Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-07-24
Special to the COURIER.
MILES HAS & FIGHT,
INDIANS SURROUND A PART q
MILES' COMMAND.
A Warm FiEht-Four Indians and I've
Soldiers x iIlcu.

Following report received here by tel
graph this morning from Keogh:
Miles had fight near mouth of Beavt
Creek on the 18th. Clark, with indians
and Hopper's company, I'd Cavalry, an
Borden's company, 9th Infantry, we
about twelve miles ahead of the comman
when he was surrounded by about &c
hostiles, and had hot time. Main con
mand coming up, the hostiles fled, pul
sued by entire command at a run, but til
Indians escaped. Our loss was, two so
diers wounded. Two Cheyennes, one Gro,
and one Assinniboin killed.
Up. m.-Bear VOLTS band of Crow Ir
dams is at Terry's Landing. They repor
three hundred lodges of Sioux on thi
side OF the Missouri river, on their way t
Tongue river to be friends with the whites
The Excursicrists ana IKcnry's Lake
Frank Thompson, General Superintend
ent Of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., &C
companied by seven other tourists, ar
rived in town and passed on to Fort Eli
on Wednesday of last week. The part,
came from the Utah and Northern termi
nus by way of Henry's Lake. Mr.. Thomp
son speaks in the most glowing terms O
the country through which they passed
especially that part of it in the vicinity O
the Lake. He says the trout fishing OF
Henry's Fork Of Snake river surpasses
anything he ever saw or heard of. The
entire party fisbed at certain place in the
stream, not exceeding $50 yards in extent
and caught several hundred fine trout
They baited with almost anything that
came to hand, and the fish would grab the
hook as quick as it would strike the water
Finally one of the party, an experienced
hand with the rod and reel, suggested that
the trout would bite piece of red flannel.
Suiting the action to the word, he cut a
small piece from the shirt he was wearing,
baited his hook with the red rag, and
threw it into the stream, when it was I'M
grabbed by fine trout, which
was instantly landed on the bank by the
fisherman, who declared that
he had fished in almost every important
trout stream in the United States, but this
stream fairly discounted them
all. Mr.. Thompson confirms the reports
and representations Of Lieut.. Doane and
others to the effect that the route and pass
via Henry's Lake is by far the shortest,
easiest aid best from Snake river to the
settlements Montana. For Bozeman,
It is at least seventy-five miles nearer than
via Pleasant Valley, and almost an equal
saving would be made for Virginia. The
party Travelled the entire route by private
conveyance and experienced no difficulty
whatever. Mr.. Thompson assures us that
the worst piece of road they found on the
entire route was that between Red Bluff
and Hayward's bridge on the regular
coach road between BOzeman and Virginia
City. Three or four hundred dollars
would put the road in excellent repair for
.he heaviest freight trains.
The excursionists started to the Yellow
stone National Park on Friday last. They
intend to stake it I'M pretty thoroughly.
they will go from there to Clark's Fork,
hen down that stream to the Yellowstone,
where they intend to take steamer and
proceed to Bismarck, where the special
ar that brought the party to Ogden will
,e in waiting to convey them to Duluth,
hence back to st. Paul, and so on to Chi
,aOt,