Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-12-27
BIG FooT's BAND
Succeeds In Evasiing the Troops and
Reaching the Had Lands.


Reaching the had Lands.
OMAHA. Dec. 27.-The following dated
Rapid City, s. Oak. Thursday, ,. m.
has been received
Col. Sumner is still following the Bag
Foot band numbering about thirty.
that escaped from the camp On Cherry
creek and headed southwark towards
the Bad Lands, and Glen. Carr. who
was moving his command to interceut
him, has not been hegrd from fur tblr-
ty-six hours, as he may have interoept.
ed them and tnrneI them towards the
Cheyenne River agency. or lad an en-
gagement with them.
Al the point the general expected ~
strike the Indians is eighty miles south.
east of this roint, and no othe- nasng
of communication Is az hand bns
couriers who take six to eight hours 10
reach this city Either event wsuld h.
favorable. but should Big Foot succoed
in avalding either Of the comniaL ds and
get into the Bad Lands Just at this
time, it would conplicate matters.
Gen. Brooke at Pine Ridge agency.
reports that messenger lss arrived
from toe hostile camp In the Bad
Lands and has word from Little
Wound, Biz Road and Fast Thunder,
the principal head men nj Pine Ridge.
in which they say that about one-aan
Of those in that camp have signified
their willingness 10 come IN, and the
general thinks the rest will follow, but
this 10 doubted here.
Sh )uld shis information prove true il
is the most favorable that has been ~
ceivCd from the hostileS in severl
weeks, since Two Strikes followers left
them. They then said they woula ncs
leave their village until the EOiaiers
were moved away and would die there
before they made a move u Il houesl
that the report that the messenger
brought in may te ycitcd aud tli..t IA
isiay not be Interrupted hv any upfore.
seen event. but the various hasss of
Indian warfare are like tho changes Ia
the kdleidoscoue Fifty Cheyenns In
dian scouts from FJri keogh arrived In
the city this evening and Immediately
left for the front. They will be a..
sigred 70 duty under Maj Casey IT the
month of Battle creek on the edge IL
the Bad Lands
Gen. Miles now has 3,bOO troops In
position within forty-eight hour march
of the Indian village in the BAD Lands
thus forming complete Gordon of that
section.
Now IN ihe Rad t.ands.
LATER--A courier has just returned
from Gen. Cars command now AZ the
Lead OF Sage creek. and brings the in
formation that Big F0ots baud have
succeeded in slipping by the troops sent
ont 10 intercept them and are Low with
the hostiles in the Bad Lands.
HosTiLss VERY THREATENrgy,
The Peace Party Prove. Deci-e. sssl4
arc-short Bnli Alarmes. 4 LAY {
The following was received f-ua S.BJ
Ridge Friday morning 1874
The peace party Is on the way las.
bearing anything but merry Christmas
greeting TO Gen. Erooke. They scored
a monumental failure, Just as every
one but Brooke exrecfed. II is rumored
around the camp that Little Wound and
other chiefn are indulging in ugly
threats since Col Henrys troops started
out. The Seventh cavalry had Christ
mas tree and a general good time Wed
nesday night. The zoo braves who e.
caped from Col. Sumner IL II believed
have ioined the hosiiles IN the had
Lands ind al signs now point 10 wag.
Tie following was received from
Pine Ridge few hours later:
Past OF the peace party is in and the
rs-rn8;nder was expected Thursday
night The warriors sent lack insalf.
ing messages and ask no peace dressing
20 their Christrnas tnrlies. They are
said re- be frantic aud ready 70 die.
Little Wound is said - be threatening
30 60 back 70 tha field.
Shert nuil wsratenimr.
The Indians IN tie Pad Lands sra
Ftiil in council. CoarhsrA came N Thnra-
day with news that Short Bull has said
that Il the government win arree nyl 90
disturb his men nor take away theif
ponies he VIII come n. The IndIans
holding out fear tsat thes are "a IL
given oxen instead ii ponies. A waEon
tEain left Pine RidR4 Friday with <1lng
supplies sps ne nlnsk rASa|ff. aNlxt
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