The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-11
GEN. CROOK's MOVEMENTS.
Preparing Tor n Vigorous Spring Campaign
Against the Sioux.

Fort LARAMIE, w. r., Fob 2s The mr.
rival hero Of Con. Crook and Liouts. BourkcGnd
Schuyler. aides-de-camp upon his staff. pratt
cay transfers from Camp Robinson. Nebraska
U.ed Cloud Agency. TO this poet the headquai-
tors Of the DEPARTING o. the Plntt' in The Field
This fact. with the recon, visit " Col. FORSYTH.
Military Secretary TO the Licutcnant- General.
upon n tour of inspection " the cavalry and
means Of transportation I'm the Division of the
Missouri, may be regarded as ominous Of an ok
tended spring campaign agninst tho hostile
Sioux and Chcyennes. OF which the presence Of
Con. Sheridan al Bismarck d. T.. is addition
ally indicative.
knowledge Of Con. Crooks whereabouts ia
q signal TO all tho ranch and stock men in the
country to ply him with numerous kilograms
descriptive Of Indian thcfts and deprcdations.
Tho vicinity of company OF United States
troops. and especially Of cavalry is rodsrnl
TO these shrowd dealers in hay and grain. fresh
meat provisions generally. and bad whiskcy.
The latter Is an inscparabe adjunct TO their
shanties and business, and they cannot resist
such an opportunity for its extensive sale. Those
rumOrs. consequently, nre often false. Quite
recently, Lieut. Reynolds Of this garrison WAS
sent with twenty-five men To- follow the trail Of %
small party of Indians alleged to have run OF
stock, but not sign or vestigc OF II could he
The people in the Black Hills, and particularly
about Crook City and Doadwood. are, however,
great sufferers by these dcprcdations: and
their frequent applications for troops have mt
last resulted in the sending from Camp Robin
son TO those points Companies H., b, and C.Third
Cavalry. commanded respectively by Capt
NrOOm and Licutenants Simpson and Cum
mings. Recent kilograms from the latter over
the Black Hills wire announce the capture by
him. about fifty miles north OF Dcndwood OF n
village Of ten or twelve lodges which he totally
destroyed, and the recovery OF dozen or fifteen
casualties. and killed one aud wounded several
Indians. The night after his success he re-
PEELED. without loss. an attack made upon his
camp. BY this time he has arrived at Dead
wood
spotted Tail. accompanied by over two hum
dred OF his Brulc soldiers. and some Of tho most
influential men in the tribe. Is now searching
for the villages OF sitting Bull and Cray Hore.
bearing with him the terms Of thcir surrender,
ns offered 10y Gen. Crook. and with instructions
10 endenvor 10 persuade them Ia come in peace
ably. II possible. but 10 exert force II necessary,
and the opportunity Offers Since his departure
there nave been numerous arrivals at the a.sen-
ci"s from the hostile camps. and these report
Sitting Bull advancing from the Yellowstone.
with fifty lodges. 10 meet Crazy Horse. who. with
six hundred lodges, Is encnmped al the junction
of Prairie Dog rrcck nnl Tongue river Ii was
here that Gen. Crooks command was first at
tackled IN the campaign Of lust summer, and two
mon slightly wounded. After those two chiefs
unite their bands. the combined force will move
e. the mouth oi Blue Grass creek. upon The Lit
Tie Missouri river and there await further de-
Fourchc and the Black Hllls that has alarmed
tn. people of the mining Elements.
The Cheyenncs and Sioux. who have rocently
arrived at Rcd Cloud n+sency. report that the
hostiles were going into tn" VI .SsOuri river
posts to surrender upon terms negotiated for
them by the five chiefs claimed 10y Col Miles 10
have been hostages but having explicit pcrmis-
sion To- hunt huifnlocs en- route. thcy were Mt
tackled while SO engaged by the soldiers, and
several OF their number Killed. Such alleged
breach Of faith, they say, has made them coy II
submission. This Is tho present aspect OF In
dian affairs In this department.
Lieut.. Jesse NJ Lee Ninth Infantry. recently
appointed acting Indian Agent at Spotted TAN
Agency. passed through this post "a few days
ago. on the WY 10 his now station. Capt. Alex
andcr Moore. Third Cavalry. who was tried by
court martial at Cheyenne last month, and by
mistake restored 81 duty, has been remandrd
Ia arrest until the publication OF his sentence or
arluittal.
the weather that for six or more wceks has
boon so charming AMI spring like, is about
ushoring March in with the usual buster and
furry. A slight fall Of snow occurred last nil,ht.
AMI to-day II il quite cold and the wind IL blow
ing regular gnr. During the past ten days
there have been two deaths from small -poX. the
dereas I'd being civilians going from Cheyenne
where this fearful plague is epidemic--to the
Black Ills. A. yet It has not spread 10 the gar
rispn, although the post Is under no quarantine
Restrictions.