The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-10-09

Looking Glass and Joseph's brother,
and three other chiefs, and forty
wounded.
Joseph gave me his solemn pledge
yesterday that he would surrender, but
did not, and they are evidently waiting
for aid from other Indians. They say
the Sioux are coming to their aid.
They are closely invested In some deep
ravines and kept under fire. To take
them by assault wonld cost many lives.
1 may wear them out and eventually
compel them to give up. They
FIGHT WITH MORE DESPERATION
than any Indians I have ever met. 1
believe there are many escaped villains
in the villages, who expect to be hung
when caught. believe there is COM
munication between this camp and
Sitting Bull, and 1 have used every
effort to prevent junction, am ex-
pecting the companies with Stufgis up,
and will then endeavor to send the
Second Cavalry companies to Benton.
1 presume you don't wish them with
drawn when surrounding the Nez
Perces camp. l intend to send my
wounded to the Missouri, and the cap
tured stock to the Yellowstone. 1
would respectfully suggest that infor-
nation be sent to the British authori-
ties, so as to prevent any portion of the
Nez Perces tribe crossing the line, or
to disarm them should they take refuge
on English soil. Can supplies be sent
up the Milk river road for the Second
Cavalry? Please send me any informa-
tion or orders that should govern my
movements.
Very respectfully.
NELSON A. MILES,
Colonel Commanding.
KILLED.
Capt. Owen Hale; I'd Lieut.. Jos. w.
Biddle; 1st Sergeant Otto Wilde; Ser
geants Max Meilke and II. w. Rachael;
Privates VIM. Whitelow, Francis Roth,
Geo. Hurdick and Frank Knapp; First
Sergeant Michael Martin; Sergeant
Jas. NJ. Albert; Privates Rander and
Dawsey; First Sergeant George Nc
Dermott; Sergeant Otta Derslow; Pri-
Yates John E. Cleveland, Lewis Kelly
and Samuel Mcintyre, all of the 7th
Cavalry.
Private Irving, I'd Cavalry; Private
Richard NJ. peschelt, Corporal John
Hadds, Private Joseph Kohler and
Keohegan, of the 9TH Cavalry.
WOUNDED.
Capt. Miles Maylon, Capt. F. S.
Godfrey, 7th Cavalry. First Lieut.. G.
W. Baird, Lient. Henry Roymeyn, 9TH
Infantry. Sergeant John Nelan, Cor
poral Michael Delany, Privates Peter
Allen, Michael Murphy, William H.
Magen, John Schimerer, John Myers,
Emil Taube and Chas. Smith, of Co. d,
7th Cavalry. Sergeant Chas. II. Welsh.
Corporal John Quinn, Trumpeter Thos.
Howard, Blacksmith Frederick Dett-
lien, Privates Jas. Clark, John Curran,
S. Lewis, Jas. H. johnson and David
E. Baker, 7th Cavalry; Sergeant Thos.
E. Goldman, Trumpeter Jas. E. Chris
topher, Privates d. S. Wright, How
ard Weaver, Thos. Deriving, Charles
Milton, Michael Gilbert, George w.
Savage, Jas. Farrell, I'd Cavalry; Private
John Ferrond, Sergeant Jos. A. Cable.
Privates Louis Gensler, Patrick Nc
Cam, John Andrews, N. B. Ward,
Sergeant Geo. Krager, Musician Jesse
O'Neil, Private Dan Horgan and Hos
pital Steward Jean B. Gallenne, 9Th
Cavalry. The Sioux Indian Hump and
the. Cheyenne Indian White Wolf were
also wounded.
The scout Bucknum, who brought
Gen. Miles dispatches, states that the
battle took place on Snake creek, about
eight miles above its mouth. He thinks
that Gen. Miles force consisted of
three companies of the I'd Cavalry,
three Of the 7th Cavalry and eight of
the 9th Infantry. He also thinks that
none of the officers reported wounded
are fatally injured.
Gen. Sturgis, whose arrival Gen.
Miles expected, must have with him
seven companies of his regiment. The
three companies of the I'd Cavalry with
Gen. Miles were originally intended as
an escort to the commission to meet
Sitting Bull.