The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-01-30

The British gunboat Goshawk is look
ing for the alleged piratical steamer. Tn,
Goshawk overhauled many vessels but learned
nothing.
The Fleeing Cheyennes.
Fl. ROBINSON. Neb., Jan. a.
Lieutenant Dodd, who left here for
Pine Ridge Agency Saturday, last, fol-
the purpose of enlisting Sioux scouts,
returned to-day with seventeen braves,
including Chiefs Three Bears and No
Flesh, and also a mountain howitzer
from Camp Sheridan. The Indians
will be armed and mounted here, and
will leave tomorrow with ten DAYS ra-
tions, Lieutenant Dodd in command.
The latest news from the field is that
the Indians escaped in the night from
Crow Ridge, their last position, and the
trail, which is being followed by Cap
tain Vessels, leads toward Spotted
Tail Agency. Nothing has been heard
from the command since Saturday.
FORT ROBINSON. Neb. Jan, q.
The Cheyenne Indian campaign has
closed for a time at least. On Monday
Colonel Evans, with companies B and
d of the Third Cavalry, found the rem
egades in a strong position in the cliffs,
four miles north of the stage road, and
partially succeeded in cutting off their
progress. They effected their usual es-
cape and moved toward the Red Cloud
Agency. Captain Vessels, whose scouts
conveyed this news to him, started at
once on their trail with his four compa-
nies of cavalry, and at noon to-day he
came up to them some forty-five miles
from this post. Then the work of capt
uring them either dead or alive began
in dead earnest. In fact, but thirty
two, with nine of that number badly
| wounded, are alive out of the forty
nine fugitives that were in the field,
leaving seventeen killed. Captain
Vessels was slightly wounded. The
Indian scout were also wounded to
an unknown extent. Three of
Vessels command, a sergeant, q
farrior and one private, were killed.
This news arrived verbally by q courier
at midnight, and more couriers with
the details OF the battle are expected
soon. Ambulances have just started at
midnight to bring in the dead and
wounded.
MIDNIGHT.-Later news from the
field stated that only nine Cheyennes,
all of them wounded, were captured.
The balance of the party, twenty-three
in number, were killed. Seventeen are
still unaccounted for. 1t is supposed
some died from wounds and others es-
| capped. ....
CHICAGO, Jan. q.
A dispatch from General Crook, at
Omaha to Lieut.-Gen. P. A. Sheridan,
Il. fo1 80, ,,eN
from the commander of the troops in
pursuit of the renegade Cheyennes:
GENERAL CROOK, OMAHA: An af
fair with the CheYennes took place
yesterday about 2:30 p. M, at a point
ten miles east of the telegraph line
from Fort Robinson to Hot Creek, and
five miles north of the stage road.
The Cheyennes fought with extraor-
dinary courage and fierceness. and re-
fused all terms but death. The Off
GERS and troops behaved with great
spirit. Those engaged were Cap
tains Vessels and Lawson, Lieuten-
ants Chase and Hardie, and G. w.
Baxter, of the Third Cavalry, Lieuten-
ant j. Baxter, of the Ninth Infantry,
and DIR. Pettys. Among the wounded
are Sergeant Reed and Private Deb
bois, Company H, Third Cavalry. The
troops returned to the stations at once.
The Indians killed were seventeen war
riors, four women and two children.
Nine were captured, three of whom
were unmounted. One man of the
wounded will probably die. Evans,
commanding.
[Signedl GEORGE Crook,
Brigadier General.
..- - FoRT ROBINSON, Jan. "a.
Captain Vessels command arrived
in camp this afternoon, bringing the
dead bodies of Sergeant Taggart, pri-
Yates Brown, Nelson and De66oise, the
latter having died on the road. Also
the wounded, and seven Cheyenne pris-
oners, three squaws and four children,
of whom three are wounded. OF the
nine captured, one buck and one squaw
died before reaching here. They
were carefully searched and but
two small knives found. Captain
Vessels wound is very slight, and
those of Sergeant Ambrose, Sergeant
Reed, and Woman's Dress Gan Indian
scout) are dangerous. The board
meets at this post tomorrow to make
an investigation into the whole affair.
1t is composed of Major Evans, of the
Third Cavalry. and Lieutenant Schuy-
ler, aid-de-camp to General Crook.
All the Indians are now here under q
strong guard, and will be taken to
Fort Leavenworth. Private Hantz, of
Company H, of tho Third Cavalry, who
was wounded the day after the out
break, died in the hospital to-day.
We do not propose to speak of Ca