New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-06
TIE SIOUX VAR.

AN ATlEMP TED AMBUSCADE-GEN. Coon ilAN
or B,rrLE-FLIGHT or THE INDIANS INDIAN
ALLIES RETURN HoME-A PERNA"ENI CAMP
ESTABLISH y.
(FRoN 4 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THr THILrNII
CLOUD PEAK CAMP, w. T., June 20-Ihi'
camp Is sisusted ON lovely mountain stream ash
from Inc snow. Thc stream is an important ro,' u
the south hcadvders Of the Tongue River II co.. ANS
tie coveted trout and is lined with cottonwood, "h and
willow The headquarters camp seems to have been aniG
pltei by ile beavers they having constructed dam
causing water 10 ftl gratefully TO ihe rtr ~ al
hours But above ALL the pasturage Is oHcrIoni our
animals being in much need Of rest aud good T. ed
The cyncdition left a camp the south iork Of the
Tongue River early morning Of June 10. carrying
four DAYS rat Its object search for Tire nos
tile Sioux who have Imp. in this and the ado'lA' I''
rtores bat whose Businesses are chiefly su1t" 10 the
broken county surroun ling the lower waters pi The
Powder and Tongue rivers. Their b'st game country is
on the head vat Of these streams. In fc II Is d'F
conus.ary d,plrtIn mt. Their ordnance dDp1rocht IN
cluG,s the several reservations or agencies wh' n""dr
and lead arc dealt freely aud also arms 4'r '.-
p.sses are about midway between tue TWO ~ t'7t
bases of supply. The expedition marched ON Jun
H. In a nofthcrly direction to Rose Bud cree,
q stream crll,. wing into the Yellowstone. ~ W.
a todaGs march Of over 50 MILES, steen r'' '''
being frequent. ana bat for cool breeze E"'d lave
been severe TIE soUte alsO included sre''A 81 HE
buffalo ranges showing signs Of hostile lnii'h pres
IN lf.IS .1irt!tS. me auNlit'll'o INV '''
Snakes, rendered the d'uss and 'front.' comparatively
sgcur rrlr ,.rrr.- These friendly Indians also .Aoi
two brifz oo. a.ouctds Of the column, whicH adl'd
spcral interest ~ the march. Sill, there was noting 20
indicate The near presence q any great b"'' 81 h''''
Indians ahon.ii ii well known thot they fn'" o.
our ,,r.sence IN the country, and perhaps oar move
r,er;s as we'll II AZ btcn Con. CROOKS standing as>
tor since the Sioux caught asleep AZ Cray
Hoyse's camp last March that expected 10 sur
prise t!lr ~ ...iU.
On tAe morning Of June Il we marched down the
yyirdyg stream for distance Of about five miles VnE
tie Indian allies front and Oh tho nJn,s reported '''
81 ne Of the ,nomy unusual abundance bat H visible
enemy. orders giyon to uLsa die th" horses ana
await further reconnaissance But We hid retIong %
w3i, The Sioux couct ded that We had pre- Idtd r'
AIR cauo and began TO show themselves; a" We HA'
scarcely time The saddles on our hores AIT -,l
INTO pos ton, " firing began III earnest I1'7 ""s
about !. p O'Clock. II WAS fortunate circumstance l-''
Tie Aa.t was made just where it vas for ON futh'r
match would have LED into deep and mario" aii
woody c,ion where tire enemy would have had ter
fold advantage. As il was, the battlefield was tHh
cieuy III favor Of the hostile sayaScs-coD'ist 81 4
succession OF ridges and bluffs on the north sidt Vi Inc
creek, parallel with H. recedng thcIeiTom ana terminal
rp IN one high, c,sinelback shaped ridge lla mixes il
GA . and cut across ut either end with low passes or
rayues we'll calculated first sight for fan tng pur-
l,gses but also taps Back OF the bluffs and In.h rage
winch is Il -uyotu, grassy elevation as WE'LL is "h'cr
sort of country altogether; II sinks into series o tm
ircd and rocky gOrscs far the eye see. TIIs
the front and background OF the battlefield tie toni
and iabr-and L,I and distant that IL could 1r q.
Little service 20 the enemy, e1te az point oI ODse'
The attack OH the column commenced at the head.
uisscs further I"rE the hos'lcs pressed do"h 90
ihc west and IRON tno north, fonns back a. thc troops
aud friendly llddus advanced, but ciHsiuS to thc
catncl-ba c.Cl ridge Win admirable tcndoliy Icing
mounted their hiin anything but certain else cy
Uould have killed many OF thc soldiers. Ihc lunly
had been 10 tue rJnl IN loot ana The caviar! sent
round nan-S. Col RO, ali OF Inc III was Ordered to
nloye round let wtD three companies ami came
Wlsii t'. n ,bc main t,ri and . troop received
deadly voilry. In thc EIeAntme eight companies Of
cavalry, under capt. MIis hal gohr hoitn I'M" Tie
broEc couniry back and OF the bate ridge Gen.
Crcok however. had concluded TO chansi the oric OF
batic. By calling III l the f0op' ana WIN uit ad "i
te raw and snake II was Thought that conDncd
aud rapid forward movement wound MOI 0dy peat
of the encnys forces. but also succeed al iedoHhg Hc
Indian villa e ere could be moved away, and e-eoy
nun tle Indians iu ncE ten crest spot. by ll'1O
O'Clock tho cu"my seemed To nave Ehi en- uLsh o. ne
feast they had invited themselves TO- al was con-
lively quiet, and troops were ready for y-oao
forWa movement. in an hour more tne h'nd "i ~,
column mad advanced mo le rDI-A Vonl'lS 10 ''5
north Further ho never the Crows aud snakes REUSED
Ia 90 Tney had done rs good service as cohI DC 9rheu
although lhey li pcoh WIN ,He con.hdhu "hy "s vi
two owing thcir SicrstitiOls WAYS AMI the ihPoi-
tance OF letting them have tneir own way Iucn
possible, IL was deemed lhrouG 10 INSIST on 'htii re-
Iuaiuiug vita the command IA day longer thtn lhry
chose Bcsdcs, they mad secured neitor nay nor plum
drr The command could not well get along without
tucm and having only two days rdtons LEFT and 20
WI
utght On the spot whore It halted IN the Horain-.
Inc battle had lasted over tatcc lou 5. resulting In
nine sndlrrs killed and twenty wounded rntA. Ia
dian ki!lcd .lrec wounded, and tour Crows NoGn ed.
r. , hardly be called bitlc although there WAS aina
tnn enoun expended our side 10 nave Killed tue
ire sioux race ana circle of tro was al one time at
loast three inys ia ea,ib ne enemy tAcW ava! pow
der and lead enough klt All the members Oi The
cxucniliOu AZ least peek OF metallic snciis were
picked mp after The igH TOn behind Que rocky point DC
crned by tne Ind Inc best shooting On Ac United
sites side done 10y TIE irregular brigade, COM
many of seventeen Of the packers who hai thcr own
a1Ips ere good marksnen, and OF nucn DOtdcr e1rc
Fence Tncy occupied position wei to tpc uoDt lay
Ia ana watched for ducks." In getting ali the wounded
hack 10 the camp, requiring march OF icsl %
tn,ie, over "a rough country wlLhOut roads, too much
. cannot be g,vcn u Privaes JiarisuiI, Pats, aud
st"veua n was 4 most eXacnR duty, ana they must
h,ve ucrfoITned 10 10 extent vi human effort 10 IS
dnIifI n even single ampgtatiOn wIli DE required,
nd A. s extremely pleasant 10 believe That after aii js
rnyn usage not one OF the wounded men VIII dIo OF his
is believed that both sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
vyc preseut ia this last aCtIOn wiz 1T least thousand