The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-07-28
The Adventures Of q Courier From
General Crook-Intercepted and
Pursued by the Indians
General lSheridan to Com.
mand the Troops
i'm Person.

tercepted, as ne saw their Trail thls side
Of the river, but no. beyond. His delay
run him out of rations, compelling him
10 fast two days. He left all quiet in
camp. The hostile Sioux are believed
to be north of Goose creek forty miles
and not far from the scene of the late
massacre on the Little Big Horn. They /
have lot fred into the camp lately, nor
attempted to burn it out, although the
parched condition Of the grass renders
this somewhat easy; at least the animals
may be robbed of their sustenance.-
The wagon train gives them I supply
until October. The command moved |
seven miles north On the day of the
courier's departure to another branch of
Tongue river, near the foot Of the Big
Horn Mountains, where they will camp
until the Fifth Cavalry, which will
leave Fort Laramie on Monday, reaches
it, about the 9th of August, General
Crook will make no aggressive move.
ment until this event, and when if the
couriers whom he has dispatched to
Terry advising him to join him sue
ceed in reaching that command, he will
have made a junction with Terry, the
next action Will prove decisive one
Nothing has transpired not already re-
ported pertaining to General Merritt's
late engagement with the Cheyennes.
The Indian killed by Buffalo Bill was
named Yellow Hand, young chief
The agent at Red Cloud admits that up
to this date one thousand Sioux and
twelve hundred Cheyennes have left
that agency for the north, and it is be-
lieved no more will go.
The stage Saturday brought in SlO,-
600 in dust from Deadwood. Mr.. Gard
ner, reliable man who has spent FIVE
weeks in travelling that region, intent on
satisfying himself of its richness, reports
marvellous discoveries being made, and
half million dollars await transporta-
tion. He saw in possession of Mr..
Beary, of this city, one nugget weighing
one hundred and forty seven dollars, and
number ranging from SIS to $50. He
brings also seven hundred pounds of
sample quartz for smelling.
WASHINGTON, D. c. July 24.-Great
actity prevails at army headquarters in
forwarding troops and supplies to the
scene of war in the mountains of the
Big Horn. General Sherman, by a
iudicious distribution of the troops do
ing duty on the Atlantic seaboard, has
been able, Notwithstanding the limited
forces at his command, to respond 10 the
calls of General Sheridan for more
troops. This will enable him to renew
the operations of the army in the savage
country with increased vigor and prompt
and decisive results. The last of the
detachments are now on their way west
ward. In the meantime Lieutenant
General Sheridan;reports from Chicago
that everything is progressing satisfac.
torily, and will be in shape for re.
sumption of active operations in few
weeks. According to Official intelligence
received at headquarters here, as soon as
the necessary preparations are made and
the supplies forwarded, the Lieutenant
General will take the field and superin
tend the operations of the troops IN per
son, as he did in his eminently success
ful winter campaign of 186S-69 agains
the Cheyennes, Kiowas, Arapahoes ane
Comanchea, between the Platte and tn,
Red river of the South, General Sher
man will remain in Washington direct
ing the general movements of the troops
and providing all means in his power t
insure the success of the campaign.-
The plan of campaign determined upor
is combined movement of three col
umns, with Fort Ellis as the base. Tw'
of the columns will move directly agains
the Indians and one against their vii
lagos. General Sheridan will, according
to his present plan, in all probabilit.
establish his headquarters in the fell
, at some advantageous point on Coos
creek, about forty miles northwest Q
Fort Phil Kearney, and near the poin
of Crooks battle of the Rosebud o.
June 18th. The troops of the diffsren
columns will aggregate about three t
four thousand. with all the physica
: features ofthe country decidedly sgains
them.
New YoRK. July Pa specia
> from Chicago says that General Sherida
contradicts the report that he is to tax
command, in person, of troops in tn
field fighting the Sioux Indians, an
- that, SO far as he knows, nothing hs
traDspired looking to any change {
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