, 1877-08-18
IDIack IIllls NhnmlLIon, June .ay..

TEEN BRAVES KILLED.
Black Hills Ehun,ion June ytN.
One OF the most desperate fights with
Indians, So far MS the number oL white
men engaged in IL is concerned, that wc
have any record of, took place on Friday
last near the south fork of the Little
Missouri, the facts, as we CLEANED them
from one OF the urtci ipUrls, who reach
cd GayylIe last evening and is now
stopping with his former partner are M
follows About two weeks ago II party
OF ninety-cight men and two ladies male
up of parties from Deadwood, GUyvllc
and other adjacent camps bercaboulS,
started for the Big Horn country, with
riding and pack mules, One week ago
yesterday lFMday) in the afternoon, when
nearing the banks OF the south FORK az
the Little Missouri, they discovered
large band of Indians dismountcd the
latter having their ponies off u couple ot
miles from where they were seen. The
miners, anticipating Hn attack, lmmCJi-
atcly took their shoves, each man throw.
ing up breustwOIk from which he
could fight to better advantage, Al
=. NJ, the Indians in large numbers com.
mcnccd the attack 10y several Icints upon
the miners, rcserving their main charge
until about +. NJ, Friday. BY this
time the miners weES thoroughly ar.
ganzed, each one unpacking his animal.
The Indians charged on the miners ON
foot, ut one time approaching within 200
yards of the entrenChcd miners The
latter poured round after round OF u
murdcrous fire into the Indians irom he.
hind their breastwork. For time the
fight was extremely hot, the Indians dis.
playing more than their usual daring
and discretion, but the wcll.dirccted and
effective fire from the wcll-urmcd miners
was incessant and denth-Cealing for sev-
eral hours, when the Indians with
drew.
Alter the fight it, was discovered thnt
fourteen of the miners were killed, all of
them, with one exception being shot in
the head Eighteen of the miners ami.
mails We're killed or wounded sufficiently
to render them useless. One hundred and
sixteen Indian bodies lay on the battle
field as trophy OF the uncrring marks
manship of the miners. Ten Indian
horses that were off from the larger herd
and closer to the miners were picked of
by the long range rifles Of the miners.
The only portion Of the miners bodies
that We're exposed were their heads, as
they fired from their temporary earth
breastworks On Saturday morning,
after a redistribution of the packs of the
animals killed, the party proceeded ON
their journey, AS they are desirous of
keeping the affair quiet, so as not to dis
courage the several large parties now
organizing here for the Big Horn coun-
try, the fight has been kept from the
public. Our informant was three days
making the return trip to Gayvile.
This fight will have the effect of dem
onstrating to the Indians that, while
they may with impunity and without
much fear attack immigrants and United
States troops, they miss their calcula-
tions when they attack a party Of old
pro spectOrs and frontiersmen. Ii is cur
candid opinion that the parties here who
are now starting for the Big Horn coun-
try can pursue their journey unmolested,
as the Indians are quick to discover the
difference between attacking lot ofmen
who have had the experience in that
kind OF warfare. and thoee who know
nothing about their tactics and are liable
to become demoralizcd.
A CURIOUS NEwsPAPER.-A peculiar
neWspaDer has inst 0nnearel in Paris