The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-12-06

quished Foe.
[Cnicago Times, 9TH.
The soldier who. next to Crook, is, by
common consent, the greatest Indian tighter
living, was IN the city ON Yesterday, camped
on the parior floor OF the Palmer House.
His name is Gen. Ne&-on A. Miles. He il
was who some Years ago repulsed the Chey-
enne nation in Southwestern Kansas: who
put Lone beers band OF Sioux to rout, kill
ing many and capturing. their provisions
and ponies who, still later, chased sundry
renegade bands of redskins to their agencies
and who, more recently still, by "a forced
march across Towards and Sturgis' front,
came up with Chief Joseph, attacked him,
thrashed him, took him and his warriors
and women prisoners, and thus put period
to a chase that but Tor his daring and dash,
might be going on still. General Miles
looks To be about 80 years OF age. lie has
the free but courteous manner OF Custer,
but lacks Clusters Distinguishing character
isIic, namely, that something that made
him stand apart from others IN the public
view. There were n traces of the late CAM
paign in his dress or personal appearance
lie did not affect the buckskin patch /; the
blanket overcoat the blue WOODEN shirt or
the sIouch hat neither did he wear Il belt
strung luil of rocking scalps other hid
eous trophies. But, on the whole, there
WAS nothing about him. unless il was his
stature and a certain regularity iii step that
denoted discipline in tramping, 10 distin
yuish him from a penteel commercial tray-
eler with good line OF samples.
On one point, AT least, duIIng his CONVEX
sation with a Tunes reporter, General Miles
gave more explicit information than has
oeeh ueri'eu niti'sito' from rne 'housahu
anu "iie uhoiheia' so'roe'' ih'' vas d. u
THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE MEN
he took into the engagement with the Neg
p.rc,-s lie saws ne attacked the enemy
with three hundred and nineteen soldiers.
They mad marched two hundred and ,ixty
seven miles IN ten DAYS. A portion OF the
command. consisting of battalion of the
ID cavalry. had been scouting all the sum-
m.r- having Travelled Twenty-Five hundred
miles. The battalion oi the 9Th infantry
had been Training around after String
Bull and other ho,tiies ever since the Gus
ter massacre. True. the Indians were near
" fa,iru,d and tagged ont. said he. but
their condition WAS not more pitiable than
that of IN. ,.,Idi,rs. .josevh. he thinks. did
n,t RELY on Sitting Bull for snccor. ON the
coutrarv he iLJo,.,hi- alter .scapinp across
the Missouri. felt thai the pursuit WAS prac
neatly at an end. and thai he could slack
en- hi, uace with immunity. The old chief
since his surrender has said that he had
decided. before IN. battle 10 rest his force a
lew DAYS and then trv and
uop,, nm. w,vp,cr orur prsr,r,r,ox
a.. -. H., b..
careful not to cross il. The battle and the
disaster That il br,urht upon him changed
his plans somewhat.
Gen. Miles saws tina, he started on the re-
turn Ia his cantoument with between lifly
and sixty wounded Indians. OF tits num-
her several were mortaIIy Injured Jbsv
had 10 be conveyed across the nlountains o.,
trsvios. ana the di.comforts thew suffered
were necessarily y.rv great. Four of the
wounded died during The trip. and the fifth
pc.,,,l out soon alter reachIar the Toug,I.
river post. The soldiers VINO received
wounds were sent down the Missouri river
to Fort Buior,i. They are all doing well.
onlv one hayin, died.
he SIX hundred ponies captured from
the Nez perce.. together with ih,. sey.r,i
hundred Other, captured from Lime beers
band OF Sioux. arr, held AT the mouth oi
Il Tongue rive. zen. MIKES has CliBturtU-
ALI tol,i. during the mast wear. ab,ut Twelve
hundred ponies. Quiet nuIaber have
been shot: those thai were hop,l,-s.Iy famed
with some of the vicious ones tina. were
ALWAYS leading the herbs into stampedes.
and some colts. Some Of the infantry W ii |
be mounted on a portion of these animals. |
c,,,rr ,o.r.,,,s r,x,,~r
upFiSh'nesS, ana nobility oil ma
lure, as cohIfas!ed win the average red
SKIN are enthusiastically acknowledged by
zen Miles. lie says the conquered chiei
Is really commanding inquire. lie has as
handsome PAIR oil piacH eyes as ever shone
from human skull. lie doesn't essay
much English In his conversation, but what
little lie does speak Is quite lnteiiISibly
spoken; lie can utter good morning and
good ny as iauiiiessiy as any educated
American. The whole band are an III
teiiigent lot OF semI-savases. Joseph says
he was not lighting, as Sitting Bull was,
from sheer hostility TO the whites, but he
was battling Tor a principle. lie had been
5ros>ly Wrongeu, he thinks. he Indians
,he 81 80 uU". ,h az, =, n"r, p;V I"
m \.
these were marched across the country