The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-19

unbounded and for time II seemed as II the savage
Crows who perperated the outrage would pay the pcn
atty OF their crime with their lives al the hands OF the
enraged soldiery. The Crow camp immediately
disarmcd. and that night they deserted, SWAN the
Yellowstone River and struck out Tor their agency,
$50 miles distant from here They knew that they had
PERFORATED an outrageous murder and feared thai
General Miles would innict upon them summary puns
shment with the atrocty OF the crime.
OF THE WAR DELAYED.
The tragic tate OF Bull Eagle aud his brave compan.
ions is deeply depored BY General Niles he is salts
He'd that they were coming IN to surrender the large
camp OF their tribe VINO had been wan Crazy Horse
aud who they had doubtless induced to return With
them II this conjecture " correct, ana General Miles,
thinks II s, their surrender would have gone lar to-
ward ending the sioux war Their detection from Crazy
Horse would have materially weakened tnat poweriu
chef aud as suing Bun Is thoroughly whipped there
world have nothing left OF the great camps that
so lately numbered thousands OF warriors IL Is but
Just this connection That the Crows claim
that the Sioux whom, they killed acting IN
good Iaith when they approached the garrison They
say that the sioux call flag OF truce 'iool nag
That they start out on the warpath and hang around
the outskirts OF the post To steal horses and mules
and murder sragglcrs, and then II detected pull out
a white Gag, which they have conveniently hidden
about their persons, and hope to escape under III
protection. II they see that they can steal or muir
der without danger oil detection they do so. II not
they ride into camp, shake hands. have "powwows,"
get ra'ions and ride or rejoicing over the simplicity
OF those who received and fed them as friends In
evidence o. ns ,S0rs S a,oio" no ., i,no
OF the Sioux nearly every animal at the post
except those under guard al the corral was stolen Tho
'.ctizcn' woodchoppers, hordcrs and tcamsters all
their horses ana mules, and OF course all acecps
and indorsc the '.Crow theory OF the klIng-viz.
that they thieves cndcU voring to swo0p
the herd and that only after detection by the
Crows that they raised the white flag and claimed liz
protection. 30 this as II may, every officer and
soldier and every Intelligent citizen regrets the
renee General Miles plan was, of course, TO disaf
feet as many OF the hostics he could. and to leave
SITTING ,ull and Crazy Horse with small following
possible For this reason he regards tue occurrence
as extremely unfortunate. II was one wholly uncx.
pccled, and which, like any other Wild burst al
savage passion could not have been anticipated The
Crows have tor been used as scouts eyes. as
were tor the command, and mover before has an ndi
Of violence been gwen that would lead one Ia
anticipate bloody scene as occurred on saturday
last
ANOTHER EXPEDITION
General Miles, have asccrtained since commencing
my letter starts the warpath again tomorrow TnG
weather rs Intensely cold Stil neither wind nor
weather deters him. Ho moves mp Tongue Rvor Il
intercept sittng Bull In bis flight toward Crazy Horse,
who has nn immense camp oil Cheyennes GU tho Big
Horn He will then pay his respects to the latter gon-
tIcman before returning SO IN my next you may cx-
poet the details OF great Indian Tight One thing Is
certain, If either sitting Bull or Crazy Horse DO
caught by hard marching and by courageous and
persistent that no hariships dangers
falter then General Miles will catch them,
aud " hen he does he will give them as sound drub.
blng as Indians ever received