, 1876-07-05

uNA AulI EEIL aIHl ClNtlEaHCcs flny t5lEI ECt
through safely md succeed !n their mission, Ia
the heartfelt wish OF every heart III the COM
niand.
Woman's Fork Of Powder River. 4 signal
direction, but 50 fat on us to render It out OF the
question to tell with certainty whether they
were Buflnlo Of men and horses moving objects
were seen on the hills. We know Tint the buf
fAlo and Indian both roam In thia country,
liberty @ ' to take % his is Individual M % eho,cc Ia ia
tho mattcr, and suit his fancy as to whether tho
objects seen aro The hostile savagcs, or only a
portion Of the !atoresusd hostiies' 'cornmissary
march northwartl.
yunf f4.-Marrhcd to tho
CLEAR FORK or rowDFn RIVER
to-day. i Is beautiful strea,u Of clear, cold
It's rocky bed from the venerable, enow-clal
mountaln-range which wchnyc admlrc, 50 m,,ci,
as VIC marched along to-day. Fish aro plenty,
but being suckers, the baitcd hook FMS no
number, and lis example, was followed BY otl.-
us report that they fonnl good pros
poets On this atrcad,, ; Two ar, white mon
reprcseatns that tey beious to I party yof ~ y5
miners who aro on tltotr wny from tbs black
Hills 70 the Big Horn Mountains, having g1ycn
up the foEncr. "gold-1olls y rs worthless. We
passed through camp Of q miners tho other
day. Who left q written paper stating that Mty
were en- roata frnm Montana to tho Black Hills.
So honors aru casy between tho two mining dis
trtcts. Tho two who came into camp reported
10 tho Goueral that they lai aeon no Indians,
going north. They Ind no lotlgr-pnlcs with
them, and II Is thought that they are going tn
interview Col. Gibbons column, and llayD sont
their families into tho Agencies to be fcl and
clothed by the government Tio the war con-
ttnues. A very convenient Arrangement for
them.
June 5.-Marchel TO ....-.
OLD FoltT rn1L KEAnNEr
to<lny,-a post admirably situated to br hnr-
rnsecd by Indians, as 1t can bc approached on
utmost auy side, under .gool coycr, to within
post in the eountry west Of fhe M|ssourl arourd
whose abort but cvontful history more titles Of
blood cong!egate II crimson clusters siati asound
and abandoned ID The spring of 1850, over I'd
dead that now sleep In tho abandoned post
cemetery nil lost their llycs In It's Immediate
v1oinlty. During thu timo that Col. carrington
was IN Som;maHa the garrison were IN statS of
within few hundred yards OF. tho flag.
The ndvance-wagons Of Eupp1y-tratns leaving
tho post were huTsicdly going into park to re-
sist The enemy before the rear Of the trn1n had
] mics d the post, Capts: Fetterman md
Brown, Of the Eighteenth Infantry, aud L!out.
Gr,mn,ond, Of tho Twcnty-sevrnth, together
with clghty-one soldiers, wS5c Eilled b[ largo
Inn a9a ot s1ax hs LED sy R X ncoaa Rcd n aa
story OF Fcttcrman and his Inflated band ls too
well known to need repetition here. Their
bodies lie buried in trench In tho graveyard,
and over the renains Of our galant and unfor-
tu1atG comrades rise the ruins OF brick plllnt,
half-dcstroycd by the
ACCUSED HANDS or T1E1N NunDERRRs,
who arc too utterly lost to all tho attributes Of
humanity to respect tho corpse Of brave foe,
termastcr's Department of tie army, 1aa
National Cemeteries wherein arc buried The re-
mains OF soldiers who died In Thu service, whether
by disease or tho bullet, would It not be fitting
mark Of respect to the memory Of the departed
place, whcrc the cayotcs do not dclyc, aud tho
Wild rcd man cannot cast 'cnntumcly upon his
dead enemy. The graveyard at Old Phil kear-
ncy fs but one moro sad commentary on tho
model Republic. saw within the ruins Of the
old Inclosuro which otlco surrounded the burial
plaec, hnnan bones lying unburic4 md bleach
Ing III the sun, havlug been doubtless c1humcd
q o S fox ad liz VIII that ttds hs eoanty
THE cHouL or THH WESTERN PLAINS,
he will cat calrton md ofta Of alldcsc1iptions, and
positively enjoys and old bride or piece Of ,nulo
harness. lle always looks hungry s,,a sayage,
formidable than dying antelope. They viii
collect by lcgtons around IN old buffalo bull
that Is dying Of old age, ana7 as tho doctors say,
lack Of vitality; md, lustca1 Of attacking tho
enough strength left TO wag his head, they Viii
circle around him aud howl and yell at respect
nllo distance, until tho breath Is out Of his
body. As Arteuus Ward would hare aud, tho
coyote is "niscrablc c.lse,n and hc iB, too. I
contrast TO lits cousin, the Indian, Who is little
better, after all.
When we cnmc into camp to-day the frame of
wlckfe-up was found, near which still burned
= Orr, that hai evidently been abandoned as tho
ar Oh which were fresh blool.stains, mud which
lind, to ali appearances, been used ln butchers
Ing sotno animal, was also found near BY. How
these lndlans must huvo ngitated the gravel
when they saw our command com!ngt
Within about 9 milca Ut our cam > to4lay, VIC
passed within short distance OF
LAKE DE eMET,
a sheet OF water very beautiful to look upon.
hut remarkably unpleasant to taks, as t is Son,
named Ii. ionar ot the famous Father
D., Snct, French missionary OF tho carly days,
,vlo DEVOTED his whole lllc IN 90 cndeavor to
sayage,--wttl what success, the high moral lu-
dian Agents, and tho people who 1.-Two on tho
frontier, cach have their own opinions.
I.ns o;-As A. usual, the rovetlle sounded "a At
VS4V%h AAAn &ttV1ikNk3y.A uQ9k uuEuIl5L444
hour, W. Ill think; but the
! must get you up,
! must get you ur,
Mnst vet you up
To foll-call
OF tho trumpet must be obcycd whether Il rains
Or shlncs; II never shines So carly in tho ,uoru-
lng. Some Of us ato thinking Of pctittoning
Congress to abolish rcvctllcs along With tho
cpaUlets.
After marching about 2h miles, wo came to
the cxact spot where
rue MAssAu1R or nEo. q, 1865,
occurred, and snw the Identical pIla Of rocks
around the basu oi which wero found the bodies
Of Fetter1na1,, Brown, anl Grunl,nond, ind from
a1nong which Wheatley, tho guide, Afcd over
hundred shots from lila Hurry lido before ln
too-tho lust Of thu unfortunate detachmcnt-
Eagc UP his life. 4 faw yar.is farther down the
hill, COVERED carefully with butfalo-robc, was
fouud the corpse Ut 1tumpeser Metxgnr, QTroop,
SECOND Cavalry, who, when his ammunition gavo
Out fought tho en1uly. With his trumpet. Ilu
wtB tho only one In the w!,olo command
that wna not sealpel anil otherwise mutIlasa.l.
lcd Cloud said attarwanl that thoy spared
him tho tn1lEnttles lavisheI OH tho others
by reason Of the great courage displayed In ono
30 young. On I'LL sidcs Of tho scene Of tho
tnassatIe arc rayft.es uyergrown With Lsush, and
tn these lny concealed all but thirty or forty Of
tfH IntlFnVE WIN nrfss1 M tlons,u - ],a.1