Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1878-10-09
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kxGaIxs lTHE S,Oi Oi,PEl DETILss
1 sTRI5kz TlIlFf q gl1yz4R ARAIlL.
one HnAdrsd Cheycnne arriors
sE lBathtnEa Kansas I'D IebraSka I'm
g. I;loOdA TheY Elude TIC TAeops and
Jofn RCD CLOUD Full (etails OF
Gen. Miies, FamoEs Vaet4ry.
The one hundred Cheyennf warriors
are coming. We may have Il little un--5
il,lcas;ntncss yet The Gheyenues succes-
hnlly cluded the troops IN Kansas, crossing
The Kansas Pacific railway and making
Straight for Nebraska They travelled
fllroug gh settled country and X killed every
man who came in sight TheJ lfft the. the
women and children Hone. n aitlier did
they mutilate bodies as savagcs arc accus-
Mined to do. Farm houses ard horses
Nc subjects. Of interest, burning the for. for
Mad running off the latter Before
ing Nebraska they had kilAse'd u ls' nearly
their pwn number In Nebraska
they followed Up theil bloody trallto Oga.
Aala, on the Union Pacific. Tidy had
aroused tic country and killed h score
Of Nebrask ka men, yetS tile departricn of
tile Platte was not wi iae enough awake to
1ntercept the. raiders when they Crossed
the railroad ut @ Ogalalla,a favoritc crossing
place for wears, and well known to the
military as such From the Union Pacific
Major Thornb,irgli and detachment struck
tfter tile fugitiyes. He pressed them too
tard and to cscApe la doubtful 5enfounter
he Indians spread ont like Q FAM they
Ecre soon jim every direction and the
roops sadly bdhfers Ian iactics a, arc
DO much for the Civilized 5code. =, Inc
Ialdiers ran themselves down. They
iarThe6; through waterless country ana
lie Apshot was a worn out and democrat,
ed command. The Indians have turned
lis ut Red Clouds camp in Southern
Dakota, west of the Missouri, and near
While Clay creek & Red Cloud is reported
{ hostile in his mind pnd NOT willing to
] Estand crnwding. It is reported that Red
( lCloud has burned the prairie in his vici-
nity, indicating that lie intends moving
H. away. Spotted Tail is also ugly with
i rlmors Of hostilities fioating out from his
retreat westof the Big Muddy. Red Cloud
and Spotted Tail are In casY communica-
ton, and are entirely Indifferent as to
whether it is war OF peace. They feel
aggrieved and are as likely as any OF the
Sioux TO take the war path. There are
5000 Indians in Red Clouds fold and ,O0O,
in Spotted Tails. The agent OF the for
lncr has gone to Washington with the IN
formation that the "old man. has
\ decided on halt and will not locate
A & 1N<,v>o ,.f,,,o inf Gacir
" Mr.. Agent SAYS r. C. is mad, and that one
of the possibilities Of the future is a des-
cent upon the Black Hills. To anticipate
the Chcyennes and the hundreds OF rene
radcs from Red Cloud, Spotted Tail, Grow
Greek, Yankton, Lower Brule, Cheyenne,
and Standing Rock agencies, that
may ION them, this department has or
dercd the Seventh tGe5ava4l fffan Bear
Butte to scout east of the Hills along the
Pierre route. In the hbsepce of Gen Stur:
gis at West Point, Major Joseph 1ilford
is in command. Major Merrill is second
. in command, with Lieutsl Darlington and
.Barnum as stiff officers. Tile cdmmand-
ING officers ofithe companies are, Captains
Noylan and Mathey. Lieus Wallace, Rus
sci, Hare Wilkeson, Nave, McG Gormlck,
De Rudio, and Edgerly. IL looks from
their position that the old Seventh would
H. ~
4 small band left stansli Hook last
week and is being pursued bye de!ach-
Z mcnt of soldiers.
GEN. NILES vIeToRY
Felix Sanger, the guard ofEapt. Ben
nett's remains, was in the Eeesht Nght that
Gen. Miles had with the BIZ Hc
portrays on paper and ins broks lEngllsll
i lively picture Of that decisive leng sc.
lnent lie says it was I'M sage brush and
Il. under circumstances that made the result
look cxcitingly doubtful Cen Miles les
came upon the Bannockss about half past
five in the morning. Il wtls ft,ggy and nd. all
that could be seen at first were four tepees.
rhc pony herd, ahout two hundred yards
rom the tcpees was first cut Oh; and then
he twcn1y-fpur soldiers, in two squads,
,ostcd within one hundred yards OF the
indians. The friendly Grow Indians,
pne thirty io,f them, with lilies, were sta
Toned in the rear Of the tepees. The fir
ng was opened and Kept up for three
,,iarters OF an hour which all was quiet.
Zen. Miles sid he went into battle upon
lie theory that one soldicf must whip ten
Hadians II was taking cliances, land Gen.
Miles fully realized the sttaatioh after he
Ind opened the ball He encouraged his
men to stand their grouad and loot often
ind long Sanger says I'D put ID fifty two
hptsss and some of the lDsE ii. high as six-
iles remark sd after me battle ti,atit
sas stiie heaviest aid fsst4st firing he had
ednsid ring tliS n,Anlfrlnf l'f men ne
ioing the sktiotina 81 s X }235.8 :}
Nenty IN inufef after the enkag cement
opened, Capt BED nett fell. Aes "; Was shot
through the; heart by m IndianlNho was
Eecretea hehind ree. Ssascslyl 3 !. had Ben.
rctt fallen, Fhenl one of Felix Sanger 6
parry, who were on slight elevation,
caught q glimpse pf the rcd devil and sent
abaal crashing ougl1 he l1l praih: = vas