, 1877-10-13

v3s nrny51ct! Will deep pit Tor shelter. which
which htlmmen Into tho Indian camp nigh. aud
day. White Bird sent hffn blankets and tho |
eallnws ttAldtcd him. flo had during the day
and night he was held prtaoner the rest arc,n-
mot,ntIons that could be Afforded him in Ills
singular plight.
7nE FIGHTING nExzwxp.
Joscpi'h proposal to surrender waA rejected /
warriors who survived thu ,|cath Of Looking
tilass. Indeed, most of tho Ncz rcrce warrj,ds
seofEcd al the notion OF surrender. Snow fell
on the second day, but the half-tlsd Indians
tic anxious to end tho fight al were The |
worried soldiers who began u. Colfu,u'es sim
liar 70 those along lfIc fortntatisns during The
late Civil Warirnqacnt'y were exchanged. When
called ont, "Charge them to hc1Il' onc of The |
Nez rcrcca responded, Charge l,clf, you God |
damn son: Of trs! you ain't achting Sioux"
tsa1 tey S 'sf we're Gsf aot ee I Sat % s NJ es
meant hy that sheer. t;cn. Miles, ,n,ter the
threat 10 kill Lieut.. jerome, !berated Joseph,
sn'! Lieut.. Jcrotnc returned to t'ts command.
first, the snow fell fron, morning I'LL night
f}cn. Miles, mounting hls l,orse anew. rode out
among the sodtcrs. and c!fnched their fealty hy
talking 10 them tn ths wlse: "iiang t9 them
night and We wfl manage to get some wood 70
morrow. Look after them, boys. Ilon't let
them get away. Let all uf the outsiders tct
lHIu C&Hlp tkat HAut W. tAh NoH 'gt AH+ bet
out"
MN. NILES DETERMINATION.
Then icn Si'!cs. returning to his tent. which
was already picsee1 by bullets, sent for two or
they tl,o,lght of The situation. lIc alan s,i.
n,.,i,c, l,s scouts and questioned them. This
habit of Interrogation. m snvariahtc one with
hia'. soon na.ie hlm aea.'sintsd wital evetypfase
Of hts saltlqucs is thus reportcd by scout, wlu
probably defarcs Il with tn,'!e rrofaatY than
i'cn. Miles was guilty of: "Wcll. damn their
They ike 10 he c,r,alled themselves. Well stay
| by them; welt sit up with them. Damned II
| atn't disppsct to tlt up witt, them right here
lust ~ long as they're awakc."
| SITTING HuLt. WILL NOT HELr JOSEPH.
At this honr there Is no doubt Gen. Miles and
hts remaining ncn nrc sitting up With Joserf.
aud White Bird. and tic real u that pluekyl
tribe, por ie 'her: much onbt IN TIE mind Of
Ncx Eetees toa fair surrender. It is certain that
they will accept no dls'4nuorniIlc terms. Not man
among them but knows that he Ii caught literally
criul friend. Sitting l'uti and his tribe Of Unc.
papas are tho only savage. from which 'loscph
rntl reasonably expect assistance: messenger
trutn Sitting-liuit's catup arrived no later than
on tl,c way hithcr learned Of tllu second battle.
ic tpu,tntel his lIorxc uiid repaired buck 10 Slt-
ttpg-is,ll. Men acquainted with the slo,x
tribes. of whom SitttnG.Bnl'A Is portion, ray
friend who Is dawn. II Josepl has failed, ST.
ting Bull viii stt down ou him. Should Joscrh,
by n surcrhun,au excrtio'l, ce1ldc the tolls now
drawn nh,At l,ttil. ha might sueeecd IN erosstnE
tho Canadtan border and utilizing, along Wit
ilis brotllcr Clltrf. the Dominion ~ Ill asylum
Rnd = recruiting stattuh rs well.
TEntty's MA0NAktMrrr. ..,...-
Gen. TGrry, who commands tho department
III which Gcn. Miles IL operating. waa Ut first
inc1inct on receiving news Of tho battle, to take
thc telu ~ person. On seeond thought he DC.
cidc.l that Il vas unnecessary. lio had SO much
confidence IN Gen. Milea' ability, anG SO much
scorn oi Tic i.len ol cyen seeming to snatcl,
array hfa chnplet by interfering With his co.n-
maud, TINT he stays here for the prcaont-
JOSEPH sURRKkDERs 70 GEN. NILES.
TV Ttlroraeh to Ytw }ir* Hr.aht. ,,,
Fon! yESroS, y: 7, ost; srs m.-Vta -N,|a
oet X lsA eni' neen, tois.n mnc T.
darkcncd. comes a courier to Gen. Tcrry frutn
Con. Miles camp on Snake Crcck announcing
an event WHICH arot,ses cheer il the tents
try. Miles has subdued tho Nrz Pcrres. Iiur.
rah! 4 braYcr band OF Indiana never upheld
tho fame and prowcss OF tlscir aboriginal race.
INcRFAsgD CASUALTIES on noT11 SIDES. .
tho companies Of tic Fifth Infantry and Sew
entli Cavalry participated. N yo, hare beet
told, tic nlmbar Of killed and wounded soIulGrs
was greater than that mentioned III my last ills"
patch. IT was s!xty-scvcn Instead Of alty.seven
The lndi4ns, too. rrccivcd greater number o
| casualties thAn Guilt DC fcr0f{e4 by tht
courlcrs. who arrived from! the field last night
More than dfty warrlors UT their last nurse
from the dust OF the rasine. whr:c
they were confined in holes anl burroWs io W
three DAYS and nights. They stald al
through the day mud night previous TO the sur
render with nMtlrtnc rsrtinacity. Their scout!
had gone to Sittu. Bull Tor assistancc; but tsat
not succeeded ia returning to the Ncz-Perct
camp. Twice Joseph had offered to surren9er
and once his disposition WA opposed by h,s hiGtl
est Chiefs, White Bird Objected to surrender
Ing, beca,lac lie anticipated that he au1 al' Q
the trtc would ba regarded a. prisoners ant
put - handouts.
I "Ste no ret In trap" said this rcdoubtah
, copncrtkln; "no use prison. bctteI taic:' ~, ~
on tlie sth Joseph made a treaty. White BIT!
anil the rest OF tho rnfno! Chiefs were by ~
| tine nowhere. Their followers were as wiltin:
. to surrender 40 Joseph was. and the sec!el
the capltuatton must t'o sought +, total crro
on the part Of The sayaces, NJ we'll a. tn the Ea
lantry ot Gen. aliltsf troops. The Ia
, lians did not drcan, at hrat tha
: they were fighting any other tha
( Ge0. Towards troops, wh!ch thcy llud hctof