Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-05
jonN B~RUeHlER's ESCAPE.
lle 70 tso Valuable . Man TO be Given Over
TO the Hangman's Moose.

lle n tso Valuable . MAJ to be Given Over
TO the HanEman's Moose.
Chicago Times. -
TIE telegraph has announced the result
of the trial of John Brughier, at Fargo. Da.
|kota territory, and the applause ofths local
multitude that the verdict was loot guilty"
A letter from Fargo states the case as fol-
lows: !,
The q. At trial of the present week and
a around which public interest SCENE to
centre, is that OF John Brughier, Gen. Mel
son A. Miles hslf-breed scout. The de-
PENDANT is q French halt.breed-his father
having belonged to the Gaull nationality and
his mother q Sioux squaw. He is only 81
wears old, and Is well known 10 most of the
residents along The Missouri river. His
alleged offense is the murder of a man
named VIM. Maegu st Standing Rock agen.
cy, Dec. is, 1876. for which his brother
was Jointly indicted, and sentenced TO tho
penitentlary for ten years. John, shortly
after the homicide, left the agency and join.
ed Sitting Bulls tribe, with whom he re.
NAMED until the fall of 1876. when he was
engaged by Gen. Miles as scout This was
il November, 1876, at Fort Keogh, whom
the general, wishing to know Sitting Bulls
intentions, sent him with a dispatch to the
latter's camp. Striking the trail between
the Missouri and the Yellowstone, the
scout, after three days travel, reached the
Indian camp, and finding them hostile and
determined on an outbreak, promptly re.
turned and reported to his commander.
In January, 1877, Miles marched against
Crazy Horse, then in camp near Wolf
Mount, near Tongue river, nine days travel
from Keogh. When near the Indian camp,
Brughier was sent with eight men on q
scout and was ambushed, toward evening,
by a party of six hostiles, and after the loss
OF two horses, drove 10 the timber whence
he escaped and returned to Miles, leaving
the soldiers surrounded by Indians. He
then guided q company of soldiers 10 The
locality and relieved the %beleagured party.
The next day the whole command came up
and Joined battle with Crazy Horse, which
proved without result. After a week he
was dispatched to Crazy Horse with ,erms
OF surrender which the latter accepted. Iu
May he was sent to Lame Deer with the
same terms, which were refused, whereupor
the genera! again took the war path, and
being pushed by Brughier 10 the Rosebud,
found and attacked the Indian camp. In
this action Brighter, with other scouts, ran
off four hundred of the Indian horses. In
October OF the same yearthe general started
out to find the Ncz Perces. when his memo.
rable fight OF five days at Bear Paw took
place. Brughier was in this, as in all other
the generals favorite and
scout. He was the man to enter the
Indian camp and bring out Chief Joseph.
In April last, when the ~Cheyennes, who
had broken out of the Indian Territory
and we're en- route 10 the Yellowstone, were
by Capt. Clark, three Of the party
and killed a sergeant. Brughier
vas sent out with a party of Indians to
bring them in. Although the Indians had
|. start of four days, he succeeded in cap
uring them. They were turned over to
he civil authorities and were convicted and
'entenced to death, but as will be recalled,
.fterward hung themselves in Jail. Last
July when Miles was searching for
Bull, Brughier conducted two com.
Danies under Capt. Clark to Bear creek, at
which place they were surrounded by In
lians, but were relieved by the prompt
of the command. This was the
talk he had with Sitting Bull, who
to the Canadian line. At this
point Gen. Miles learned that a party of
had broken out from Spotted Tail,
md dispatched five companies, with
Brughier as scout, to intercept them. The
scout soon found the band at
creek, when, the command coming
Up, surrounded and captured them, return
.ng them to the agency.
Subsequently Brighter was sent by Gen.
Miles to Muscle Shell, to escort four com
oanies of cavalry to the Yellowstone, and
llso to find out the murderers of the Lam
,ert family, who were killed at Wolf Point
July. Both these missions were success
accomplished, tine fearless scout return
ng with the information that a band of
Crows we're the murderers. He next jour
to the boundary line to look af er
Sitting Bull, and, finding him still in Can
ida, returned to Fort Keogh, where he was
and brought here to stand his trial
or the murder as above detailed. During
lis long service he met with many hair
escapes, which would fifty adorn
he pages of the most marvellous dime novel.
It is no wonder, in view of his services,
hat great interest in his case is manifested
army circles, and particularly by The
of Miles command.
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