The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1877-09-23
WEEKLY ELKO NDEpEaDzaT.
sUyPtY. SEPTEMBER ~. 1877,
LATE JELEGRAMs.

ia courier has just arr we'd from the
Grow agency with an official dispatch
from Gen. Sturgis. He says in sub
stance that the Sez Perccs flnnkcd him
and proceeded down CIark's Fork. He
followed Them two days. and came ZIP
on them on tho Yellowstone abon. :
milcS below Clark's Fork. end fought
thtm nearly NIL day. He reports thar
be captured several horses and killed a
great many Indians and lost some SOL
diers. The Crows fought and Captured
one bundled and fifty head of horses.
The Neg Perces hai burned Meadow s
mill pnd several ranches, among othcr1
stones and Houses.
~ BozEHAs, 81. T.. Sept. Is. 1877.
To Gsntrdl o. r. Pett,. IIelsaq. Gen
oraI sturgis had bard fight with the
Nez Perccs on the 18TH There were
a good many killed and wounded. and
he captured several hundred head OF
horses, :. His own loss was considera.
bio. Tho Crows brought into tie
agency $50 Sez Perces' horses on the
18th. Several hundred started on. at
once to assist sturgis.
aa (Signed) BESHAa,
Captain Commanding.
The independently special from BOze-
man, Montana, sept..17th. says: Stur.
gis assisted By Howard S cavalry, under
Sanford, had fight on Canyon Creek.
on the morning of the 18th. A great
number of Indians were Killed, and
many horses taken. The Crows got
away with all the Eez Perces' pack
animals. They report thrt the River
Grows from the MQscleshcr haze head
ed off tho Neg Perces and are driving
them toYards Gen. stqrgis. III the
two aghts the Crows and soldiers have
,toptlred about 1000 horses. The
Grown have about 400 Ncz Perces
horses at the AGENCY Over 800 Crows
were TO join sturg,s on the evening Of
the 14th, when no would again pursue
the Indians. Howard was. twenty. five
miles behind him,
LONDON. Sept. 1.-THE following
was received from Burcharest on Sun
day night: Colonel Wellesley has just
arrived from the Russian headquarters
before Plevna. He reports all quiet
except intermittent firing around Girl.
Fica rodouht, which ia still held By the
allied forces: Military operaticns real
ly closed on Wednesday evening, when
tho Turks recaptured tho double re-
doubt tsken' by Skobololr. The Rus.
sian commander-in-chicf could not or
would not send reinforceInents to hold
this rodohbt. General SkobeloG lost
1900 men in attacking the redoubt,
and 1000 moro in holding il. An
immense proportion Of officers were
killed or wounded. Only one co,g-
nander Of tho regiment Is uiivo aud
scarcely Q hpad of tho battalion iG loft.
Two oflcorR Of the stan are killed, one
of whom was yoras Lehniin, brother of
the great artist, aud another brother
was wounded s'.' - -
Tolegraphic delays cause confusion
OF dates in tho war dispatches. There
has been no serious engagement since
the defeat OF Con. Skoblof "Wednesday,
in which he loat hnlf his command.
The Daily Rtps, q strong pro Russian
paper, thus sums mp tho mornings in
telligence: Looking irnpartinlly at tho
fncts presented this morning, wc arc
unable TO form any other cOncluGion
than that the attack on Plevnn has IL OF
only failed, but so completely failed
that il can not be renewed under The
conditions In which tho Russian CON.
mander finds himself placed. ITo has
attempted what the grcu. German com.
3 mnnders never attempted in Their
French compGign, md has used up hi,
slight superiority OF men with MOI
binary rapidly. lie is liable to be nj.
arkod at any given part Of his front by.
force larger than any which lc cal
hsscmbletherc. In q world is Beaten.
Tile Russians have not, however, aban.
dOnod their pOsitiOn, and do not gccui
disposed to do SO. On the CONTRARY,
they arc fortifying them. .. -t
a bucharest correspootlcil. telegraph
as follows, under dato Of Sunday. A
dispatch Tonehed hero this morning
from iInperiAl headquarters, STATING
that tho Turks had made desperate
efforts TO IccGptnrothC drnvitza rcdouL.
making sovon Intellectual assaults and
losing 10000 mon t'.''
LoSDoa, Sept. IA correspondent
tclegraphing from before Plornn ro.
counts his last visit TO Tie G nvitza 10.
donbt, showing that Il iB nlidos. unton.
h6le, the approaches TO II being gwcpt
by Turkish 6ro from rclaubt ONLY
260 yards distant. On Wednesday The
Interior Of tho Grayitza rcdoubt wis
still pilcd with dead MD wounded In n
Bastly indistiuguighablo r6dbs, tho iise
OF tho Turks having prevented the up.
ttdaeh Of surgeons anl litter bearers.
Tho 7fiWraPh pnblislcE o disputcl,
from Stanley; tho African explorer,
dated Embormmu. In Congo, wosl coant
OF Africn, Aug 10. Ito sta,c6 LID had
completely paylgatod LnalaLa mud MUG.
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