New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-02-10
GENERAL NEWS.

A dispatch from Halifax, dated the sixth,
says the steamer George Washington, OF
the Cromwell line, is total wrec2k at Cape
Race. All on board were lost; fourteen
bodies have been recovered. Shea had Dut
two DaasenperA. The crew were all from
New York and vicinity. Thea steamer
George Cromwell, Of the same Ii ne, 10 also
missing.
The steamer George Washington went
ashore probably on the night Of the TWEEN
tieth ultimo, about half mile twest from
Mistaken Point, and eight miles southwest
from Cape Race. The loss of tlpe steamer
remained undiscovered by Che iLphanitants
of the coast till the tWenty-f ttth, when
men from shore, being lOweredi Dy ropes
seventy fathoms over the cliff, fgpund parts
of thirteen human bodies, which, they Du-
ried. Their features were not recogniz9-
BILE. One body was marked int INDIA INK
with the letters j. H. s, and ~. All on
board the steamer when she 1sonk were
GepersI Miles has had another fight with
the Indians and gained another signal NC
tory over them.
The Indians consisted of banl 1s OF Chey-
ennnes and Ogalallas, under CT 'a2y Horse,
and numbered between 600 andh oOV looges.
Miles command left on the tFwenty-sev-
enth of December, and proceeded up Tongue
river. His command consisted OF hve COM
pRnies of the Fifth Infantry ana two COM
panies of the Twenty-second InlI fantry, and
Numbered 800 fighting men. Thorough lack
of transportation General MiledS was com.
PEELED to employ Montana OK teams that
happened to be at this post to tx ;ansport mis-
supplies.
This train he sent out three days in ad-
vance of the departure of the main com
mand, under charge of Major Charlea
Dickey, with two companies of Isne twenty
second Infantry and one of the 9flItn 1n1 q,
try. After OverJaking the traonn, with the
balance of the command, GENERAL Miles
abandoned the wagons and drdRve his oxen
in order to have them at handlf to asslst IN
pulling his train up steep hills hnd through
deep canyons. At the time of leaving the
post there was heavy snow ore the ground
and heavy storms with int ensely cold
weather, obtained during the Whole period
of the expedition.
The movement of troops was necessarily
tedious, and the hardships en- Edured were
very great General Miles, after proceed
ing some sixty miles up the Tongue river
discovered sings Of recent lad ian encamp
ments, and pushing on strueT6 their mi
force on the seventh instant. On the even
ing of that day quite heavy kirmieh tooh
place, and on the eighth the Issndians to th!
number of 1000 warriors, welol armed anc
plentifully supplied with am9munltlon, ap
peared on his front.
General Miles attacked the pm, however
with his little command and 81 succeeoeu II
gaining q decisive victory. Ttyte loss OF thu
Indians is hard 20 estimate, bunlt is known Il
have been very great The bs tttle neld wal
covered with traces of blood.
Tho Indians fought with gareat despera
ton. The battle was oonte2slted en- verJ
rough and broken ground where it would
have been impossible for cavaagry to ride
The indiana were entirely on foot, aDS
charged the troops repeatedly Our oincer
and men displayed the grea,etest eoolnea
and courage, and poured dead " volieys int
the ranks of the hoatiles. } For more thai
five hours the fight ragged as Il errlbly as eve
was witnessed on q battlefield. A heaV'
snow storm prevailed dufinlE portion o
the fight General Miles lrpas was iou
killed and six wounded
General Miles pursued theQ lndiane INT
Wolf mountains Is far as HIS limited sur
plies would permit The cor.znmand has II
turned TO this post In rood tbOnditiOn, cor
sidering the terrible hardahAips L has ez
dured
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