New-York tribune., 1876-04-07

10 recaplure it. When Gen. Cr00h came mp In the aIer
noon 1t was late recaptre the ponies ana tneo
was no meat In the command, that Cen Crooks plan
was completely frustrated.
The fact that Gen. Reynod. left tie bntte ned tax
ing with him battalion which lie kept most OF the tIine
on a trot paying no attention what going on in
the rear not knowing whether the herd was coming OF
not, and leaving his dead and one wounded man 10 "il
into the be of the Indians. The fact OF "oundea
man being left the field reported to him ny capt
Mills but would not order anything to be done about
the matter when Major Stanton found that no one had
orders to bring OF the herd and that it was about 10 DE
abandoned he got together such scouts as Gen. Reynos
had not taken and drove il As 1t was large un-
wiedy and hard to manage. he applied TO Capt. Moore
whose battalion formed the rear guard IOf Ic" neh W
assist him. but this officer declined TO furnish man
Further, there ia every probability that II Moores
battalion had taken the place assigned H. % cover
ing the rear Of the village before the attack
was made, not Indian would have escaped. uem,
Reynolds failed to call this officer TO account
for his non compliance with orders, aud virtually sus-
taned him Capt. Moores failure jeOpardized needessy
eharre Under Capt Egan He did not arrive upon the
ground until half hour after the attack was made and
came in then upon the pain that tgan cDafgeu
over, firing wild voleys at the Tying indians VINO "sLe
fast hiding among ihe rocks ana DIES M % m e s
to of action ut the mc took place ne had
remained in tho with the pack train. pirposey 70
gave his subordinate very opportunity possible TO- MAXI
brilliant reputation He cannot therefore, Dc rnaISeu
Gen. Reyuods-errors sliicn were NOT only sretUrS s,
enough n themselves, but which ware ot sucn na,Io
to completely IfustrNe ,rooh piahS t"i "'''
movements. -, ,,..,,.
along the Rosebud, Tongue and Powder Rivers II ef-
trcm2y uninvitng. II Is generally bad-land country
with high buttes OF nduraed clay and sandstone attain
ing almost the magnitude OF mountains But Ia TINS en-
tire region there anfifcrous strata, ana no rock
harder than that above described. feel compelled 70
make This stat ment In opposition 10 tne staeuentso
many maps country which are being scattered
tlroi gbout tho land upon which gold Is rfpesehten ~
among the minerals be- ou d In the PANTHER ana Won
Mountains he nigh badldnd Duttes above descflDedl
and where there only is gold, but where tue couh
try has not single gold bearing strata or feature Inc
Biz Horn range of mountains, one Of IN" nhest on ih
continent doubtless Ia rich in precious metals hhd
tins region is large enough to give room for
large mining population. Tho Black HIS country
does not compare with IL IN extent. ana proDaoy
not Ia the amount Of concealed treasure. Bt DelWeeh
the Black Hills aud the sig Horn Mountains there no
gold aud gold bearing country. Neither u there any
land that would the hardest gram or Negetaple
There IL no timber worthy Of the name; the water
scarce and bad quality usually, and grass Is poor ana
thin. Altogether. nearly the entire region lng souh
and east of the Yellowstone River, from the Big Horn
range 10 the Black Hills, IL utterly worthless Hllsiy
ost established al the mouth Of the Tongue RIVER Woud
enable the soldiers control the country from the Rose
hud n the mouth the Powder River, and would have
good effect upon the Indians OF that region force
could attack the Indians iii direction, and AS ths
the last stronghold OF the hostile zayages they could not
long resist the blows that the troops would lhnlct
upon them. Such post could be supplied by river
transportation at less cost than is now required Tor most
t.Ia a