The daily gazette., 1877-05-30
A RUNNING FIGHT WITH
THE INDIANS. ''
ATTACK BY GENERAL MILES ON
HOSTILE CAMP.


HOSTILE CAMP.
Fight AMI Right across the Co,o,ry- 7reach-
sy V Lame Deer and Iron Sar-N N.TotU
Escqge Of Gen Jfiies-Sittiag B,U Reported
| VI ne Fray Casualties Anl0ag the Troops
ana The India',s, Etc.
A dispatch from Tongue River, Mon-
tana, May 16, via Bismarck, Dakota, MAY
~, gives the following interesting partic-
ulars OF the surprise of hostile Minne-
coDjough camp by Gen Miles and run
ming fight with the Indians, in which
fourteen Indians are known TO have been
Killed and many wounded:
Gnneral Miles left the cantonment at
Tongue River, M. T., on May /, with
Balls, Tyler's, Wheelan's and Norwood's s
companies of the Second Cavalry under
Capt. Ball, battalion commander; Dick
ey's, Poole's, Miners and Cusick's COM
panies of the Tweuty-secohd Infantry
Bennett AND Harga's companies of the
Fifth Infantry, aud detachment of
mounted infantry composed of men of
the Fifth and Twenty second Infantry
under Lieutenant L. w. Casey, of the
latter regiment, The General took
White Bull, of the surrendered Chey-
ennes, and another Indian with him as
| scouts. ,.
Finding that Lame Deer and Iron Star,
who would not go back to their agency,
were encamped on the Rosebud, he left
his wagons with three companies of the
Fifth and Twenty-second Infantry, on
the Tongue river, with orders to follow
as rapidly as possible, and struck across
for the Rosebud, taking with him the
| cavalry and Dickey's ,Cusick's and Poole's
companies.
Beginning the march at half-past two
p. NJ, OH the 9TH OF May, he kept it up
almost continuously, night aud day,
winding through ravines and bad lands
and around hills, so as to avoid being
seen by Indians, until at half-past four
on the morning of the 7th, when he struck
the camp, taking it completely by sur
prise, on creek running into the Rose
bud, known as Muddy creek. The ad-
vance was led by Lieut.. L. W. Casey,
with the mounted party and Lieut.. Je-
rome, Of Second Cavalry, with Captain
Balls company. They charged through
the village and captured $50 ponies,
horses and mules, which were quietly
grazing below it. Gen. Miles then Or
dered Lieuts. Tyler's and Norwood's
companies. under the command of these
officers and their Lieutenants, Hamilton
and Fuller. supported by Wheelan, with
his company, to cnt off the Indians from
the bluff on the other side of the creek.
The Indians fed, leaving everything but
their rifles, and making a running fight
of several miles with the following re-
suit:
KILLED.-Private Charles Springer, H.
company, Second Cavalry; private Peter
Lewis. H. company, Second Cavalry; pri-
vate John Mertundale, F. company, Sec
ond Cavalry private Charles Glaskersky,
Company, Second Cavalry.
WoUNDED.-Lieut. Alfred M. Fuller,
Second Cavalry, shot through the shoulder
musician r. Osborne, company +; private
Freyer, company f; private William Jeffries,
company G; private Patrick Ryan, company
G; Private Thos. B Gilman, company II;
private VIM. Wilkes, company 1; private
George Seward, company F; private George
Jones, company F.
Fourteen indians were left dead on the
field. Among them WAS the chief and head
warrior, Lame Deer and Iron Star. Many
others were killed and wounded. Besides
45O ponies and 200isaddles there were cap
ties of powder, lead, blankets, pack loads
of beads, carblnes, war bonnets, tepees, go.
Some of our ammunition-a few thousand
Iounds-fell into the enemy's hands, being
abandoned by three OF the four men who
guarded 1t. One OF them, GlaskeTsky, died
at his post.
Gen. Miles had given orders tohis interpre-
ters to announce as they went through the
camp that all who surrendered would be
spared. As Gen. Miles rode through the
village two Indians approached him hold.
ing in one hand their carbne and extending
the other. Gen. Miles shook hands with
Lame Deer aud Lieut.. Baird, adjutant of
the Fifth Infantry, shook hands with the
other, who was Iron Star. Gen. Miles
motloned to the Indians to lay down their
aims. They did SO, and the General told
Lieut. Long, of the Fifth Infantry TO dis
mount and take the carblnes. Lieut.. Long
had hardly dismounted when Lame Deer,
either fearing treachery or intending il,
picked up his carbine and fired at Gen.
Miles. The ball passed between the Gener-
ais body and the horses back and killed
private Springer of the Second Cavalry,
who was behind him. Iron Star began
shooting at the same time Both Indians
then retreated firing, but were killed within
hundred yards.
Iron Stars bonnet; of sixty eagle feathers
with pendants OF yellow lace, evidently
trophies of the Custer. fight was captured,
aud there is forty-fve-calIbre rife bullet
hole right through the centre of its front,
and Iron Star lies dead on the field with
the bullet In his forehead. Thus at the base
OF the mount ,ins from which the Custer
battle ground could be seen was that
bloody deed avenged.
orTrINc purr TN Tur Frcur
CHICAGO, May 29.-Lieut. Gen. Sheridan
has received a dispatch from the Red Cloud
agency confirming the news of the Indian
engagement at Little Muddy creek on May
z. Two runners have arrived at that agen-
cy giving the particulars of the location and |
killed and wounded, which tally with the |
Bismarck dispatch, and saying that Sitting |