooks command, j
was not believed hat they woul
e show fight or allow Gen. Crook q
6 Gen. Terry to get achance at ther
p in a body.
e Regarding the work ON the Ye.
&c lowstone posts, the information
s. corroborated that it would be in
J possible to get the material throug
a.. the river by the boats, the watC
s. in the Yellowstone being extremel
lie low. The supply boats for Gener.
10 Terry's command were unable
lie cross the shoals and bars, and ha
a to be lightened in order to mai