Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-17
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A BIOody Battle In msntana TsFrllsEy,
Between General elbbOa's Csnnasd
and the Hsz PsFoss-A Large Auabsr
Killed and WOuadsd On Beth SIdss, aaA
the ladIaHS Get the Best Of The Fight
HELENA, MONTANA, August IL
The following was received this morn
ing "Blg Hole, Mont, August 9.-To
Governor Potts: Had q hard fight
with Nee Perces, killing q number, and
losing @ number Of officers and men.
We need q doctor and everything.
Send such relief as you 9 Signed,
John Gibbons, commanding"
BIG HOLE, August 9.-To Governor
Potts: We are here near the mouth Of
Big Hole Pass, with a large number Of
wounded In want ofeverything-food,
clothing, medicine and medical ct.
tendance. Send Ne assistance at once.
(slgned) JNO. GIBBONS,
Another dispatch to Gov. Potts says,
we had 8 hard fight, and took the VII
lage, but were finally driven back with
heavy loss. Capt. Logan and Lieut..
Bradley are killed; Gen. Gibbons and
Lieutenants Coolidge, English and
Woodruff are woundsd-Lient. Eng
lish seriously, and the others slightly.
The troops are e~ntrenched, and the In
dams leaving. When the messenger
was leaving, Gen. Gibbons said II want
an escort sufficient to protect the wag-
0ns which are coming to relieve III.
Load the wagons as lightly as possible.
DEER LoDGE, MONT, August H.
W. H. Edwards has just arrived from
Big Hole, bringing accounts Of 6 terri
BILE battle between Gen. Glbb0nss
command and the Nez Perces, on Big
Hole river, August 9. GlbbOns's COM
mand, consisting Of 1872 men-l7 on
GERS, 1873 regulars, and 81 citizen v0lun-
teers-crossed over from Ross Hole on
Wednesday; starting at Z O'Clock the
same night, they moved down all Of
the troops with the exception Of Q few
left to guard the transportation, . few
miles above, close 10 the Indian camp,
which was on Big Hole, about three
miles below where the Bitter Root and
Bannock trails cross. At daylight the
fight opened by the volunteers firing
on 81 Indian going after the horses.
A charge was then made on
the camp, and some hard fighting
took place In the next two hours, in
which time q large number Of men and
Indians were killed. The soldiers then
charged the lodges, but were repulsed.
! The Indians attempted to cut the SOL
/. diers from . high wooded point, but
the latter charged, beating back the
Indians advance from the point, which
. they held aud at once fortified. Fight
7 ing continued all day, and wa still
.. progressing ftfully when the courier
: left at II o'clock. The fighting was
: : desperate on both sides.
The messenger save that after they
: failed TO capture the lodges, the In
! dams moved their camp OF in the d.
= rection Of the BannOcks. All the
horses belonging to the troops were
captured, and the messenger had 10
come 10 French Gulf nearly sixty
miles, on foot. Another messenger
Y, was sent to Howard, who should have
Il reached there to-day. The hoWitzer
had been left behind, and Was ordered
to be moved up ct daylight. During
/ the fight they heard Il discharged
twice, and then 1t was silent. A band
q Of Indians soon after appeared with q
number of horses, and It 10 believed
a ell the horses of the command, the gun,
' supplies and reeerve ammunition were
captured. When the courier left, Gen.
Gibbons thought he still had 100 eff
iective men, and nearly all of the In.
dams had withdrawn. The messenger
D thinks 100 Indians were killed,
and nearly half of the command,
3 including the citizens, were killed or
q wounded. Gibbons sent for surgeons
Z and supplies. DR.. Mitchell will leave
4 to-day with IN escort. Gibbons par
ticularly asks for ambulances to come
under escort, and every available
wagon will 60 forward from here and
Butte. This Is one Of the hardest
y Indian fights on record. Gen. Glib.
bOns made q most gallant and desper-
Z ate fight against overwhelming odds.
4 A dispatch from Deer Lodge, Mont,
8 August II, at 10 am, to Gov. Potts,
q says: 1--WE have all the men we want
here to escort the wagons. We are
rushing out wagons, steers, ice, etc.
so or 100 men are killed or wounded"
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PARLIAMENT.