The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-13
until Gen. Towards troops or another

until Gen. Towards troops or another
force under Col. Gibbon, which was
moving from the east, should arrive.
But Chief Joseph was equally willy, and
he flanked the barrier by having his peo-
pie climb the hills and scatter in all d.
rections, meeting in a rendezvous in
Bitter Root valley. Meanwhile Glib
bon's forces reached Missoula to find
the Indians gone eastward, and after
five days of terrible climbing over the
rugged broken country, they came up
to the Indian village at Big Hole Basin
in Montana. The soldiers made their
way in the darkness through the herds
of ponies without alarming the savages,
and lay down close to the village, and
in sight of the tepees, to watch for the
dawn of day. At aybreak the line
moved forward in silence, and at sig
nal opened fire upon the tepees where
the Indians were sleeping. The startled
braves rushed from their lodges in every
direction, and finding cover in the brush
as well as behind the bank of a creek,
poured a terrible fire into the troops
the moment the soldiers got out into
open ground. In 20 minutes Gibbons
men We're in possession of the camp and
had set fire to the lodges, but the officers
and soldiers fell rapidly, and Gibbons
gave orders to retire for shelter in the
timber. The fight continued all day.
and soon after nightfall the Indians
gave the troops parting volley and dis
appeared.
From the battle of Big Horn basin
4. Joseph marched on across the main di-
vide of the Rockies. He left behind him
50 dead Indians, while Gibbons loss was
on Y 60 killed and woundN. The In
dis ms crossed the Rockies, then turned
and recrossed, closely pursued all the
way by Towards troops and detach-
ment of Gibbons command. Howard
had telegraphed eastward, and called
into the field the command of Col. Stur-
gis. Sturgis set out, first sending cour-
iers to Col. Miles on Tongue river, no
tifying him of the course the Nez Per-
ces were following, in the belief that
he might, by rapid and direct march,
intercept the hostiles further to the
north. Sturgis marched so miles the
first day, and came up with the Indians
at Canyon creek. The Indians occupied
both the canyon and the high ground
on each side of it, but they were steadily
driven off in an afl-day fight, losing 2l
braves killed and about 1000 ponies cap
tured. Then followed a running fight
of 100 miles, but the soldiers were with
ont rations, and the limit of endurance
of both men and animals had been
REACHED. Sturgis gave it up and wait
ed for Howard to join him.
"Col. Miles first learned of the trouble
afoot on the night of September II, and
marched rapidly northwest. His COM
mand consisted of portions of the Sec
ond and Seventh cavalry, five companies
Of the Fifth infantry (mounted), two
pieces OF artillery and a detachment of
white and Indian scouts. I was placed
in command of the scouts. We struck
the trail of the Nez Perces on Septem-
Der 30. and the whole column advanced
at a rapid gait. The Second cavalry
made detour to the rear of the In
dians, and in a gallant attack cut off a
herd of 500 ponies. The Seventh cavalry
and Fifth infantry charged, mounted,
direct upon the village. The Indians
fought as savages will when cornered,
but we soon secured command of their
whole position, excepting the beds of
the ravines where some of the war
riors took shelter In order to dis
lodge them a detachment dismounted
and charged on foot. ! was wounded
in that charge, and nearly every other
man, that is, about one in every two
who went forward. was hit. The re-
call was then sounded thd Col. Miles de-
cided that. as he had the Indians sur
rounded, it was best to let well enough
alone. Next day parley began under
a flag of truce. The Indians appeared
willing to surrender. but were suspi-
ciOuS about the future. That night a
terrible snowstorm set in, and the In
dians, being without food or blankets
or ponies, had no course left but 10
surrender Ont of the 400 warriors who
had started from the reservation to
follow Joseph on this wonderful cam
paign, only 81 survived.
And what is still more to the credi,
Of Chief Joseph. his warriors on all thar
march We're not guilty of a single act
Of scalping or other form Of savagerv.
and all the women taken captives by
them at the settlements through which
they passed were Immediately set free"
y. !. Sun.
Prayed to Find the Murderers.
Corning. y. Y. Aug. 9-The murder
ers Of Moses z. Banks who was lured
from his home. two miles east of this
city. Friday night and murdered have
not been captured as yet. and no def
mite clew has been found. A large
crowd has visited the scene Of the trag-
edy. and the greatest interest is man.
ifested in every development. Many
officers are working for the reward Of
fered by Sheriff Whiting. In some Of
the churches yesterday prayers were Of
fered for the capture of the guilty ones
The Nile Campaign.
Cairo. Egypt, Aug. 1O.-The troops
commanded by Colonel Hunter of the