New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-31
THE WEEKLY REPUBLICAN
The War Path.

A letter from Fort Abraham Lincoln
May Is, to the Chicago Times, gives tn
following interesting details of Genera
Terry's movement against the ssvages:
The problem that is to solve the hostile
Indian question is now encsmped on thu
.':euted field" two miles south of Fort
Abraham Lincoln, known as the Big Horn
expedition hereaway; to be known gener
ally IN the hereafter az an expedition moi
only for the purpose Of subduing the row
ing bands of hostile Indians that roam al
will over the plains of the northwestern
portion of our country, but as An expedi'
ton that reached into the recesses and very
heart of Q country as yet undeveloped and
unknown to the civilized world. except the
knowledge geographically given US. The
good that will arise from this movement Of
the government is incalculable. 1t will open
to the people of all nations supposed mag.
nificent country, rich in minerals as we'll as
in agriculture and stock raising. The fu'
ture will tell the tale, and will now refer
first to the roster;
General Alfred H. Terry, commanding;
Captain e. w. Smith, adjutant general;
Captain o. E. Michales. ordnance corps, as.
sistant surgeon; DR.. j. w. Williams, chief
A. @ R. M, Seventh Cavalry, quartermas-
ter If expedition; Lieutenant Edward Ma
guire, chief of corps Of engineers; Lieuten-
ant r E Thompson, chief commisssry OF
subsistence.
General George A. Custer, commanding
Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry;
Lieutenant w. w. Cook, adjutant; Lieuten-
ant H. j. NOwlsn. regimental quartermas-
ter; Major NJ. A. Reno, commanding ri ght
Captain NJ. w. KeOgh. first battalion; Cap
tain G. w. Yates, second battalion; Cap
tain T. b. Weir, third battalion; Captain T.
II. French, fourth battalion; Captain A.
Msyian, Company A; Captain T. w. Gus.
ter, Company r.; Captain r. M. McDougaIl,
Company B; Lieutenant E. s. Godfrey,
Company X; Lieutenant o. E. Smith, Com
paDy E; Lieutenant D. M. Mcintosh, Com
pauy G; Lieutenant E. G.. Msthey, Com
psny M; Lieutenant J; Calhoun, Company
e; Lieutenant F. NJ. Gibson, Company Il;
Lieutenant J. E. Porter, Company l; Lieu
tenant C. C De Rudio, Company A; Lieu
tenant B. 81. HodgsoD, Company B; Lieu
tenant w. s. Edgerly, Company d; Lieu
tenant D. G. Wallace, Company g; Lieu
tenant II. NJ. Harrington, Company C;
Lieutenant L. r. Hare, Company A: Lieu
tenant j. g. Sturgis. attached to Company
E; Lieutenant w. V. NJ. Reilly, Company
Lieutenant C. A. Vsrnum. Seventh
Captain l.. H. Sawyer, Seventeenth lnfan-
try, commands the infantry battalion;
Captain NJ. Macarthur, commanding Com
psny T., Seventeenth Regiment; Captain S.
Baker, commanding Company B, Sixth
Regiment.
The guard for General A. H. Terry lie:
Lieutenant John Garland, Company B,
Sixth Infantry; Lieutenant j. Chance, Com
pany G, Seventeenth Infantry; Lieutenant
u
Infantry; Lieutenant H. p. Walker, Com
pany G., Seventeenth Infantry; Lieutenant
J. Nickerson, Company G, Seventeenth In
fantry.
The Calling battery is commanded by
Lieutenant w. H. Lowe, Twentieth In
fantry; Lieutenant F. H. kinzie, Twentieth
Infantry, with battery; Charles Reynolds,
chief scout; +. +. Girard, Indian inter
prefer.
The strength of the command is as fol-
lows: Forty nine officers, 968 enlisted men,
100 civilians; total number of men, 1907.
There are 752 mules; quartermasters'
horses, 80; government horses, 695; battery
horses, &c; private horses, 50; hired horses,
"a; total, 1874.
Charles Brown is chief wagonmaster; j.
G. Wagner, chief transportation packer;
j. NJ. Ayers, chief herder.
The line of march will be on the trail of
General Stanley in 1873, crossing the Vel
lOwstOne river near and above Glenedine
creek. This route will be followed strictly
unless something occurs to change the
route not now fsreseen.
The campaign, as l understand it, is for
General Crook with his division 10 sweep
up from the south, driving the hostiles
north, ana General GibbOn, with his COM
mand. is ordered to move southwark from
Fort Ellis down through the Big Horn valley.
The main column, General A. H. Terry in
command, will march nearly due west from
the initial point, and make junction even
tually with Generals Crook and GibbOn in
the neighborh0Od of Powder river. Gen.
eral Tnoey anticipates by this movement to
30 SUI .pd the hOstiles as to cause them to
come stand and make fight. The first
stand 70 be made by the main column is
now expected to be at the Little Missouri
crossing where they cross on the General
Stanley trail The intention of General
Terry was to move on the morning of the
fourteenth, but owing to the extremely
heavy rainfalis he was held until this Wed.
nesday) morning, when reville sounded at 3
A.. NJ, and at A. M. the column was in
line and marched twelve miles to the cross
ing OF the Big Heart river, where we are
now encsmped for the night. The travel
ing thus tar has been very heavy, but the
whole outfit has arrived in camp without
accident.
The column will take up it's line of march
At break OF day tomorrow, and we expect
70 reach and make junction with the
steamer Josephine on the Yellowstone river
IA about twelve days time, from which
pace You will hear from me again.
A Fort Leavenworth dispatch to the St.
Louis Globe Democrat save:
General A. d. Terry, in command of
=
for the Big Horn country, where he will
make, - soon as possible, q junction with
General Crook. As soon as this il efFectad
the Indian campaign will be begun in earn.