Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-29
--rrp FROM THE BLACK HILLS

TOR ~ last. | have gathered few nasty
since Wy ovi1 doings of our Sioux neigh
bfF's o. r'sv make their presence known by
prs mr. citizens and driving OFT their
Eains our
E R1s February the 18th, they ran Oft about
4 head of cows and work-steers fro" RAISE
el'0'. mo DIST. fifty-six men of Company
gd cavalry, in command OF "a lieut.. y
cummings, arrived in Deadwood on the
Thev moved north twenty miles,
Inning on False Bottom' before going in,
n,mn, The soldiers were entertained
+he terminating scene of a lively chase
la citizens. after two Indians that had
.ho;. horses loose from their picket pins,
h others that were hobbled. They start
s,r the nearest mountain, the citizens
Irs,ing and closing with them on the top,
ina them to abandon their horses and
Ipn,ler, by dashing over a preciplce and
s.ino the shelter of a canyon below. The
: ret,,rued with their w and two In
In horses.
pbo same evening a DASH was made on
porfsh. Twenty head of cows, work
4he, and eight head of horses were taken.
Fine same day, on Red Water, twelve
has north of this point, a flock of sheep
va taken. The herders reeaptured them,
fine Indians rallying and outnumbering
I'm. finally got away with the sheep. One
their number who was wounded, was
he'd on a horse despite of his piercing
bis.
Nm the 23d, the small company Of cavalry
ten or twelve citizens, took the trail,
erhauled and captured the sheep, chased
/ Indians and got within a hundred and
" yards of them, but night being on
nd. the Indians run their ponies down a
ep bank, and disappeared in the dark
Is. The troops camped. On the night
the 23d, Boughton & Berry's herd of 200
\ steers were drove off from False Bot
h. Next morning the. troops took the
i'll, hoping to recover the cattle in the az
moon. They ran on to an Indian camp,
adng nothing but the camp outtit-some
1bes and fifteen head of ponies. They took
B@ssession and camped for the night. About
be or ten O'Clock, fifteen or twenty Indians
me near the pickets, and not being aware
the change of occupants, the one in the
ID of the party-not taking in the situa.
&n-paid no attention to the hail Of the
%ntnel. A volley was fired. With a wild
bill of despair they disappeared ia the
1rkness. Being out of %rations, and ap
@farances denoting more Indians than they
uld handle in the immediate vicinity, the,
tsrned to Spearfish to await reinforce
gents, and the supply train.
sOn the 9th, one mile from, and in sigh,
Crook City, Dick Dunn's freight trai1
s attacked. The herder, Mr.. Peter Nc
pnlgal was killed and thirty head of worl
tile drove off. On the same day, eigh
Lies from Crook City, on the Rapid City
Raa' a Mr.. Riley, a treighter, was killed
pu a man named Jones wounded severely
Inc Indians have got all the horses ant
'cA from Grow Park to Rapid City, will
y exception Of one horse herd of about
lndred head, and about forty head of worl
title at Spearish City.
mere are two more companies of soldier
y supply train Oh the road, were hear'
O1i az Rapid City on the 9th, and will b
"e ready for the A.eld, March I'd.
i"ere is a correspondent of the Chicag,
mes ana New York San accompanying,
peut. Cummings command.
O. JACK Mccoy.
sRearash City. D. T.. March 1. 1877.
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