, 1877-08-13
In Company with Indians Who Par-
ticipated in the Slaughter.
Description Of the Ground, and Conc1u-
slons Drawn from tho Facts
Of Tie Baltic.
Had Reno Not Retreated His Foroe Would
Have Been Annihilated.
rrs.stug ths tittle gilorn Rlrtr~..od Fort {. F.
Smilh, aad 1ts Cemetery.

.JHlF I1-lHC Qt1Etf1al Intention OIL tHA GGpeut~
linn wa. In have r,rospcrtcd s1onn tic eastern
,,,a, ~ tho rur. fforn Mut,n,aIn. n I'm rt,3ntw
n'ovo y, ~ '"o r,.<,i',.' ..""e :. ~ '.~'1
OF Tongue h'es' "nefo tAs olo eso" a'lu
Shnsl1dc trntls rnter tho mountains; to hare
crossc,l the range by ono Of these; mud thenco
c1n1orc,t. In searrh Of tile ycllow. tho
'.. eAp,'' ~ .'t a.. ,,.a NJ, ,ts.s
western soue' a1u 0"o e"'tc Dk'i.ot''
at'a "ihd.hscr sal'ey' Ana noftn"asu 10
tho Vicinity Of Clarkc's Forks. This plan
wns changed en- route, so that, reaching
Tor9,,c t,irer . cor,,, we. mo,,c mi ,he nr,..
.s'.i.,,s .,...,.. .a..,.', 81. .,,,,n.,tms 1r,,
pcetl"R tA!tteS aseeHoc" I"o a'o"Ht"'''t pos"
by TIT trails nhu bY independent rDutca, 10 LILO
summit, and beyond this even to the b(E-ll1rn
,a,,,,,r fro',, tha ,,,o,.r,otns eastward inward
!ca"'G 1'on ,"s ''o"n'a'"s saA."" ', ,,. ss',.
inc n'al'a anu aesoss .no isnRc' st'u LUG .a'"a'
streams md cunons leading westward toward
the river. Theso ucro prospcctcd Ia Tho most
thorm,v,, manner. an,t Inpu,nrrab,c urotpcct-
~ ,."n,..' ,"''r" -. ,.n,nr ,,,en,c ea.twani.
'.s e"''.oa "..o =, ','si -, .u ,t,s .s,ns,
AMI tt!o reports ~ al! "c1c lilo eat!a'
"cuLoRa, nut NO rAr.H
Tho general character uf the mountains, on
uo. sss' "as ,.,.,, .s', liz sroo. ,i,
erae iot'n1'lo WIN sal' ."s'r "a a'sas' ,s. ns. ,.
occasionally vcrY small Qltantfty ol slate. The
guIcl.cs were sam. and gravel to bedrock, with
I,.r. a,,t ,r,u,da .cS wnah.rror.,l oY rrrot
,.n,h S.s a" ,p 9.rap,,,a t,",.n,,. ,or rnlI
sisPt"'-seTS ,h'osanle "a"1s"toat 'us Ro'u.
Thtse favorable Indications 10th IN tho rocK
anil wash. would Frequently cause tho c1ncllla-
' ,1,n w. t.'s ' =, n,s'su ~. odrs ), ~ wn,lS
!ao'fious LINK ot eo'ne 10 ooa-3"ek "o"'a
I've ehcefla''y ca1efe.1 upon A!ohg tle oac OF
&C mountains, on tho castern sklc, was ts'tltd
mint wns ncare,l, this belt rhlcnytI until l.crc
It tsxte. many r., u''e. into Tue n,onnt,'a. ,
III tnost ol Tie "aah-1e''ps'ts eo!oss ~cfo
t,I>tt $ntE tptt1t H..
Ing like nay: u,l, In tuo.,y Instances, tllr sur
fac,,r,a,sH woul,l ur,,aIr,.i. whito bc,f.ruck
..". sp,,.'' ,'a.so ,n',,"",,o T In ~,,,; ~
was h'i'M harfehs-hoNaEne '"e s'"u 10
perhaps u hundred feet In tlcp.l wou,h yield
r,,,,rx u, thr ton stu.vintr tho ,,rcnt dooda that
iS,r, f,.,,n tlc,r rr}yfuol lnmc
o''s ''o"' '"ss. 49, ',s'"' ,..,n ,,o'm ,o,a ,o,
found. {Float guild 10 flne flake or sca|o gold, so
1irht that IL will tpat On tic water; u,Nl. In
nnnn,ut, for this, tlo yery utmost earo mist bo
s, -. 49,. .'' :, III, ~, :, ..,o., n., .v,a .,,a
opscisc!', e'so II VIII ~ cas'1e'' u"us' "n''u 'No
heavier black sand Will renia!i'.l
In fl,rncr letter llayu spoken Of tho hno
orcsl marks found On tho aummlt OF the range.
r.h.sa or, mnny ,n,,c, n, cv,rnt. wall
wat"Fcds ana nre tue very nest OF sa@hscf-
grazing. On The Cruw trnil, which e.,lcrgts
frun, tic mountains at Tungnc River, wcro
1os,lnl several beautiful lakus 'rllese wuro CT
AHftf utt tllG tOH Vi E[lE I}lUHIt0lUsFAIlrEl ntA
thcir wutcrs weru dvjelnllsly clear and told,
yi.l,lng u.uuutaii,.trulti In the GREATEST abunl-
ancc. Thcso nlotlnian lakc4 a,d strra,l.s woui.i
delight thu loyrr ii plscatorial lrIrs.llts. i
believe with tl,rsu fonsI,,css lur rest tn be
virtue, a1ui, as thu .ish Ut fllcsc waturs have
rayrno,1s npuvtltc., frequently sctx.nu tue iaru
ll{,k;E tl,ik' Tie He'll u1rSptl,iiAllv eutpl, us
the la1or OF batting nllght l,c niu,ust entirely
dispensed will, alll, s!ltius IL sln:le spvt,
suck mrht lu Ailrd with tho spccklcd bcau-
tics.
Whi!c Ia camp on Tongue, River, awaiting tho
return Vi ot,e ui tic ,,rospcrtinv parties, your
correspondent Waited
Tifr cuarIN MASSACRE GROUND.
Tic fftle iron, T.,nuua nycr to tiw tmttte-
ground: thence arfuss thc hca,t.watsrs Of tho
KoseG,,l River, and ti,,o,,rl. tho Ntmcbud AMI
CHttiah ur Wn;f Wumtaits In Ton,r,to I{ynr:
tbgt,yc ul that strram IT, tlIu can,n uf Uattait,
u thu Fifth Cavalry: tIcIrc. yln lilo old Iinzr-
man lrutI tu tl.ts poiut. WIS. with tf,u cxreutuu
o. twenty miirs made entirely alone. stato
this AZ showing The wndcriul al,toneu Of iunt,Io
lnta,,s In cUt,,,t.y lately swartnuE with tllun
Vnu twunty niles rxrrDtctl was mn,}a with tl,o
rarty p ijat,. Sheridan, aliI was along thu Wi.
tey Ut tic Little UIx Iit,ru. After this march,
uu.l sbuut 10 d. n,., thu party wunt Into can,t