Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-11-09
GENERAL MILES FIGHT.
Interesting Descriptive Letter from
a Gentleman travelling
with the Party.
lFrcn, tne CIesvyland HeraIt

Taking our horses, We rode over
this afternoon t the SCOUT, "Iel-
Iowstoue keilys' camp, aud coming
back about ) O'Clock, found a group
gathered around 8 soldier sent by
General Miles, bringing the new. Of
his light and the death Of Captain
Bennett, Il of the P~leasantest aud
best officers OF our party. Gully the
day before he started with General
Miles for Clark's Ford, he, TIE general
aud l spent the entire day i'll fishing.
l loved the man, and his sudden,
US greatly. The facts are these
General Miles, leaving Us at B~ensou'-
Landing on the Yellowstone, went
with tiiIy-four men, Captain Bennett
and Lieutenant Bailey, to the Crow
Agency. aud there sent Lieutenant
Bailey with twenty-five men iuto The
park by Bowler Pass then with
twenty seven soldiers Including
CaIt4in Bennett and himself. aud
thirty Grow Indians he got at the
sgencv who were of very little, If
II service 10 HIM. lie started for the
park through Clarh' Ford. On the
morning of the third of September,
WIth 6Dbul IbiNf -ANt uilit> litlII INV
Crow Agency, the Baunucks We're
discovered coming up u mountain
OH the trail. The General sccretrd
himself and men, aud watched them
all day climbing down the mountain
side into the valley. At night he
sent two scouts to locate their camp
and wait until their return, which
was about II O'Clock. When the
thirty Crow Indians who were with
the general learned that he intended
attacking the Banuocks they were
frightened at the superiority OF tn"
enemy's number and wanted to turn
back. But the general told them that
he never knew defeat that he was
determined to fight even if the Crows
left him, and they finally concluded
to remain. AT 5 O'Clock on the morn
ing of the fourth instant, III the wind
and rain Gt was a terrible night, the
same one which we caInped on the
Yellowstone at Miners Greek, about
fifty miles east of hiIn), the general,
with his little brave band, started for
the Indian camp, composed of about
se~venty-tive Indians, at least three
times as many as he (the generaD had
with him, not counting the Grow,
Indians, who rendered little If any
assistance. They struck the BAN
nocks about daylight, aud coming
upon them over the crest of the hill,
the bugier sounded the charge and
they rushed into them. The fight
was terrible for about all hour OF
two, when a complete victory was
won, the generals troops capturing
over two hundred head of horses and
thirty-iive Indians. Thirteen war.
riors and twenty-five ponies were
killed. Captain Bennett, nobl,
doing his duty, while riding along
the little line ofmen, urging them Gu
was shot through the heart, and dieL
instantly without utterinS a word
This was the generals only loss, save
one soldier slightly wounded. Blu
this was enough, God knows, for s
truer, nobIer. drawer soldier usvel
lived. General Miles seems TO bear
charmed life. He was in the thickes
of the fight at the head of his mel
and escaped unhurt. There is no
the slightest danger from Indian
now, as the general has used NJ
the last of them. The whole parl
never was freer from them. But
am keeping o courier waiting, ant
must close.