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THE UNCAPAPAS, SURRENDER
\ Brief Engagement.
Correspondence Chicago Times.)

POPLAR CREEK AGENCY, Montana.
Dec. 81, BY COURIER TO Fort BuFoRD,
Dakota, Jan. 3.-An engagement oc-
CURED between troops under Mai.
Guido Ilges, commanding at this can.
tonment: and the hostile band of I'm
capapa Sioux forming part of Sitting
Bulls outfit, on the west bank of the
Missouri river, at o'clock this after
noon. The engagement did not last
to exceed an hour and resulted in no
casualties to the troops. The firing
during this period was rapid and un-
ceaslng, and ended when the redskins
displayed white rag at the end of a
lodge pole, an the edge of the timber,
IN which they were hidden. A few
warriors soon afterward emerged frcm
the underbrush, and announced that
the band was in readiness to accept
such conditions for a surrender as
might be proposed. They were r.oti-
fed to at once deliver up their guns,
and prepare to move with their tepees.
The formal surrender occurred within
another half hour, the savages filling
past and laying down their arms, while
the squaws moved toward the troops
with the outer covering of the tepees
on their backs. The casualties in the
Indian village numbered three, as at
present reported, including one dead
Indian and squaw among the wound
ed: When Sitting Bull left Canadian
soil to surrender to the American au-
thorities, this body broke away from
the main camp and hurried to this
agency to precede their chief
tain making overtures Of peace. The
savages were under various sub-chiefs
known as The Gael, The Crow, Bears
head, Thunder Hawk, Lone Bear, and
others. Upon their arrival, and, having
received AID from the Yankton agency
Indians, the bands grew insolent, and
ordered the officer in command of two
companies at his post to leave and de-
clared, upon his failing to do so in
three days, they would compel him.
The arrival of an additional force un-
der Maj. 1lges had quieting effect up-
on them for a time, but his proposals
for their surrender were met by
evasive replies, and finally, yesterday,
upon the conclusion of the last council
with the s:.vages, they returned to their
camp on the other Shore Of the Mis-
souri,, and sent Maj. nges word that
they would neither surrender nor treat
with him, and, in the language Of the
Grow, "If you attempt to seize my
camp there will be trouble" The Times
correspondent does not profess to say
whether the Indians ever entertained
an idea Of surrendering or not. Those
having a knowledge of the Indian
character contend that they were here
simply to trade, and that their demand
for delaying the surrender until spring
was subterfuge to gain time until the
snow disappeared and they could again
take to the prairie. Acting upon the
reply sent by the Crow, Maj. nges on
yesterday completed his preparation
for an armed movement, and this
the command took the saddle.
The camp was astir at an early hour,
and there was all the hustle incident to
an expected battle. The men were given
two days rations, and went in light
marching order, in anticipation of
possible attempt at fight on the part
of the savages. The column threaded
its way through the tepees Of the Yank-
tonnais' agency band, on the shore of
the river, the warriors standing station
ary in groups, wrapped in their robes,
as the troops moved by. The sky was
overcast and gloomy, but the air had
lost some of the sharpness of the pre-
ceding days, and the thermometers
marked 10 below Zero The men who
had been complaining with the ther-
mometer 40 and SO below called it
mid weather. The camp of the In
dians was reached and surrounded, on
its three sides. Savages darting in the
underbush could be seen in our front,
and Capt. Hargous, with his company,
was directed to charge the timber. The
mounted command advanced toward
the tepees at a rattling pace, and were
fired on by an Indian in the brush,
who was killed during scattering fire
which 70 flowed. The men dismounted
and cut the tepees, from one of which
they were fired upon, and riddled the
lodge in return. During the progress
of the rattle of musketry the rifled
guns in the rear and on the right open
ed fire and shelled the woods. The
screaming missiles had the desired
effect, and within ten minutes after
cannonading had opened a courier
from the fort announced the hoisting
of the white flag. The firing at once
ceased, and the main column turned to
the right, leaving Capt. Hargous in the
rear, with orders to burn the lodges.
The two pieces of ordnance were
brought, and covered the main village
at "a distance of less than one, hundred
yards. The woods for the first time
seemed full of savages, and Bears
Head was sent out to negotiate for
terms.
He was notified by Maj. Ilges,
through Lieut.. Particle, 9Th infantry,
to at once deliver up his arms and po-
nies and take down the tepees to be
ready to move. These orders were
complied with alacrity that was en-
couraging, say that the number of
weapons was few, and nearly all un-
serviceable. The pony herd was more
numerous. and included three hundred.
The tepees came down in twinkling,
and the redskins visibly demonstrated
now quickly they could start out Oh q
forced march. The squaws, burdened
down with their loads, emerged from
the timber, and under escort of the
scouts crossed the Missouri to this point,
where they are now encamped just
outside the confines of this cantOnment.
They number in all somewhat more
than three hundred souls. In the
party is the warrior Gall, who has been
their main spokesman within q few
days. The troops burned about sixty
lodges, after which they returned to
camp. The Crow stream known as
the Red Water. Some may have gone
direct to the camp Of Sitting Bull.
Mai. uges will leave with this com
mand at daylight tomorrow, for the
Yanktonais' camp, and some of the
younger braves escaped, and are sup
posed to have fed to tina hunting camp
of the Yanktonais Sioux. about twelve
miles south of this point; ON made up
of about fifteen hundred lodges, in the
hope of capturing the flying redskins.
His further plans are not outline !, but
the prospects are that the command
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