Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1878-03-05

Expedition OF 500 Men Gone on a
Scouting Iour--The Milk River
Country to be e1uvestigated--K
Niles Scouts-Red Bears Outfit--
Points IN Yellowstone Kel1y's Life
.--Liver-Eating Johnsou's Escape.
We have some new, from up river
for to-day's TRIBUNE. 1t begins to
SAVIOR OF business. Miles second -ex
peditiou will go through. Our toast is
all success to gallant Bear Coat:
FROM kEcGH.
FoRr KEoGH, N. T., Feb. 2o,il878.
General Nelson A. Miles is prepar.
ing with his characteristic energy to
give Sitting Bull and his hostile bands
another ''lively turn" and will doubt
less bring tho question of hostilities
with these people on the Northern
border to focus this spring. He has
organized an expedition which will
number about 800 men, and starts on
the 23rd inst. for the section where all
recent authentic reports have located
the ~
HOSTILE CAMPS.
He takes with him his own regiment,
the 5th Infantry, 8 companies of the
End Cavalry and 8 companies of the
11th Infantry, from Fort Custer. The
companies of the l1th Infantry and ol
the End Cavalry will meet him at some
point of rendezvous on the Missouri
river. The Co.'S of the End Cavalry that
belong at this post are out now under
90 . Baker, somewhere in the vicinity
If the mouth Of the Rosebud. One
hundred and fifty recruits for tue 5t:I
Infantry now enroute to this post will
! roceed from Buford to tine place o.
! rendezvous, Instead Of coming through
t, Fort Keogh. A scout in to night
reports war parties of Sioux betwee
here aud Peck. One of the scouts wa:
KILLED and the other badly wounded
aHd was brought in tonight by part,
ofhunters. They were both Cheyenne
! Indians.
YELLOWSTONE KELLY 81
IS back. He says that Sitting Bull ha:
most certainly been on this side of tht
Inc this winter. Thinks that he j.
now probably, north of the line but thai
there is large hostile camp on Woody
Island creek, and one on Frenchman'
| creek.
The NEST authentic information
leaves but little doubt that there are
hostiles on this side, in tho Milk rive,
country. and General Niles is deter
mined to investigate the question
Canada has no right to allow these
hostile camps to remain on her border
\ constant menance to this eoantry
and the result Of Gen Niles expedition
will be to bring the question to . settle
ment one way or the other. What
ever hostiles he finds On this side be
will either kill. capture or drive over
the line, and he will then probably
REMA1N IN THE MILK RIVER COUNTRY
with his command until the question is
settled. If Sitting Bull determines te
cross this side he must fight on the
threshold. As I said above the expo
dition leaves on the 23d. Capt. OTool.
accompanies it with . train as trader
for the expedition. Should there be
news of interest We will to keep you
posted. I. h. d.
YELLOWSTONE KELLY.
FoRT BuFoRD, Feb. 81.
Elitor Bismarck Tribune.
At different times in your valuable
paper have observed sketches Of the
famous Yellowstone Kelly. II conver
sation with him 4 few days ago he re
marked that if tbs people had anything
to say about him he preferred they
would tell the truth, Is he made it .
point to never tell anything else. II
fac: never knew him to deviate from
the truth, since l have been acquainted
With him; he claims no such credit .
the papers give HIM; ''count'ng h''
.ca'ps by the score" &C.; but there is nc
discount on it, he actually killed two
Indians near Fort Berthold several
years ago, and Nike Welch, the Miles
City buffalo hunter, and Upper Missouri
guide, scalped them, gave the scslps to
Kelly, who in turn gave them to m
A-sinaboine Indian named 'Ione Star. y
Fc1 . number of years prior TO Gen.
Miles arrival in this country he ran
small woodyards at different points on
lhe Missouri river, cutting the wood
himself with no companion but bis gun;
ne was extremely reticent when some
wolf or chopper visited his shanty; ne
wore hair long reaching beiow his
shoulders, in consequence of which he
z lined the lame of ''long haired Kelly
,e recluse, the hermit, &c. IL and
sumter Smith, were the first white mel.
that ever crossed the country tron,
Tongue river to the Upper Missouri.
THE REPoRTs CONCERNING SITTING BULL
are conflicting; one scouting par:y say
ing he is across the line, and another
that he is not. The question will bc
settled when spring comes, and he pnis
in bis appearance with couple thous
and warriors or less. Mr. Robert Lit
tie courier for Messrs. Leighton & 10, :
dan ;usf frnm Peck renorfS fnxt Med /.