, 1877-01-22
Four Important Battles Fought and
Several Desultory Skirnlisles.
Heavy Damage inflicted upon the Say.
ages, with Small Loss to
the Troops.
L Maroh Of Over Three Thousand Three
Hundred Miles in Eight Months.

TINT brief review Of 10 murh OF tho work ~
bus already been accomplished bs Gen, Crock
my &c aprropra.s'y mate At tas PsIlot!' s'nse
.ne commencement proper ol the sioux war IN
March lsst' the troops utsder tien. Csook have
fought four important battles. besides engaging
Ara ~ ,rcsc n,n1o in,nortnn, .nroremsn,, ~.
.'ss ., ."sss ..ule .1., s"s"ssneM
c"rFcs1 on the ltth OF Mafe'. near Inc fn"ntsl OF
Powder River. anu Is known In httsory as
After MI almost unprecedented marcb throueh
Nm .tor,ns ~ n t.rrI,,is Siontsrn tr,ntnr a.,
wv s.o.HAs " " ts'''o'' 'io'''h"1 "nteFt oo
men belonging to the Second asd Ihirt Cavalfy
Regiments attacked the yt}lage OF the clleftaiu
named pboye, ttroYe the aagages into the nd.
torsrt u,tacrnaea. ami dpstrov.1 i'm Isron
,.t,, ,h",. na s.s.ssst ~, ."hs.
etc.
Returning to the military posts, the expedi-
tton WIS reinforced and recupcrated: and In
sfav, win n strength og nm mn srn,n tool
tae Held. Alter several preliminary skirmlahes,
Sitting g-bnl, with force three times greater than
that VI Crook, forced fight on June u; Tbs
a!lair took place ainonE the Rosebud Mnun.
known ns
TIE BATTLE Or ROSEBUD:
The aayage ci!citalu m had chossn m ny ground
Il thc e wfSs
natural course Of events, which would lead our
little arn,v ln that direction. During tho
progress ot five hours' engagement tue In
ncra afterwards, Vt Rcd-cloud AFcncr. acknoxl;
edged = loss Of ct9hty-scyen killed and ovrr lCal
wounded ia loss presumably undefcstinated,
as au Indian was never kuown to admit the cx-
tic first time fully realized thc vast odds aga'n.t
lin, and clearly saw the usclcsstesH Of nticmpt-
Ing 10 kurro'tiIl flve indians With ono white
,nan. 1t was ono thing to fight and rout a SIOUX;
1lr, therefore, determined to await tllc arrival
of mare trQeps before making another nggres-
strs movement.
Ihen a1t to11owea 'w.rxn montm sn O 1.r,, nr,,r
Troops intended for Geu: Crook were detained
en- route beyond all calculation. The Filth
cavalry, dctailcl to report to him. were mnk.
sSys S nass q ressR ss @ ii% wGsSS aGS
d lllghor authority than lie pusscseed sent that
ya'uab.u regiment flying baek to Rcd-Cloud
Agenry,-a distance OF over 800 mita from the
ssa we're s e asen o@ the t i s
battle. of June II md Is. Their wounded, thclr
aged onu intlrm, squaws and children, wcso
snugglst into te Agencies; tt;c'. n no1iss ; wete
pages ee'lea Or DESTROYED: and ysSoFuus en,less.
ammunition aud meat. 70 tLat when, On
sns 5'h Of August, Gen. c,"ek vas en-
the lIcad us fuvce yot only hall as large na tlat
Of tho foe, Stt1ng-Bull Wys Gy1uE through the
rocky fastneases ot tho Wolf aud Tongue River
Mountains, frcsher, more vigorous, mid better
prepared for battle III be wanted IT, tIlan ever
before. 4 month OF unrelent!nx pursuit, how
ever, upun tic part OF tho expedition materially
changed the aspect Of a,Ta:rs.. The large body
Of ths foe were 80 6orcly prcssct, toward tic
last that IL WIS compelled to "hy TO pieces" ur
tltyile UP, In order to austain itself and to mis-
lead the pura,ers. Une Of tilcso IetAchments
was discovered BY the adyance-g1artl OF tls ex~
petition on Sept. 8, near alIm Dutters, iu West
cru Dakota, ul,1
TIE THIRD BATTLE FOUGHT.
It resulted IN tic destruction Of village Of
forty tcpccs, and the capture Of enoupl, sup
plics to feed tic l,aifstarycd sollirry scyeral
daYh, to say nothing oI tho lnss In killed,
woundc, aid prisoners suffered by tie cuctny'
Returning again to Ills base uf slppllea, Gen.
Crook Immediately tcoERat,fxcl Ills i9rtrs: nNd
lust before lIa last aegrestye move. Red tivld
snli Red Leaf, with tlselr followers, we're inter
rupted on their war to join Sitting bull aud cap-
silver lining, and really gave our determined
tne tr,aitnrous snyarea in liz rsar tiistnounted
md iisaTnet, he nude hIs last saily inso liz