The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-03
THE SIOUX WAR.

GENERAL GIBBONS COLUMN IN MoNTANA-rHH
CROWS GOING TO FIGHT THE sroUx-xEw
COLD FIELDS DIscovERxD-oNx HUNDRED
AND EIGHTY MINERS SET OUT FOR THEM.
BozxxAS, Montana, April II. 1879
General Gibbons command, consisting OF six CON-
panes OF the Seventh United States infantry and four
companies Of the Second United States cavalry started
from Fort Ellis, Montana ON tho LIST OF April for the
Sioux country II is presumed their line Of march will
DO by why Of the Big Horn country, whore they will
cooperate with Generals Crook and Custer's columns
In driving the Sioux Of the territory lying between
the Yellowstone and Powder River.
General Gibbon carried with him large train Of gov
ernmens and citizen wagons, containing sixty days
supplies Of forage and rations for 500 men.
courier just IN from hts column reports u lilo miles
from Ellis and moving down tho Yellowstone River.
The destination is beloved 70 be tho mouth Of Big Horn
River, whore depot will be established from which
operations various directions against the Sioux will
be conducted council with the Grow Indians was
held At their agency the mouth OF Saltwater the
9th Of April and General Gbbou called the Crows
give him such aid they could In subdung tho Sioux
Chiefs claiming to represent 1900 Crows present
at the Council and great exctemens prevailed. many OF
the chiefs declaring the duty OF the Crow Nation
to aid the whites, who had always beeen their friends
The Crows asked time 10 consider and believed
most Of the young men would 60 TO against tho
Sioux Lately the Sioux have been hunting tho
Crow reservation, and have killed several Crows Tho
Crows say they canrot hunt the buffalo their
land for fear of the Sioux ana only few weeks ago
asked the whites to como and help them drive the
enemy beyond the Yellowstone All tho Big and Little
Horn country 10 included In the Crow reservation, and
game is plenty the mouth Of tho Big Horn River,
but the sioux occupied tho country and the Crows
could not hunt The Sioux have whipped the Crows
often that they completely cowed but tho troops
coming into tho country have put spirit In
them and II 10 believed they will seize upon this oppor
Injuries.
NEW GOLD YIxLDs.
lettor from the Grow Agency, dated Apri0 says
"a party of lS7 miners, with twenty-seven wagons
and fifty pack animals, loft here to-day for the
head waters Of Tongue River, 20 dig Tor gold. There
several Cinnamon and one woman in tho party
All tho men had months provisions and thor
oughly armed They nave been lying IN camp Tor
several days waiting for General Gibbons command
70 come down the Yellowstone Last night the leaders
bon, the nature OF which Ia not known, but Il 10 be-
ieved he encouraged them go ahead and find gold II
they could Al all events they marched very promptly
this morning taking trail leading from the Yellow
head OF the Big Horn River. From Fort Smith they
Will to old Fort Phil Kearney and locate the head
oil Goose Creek Littc and Big Piney creeks
al Of which streams are tributaries oil the Tongue
River The country has been already prospectcd and
gold has boon found 1t Is said that dggnss paying "a
per day tho hand have been discovered and il is bc-
licvcd the country Is very rich IN gold II the miners
do not lind satisfactory diggings Tongue River and
les tributaries then they will push TO tho Black
Hills, marching by way OF Fort Fcttcrman All the
folds Montana miners who have had great expert
ence IN gold mining The distance TO the new gold
fields from Medicine Bow, the Union Pacific Rail-
road would be about $50 miles y