Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-03-15
The Coming Campaign.

The Coming Campaign.
Preparations for the campaign continu
at Fort Ellis, transportation for GO,E
pounds Of forage an,' supplies heying bee
secured to the Crow Agency.
Generals Gbbcn and Rrsbin arc par
TALLY OF the opinioa that it ma
prove necessary to retain the Montan
troops this side of the Big Horn, will
base of suppl s a. the Agency. and shoul,
this idea have Influence at DEPARTING
Headquarters modiiica ion of order
may yet result. 1t must be admitted tina
contingency If danger threatens HI
GELATIN. which must Increase should any
consider: bic body Of hos,iles continu.
Occupation of therountiy between ToI gu.
River AMI Fort Ellis.
In view Of this danger petition, askin.
retention of cavalry, bias been circulate ed
and telegraphcd Gen. Sheridan through
the Governor.
A letter lately received at Ellis states
that the military appropriation for the
present fiscal year ending June 3Jth, dis
pbsable in Crooks Department, was
exhausted IN last seasons operations, and
that. conseq ucntIy, delays may affect his
movement unless fund transfers Can be
made from Other departments.
Regarding the strength of the hosliles,
opinions diticr-but the following from
the Cheyenne Leader is worthy consiiera-
ton in the prrmi>cs:
"Meiicine Bears III, when in Bismarck
a few days since. saiI lie was in the hos
tile camp commanded by Sitting Bull.
with his father; hat the Indians were not
so destitute of ammunition as was gener
orally supposed. but would avoid lighting
IS much AS possible for the rest of the
winter. There seems TO he mistaken
lmprs sslon at times as TO the humber Of
with Sitting Bull or other hostile
chiefs, when they are computed from the
number of lodges they have with them.
When Sitting Bull Was reported rs hav-
ng remnant of thirty lodges, ne had
almost 200 warriors with him, which
number in Il short time ircrea ed to 40Of
lccoi ding to reliable reports. Long Dog
!" hen he crossed the Missouri last fall.
lad only two lodges with him. Yet he
lad large band Of warriors. /
We alluded last week to the effort to
fleet surrender of Sitting Bull, Crazy
Iorsc aid Dali Knife. Late kilograms
ssure us tLat not only is it probable two
hundred 10 three hundred Sioux have re.
urned TO Red Cloud, but that Crazy Horse
5 preparing with l2O lodges to accept Red
LIQUIDS advice.
General Sheridan was at Cheyenne on
he 9TH inst no doubt upon business con-
ected with the proposed movement,
'hich, at LIST advices, will begin from
ere almost imm' dately.
Col. Forsyth of Sheridau's staff, has
'tely inspected the w.r means of the
latte Department. The Cheyenne Lea.
er reports as the result: -Four com
anies of cavalry at MCPHERSON, three at ,
idney, nine at Red Cloud, five at Laramie,
Eve , at Russell, four at Sanders, one each .
F,ttermln ard Spotted Tail. and two
sch at Stambaugh. Steele ana Brown,
III hn average CI oU ulcll ana oo nurses
tied for the field. AT Cheyenne Depot.
,ntinucs the Leader, there are $50 trains
IL 400 pack animals, ard at Rvd Cloud 25
ANS and large stores Of suppl, and am
unition. Ard ON the 10Th rations were |
sued at Rel Cloud to 3, 1903 Indians, of a
no o17 were Cheycnn, $50 Arapahocs,
Id 2.s4i Sioux; ard az Spotted Tail to :
'out 5000 Iniians. making the number !, !.
d at the two Az. ncics over 8 600
As We go % prcss no kilograms nave r
:en received at Fort Ellis. and the situa- {,
IN, consequently, is not yet changed. ,