New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-02-07
GENERAL NEWS,


A dispatch from Halifax, dated the sixth,
says the steamer George Washington, Of
the Cromwell line, is q total wreck at Cape
Race. All on board were lost; fourteen
bodies have been recovered. She had but
two passengers. The crew were all from
New York and vicinity. The steamer
George Cromwell, of the same line, is also
missing.
The steamer George Washington went
ashore probably on the night of the twen-
tieth ultimo, about half q mile west from
Mistaken Point, and eight miles southwest
from Cape Race. The loss of the steamer
remained undiscovered by the inhabitants
of the coast till the twenty-ffth, when
men from shore, being lowered by ropes
seventy fathOms over the cliff, found parts
of thirteen human bodies, which they bu-
ried. Their features were not recognise
BILE. One body was marked in India ink
with the letters j. H. S. and r. All on
board the steamer when she sunk were
undoubtedly lost.
General Miles has had another fight with
the Indians and gained another signal VIC
tory over them.
The Indians consisted of bands of Chey-
enunes and Ogalallas, under Crazy Horse,
and numbered between 600 and 800 lodges,
Miles command left on the twenty-sev-
enth of December, and proceeded up Tongue
river. His command consisted of five COM
panies of the Fifth Infantry and two COM
panies of the Twenty Infantry, and
numbered 300 fighting men. Through lack
of transportation General Miles was COM
PEELED to employ Montana OK teams that
happened to be at this post to transport his
supplies.
This train he sent out three days in ad-
vance of the departure of the main COM
mand, under charge of Major Charles
Dickey, with two companies of the Twenty
second Infantry and One of the Fifth Infan-
try. After OverUaking the train, with the
balance of the command, General Miles
abandoned the wagons and drove his oxen
in order to have them at hand to assist in
pulling his train up steep hills and through
deep canyons. At the time of leaving the
post there was heavy snow on the ground
and heavy storms with intensely cold
weather, obtained during the whole period
of the expedition.
The movement of troops was necessarily
tedious, and the hardships endured were
very great General Miles, after proceed
ing some sixty miles up the Tongue river,
discovered sings of recent Indian eneamp-
ments, and pushing on struck their full
force on the seventh instant. On the even.
ing of that day quite heavy skirmish took
place, and on the eighth the Indians to the
number of 1000 warriors, we'll armed and
plentifully supplied with ammunition, ap-
peRred on his front.
General Miles attacked them, however,
with his little command and succeeded in
gaining decisive victory. The loss of the
Indians is hard to estimate, but is known to
have been very great The battle field was
covered with traces of blood.
The Indians fought with great despera-
tiOn. The battle was contested en- very
rough and broken ground where it would
have been impossible for cavalry to ride.
The Indians were entirely on foot, and
charged the troops repeatedly. Our officers
and men displayed the greatest GOODNESS
and courage, and poured deadly vOlleys into
the ranks of the hostiles. For more than
i've hours the fight ragged as terribly as ever
was witnessed on q battlefield. A heavy
snow storm prevailed during portion Of
the fight. General Miles' loss was four
killed and elk wounded.
General Miles parsued the Indians int0
Wolf mountains as far as his limited sup-
plies would permit. The command has ra.
turned to this post in good condition, con,
sidering the terrible hardahips it has en-.
dured,