Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1878-10-30
CAPTURE OF The CHEYENNEs
AFTER AV EXCITING CHASE
THEY ARE GATHERED.

THEYARE GATHERED.
"A Good Deal OF Monkeying Around
Necessary, But the Troops Manage
to Get here--Movements OF the
Soldiers and Likewise OF the Red
Skins Gossip About Miles and
Gibbons.
THE cANNY CHEYENNEs.
1t looks as if somebody blundered in
the Cheyenne Indian campaign. When
they broke out in the Indian Territory
Gen. Pope, commander of that depart
ment, telegraphed to Sheridan that it was
quite improbable that they would be able
to cross the line of the Kansas Pacific.
Pope was ''of his nut" however, and the
Indians crossed, sacrificing the gallant
Lieutenant Colonel Lewis. They then
crossed the N Kansas line, and left
a bloody trail to the line of the Union Pa
cifc. They were then in Gen. Crooks dc
partmcnt, With every advantage in favor OF
Crooks stopping them before they jumped
the Union Pacific. But he didn't, and the
Indians got six hours the start OF them tor
the Sand Hills. The troops stuck in the
sana, and the Indians escaped to this de-
partment in the temporary command OF
Gen Gibbon. Gibbon started out the sev-
enth Cavalry from Bear Butte. That ia
nous regiment, through a fraudulent
guide lost days march and reached
| Camp Sheridan on the 10Th, in time to
learn that there were no
INDIANS IN SIGHT,
| Or hearinr Several companies were also
sent out from Cheyenne agency on the
Missouri. There were detachments of
soldiers in every direction, butno Indians.
Next it appears that these Cheyennes were
not in the neighborhood of Camp Shcri
dan in Southern Dakota on the 10th or
18th, but had crossed the Yellowstone sew
eral hundred miles north en- the 18th. The
Seventh Cavalry and several other battal-
ions were looking for flushed game, four
DAYS old
| On the 18th the Cheyennes crossed the
| Yellowstone seventeen miles northeast OF
Fort Keogh Gen. Miles had received no
intimation of their approach north, and
only learned through his own scouts that
the Indians had come and gone. He was
not aware Of the sensation. the Indians had
of their depredations. On the 14th Mics
sent four companies of cavalry, under
/ Mai. Baker, in pursuit. He had received
no orders from Gen. Gibbon, and did not
receive any until several days after the In
dians had passed the Yellowstone. This
neglect upon the part of Gibbon may be
attributed to his indifference about seeing
! Miles gather in any more Indian laurels
He is rival of>Miles for the Brigadier's
star, and is not in good humor with Miles
luck. Gibbon certainly made a gross mis-.
take that can hardly stand ventilation
1t further appears that Gen. Miles did
not advise Gen Gibbon when he sent Ba-
ker in pursuit of the Cheyennes. It looks
little queer all around.
A NEW MOVE.
On last Thursday the steamer General
| Sherman left Fort Buford with three CON-
panies of the Sixth Infantry under Capt.
! Rowcll. The battalion numbered 12O men
and five officers, including Indian scouts
and two mountain howitZers. They were
we'll provided with ammunition, ratlons
and forage, and seemed bent on cam
Indians crossing the Missouri, and there
was, therefore, q hope Of intcrcepting
them.
THEY WERE NOT CHEYENNEs.
A private dispatch from Fort Buford on
Friday evening over the new military;line
reported as follows: Steamer Benton ar
rived from above this evening. Col. Ba-
ker, with his command, has turne1h back
from the Missouri towards TongGesriyer,
on Glendive on the Yellowstone. Baker
struck a trail on Redwater, and followed
it, making rapid marches. but when he
reached the Missourihe found the Indians
had crossed They were Minneconios
Sioux, and not the renegade Chcyennes.
They crossed the Missouri near Porcupine
creek Two smaller parties have since
crossed. The first party was from Spotted
Tails agency, and were thirty days out
when they jumped the Missouri, bound
for Sitting Bulls 1anche No Cheyennes
have passed the river, and from reliable
reports it would seem impossible for them
to have reached it yet. The Benton passed
the Sherman getting on Hnely with
her load of troops. The Renton leaves for
Bismarck tomorrow morning at o'clock.
Col. Mcleod chief of the Canadian police,
is passenger on the Benton"
GOBBLED AT LAST. #s
The latest report proves the Cheyennes,
prisoners, at Camp Robinson. They were
found in the Sand Hills and were easily
taken They as easily escaped and took
to rifle pits The military brought out the
artillery and sent the obstinate warriors
word that they would shell every one OF
them from the face Of the earth, ifthey dld
not surrender. The Indians, half starved !,
and half frozen, held out for forty y-eight
hours and then came IN. They fought
with the desperation of the slost'
--e<ts>@e------- s{sl@
The Indian Agency Cases.
u. S. Marshal John b. Raymond went
through here on Sunday from the Hills.
Yankton on the 18th of November The
Cheyenne Indian agency cases before
Judge Moody were all postponed to the
next term of court, at the request Of the