, 1877-01-04
INDIANS

Result at Crooks CampA!En-MusdeF OF fWo
citizens by tho Savages--oen. Crook"
indian Soldiers, and Their conaact In tlse
Recent Fight.
CuErzsrE, Wyo., Jan. 3.-Rcstoratlon Of
communication with Fettermnn ga7es tne tol-
lowing details Of Crooks return:
FErrERMAN, Dec. 2q.-Crook's command
rcachcd hero to-day. Tho campaign has closed, |
the t,ostllcs bc!ng too distant to be reached IN
thla weather. Tho command left Bel
fourche Dec. q. in very severe
weather. On Christmas the mercury froze III
he bulb 'rhe anitnala suffered Tor wnnt 81 Tor
aEe, and number Of R1ules TSre turned l2osS:
ia.t nIrlt, The sioux and Arapahoe scouts lett
Tor Tor tea Cioai on The I'd. Col. Rsndsll' WI,
serenity Crews. met , the ,Se'q ssq"p sc71Iees Gee,
ners hsIs fSsv rSs s rspart thai the destruction
Of q Cheyenne village BY Mackenzie srcatsni i,,..
genrral e. s.an'ys,le Trails were passed !ea,!ing
y1ons i, IS III Inc Le
t,sn. Crook is tatts.lcl with tho result OF
n esnp,n y, a. + n ts ps esR esRs Of ',d w}nser .
lis expresses tho uplnion that the i!ostilss Tl
not stand another sampaiEn. The friendly
Intaus, with a. small cuiunn of troops, WI
nis e ds,e 1argc fo1re ca ls racd aopg hs
surrounding tribes when the sprlug opens.
prp C1oup 1sDtAH Aoxscr, Ncb., Dec. a7.-
Considerable excitolncnt prevails here, owing
to the murder OF two citizens, and tho wound
lnx Of tw1 others, In tho vicinity OIL lht''ah
Creek, some twenty miles due north from
here. Two wounded men llaSc oeen o.ou3a'
In. WIN pnrtlrtpasrtltn light near Indian Creek,
, on the Ath inst, These two men, Lewis anu
Tn:c.-tlla latter formerly s!uut fur ues'.
CrouE, q companion of Buffalo iii, ana III tno
c,nnluy Of Col. Masou as courier at Cntnn in1-
insop, near ills A=cey,-- Will, l. William
!. Ilillu;,, Wcro sent out In quest Of Fretiorlsl'
Eckstadt formerly Ut Cllicago} wlfo hal, sumo
iev ,ays before, atartea fur hsrs, WILL wt.t ts
Hut Creek, forty miles from here, but laa fa''ed
10 report, and who, 1t MAS supposed, had bces
waYlald by ln''sans 2r iost. .,.,,n - ~.
ranch, I.u having l,cen attacked by Indians IN
= SLIGHTLY wounded. iiu then accompanied IN
+ party lack towards tbs Agency. ani they "a.
- rr.xec.lcl to n ulaco near Indian Ctesk, Wtel
they wcre attacked BY : party Il about twent
iwlfats,-Ecksta,it l,cIng Killed Instantly, an
= i}ion's horse sl,ot fro,l, under hni Tic III
;. t!las ,,c1l mule charge upon Tug parLy' an
serese. n killing niio, i, ,nn a1en a;n Tato I an
y Inwt and killing tilcir torics. Two OF tho Ii,
y laus weru Killed, and It il thought serEral Wet
~ wounded. when they ~ wlsilu9e"; Aatc' -, -
:, Aitrr tllo trst charge they fortified themselyt
4 brhiml Dlion's dead horse, and he!a tha !,
~ ~ lfans at bay until they weru forced to wltuta"
u ~ Dillon, utter Ills ammunition bud been exhaus
= cd. sTawlsd 10 Ecksta.lt's body, took ths Gu
8' triugcs from Ills belt, and Returned TO hs cns'
rallct, when he received Ills !ast tasai sho
Tato and Lcw!a then nude tile!r cssaRs, ~
IS iho snow, taking them two nights anu ono y
= to reach ths woo!.cAsnp, about seven mil
+! from here, whero they were care, ior' a. a.
u. tnso5. Both were so severely wounded ~ to
- unable 10 walk. Yesterday u company Asart'
ia fvr lis dead bodies, and will probably be he
~ Tia indian roluicrs from Gen. Crooks col
mnud haye becn arriving for tho last six ia,
| They feel highly e1atctl over thtF success " !
Fs. at. hgLt win ibs Cllcyennes, all ot them III
a. tng stock and troph!es which they eaptn5sd'
ny ID quite amusing 10 them IN thelr b!ue = =
on foril,,-su,,.e OF them being sergeante AMI U
~ pnrals and feeling quito proud u tte1t taa
Iu lnan sodie!s ats fePortcd !" ilase ts loIs ..
yalfal,tly, zach tribe trying to aitao we otn
en-" in bravery. In fact. It IL .raportcd that u
Va were directed ty ten. Crook to capture sto
a,. ss but ,,ot to ilssIt; but. when tte hxht ~ i.
the thrir ,u huni. II Is inlce.l strange that I'll
-, Indians have rn,istea to i'sh. their own T.
inE ttoIs, Wien, six nlunths ngo, they would u
ct ee'fntl to wSaf s9et h ''in.' IL ~ ~
:ass formrr Cheyenne Chief, urrisel yesterday, i
has ing burn with tt.n soldiers. After tho tiEhs
s ssssa;,f thq sa 'o{ q txo s,' e.t III
hy tho late h,oux-'ius {ssho was Killed nsre
'pfY Amrrl,an-liorse. amt who WAS ornt!'st
"kl It,tlc|IIy. Mani were conspicuous IN the l''
uht- h;n', vii, TIA hu.ttlca, willie their you,
'of' h.er vas With Tue soldiers and rsu;' rscvyn',
. Many o. ~ ~ ,,nqs nostGs We're Tf1y ,atuai rscS
lDr H. H., ~ 1,ih si,lr,.
Wilt, '' Xviii ~. t;srurtt. 1,to Agency Intcrprt
fns,S ,,, w.. viii i;ru Markeuxft as Interpreter
II ut u ~, '.,,,,i:iv,. rrtnrntI to-day liz rep
hy f,..t,ur MN th,: ,xlly u[ u white man Will
Il he -. ~ h.r,.. :,lsn lint Two uners wrre X
talt!' ua Tic Belle Fuaretc.
'I'f, 'rL, lrIi,rs wh4, were scuk to the Indian
,Ehc. -;.a"v r., innI ut the country With vic
IL II n,,v:n, ,,,rrn erprcss supreu,c contempt
!, nl. ',i..,,ie y,rii,n. They say they would 90
urlty .xhs5" mi t. that r,uuirf,
VIZ i:,. d:1uui,;s rornuIal,1 will be here In a
shnt ~ Il H. a f,'r,,,tnt,. FuiLAApi
~ tc '"N~'N'''A'' ..--ss-----
Mu.a ,nn,.uAno,Ic Ic cr&NnAl
is.lt4 !HUlAHhEVLto oGhnunts
linz &pecfQl psPd&tA 10 1AS 1fasaHs'