, 1877-09-21
Can. Gibbons Official Report Of
His Fight at Biz
Hole.
.1oscpl,'s Band Of Ncz Pcrces
Badly Whipped and Sovcrc-
ly Punished.
rater Information Regarding
GEN. Sturgis' More Re-
cent Victory.
A Discournging Outlook for the
Sitting-Buu Commission.

hdH tn hant1 FnSrfVat AZ mill.
l!c!e M1ntn "'n =, 1t III. % 49, ~ S,nm
tary hca'laaut1er' ~ .a'a guy M1s as .o"n~s: M
s't 6,w Ss repori Of reeeat m,lasy ope1a
Upon tcIcgrarhic lnformatinn that the ho.t,fe
ttsl, ordered nnc Of tho cnmpanles nj Camp la.
ker IN md the company at Fort benton IT., with
ths exception q sx men. to n,o.e Al ono: to Fs,t
shaw. They were concentrated thcEo on tho 9Th
Of Jny. 'ihc next dsT: with Company y. and
e1rry man e ba arated ftom tl's pet, The cum
men. cotnn,enecd tho uaarch for Niteouta. via ca
dottr Fn's. with pack-innlcs. The tistnnce-150
mea-was eccomrl!ahed N soven days, the COM
thc afternoon of the ID ot Augast, in wagons sent
out to meet It: pseeedeh Tho daJ oefore By myself
snl tl.e MOI mounted aetachmene undcf Lieut. DANES
On The 18th inst. ancrecaed II avoiding Capt.
Harm. s ~ x ",shas sns It nd
were then lr'snrcy moving up tlo 1alleT. batting
sdsy or two a TING 70 e,als ~ 70 tn; inhabitants
fSeL ac ts"fa a auppis. 81 Or Ill Sna neludins .mma
"Ition @ The ptifn ,peetaee VI. pTe.eatsdo q tht'e
rrd.handed plsndcretrssfsesh from Tho slaishter
bclus furnished by tho citizens OF Mohtana with
freah supplies; which enabled them to continue
thcis hght and thes nuFderoua work In oshes paftA
stands out In bold relief to what appears to harc
Inc fhit IN i0NEf OF i31tff fbtst A.
jot their blood money, closed his store and dared
them to do their worst.
teSsn officers aud ali Tho men 10 be spared fro,n
cant. Rawn's company (which had been In the
meantime ttrenstAcne1 By q Company. seren.h
from Fort EllIs,. Tleft thn most at o'clock wlti
dtteen ofleer. and i'm men In wasons, and movei
to " we s e
daY No male thirty miles, AMI wcro Joined BY
nnnbor Of eitzens from ,tho uppcr 1ai.eJ. xho
,SouI e naa % IN
l mad been informed that beyond ce.trln point
i would oe impracteabio to take waEons, and there.
dIea. intending, when tho lime came, 10 cut loose
this day was fortunate enough to secnfe the
euanted with lhe country. who assured M that
ha had btonght lightly -lostel wagons ovcr the trail
AZ ths way from Hammock. and that 1t vaa pasaa-
Tho rum! was excellent until VIC commenced to
climb tho dlride fcparatng from tho Iioss Hole
5s Of hS o.
crooketl that We were compelled to halt Il night.
fsll pnd make dfy camp before reaehlnu tho sun,.
mi, nns = TT ~ hs tas
Wese i9ui honss IN 1eac1hs tne auhmt. an" sne.
erstlea 70 MaHih9 oaly th,ftech anu one.half
m!ses, VIII ''" e'eeps' aAec"' oe'oso 10 .of 'ne
nG3s aay;
y Day. up 70 t1lt time, 9een paesihH teRufaely
thc l0Hlah caMpthR-tfhtnAst Waleh SnoWea thSk
they were moving AZ tue rate o1 about twctya ot
fourteen Mltcs tay. no that II We could continue
70 h1uble this Instance lilo QncstloA Of 9settak1ng
thA enemy Was amply ono OF ttme. 40 Accurate
eatlmote OF theif sttSnRth cOul1 10 mAde, as many
q them ocen0!ea simple bru'h shelters. 1t was
ohsefycl. nso' t1ht the tepce* poles. nl"ays len
eIana.ns " thelr eanh', were collected eaeh night
to5 LoarosalJ Rnlfuaen, aaa no slRns o. Npee'
Iolcs noE tfaso.s ioe Woantet Wefo ae1n hn The
ttH @ nc peat @ S1n.nre ot thetr atrrnEth cntl!
Sn .asfn III -, ~ , .. .no sae5 gass taehi
IN I'm n.I5 ;o!5, ~ ~ ". maua ~ mcao me13fueo' anu
IN cnmn,Mu nt H. III ~ thn ,n.i x,,. ~ a..
porax W"mmt.t. ~ thn sns ,tn ~ H. . II tne
rsJev Whn hn IL esn s9 sont IL s ~; N
-! st;n msA W. napentcu usca ana smsu party VI
sa''"c"'' oAese" ~ % anaau
....AS MUTT MARCH,, =
u poes!no ovefta4c the camp, and mako an At.
teinpL 70 etan,pcde thS nerd, which cTert Ihdlca.
tson shoWet Whs yeES' LARGO 6omn twenty-five OF
tna c'nenA soinnteefeu 70 accompany h!n1. ~ did
aIso Llee!. =; !aeoos, hcK'Mental l{narter.
maste1 oescnta !nlahfy. nts nephew: s1r. =. ].
nestnM. " heht"sHy. nefEt WusoT, Company L,
netcutu !utonts5t ah0 uoSt"1cK, tAo post'Euidt 0l
Fo1t enaW;
IN aGcoTHanec Win this sufRcst'on Iftut. Btnd-
w. villa ais command, amounting to somo sixty
men. Was oncfen 10 push forward during the
niGnt anu tsYto si!iSo rue camp be1uro daylight.
IAe heit mnfh!hK tl9 maln bHdy resumed the
mhFca a. u CLOCK; ana Al ohce commenced 10 AZ.
cenh ths !ofnaaoie tAff'sF III ~ tEout. The din.
fattss I tae foaa he'1g Increased oJ quantities ol
tall41 uInnGF, WHICH had to b4 ft1Hpf4l Or pu