The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1877-08-19
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DEER LoDuE, aug Il--J \. NV.
ii. Edwards has Just arrived from Big
Hole, bringing accounts Of terrible
battle between Gen. Gibbons command
aud the Ne. Pcrccs OIL The Big Hole riv-
er Oh August 9th. Gibbons : command,
consisting, Of lS2 men, II officers, 1913
regulars and 81 citizen volunteers,
crossed over from Ross Hole to near
the Big Hole OH Wednesday. Starting
ut Ii o'clock OH the same night, they
moved down Hll the troops with tho ex-
ecrtion of " few left TO guard the trans
TortgiiUn few miles above, close 10 the
Indian camp which was lnado on the
Bag Hole about three miles below where
III. Bitter Root and hammock trails cross.
At dnylight this morning the fight OPEN
eel by the volunteers firing on and kill
ing an Indian going after the horses.
The charge WAS then mnde on the camp
AMI hard fighting occurred for the next
two hnuIs, during which time large
numbcrs ii men AID Indians We're kill
ed. The svi1iers then charged Oh the
lodges, but were repulsed in the at
tempt. The Indians then attempted to
cut them OF from Il high wooded point,
but the soldiers charged aud driving
the Indian advance from it, held it and
ut once fortified. The fighting contiu-
ucd here all day and WIS still progress
inS iittnlly when tho courier left mt
/ O'Clock. The fighting WAS dcsper-
"te on both sides, the full force OF the
In diuns being i'll the fight.
Captain Logan and Lieut. bradley
were killed. Gen. Gibbon, rart. Vii.
linms and Lieuts. Coolidge, English
and Woodruff were wounded. Gen.
Gibbon only slightly. Bradley was the
first man killed. The messenger says
that after they failed to capture the
lodges, the lndiamS moved their cnInp
OF III the direction Of Nnnmork. All
their horses hcing captured. the mes
scn3er had 10 come TO French Guluh,
nearly 60 miles. Oh foot. Another
mC mCs3cnScr WAS sent to Howard, who
should lave reached there to-day. The
huwitZcr had brtE left six miles be-
hind, and NEE oidt trtd to DO moved mp
ut daylight. During the fight they
heard il discharged twice, md then it
wI!s silent. 4 band Of Indiuns soon
after appeared " tn large band of
horses, aud il is believed all the horses
Of the command, the gun. their sup
plies, r,s,Tvc ammunition, etc., were
captured. Goa. GiLbon thought, when
the courier left there, lie still had u
hundred effective men AMI believed the
Indians had nearly I'LL withdrawn from
his front. Tho messenger says ho
thinks 100 Indians arc killed and nearly
half the cuInHlnud, Including citizens,
were BILLED or wounded. Gen. Gibbun
has sc:'t for medicines, surgeons, sup.
plies, etc. Dr. Mitchell will leave to-
day with mn escort. Gen. Gibbon par
ticniarly asks for ambulance wagons TO
CONS under nm escort, ulid every Hvnil
able ambulance uson will 80 forward
from here md Butte. 1t is one of the
hardest Indian fights on record, und
Gibbons cumImand made most gallunt
aud desperate fight against oycrwhrlIn-
ing numbers.
PANAMA. Aug. 2.--Tho Pacific Steam
Navigation Cumpany's Steamer Etna,
Captain Conthupc, was totally loHt on
The morning of the 18th OF July, Mt
Los NiiUs, seventy miles north OF Ynl-
paraisu. There must hnYc been con-
siderable less OF life, as fourteen bodies
had been recovered. FOrty.thrco Of
the crew and passengers had reached
the shore md twenty were still OH tho
rocEH. All Efforts wore made TO rescue
them.
The survivors on tho rocks, owing
to exposure and want of food, threw
themselves in the sen TO end their mis-
cry. Only three were saved.
An account says ilInI ont Of crew OF
si%;y-guycn all told, and passengers.
there Hrc probably HiXty-three saved.
There could not hnvc been less thuu
from % TO 100 passengers.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 1i.-On Sunday
lust negro named Thompson commit
ted brutal assault on littlo white girl
nt Mitchell's station, West Virginia.
llc was arrested and lodged in Jail,
next day. Inst night ho wns forcibly
tnken from jnil by nbouL sixty masked
mon nud hung.
WAsmtSGroH, Aug. l1.--Tho Secretary
OF tho Interior was Ia conference with
the President to-day with rcuircnco to
the proposed commission to wait upon
Sitting bull 10 arrange for his return To
tho United Stntcs. Tho names Of the
members of tho commission wcro not to
ho announced until General Crook
shall hnvo been heard from OIL tho sub.
Jcct.
roTrLASD, Aug. l1.--.A man giving
his uame ns William Poolo hns been nr-
rested for attempting TO outrage Mary
MeClinchy, littlO girl, ngcd 10 ycnrs.
The c,imo was attempted 10 hc pcrpc-
tratcd In broad Daylight In one Of the
back streets. Tho brutal wretch had
nearly succeeded In accomplishing the