, 1879-05-03

Nix, the party consIstsd Of 5hE8' hts eros vtn.
tres, who had escaped t:om tLar bust some time
ago. and, l,aeits fatisn in iWsnt Wfn o small party
from the north, joined tteny yfi8m motives oti
revenge. The rest are su,poatd1 to be part Of
to raid the settlements, He,y}Qf the opinion
that these raids will last until the most severe
measures DIRE adopted, as Il is:naty impossible
to pursue and: catch u small1tldlius party,
which leaves lttle 9t no tfail a{t 6ss plenty OF
ns;:a S s: 6 s: xe;sS Hs2 i ss.,saa sas
as far as Coulstou, where be- recatGi telegraph
orders from Post Headquarters to Slut in the
direction OF the Muscleshe!! River. c4'reaenins
the river he came upon small tra1{ng-post,
where the day before they mad mEsEsd about
laYc strayed. On sending out SCOUTS h finnl
that tile stock had been stolen BY lndaa*, and
he followed the trail for sixty miles, FHhin:::
that the hostilcs had turned north auu Were
about dorty-eight hours in advance. be returned
to Fort Custer after having Travelled about Sod
miles. ,.<
munds was information received the previous
evening that the Sioux Tho had stolen The
horses on Pease's Bottap had raide1
another bottom above there steal steal
tie valley twenty-five miles abovs, killing mar
named johnson, and wounding apother na1net
Stearns. Licur.-Col. Brackctt,. id command Of
Fort Custer in his report says that to- is satisfied
from all the information in bis possession thai
from beyond The Missouri, and thas to put q
stop to future raids it may be Necessary to in
augurate campaign against everything hostile
this side OF the British ]iue. -. .
The details Of the murder OF Private Bladder
co@pany second caya!5y ha and 1hS g. "o,no, a
companying, have also been received. Iheg
stopped ut noon OF Aortl at The point wter!
the tclegraph-linc crosses the MI1pah Creek
about forty-tive miles from Fort keogh: Sud
denly they were fired upon by six ambusheo
Indians, tho first fire killing, Baaoer
trying to reach his borse, but hid
himself away in the brush. The Indians re-
tired, but returned at night without tud!nE the
wounded man, although they SECURED the horses
and revo1yers and took the scalp OF the dead
r1iyate. A party from Deadwood, en- route t.
took the wounded Sergeant 10 the fort. AZ
soon as the murder became known, three de-
tscbments were sent oct from keogh; one t6
follow on the back trail Of tue Cheyenues cap
tured by Lieut., Clark, Second Cavalry; another
to scout np the Tongue River for SIXTY miles, in
tile hope Of beading the Indians of; and The
third to hasten to the scene OF the outrage, take
up the trail and follow 1t. Sergt. Thomas b,
Glover had charge Of the latter detachment, con.
sistlng OF fifteen men, four friendly Indians, aud
q baif.breed scout, and reached the Mizpah
April Q. They broke camp the next day and
followed the trail, which was through 3 rugged
and swanpy country, for about tortg..tniles. The
following day, after travelling about thirty miles,
signs Of indians were discovered, and one OF the
scouts who had gone ahead returned with the
news that the hostiles would come in and sur
render, which they did. The party arrived at
Keogh April II, after marching eighty miles
from the place OF surrender. The Indians cap
tured were three bucks, four squnws, aud one
child The horse aud revolver ct the wounded
Sergeant were recovered. These Indians are
outIawed from their tribe, having been driven
from camp by Little Wolf previous to his sur
rander. Little Wolf says OF them: t' Your laws
punish such crimes. Hang them or impylson
them for lite; never want to see their ]acea
again. They knew I had made peace with
you, and they killed your soldscrs.'
These Cheyeunes are nov in close confinement
at Fort keogh, and d severe punishment will
be meted out to them.