The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-08-06

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northwesterly direction the 1900 !.
voIunteers Of mounted infantry anu
cavalry reached the Kildeer counIrs
late the morning of July 20. Inc -
dams, numbering about lo,ooV, m tb1
formed, in their war paint ana AZ
ers. in a semi circle, just back OIL tae
oaR thicket south of the present D1a-
mond 6 buildings. The cavalryrleh
formed in line back of CROSBY putIe'
advancing from the north m noIt.-
east. Fire was opened at 2 ocioch -
| the afternoon and continued until uath.
THE army had eight cannons. BTach
ett's battalion and the Sixth AND sew
enth Iowa and Dakota cavalfy tooA
the brunt Of the battle. !
The Indians were finally driven y
through the gap in a hWeste NJ =,
rection from the Diamond G ranch. lhe
soldiers did some heavy charging along
Dead Mans gulch, but only Two u
their number fell in battle. 1t was
estimated that 300 Indians fell.
on the night of July % the Seconu
brigade rested on the fiat south OF tne
| Diamond C buildings, the present slse
of a, large cornfield. The First brigaue
rested on the fiat below, just no[tneast;
and where Mr.. Ives definitely located
the graves of Geo. w. Northrop' oroeFlS
sergeant and Private Austin. 49,
For the night of July 20, 1864, tne
RI. s. army camped at the Craig
springs. six miles east Of the battle-
field. Here two privates Of co. D, sec
ond Minnesota cavalry, were killed py
Indians while on picket duty. AS rear
as Mr.. Ives can calculate the poules
of these men are resting on the nat
a mile west of the springs. 1t Will De
impossible to mark the exact spot. ~
was estimated that 500 Indians Wele
crowding the picketmen that night
probably with a view OF Causing q
stampede and getting horseS' p"I 1A
this they failed.
During the morning of July 20. our
cavalrymen advanced some six miles
in q westerly course from their Trst
camping spot, In an attenips
to again engage the Indians who had
retreated in that direction, u the
redskins could not be located. return
ing to- the battlefield the soldiers set
fire to the 1900 or 1,6O0 tepees'. inns
was about 10 o'clock the morning OF
Julv 29. Strange to say, on the trip
Wednesday, Messrs. Ives n F1sh
found many of the ends of tepee poles
that were not burned. They are IN a
fairly good state Of preservation. IL Is
( believed that white cedar from the
Black Hills country was the tlmber
used by Indians in those days for tepee
poles.
forty-nine years ago Monday, July 2S
The Indians had a few guns and more
bows and arrows. They had the ad-
vantage of knowing the country.
Mr.. Ives visited the battle-ground
three years ago but he was alone anc
did not have an opportunity of locat'
ing things accurately as on the trlI
this week. On Thursday, July 81, 1913
he rested by the side of and drank a
the Craig springs, the same as he ant
his comrades did forty-nine years ag(
Tuesday.
The soldiers were out six days from
their base of supplies south of Ante
lope, the distance being recorded in thu
government records as eighty miles
each way.
This was Sully's expedition, guard
ing eighty emigrant wagons en- route
to Idaho. The march was continued
westerly up Heart river and on Aug
5, 1864, the caravan saw for the frs
time the Bad Lands. The night O.
Aug. 6 they camped on the east banl
of the Little Missouri river. some dis
lance south Of the present site of Me
dora. The Indians were continual!
harassing the troops and stampedinG
the horses.
At Sentinel Butte (some authorize:
say Flat Top Butte) occurred a SHARP
encounter with the Indians on Aug. s
A Blackfoot Sioux was acting as guido
for the army and was wounded in thu
lEmorning but he would not give up anC
continued to give advice during tn,
day. 1t was here that Private L. C
Ives was wounded in the left leg to-
ward night. His assailant. Indian witt
many OF his tribesmen fell on the hill
side. Mr.. Ives has the steel pointet
arrow which was taken from the flesh.
part of his leg. He also has a pencil
drawing Of the battle Of Mauve Suite
showing the soldiers and redskins il
action.
The army reached the Yellowston
river, nine miles below the present sit
of Glendive, in a three days marcI
r from Sentinel Butte.
L. c. Ives, who was here this weel
is an old Indian fighter, having parti
cipated in the, awful struggle at New
UIm, MINI. He was stationed in 1856
at Fort Rice below the present site O
Mandan and on Sunday visited tn
historic fort site. At the time he wa
a member of Co. G, Second Mime
sofa cavalry.