Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-12-19
THE HOUSE AND SENATE. ONLY THREE SKIRMSIIES
FEW OR NO FIGHTS WITH
THE INDIA NJ.
Everything Ouiet-The where.
abOutS Of sitting Bulls Gang
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MINNEAroLIs, Mimi, Dec, l9.-The
Journals Rapid City, 5. D., special says ::
Reports OF engagements between the
troops and the Indians At Daly's Rancho
and other points are false. There have
been three skirmisles betw the In
dians and Col. NJ. II. Days command
of settlers and cowboys numbering fifty
men. The last one, on Tuesday, was a
hot one. rhe Indians attempted to burn
the hay stacks at Daly's ranch, but were
driven off by Col. Day and ten men.
A band OF 100 hosties are moving
west ward fifty miles north Of here in
Butte county. Eighty men OF the ninth
cavalry and sixty CHEYENNE scouts
under Capt. Moore have been sent
after them. Seven companies OF the 7th
infantry, now at Fort Driscoll under the
command OF Col. Mezner. will arrive at
IIermusa today. Gen. Miles has received
dispatches from General Carr, whose
camp is 80 miles solithe of here, show
ing that everything is quiet. The In
dians camped in the Little Missouri
country. north of Minnesota, are thought
to be Sitting Bulls band.
DENVER, Col. Dec. lS.-A news spec
al from Cheyenne river via Rapid City
at $3.50 this morning says:
"A courier has Just come in and has
aroused the camp. He states that a
party of fifteen men are besiegcd fifty
mill from here on Spring Creek. At
Days Ranch the Indians have made
three attempts to fire the premises, one
nearly successful.
The courier who brings this news had
to make dash through the Indians, fir
ing both right and left. One bullet pene-
trateh his overcoat. He rode by cir
cuitous route to our camp.
General Carr has sent Major Tupper
with 100 men to the rescue. Should the
command meet the Indians they will
make short work OF them as Major Tup-
per is very determined"
\ News SPECIAL from the camp OF the
Sixth cavalry on the Cheyenne river via
Rapid CITY stys:
Major Pcrry's command joined us
early this morning and Scout Gus Craven
reported that near Smithall large num-
bcr OF Indians were seen. At a small
creek q imber OF shots were exchanged
and while the government wagons were
crossing Spring creek they and their es-
cort were attacked bv about forty Indians
and over one hundred shots were ex-
changed. One soldier was wounded and
another shot through the hat. A troop
OF Capt. Wells's cavalry came to their
rescue and the Indians, seeing this, ran
away. Craven reports having seen six
ty-three tccpccs which contained about
100 Indians. They were camped near the
mouth of Spring creek early this morning
and TROOPS were sent out, but the hostilcs
had again returned to the had Lands.
"s;cn. Carr sent last night armed par
ties to guard the rancho where an Indian
was killed yesterday to protect it. The
dead Indian is laid out III front Of the
rancho with his rifle beside him to act as
/ bait to attract other Indians and to
cap. .urc the body. A number of Indians
have been around all day. but do not
dare approach. The Indian killed was
nephew OF Kicking Bear.
"Ncsterday General Carr sent troops
of cavalry up into the Bad Lands to
watch any movement OF hostilities. Sig
nails were established by the troops and
our camp by three relays. Should the
troops bc attacked they were to be re-
iniorced from here. They reported about
seventy tecpccs being seen in the Indian
stronghold, and totally inaccessible"