New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-25
NEW PUBLICATIONS..
AFTER THE SIOCX.

liz with TOOK L., noNcNf.. = w. -.
,,.ar1cr. Captain King has written much and Wei
since hc put this paper. BAT tc: Split. grafii0
farce. picturesoueness and realism, nc hs, lever
gone beyond the hirh-watc! mark o! th''c pages
A better account of n campaisn acains' Indi'ns
/, would I've difficult to find. and TINS h"'""n'
s,andinr the fact that the command with wiilrh
,h. ,u,bor served in 1876 had very little hight
inc IN do I, Was the fatal year of the Custer
,,.ss,crc and Crook and Merritt after thai us
,,,., ,,erc m ,kjn- desperate Efforts To get inc
>;ctoriou, Siou\ into a position wncr" theE c""i"
y. +r,c,, hard So among TIC mountains anu
,o,ocs of tie Yellowstone the Nv" Nt'ic ar"'''
,v.x.J toward each other. thc Indians o'lhe' 10
cvervbody supposed, between TIE conV'I-'"I
forces In ruth the Indians were "c'"Feh i''"
end Merritt when they set out n'' u" 'i'"l
chiefs were far too crafty TO remain IN 50 "'S'
q .it nation aud 50 i: happened 'ha' H'"' Wv
,,,.ndous tolls and tumncs the w" poules VI
-,,,,,ar. cau,c face to face and tire question:
naturally arose. Where are the Indians
7, !, tho story Of tina, terrible series OF marche'
and the subsequent fntlI" hunt LOT 'hc 'n''o
that is told here and we'll it deserves I" w y,
corded if ONLY for the benefit of those S"ou p'oP.
,rbo Imagine that our little army nSed 10 Have ~"
casv and luxurious time ont on the Iroh'ie'' a""
that fighting and chasing Indians is chiio P'"H
There wac just one bit OF real war j." 'n', Vs., =:
.a;nr Contan Mills. having been dispatched III
advance of General Crooks force. with ID" "'''
stumbled upon a Sioux village i'll ii little Hai'eN y"
tho trail and having taken II with a sudden rush"
hold il for a day against fearful ana ever III
crcasinc Odds and until Crook came mp All" ".
Gled the affair The boys i'll blue had seen "s'ei
uniforms and guidons in the SiouA "P'''' "'
Sitting Bull and all his warriors conld not nav
hold them back after that. But they had par
Ions time holding the village. for the lhoi''' N'P
charging from the Surrounding hills, and IT WIS
rrobablv none TOO soon that lriniorcemrn's "''
rived Even then the Sioux would not aoa''""'
the contest. They were present IN gre" mum
hcre-evidcntly part of the body that h'd OVER
whelmed Custer-and they had been so emooidc"c"
by that victory that they were ready 10 NM
American regulars almost anywhere 10 ~ ON"
Duttes they tried to retake the village even ai'rr
cool had come I'D. and the more prrsist"ntiy
because the General would not stop to crush them
I'm, thinking the main body was in front, piisheu
I'M IN his rendezvous with Merritt, leaving the
roar guard u destroy the village and all the Spots
of the Little Big Horn, and 10 stand on l."
Sioux. Captain King was with TINS rear SuaI"
and took part in the sharp little hsh' 'n"' ~
lowed; a fight all the more dihcun ncca">' Tue
7roops making it had 10 retreat WiIic e"2'e'"
and to carry OF their wounded. while II W"u"
mover do TO Get out of touch with trook, Wh"
wa, marching fast as he could
The Indians would not he denied, and they took
n GOOD deal OF punishment, knowing That 'ucN
really outnumbered the soldiers ana that rem
forccments were coming 10 them conS'Ih'N' II
WAS in this fight at Slim Butte that Buna.o III Is
mariner and bosom friend, Jim White, WAS killed,
end Captain Kings description OF the "cath OF
- Buffalo Chips" as the scout was nicknanied. =
n 81 n,
had posted themselves in DARK sully OF ravine
opening out into the village, and When Crook
came up Major Mills warnc, linn, saving Look
ont for that gully: there are two or three wounded
Indians hidden in there. and they've knocked
over some of nv men We viii! let Captain King
tell the rest:
Everybody WIS too busy Just then 10 pay much
attention 10 two or three wounded Indians III g
loc. We were sure of getting them "h'h "ah'cu
So placing a couple of Scntrl"s where the, r"u!u
warn strag glers away from is front. We iorne'i
line along the south and west If the captured
village and got everything rcaii I" -csls, me-,
attack VIC knew they would soon make III idl.
force General Crook had ;,r:iycl Oh the scene,
rnd, while Were watlne Tor " 10 u RESUME
The offensive some lew scouts 2i Packers ,iar'e.,
in to have a little fun ronhting ou thcn lhJuhs.
Half O dozen soldiers cot permission 10 90 over
and oin while the rest OF H. "cir bGn@'nH i.lh
ING about for something To eat. lh" nc\o 'h!NG.
we heard IA volley from the iavne. and Saw the
scouts and packers scattering for cover. One
soldier held his ground-Nhot dead Another mo
ment. aud it became apparent that not oil" OF
Two. but dozen Indiana. We're ciou"!lH& s"mc-
where in that narrow gorge. and i'r NOV: TO- sr'
them out assumed propori"is I"uir''"m IarN'
of General Crooks stail. spran2 INTO tue entrance
carbine in hand. and score OF caNairFMch i"i-
lowed while the scouts AMI Others went cautiously
along either bank, prerinc warv int" the cave
like darkness at The head. y SOUND OF E"M :,
herman. Fincr,r. of Tine Chict-o Tnp'>. cans
tearing over pencil in hand. n! "'@crn"ss i"i
items. Just as second NolrN came from t'"i'
concealed foe and three more 81 their ">,;'ilan''
dropncd bleeding, i'll their tracks, Now. "i;
peope were fairly aroG>cd. and officers ard Hi'I
BY dozens hurried 10 ,he scene. ia" mi~'N "a
rang with shots, and tine chance looked bad i"I
those redskins just II this rirm"nl. ~ ~
runring over from thr wcs'"f" t'd'. r'n-h'
sight of Chips" on tie opposite crest ~
alone ne was carti"H>iY na@!n- has way, Oh hanI'
aud knees, toward ~" head OF ia" -
vine. where hc could lonh '""n u"'n o.
Indians beneath. rs yet hc Wa pr"'"c'"" iron
ljstinctlv outlined against ~" eastern Say III
reached % stunir, tree thai .r"N "n thc 'erv r':'
+ the gorge. and there hc halted. r"n?ri IN
rife close urd"r is shoulder. IN i'adna~, I" ana
and then raised himself To lis feet iitnG NJ
head higher. higher. a he m~r'd "vc'. suddenly
Il onict. eager !aht shown IN his Face shar'
movement of lis rife though Sc We:r ab"H
n raise IL 10 lis shoulder. when. nan - pun e.
white smoke foa,rd up rom III" head OF '''
ravine. "CtlD> sprtnc ronNhlslNcN q" me a'
,laspinc his hands 10 his breast. ana with on
startled a"orizinc 6rv. oh. NY GOd. boys
plunged heavily forward on his face. Down lie
slO,e-shot through thc hcdrt.
After that the ravinc was soon cleared. and i
is probable th't frw prisoners were made. ihei
followed the strange. difficult march u in'cr'cp
the Sioux and after the meeting with Merritt
s,ernchass, of the t"gitiNc Indians WAS undertaken
The description Of these latter m"rch"s. durn
which the soldiers for days together dr"nrh"'
with ccas"less rains: when their supplir>-all TN
nmmunitiom-govc out. and they had - suhsls
upon horsetcsh: of the gradual exhaustion "
horses and men: of The final emer@cncc from Tin
mountains and awful passage across a hErnin
desert upon which the men dropped one aft"
the other: of the rescue by the good people Il
Dcadwood Of the almost pcrishng command -
capitally done, and affords a deeply in'errst'n
insight TO the realities of Indian campaigning
The forttudc of the men exposed Ia SO many priva