Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-03-08

upn Oh Sunday.
80 On Sunday We Issued the following E
W ira:
FOURIER EXTRA-MARCH 9TH.
!, We have word That Muggins Tsyi,
and men were lied on S'illwater-tE:
-, Cox (Hu5tell' 8 partncr) is kEled--all b
- Sioux.
DOL Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse are wit
r., the camp.
Ill No Crows at Agency.
- The Mugg,ns Taylor party consisted O
'e Cox. HubbeIl. Blunt, Mill;gan, Brow
= and two Others, and the Irwin party q
= seven from d. cr Lodge. who were hunt
ID ing on Olark's Fork.
=" 1t is this latter party which is SUPPOSE
to have been entirely killed.
About the same time TWO dismounte,
u men were seen running down the rive
clnpon the ice, evidently escaping from tn
S'oux-these men were. we fear, W. H
Randall and &c., Daniels, who wer.
ioVeAhu AoA DohCt DdttlC uIUUQu.
+, MAJOR STANTON
pay MASTERY returned to Ellis on Sunday
AND departed East the next day. He re-
NAMED at the Agony until Friday, when
immediate danger appearing to be past he
!, returned. making an elaborate report to
Gems. G'bbon and Br,sbin. He stated
that the Crow reports regarding the
strength OF the Sioux camp Seem correct :.
and tina: circumstances appear to prove the
correctness Of h.ir predictions in the
premises.
! On Ro;ten Grass Sioux map was
found, correctly tracing the features OF
the country in the vicinity of the Agency
the latter being laid dow" upon the map
and encircled by a Sioux war trail making
for the weakest part Of the stockadc.
Wien Major Stanton left. IT,, Crows
had entirely abandoned the Agency and
were massing at and b. low Countrym,n's
refusing to return until troops mi sht ar
rive.
SITTING DyLL.
The Major concluded from The data he
gathered that Sitting Bull, C any Horse
and Dull Knife are with the camp and
hat Spotted Tail, who had been sent to
treat with them on behalf If the Govern
ment lad returned to Crook without sue
cess.
AS relevant to this matter, the following
Cheyenne Dispatch is Of interesi-it refer
ring TO previous attempts to tre,t with
the camp now in our vicinity: {
Two Sioux Indians, Charging Horse
and Makes Them Stand-Up, arrived at
Spotted Tail Agsn cy on the 9th inst. hnv
ing left the hostile camp Jan. IS. They ,
report that Crazy Horse, with all the hos =
lies except the UDcapapas. is enc.moed +
On the Tongue river near the mouth of
PraWie Dog creek; that Sitting Bull, with ;,
his contingent, is on this side of the yell {
owstone marching to JOIN them; that all >
'csire TO make peace On the best terms. :,
md that they themselves are official :
curriers' to notify Gen Crook thai such are !.
he facts. The hostil furthermore desire !,
hat Spotted Tail may visit them in per
on aud bring some tobacco in proof OF
he sincerity of the Whites They express !,
willingness TO come IN with Spotted. :,
'ail and acknowledge his authority Spot. :.
&c Tail himself places confidence in the 3
ruth OF these statem' nts and has no doub! :,
e will be able to brin. them all in. The
uAnrrs report great Plumbers of buffalo
ear the hostile Camps and the country !,
lsresbouts is coveren with a deep snow,
le crust of wh,cA will bear q horse.
TO THE North. =,
Ii is the opinion Of some here that the g,
IMP may he maSing for the North, and n.
sa1 the coming campaign may be fought "
pom the opposite side of the Yellowstone, q,
ut. OF course. this is merely conjecture ST.
Apropos 10 this idea the Husbandman ,b
ases that, &c. j. Mitchell, Agent at Fl. D
Xxx. and son. accompanied by JOG Cul en-
.rtson, who has been scouting in that
'unlry for the agency. arrived in Helena FL
st evening They report that there are n
, ho>t.lrs IN the vicinity of Fort Peck If
few days ago 14O lodges OF hostiles o..
lssed there on their way north. to the tb
ritish Possessions. They were under
'mmand of Black Moon and Eagle o.
nlfe.' IN,
MAJOR STANTON on
rmed the opinion while At the Agency gr
ut its location is dangerous and ill al
fed. and that the Crows 10 mt Conn, Du
lx:ous tt defend it. This may he, and sol
)ubth 60 is so to some extent. at any 10
te; but We ut prescn: have no reason TO 20
anne agent Carpenter for the failure to- CO..
ovide the material to which trey are ter
titled. He has not been supplied with
cans until lately, and only lately has be ma
en- authorized TO make requisite pur-
ases. Major Stanton warned them.
wever, that they must return, which ,
ey agreed to do upon ARRIVAL of troops. Ge
SIOUX STATUS.
The Bismarck Tribune says that the T,
oax killed by the Crows at Tongue river !
allotment were deputation from the "a
stile camp, with peace proposals to the ,hs
officer there, and that the ter
rty consisted of Sitting Bull. of the VIZ
siaIlss, who received the present of the w,
inchester rifle from President Grant: wa
II Eagle. who recently made q treaty wis
rh Gen. Niles, and agreed TO retire 10 mo
agency; Sack Of Rice, . war chief: The
low Robe, aud another whose name Cu