The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-16

surrender.
ESCAPING IN THE DARKNESS.
The morning. however. showed that they haa
slipped away. the rugged country favoring then'
and their rear being sheltered from attack.
FARLEY.
Captain Vessels Lieutenan.s Harde and Chase
made reconnaissance during lull Of the hring and.
getting the Cheyennes with an interpreter, noi-
fed them that the surrender Of the women
and children with them would he received and
protection afforded them. The Indians, who had
waited to hear what to be said were then asked
for their answer. when they Immediately sent
voley Of bullets into the midst of tho ntervewers
which. to their own expression. quickly made
them hunt for trees.
sTRATEGIcAL FORESIGHT
The place of defence selected by the Cheyennes was
found to be rife pit eight feet long ami four feet
wide deep enough for their complete conceal
ment. while near them. in the sloping
ground, was IN oval hole dug out. with
the side followed so that they could get
in under it and be safe from the range of any
shot fired at them. This enabled them TO
keep up fusilade with deadly effect at
close. quarters until completely overwhelmed.
During their flight they threw away their blankets.
as not to impede the rapidity of their movement
and to be in full Indian lighting trim.
MILITARY VIEW.
Captain Vessels, commanding the fort here, and
who will still conduct the pursuit to its close. says
the Cheyenres cannot go away successfully or
make much progress. as it has already taken them
five days to the twenty odd miles to the posi-
ton where they were for the last time held tenn
porarily in check.
THE HosTILEs Coz
Two opinions prevail as to the course which they
they can work their way to where they can get
horses they will speed into the mountains and strike
out for the Big Horn. Others say that they
will simply make detour around from their last
stronghold northwesterly from hero. and then go in
an easterly direstion until they make good their
refuge in the Pine Ridge Agency of the Sioux under
Red Cloud.
Should this last theory be correct they will I'M
douBtedly be soon heard from again. with fresh
auxiliaries found among the young bucks and war
riors numerous there.
BY the closest calculation which can be made
there are said to be but nineteen bucks ont
doing the fighting or not accounted for.
Unless this may be reduced by some
who have been killed in their flight and still lying
out in the hills. about forty-dve in all, including
men. women and children, have escaped. The cap
tives originally numbered 149.
PROGRAMME OF OPERATIONS.
In case it shall be found that the war
riors fleeing have gone into the Sioux Agency.
it is the intention Of tho military authorities to
send . company to Camp Sheridan, and thence de-
mand their surrender from either Red Cloud
or spotted Tail, through the Indian agent.
They will not be pursued to the Agency.
RED CLOUDS DIsoBEDIEScE.
The fifteen Cheyennes now there in refuge have not
been delivered up to this time to the military by Red
Cloud although it understood that the Secretary Of
the Interior and the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs
have directed that they he turned to the COM
manding officer of Fort Robinson. Much dissatsfac-
ton is felt OF this failure, and it is charged by
the officers there to be due to the temporizing of the
agent and to Red Cloud, with some timidity on the
part of the former.
GOOD CONDUCT THE TRoOPs.
The officers speak in termE OF highest commenda-
ton of the GOODNESS and fortitudc displayed by
the non-commissioned officers and soldiers, while
the conduct of Captain yroom and his men
in coming the assistance Of the contestants at the
post under gallop. from almost half mile dis
lance is the theme all sides Of undivided praise
Captain vroom in the subsequent skirmsh, had
his horse fatally shot by an Indian.
Your correspondent visited the wounded
to-day. both. soldiers and Indians. With
die DIR. Moseley pronounced all of the former
as being well and to recover speedily. The
sight presented by the csptives sickening in
the extreme. Crowded together in . long, marrow
apartment just adjoining the barracks recently
pied by them from the infantto the decrep old hag
all ages are represented in the most hideous aspects
OF the human FORM and most grotesque and horrible
contrasts seen.
REPORT OF LIEUTENANT scHUYLEB, OF GENERAL
CROOKS sTArr-ANoTHER ACCOUNT OF THE
DECENTRALIZATION TOWARD THE IN
RACES
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
OMAHA, Neb., Jan. Is, 1879.
Information from Camp Robinson being of meagre
nature General Crook despatched Lieutenant schuy-
Ter his staff to that point three days ago for more
definite news. He arrived there to-day and tele-
graphs the following facts Captain Vessels re-
newcd the pursuit this morning Of the
Cheyennes still at large. with . strong force
or cavalry. About fifty Indians still
ont, OF whom the majority are women and children,
all on foot The killed and captured number 100.
Five soldiers were killed and eight wounded. The
bucks fought with terrible desperation, and. de.
clinng to surrender. were shot down. preferring
death to recap:ure. The soldiers exhibited rcmAIka
BILE bravery and sympathy for the Indians.
THE KANSAS ouTnAGEs.
This band has claimed since their capture that half
their number separated from them In Kansas and
preceded them or two days in their north~ard
arch that they then committed the outrages in Kan
sas and moved north to join Sitting Bull Red Cioud
states that this is the truth. and from the fact that
many IL not the most Of the warlike Cheyennes who
left the Indian Territory havoncver been captured II
is believed that the statement is true. The matter viii
receive . thorough investigation
STORY THE OUTBREAK.
Lieutenant Schuyler states that many Indians
chiefly squsvs. had given in before the outbreak
and only the leading chiefs si held out. Several OF
them were induced to como out for talk and wert
Immediately secured. Wild Hog. one OF the number
stabbing soldier during the melee. The Indians in
sdo. learning this. put up blankets at tho windows
and doors. which tho soldiers could only remove a
n.