, 1877-09-10
The Observation-Disclosures Supply.
Camp on the yellow.
stone.
Grow Dogs--Arrival Of Steamors'..A
Fantastic Night.Ecene.
I,ost Number 0nc...lll-Trcatmen OF
Citizens by Military An.
t(toritfcs.
Niles City md Its ..!laranlng The
Saragts...A Romantic Adventure.

posr NrMNxR UsE, Aug. f3-Thc Big Horn
River, from tic Cannon to its mouth, is n mud
by. turbulent stream. In places flowing slowly
a deep body Of wntvr, AMI uGafl broadening out
aid rlppItng swiftly over Its gravully bed, Will,
a tieptl, of perhaps but a few Inches. This
being tic character of Tic strcatn. It is navfgablc
trayery brief pcrtul, al only during the1.Igllest
water, and then only as fnr rs Post Number
Two, The present scns0n, n few trips wrrc
made to tho post by the fightcst4lratt boats,
earring cargoea 0f from scvcnty.Gvn TO 150
inns: but, at Tic present time, supply.tuats
uuloaI ut tho
xEwLr.RsrABLlsnsD surrLT.cAMr
m tho Yellowstone, fur miles above the mouth
Of the big Horn; thence tho freight IL trat,s-
rortcd BY lanl.-the distance across bc,nE essi-
mattel At thtrty-Rvo miles.
Cant. unibraftl,, In command Of tho Sup
rty.Camp. exercised IN It's selcc-
lion good juiglnent.-it being III Il
beautiful valley, where the Yellow
stone has cut deep Into It's banks, 30 that boats
lar right alongside. their decks OH level with
and touching tho overflanEing bank.
Tho Captain cvidcntlY realizes tha. his post
i,onc Of responsibility and danger; ana ills
preparations for tlIr cnc,ny, in case they should
call un him. nrc Of tho 1nost complete character.
Inc FHef ~ 'uls po"t ""e a'''i
swift, forming ample protection from
l. blockllolise Of tho most substantial charac-
tcr. anil commanding Tim eutiro innn,l furo OF
A.. s,, T,,fs i,i,,o,,,,,., =. aort,o, ~, e,f,nr
las e.''r i' sn'"no - ''.'re" w s.'o'
eic hY flnc-plta anu trencHcsi ana 4r0tn us tn
tcrtur there leads to tho river covered Why. 60
that. ln,wcyet close 1nav he tic Siege. tho Rur-
rison cannot be cut oir FROM wafer. On thu
hanks hrrs nre ntlc1 }tiut1rrip f,f tome NJ st1p.
plies, whlcl, arc being transported to the post
as fass a. possible. These posts arc
cn1r1oAtt.r s,TuArxp.
,e,ou m,dvav = l,ctvcr, tha 1n prcat bufr,,o.rooro
Ii u hi. season. iasther nortb' sna tho haunts of
tic Indians farther SOUTH
Ono naturally cxf,ects to find thcso .uosts. thus
in the heart Of the IutlInn country strongly for
~ n the Tarrlao, cnToc. in nrenari,'v IN ,~t
IA rrin' ennmr whicls vii snnn cn.c ~ ,,wr
n'nn ihc1n'H.s"; tIttar rnld mi stnr,ns ~ thIs
I., uu i;,,t Viii l tts III r. tr"c ttr wnn1 % nc
ss!y %ssit +: Ie1ss e. $s!{ { .t!s; @ T. q =
" af "I to n,,crs S s1s,ts ocE s. orn ,t X
nv"rx wy u t,,rt, s"s 0eas' "h' a'e 'n' III
E,y1,,u I,t,ss H",ntorT,vo aovr tho plo 11,rn -,
&c ts nain
s1aseea .s roas, worn py Inc arog.c a .,, mence
' o's r. uss @ sa,.,su ~ W. ', ~. W
s"Iv T., krc,, t,c ,,s',al .orn taoInu for 1.. IN.
dIanA ,-
Tho country through hpru WAS Of tho poorest
description, anti no running water was seen savo
the river. The day was excessively hut, md the
lllrtf- miles tou1d tu be hard days rltto.
The only remarkable thing encountered on the
way was vast number Ut
GROW DOCS.
These were met with slngty, and In bands
eon10ttmea numbering several scOrc. 1t neeuel
but glancr at tue long, link, hungry, wotlah-
looking hrutcs tn know their ,speglos; but II,
Feeling tllctn. you hayo any doubt ~ to thcir
character. ride out townrd TINT baitl-thcr6 arc,
perhaps, afty ol them. All Jour horse fcars
thcm, and refuses TO appruach- That Is
right. UnsEing your rifle, open your
pbtul-holstc1B, fur they have bcon
known to drag down the strungcat gnmc OF tic
palnA but scoI they have dfsaptenrctl; nnd,
surc enough, they hnvo skulked from sight
III Rrass 50 short TINT one would think It hardly
sufficient to hide II Squirrel In the appearance
Ut ttlcsu lost pets Of tho Numerous Crow Nation,
aud In tl.cEr every actnn, one may rrAI stealth,
tteachcry, sayagery, OF, what Is SYNONYMOUS,
lnd!an-lnd!an- -I,lula,.
Arriving ut the Supply Camp only to find It
still curo!opel tn the smukc ruured from tho
eInuke.atack Ut tic l4epurtInR steamer DEv
llurl, dls1nouuting, and engaging in couycrsa.