The Portland daily press., 1877-05-30
THE INDIANS.
Indian Gimp ON the Rosebud Surprised
Indians Routed--Narrow Escape of
lsen. Milea.

Indian Gimp ON the Rosebud Surprised
Indians Routed--Narrow Escape of
Gen. Miles.
NEW YORK, May pa despatch from
Tongue river of the 10th says Gen. Miles sur
prised an Indian camp on the Rosebud river,
on the morning of the 7th inst, capturing 45
ponies and having running fight for several
miles. The Indians mainly escaped with only
their rifles. Fourteen Indians were left dead
on the field, among them the chief Lame Deer,
and the head warrior Iron Star. Two hundred
saddles and fifty tons of dried meat were cap
tured. Also quantities of ammunition, blank
cts, carbines, pack loads of beads, war bonnets,
tepees, sc. The casualties in Miles's COM
mand were as follows: Killed, privates Chas.
Springer aud Peter Lewis, company 81, John
Mertondale and Charles Glaskersky, company
G, second cavalry. The wounded were Lieut..
Alfred NJ Fnller of the second cavalry, shot
through the shoulder; musician r. Osborne,
company F; privates Prayer, company T, VIM.
Jeffreys and Patrick Ryan, company G, Thos
B. Gilman, company II, VIM. Wilkes, COM
pany L, George Seward and George Jones,
company f.
Gen, Miles had given orders to the interpre-
ters to announce as they went through the
camp that all who surrendered would be par
doned. As Gen. Miles rode through the viii
lage two Indians approached him, holding in
one hand their carbnes and extending the
other. Gen. Miles shook hands with Lame
Deer, and Lieut.. Baird, adjutant of the fifth
infantry, shook hands with the other, who was
Iron Star. Gen. Miles motioned to the Indians
to lay down their arms. They did so and the
General told Lieut.. Long of the fifth infantry
to dismount and take the 'carbines. Lieut.
Long had hardly dismounted when Lame Deer
picked up his carbine and fired at Gen. Miles,
the. ball passing between the Generals body
and his horses back, and killing private SPRING
er of the second cavalry behind him. Iron
Star began shooting at the same time, and both
Indians retreated firing, but were killed with
In hundred yards.
A Texas Town Captured by Apaches.
ST. LOUIS, May pa letter IN the Dodge
City Times from Sweet Water, Texas, gives a
report that the town of Danble Mountain, in
Pan Handle, Texas, has been captured by
Apache Indians and all the stock of the town
run off. The letter also states that large
number of hunters we're killed by Indians dur
ing the past winter; also that fight recently
occurred in Pan Handle between about sixty
hunters and twice that number of Apaches.
the murder of MIR. Sewal, one of their num-
ber They followed their trail many days
although their provisions gave out, they living
on what game they could kill. At length
they came upou an Indian village containing
number of lodges on the bank of small
stream, and although they had been without
food two days they attacked the Indians under
cover of the banks of the stream. The fight
lasted several hours and was only stopped by
darkness. During the night the Indians struck
their lodges, took their women and children
killed and wounded and fled. The Indian loss
is not known, but is believed to be considera-
BILE. Several of the hunters were wounded,
but none killed.