Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 15, 1876, Page 8

8 ~THE "SAVAGES. Revival: of the Report that .- Bitting Bull Fell at the “"~ " Battlo of the Lit- tle Horn. Brief 1distory of That Fa- " ‘mous Intractable Redskin, - His fidflcafi&n Frenéh, and His ¢ Idees” Napoleonic. A Later-and Moré Detailed Account of the Custer Carnage. Dopartmental Data Concerning * the Stouxand Cheyennos. o Need of a Scare in Minnesota ===Concerning Gen. Crook. FORT LINCOLN. INDIAN AOCOUNT OP TUB CUSTER FIGUT. Special Dispaich to The Triduna : Fonr Lamcouy, D. T, July 14, viA Brs- ; MAnCR.—The following letter has been reccived by Capt. McCorkey, commanding this post: Staxvixg Rock Aaxwcy, July 11.—On Sunday S.Chléf of the Yanktonnais informud mo that four Yanktonnala Indinns hnd jost returnod from a hunt on the Big Hoast River, west of Fort Lincoln; that when nenr Big Heart Tintte, they met a party of wix bostile Indians who claimed that they belonged to fhe Ageney, but svero afraid to coine in, ‘Chey wnked fur news, but the Axl'ency 1ndlans had not heard of the battle of the Little Horn. The hos- {lles then exid that a heavy battle bad becn Tought un the 25th; 500 solaicra had heen killed, oand 200 Indluos at Sitting Bull and Gall, an TUncpaps Chiaf, were killed, also o white man nanied Mjlburn, o dischaeked soldior of tha Twen- ty-accond Infantry, Milburn has iately been em- u*oyml nt the Svotted Tail Ageucy under the_nllas Milburn was Sitting Bull's wisrd, who haa been with Site wad nlrlgl with Dt in the 2! ‘Churles Emmet, :lhlvfmhi;surl. A:{ thig lull sluce iy e & chiof, and Belsty waa killed, Tho hos C Lo 197 1 return _to this powor [ncreases in thelr vi- break up into kmall bandw and ‘lie nround the fort ond linea of travel until subsistence pives out, when they will return to their ngencies. 1 respectfully suggest that you will use dizcretion to protect” your Y_coplu or to punish the hostiles. (Shamed) “J. 8. Pavaxn, Sixth Infantry, commanding, Four companies of the Twenty-second In- fantry, Licut. Col. Otis commanding, twelve ofilcers, and 140 mnon, arrived this morning, and will leave 'on Buuday night for Terry's com- mand. ' 5, i 7| THR QUSTGER MASSACRE, Tha wounded are all.datng well, And thera " will be no more deaths. Additlonal particulnrs of the mutilution of tho dead In Custer's fight are coming in. . Col. Potn Cuatar's heart was cut out, (mpuled’on n itlek, and planted fn the pround wear his body, This was undoubtedly the work of Ran-in-tho- Fance, an Unepapa warrlor, who two yearn ago bLad been arrested by Tom Custer; and who at the thina swore veugeance. : Bitting Bull's band- must - have’ obtatned $15,000 or §20,000 in woney wud jewelry from Zuster and Iiis mow, as the command lad just scen pald oft when they left Lore, und hod hod 10 chunce to spend It This money will ca- ible Sitting Bull to Luy as:anuch smmunition 13 lic moy need for summer. It Is o sad but noticeable truth that ‘white traders nlong thy Montann and Pembing lue are well suppled wnd ulways ready to sell ammunition to hostile lindtans, f{ they {nm.- money to puy for ft. The report of Sitting Bufl's death b not gen- rally credited hicre, a8, If it were true, the In- 1funs thetusclves wonld e the tirat to tell of It, Che truth will probably reach you by way of wan or Fort Elle. . 5 . [ CRROOK. + TUE,UTES WILL AID IIM... . . Cneyensg, \Vyo., July 14—Ncgotlations vave been making for some'timg througl: Capt. Nickerson, of Gen, Grook's stafty with the Utes, who are old encmies of the Sfoux, on nccount o oft-repeated attacks ou tham, to secure thelr so-operation fu the present movewent against ihe northern lostilo Sloux. M. M. Curtls, of Rawlius, who had becw dispatehied to the reser- tation to Lring 1 the detachiment, returned to- aght ond telegraphed Capt, Nickerson ns ful- fi'fir. 4 the millta sinfty, the Sloux wii! ows: % ., In obedlence to your diapatch of Junc 27, I pro- feoded to pather it the Indians. T went as far as White Itiver, Colorado, and was successful until Ropped- by K, 1. Danforth, 1inited States Indlan Agent, who forbit me takiing un Iudiun from hiy teservation until he was suthorlzed to et them go 3y Conimissioucr of Indlan Atfairs Louglass, ' 'Tho acad chief st the Agoncy sald, **‘Tell Gen, Crook [ would Lo toga." v s Gen. Merritt's Fifthy Cavalry arrlyediat Fort Lararalo.to-doy, and will move uorth via Fetter- wun to JohyCrook, (o whom no wittitlonal news hasd hdew recelved, aithough no fonre ure sntertafned ‘of the safety of his command. Susber's luto actiyy higs: ad tho_ effoct to tuke sheeourage ont' ol courlers and none enn be aud to wde the trip with a Jnessago for Crook, PEARY AT WASHINGTON, Bpectal Dispaich to Tha Tyibune. WasinoTon, D. C. July 14.—This afternoon, for thu firat tine, thero wns o manifestation amonyg military oflfmrs. of cunsiderable uncusl- sess shout Gon Crook, — Stlll, they all Lope to war of his sufety by to-torfoss, — . .+ THE AGENCIES, , BECOMMENDATIONS OF INSPLCTOR VANDERVERE, Wasmworox, D, €, July 14.~Indan-In- spector Vandervore reporta that at the councl) #lth the Judians of the Bed Clond and Bpotted Tall Agendes, June 20, thy'Chiefs und others expressed 8 wllingnesado rolinguish the Bluck Hills country on terina offered by Vandervere, The Chiefs all prondsed to keop thelr people at howu uud to rematn about the Agencles. Thoy declere, anid the evidoned Lere sustalng thefr deeluration, that very few Sloux are ubsent, and that 1t 18 chletly the Chieyentics who have coms mitted the depredations “in this neighborhood, and who have ganu north t joln the hostilus, . The Inepector suys: *“The srrangement @lth tho Indians that X regund s prac tmlo at. the present time [ un rgreemont ctween thon and thy Government by which they shult relinquish all vight to the Black L1 and ronsent to such diminlehied boundarivs of thelr reservation as shall secure thia abjeet. In con- uderation of this rbunqu[.hmcu\. the Uovern- mont shall gruavantee to continucsupplics of food and other articles Lo them as under the former treaty for ive yooss from.the dateal the new agrectnent,. 1'would further stipulate with the Indiant, tliat they shall, whenevee the Govern- monf requires, consent to the ramoval of thelr Agencles frow thelr presont location to any pé‘nt that mny ho desfgnated for them on or near the Missourl Wiver, where better farmbng Lutids can be found, or W wherever the Govern- ment may chogss to transfor them to better thelr coudition. * As un luducement to thelr con- “sent to sueh reinovad or transler, there should , be ullered them. o reasonablo lllp]ll( of stock vabtde, u:':a‘v Turudug Implanents, fumber for houses,’cu) mi—fiw_vud. and uwnsllp. wagons, ey, to be distributed to thoss unly who takoe Tand wid sottlo upon it for cuitivation, or who enguge fn stockerulsiug or other useful indus- try. Proviston also sliould be made for sclivol- {ugs ghildren und for tho instruction of tho oumf men in mechanic arts, taw should be {lt:q ished among then, and the jurisdietion of pur courts extended to them the samue ws to white men, T would give the Sloux tribes the privilego of sending one of their own people to aft s delegate In Congresa. Nearly tho entire forco of the Agency Indinus are here now pud snxious for poace, ~ Btatements vepresenting o diffcrent - state of things arc not en- titled- - to ercdit. anhlng{ could bo more unfortunate thau to stop tho rations of thesu Indlans at the preseut thme, and to thue drlve them to the alteruative of stealiuy or starving.” . , BRAR-STANDA-UP NESTS SITTING BULL. ' Appended to the report Is the following states ment of Bear-Stands-Up, sn Indian of the potted Tall Agcug', who arrived frow Sitting ull's camp June 25; E Y1 went north to the hostile cump for the purpose of bringing Lome some relations and chlldren belonging to my wife, There area few Northern ' Banlece, Yunktonuls, Assinubolues, {rlnkuecl, and Uros Ventres. The Chicfs of he above are Baotec, Red End, Yauktonfs, Whits Faco; others uot kuowiw, Among the above thero are very few of our people. Of the Northern Cheyonnes Binck Moceasin s Chluf, with about 17 Indges; Blackfeot, Chicf SBeabby Henad; Uncpapas, Chicf Sitting Bull; 8ans Arv Chlet" Spotted Fazlet Miniieconjours, Chic Black s\mm; Ocutalias, Chinf Crazy Horse. In all theae are a fittlo over 2,000 Jondeca, After the troops grot (nto the ronntr{. I conld not get away. The Indlans made solillers to wateh the ceamp and keep peoplo together. I talked with Sllt?nu Bull hefore leaving, and then moved m; lodge out In the night, coming very far around to koep oul of the way of both thé Indfans and the troops, and came hotne by the road known as tho ofil Fort Pictre road, on the enst sido of thu Biack Hills, striking tho road ahout half- way hetween the Missourd and - Iack Hills, and then camo stendght to this Agency, Bittin, Bull rends word to my Agent, to Blsonette, aud 1o Bouchet, that he does not intend to molest nuy one south of the Black I1ills, but witl fight he whitea In that country hs long na the ques- tlon s unscttled, and, {f riot sattlod, nsdlong na To ltves, As soon as the Black Hills question fs settled le wauts my agent to send bl word and tell hm what to do, Tle ssys he indan Fcnt many guns and other things abonut tha 1ills where white men have killed each other, and been left on the prafries, “Sittinyr Bull ssked huw the Brulea were treated at thelr Afiuw{i o told I well, but he duce not bellove if, _11a does not wat to fight tho whites, nnly ateal from them ns they have done. White men steal, and Indlans won't come to wettlement,: Whites kill themselves, and make I} Hilla stink, so many deod men. Says he heard thus the lml[nnncumlnf from Agen. ¢y wouldn't Lo nllowed to return, e has made a law that no visitors sbiall pass betweon tho agoney aud hia catnp, either Indiang or whites, When the rascality shout the Binck Tills §s aottled, then he will stop his vascality, Tho Governinenit has pramised much to the agency people thut never was fulfilled, and (b wants to uove the ngencles agaln, If moved; who will occupy the land! It helongs to you, If you ro- nualn ‘where you are, I want you to esud me word. If good whita poople will listen to the Qreat Father no more, your young inon will 1isten to thelr ¢hlef, **S{tting Bull says that If the troops comng ont to him he must tight thom, but it they don't cotne out he Intends to visit this agency, and by will counsel his people for pence,* Bear-8tand-Up, who makes this v«tm.csmuru:I s reliable. Ho was n Smhu; Bull'a camp nino- toen days, from about May 25 to Junc 15, THE MINNESOTA SCARE, APPARENTLY NO DANGRR WHATEVEH Special Dispalch to The Tribuns. 87. PauL, Miun., July 14.—The Qovernor and officors ot the departinent headquarters con- tinue annoyed by false rumors of fmpending outbreaks ou the Minnesota frontler by tho Sloux of Eastern Dakota and the Chippewns of Minucsots. At headquarters no Information his been recelved to justify any searo whate ever. Gov. Pllisbury answered inquirles by telegraplt to-day ns follows: o da; Inforaalion pe bl ey g Locnsed all the and cannot learn that nn{; depredations have heen committed by Indinnx. Bhonld an outbreak occur, tha Adjutant-Geucral will be fully prepared. The Governor has sent'three gentlemen from his office to vislt the Indian reservations and frontler setflements, to learn the disposi- tion of the Indians, thy number absent from the reservationy, and the condition of settlers for defense. . ONIGIN OF THH PANIC, The Western seare_is occasionod by unfonnd- ol rumors that the Sloux were moving across Dakota towart Minncsota, and s subsiding. ‘Tho Northern scars concerning the Chippewns, always friends of tho whitcs, and hureditary foca“of the Sfoux, adses from tho prese ence of blucberry-pitkers winong the sgt- tlora, and the movement of larpe num- bers of Chippewns towerds Deyll's Lake, Duakoty, where tha) agread o fow muntha ago, wnder pressure ot white friends, o et the 8loux of lower Mivsourd for o cele- bration of the first treaty of chuc then coneluwd- el between the 8loux and Chippewns. EVIDENCLD OF PIUEN DSl That no dunger newl be apprehended from the Chlppewaa or disbanded Sloux remnining ln this 8tate und Dakotn, cast of the MigsourT, (s evidenced by the fact that every white fu this ity having Indinn .u} atntanees has been innde the be: of offers of Indians, Sloux a8 well ng Chippewas, Lo culizt for tho Governuient weninst the hostlles of the Blg Horn country, Sulne'of the Chippewn oilers linve been seut by runuierd, who traveled hundreds of milas. NO BASIS FOR APPREMTENSION. 4 St Pt Plonzer-Press, Juiy 12, We are having our regular snnual Indlun scure aaong the seltlers on the northwostern frontier, though, considéring tho revent exclt- ing news from the valley of the Yellowstone, tha seare' fs much milder this year than was to have been expected, A letter was recelved in St. Paul yesterday morning from Pelfean Rap- {ds annonndng that there o3 ua unusun) stir among thy Chilppewas on the White Earth res- ervation, and the writer feared that there was danger ahoad, thongh In what ehapo 6 was to conte lic was unable to bmaglue. Shnultaucous- Iy with this groundless alarm comes the re- port that at Hreckinrldge and other polnts along the mafn line of the Pacille Road peo- ple were getting somewhat nervous beeause Chippewn Tudians haa been soon mioving across the country, and that the Slsactons were having an unusuaily lively time on thelr reservation,— [ oll of-which, It was thought, meant mischief. ‘This news reachied St. Paut rvuszmlny, and be- zan to sprewd rapldly throughout the y but ippity an opportunity was promptly nfl){‘rd»d for putting to rest theso slily appreliensious of an Indian war in Minnesota,” Gabriel Renvilie, head chief of the Sissetona, and his {nte) reter, Charlle Crawlord, cama down from the Sfsseton J\ficm'é yesterday morniug, and In fuberviewas with Gov. Pillshury, Gen, 1L J1, 8ibley, and othors, clearly showwd the absurdity of 1o ri- ports which some interested parties or foolish people have takten tho trouble to circulnte, ‘Tho friendship of Gubrlel Renville for tho whites 18 unquestloned, and has been too often tried to be doubted now, aud his charucter for intelligence and veracity also stands descrvedly high, ~When Gabriel wus ‘apprised of thuse re- }wru\, ho usked \\'Imt urg the white peopla to eur] Not the Chippewns, certalnly, for they have nu desire for Lostilitles, and nothing to goln from ucontlict with tho whites, . 1t they arc ufuld of the Bloux, thero ia still leas roason for ulurin, bueause the Blouxand Chippewns are, and alivuys have been, deadly enemles, mul be- fuie the former can vade Minnesota they must firat drive beforo them the Chippewns, The Chippewa wonld, of corwe, be the firat Lo re celve an attack, i ono were' to be made by the tribes under Sitting Bull, of which, howuver, there tun bo-io danger, ud these Indluns ure too far away to cause the slightest unenstieds, Gubricl Renville thinks thut the panie hos almply been caused by the visita of ‘partfes of Chippewa Indlans, who have been vln&ug cach other on thoir respective resorvations, to have o littlo froffe, Thia In ono of Melr cus- toms that they munnfire 1w Indulge In, in apite of ull rumonstrances of the ugents of the Uov~ ornment. Noevil results ususlly follow, but theso friendly visits are o violation of the treaty limvlalunu. and the prindpal objoction to them 6 thut tho dances and feusts incldental to a ro- uulon of the youny bucka of the diferent tribes afford them an opportunity to indulge i those savago proctiees from wlilch their inissfonary civllizers have been uttempting to woan them, The liead chief of the Slusstons givea still another reson for tho sppearance of the red mon ainony the whites ut thls timo, Ile snys that the grasshoppers huve destroyed every ves- tigo of wheat upon the Blsseton rescrvation, though the corn has oscaped, and that tho Iu- Alans ara gotting short of provisfons, Muny of the Indians have, {n consuquenco, vislted somo of the settlements with o view to selling thelr ponles in order that they may sceurs the means to purchasa »ummhing to eat. The Govern- ment and Btato nuthoritics will no doubt see to it that uny preashys wants of the Indfans ure supplicd, atdthat the acttloinunta on the fron- tler are fully protected fn case of danger, of which there are yet no signs, Sluce wrlting the above a visit to the military hewdquarters fu 8t Paul has elicited the s forwution that Gen, Rugeies, Adjutant-General of the Department, hna heen fully -plprmd of ull thie moverents of the Indisus on the western borders, und that all nec tepa have been taxon to preserve the peaceln that yuarter. Thero 18 00 reason at alf to fear tnat any disturbuncs will take place, or that any set- tlors will bo molestud, Biill, at romotu and ex- pused pofuta thero has been some uneasincss, which, however, by this time hus frulmbl Leen Gen, “Rugelos yeatendsy recelved & letter from Cu\)'r.. einett, comnumllnfi at Fort Abercromble, dated July 8, In which the Cuptaln says: * Roports have been coming in tor several days that theyrs were Indlans all oround I s soction of country, moving around in partles from four or dve Lo 2043 lhh on the 84 of JuR’ u courler gent by the citizons of Peliean Rapida came here and “sajd that in canscquence uof the appoarance of Indlans there {hey were forming a company of citizens resid- Ing” uround Pelfcan Ruplds to protect thelr homes ncaso of necessity, ‘This courler also stated that v the nlght u{fl]ul Bthy soldicrs frum Furt Lincoln lind al) beun killed, Te suld the people wars greatly alarmed. Qn the ulght of the 7th Iwusdowa to Breekiuridge, when the citizeny reported to e that thers werg about 200 Indlaus encamped just above thy the BHols day “Bloux, Que lu- n order town og THE CHICAGO 'I'RIBUNE: dlan sald somo other Indinna hal gone In tho direction of Moorhend and Fargo, and that the Indinng at the Staseton Agency hatl rnno out to fight. T returned to the post, and ordered a small detachment to proceed to i!ruvk(nrhlgfl. thesa to communicate with the Indians and nd- vise them to return to tholr ngencles, nud, na the Iudlans were golng i the direction’ of Ellzabuth, the detachment was_to rnm“ thera, and then provesd to Fergus Falla to keep in- formed of the movement of tho Indinns; to quict the alarm of the peopls roslding in that soction, and to giva them assuranco of protoe- tlon. United States Maratial Duriiam reports un- 1tsual numbors of Indiane now wandering from thieir reacryations, acustom that should b prohib- fted, I donot (hink those Indiang wil com- mit uny serlous depredations, Dut [ deemed it wdvisahle to look after them, and find out the truo state of affalva.” Tha prompt action of Capt. Bennett hns recefyed tha approval of tho commanding ofticer of the xlcantman, and furthor atupa will be taken to relleve the minds of the peple)and to satisfy thom that no danger I8 to be foared, : On July 9, Capt. Bounett wrote agafn, an- nouncing that all the Indians but two had left the nelghborhood of Breckinridge and gouo in tha dircetlon of White Earth Agency, to which they balonged, and all was quict. It will, therefore, be acen that thero Is no lke- lihood that any Minuceotians will be disturbed by any warlike pranks of the aboriglnes. * SITTING BULL. ‘' FIIOCION ! FORTS IIMBELP ON 8. 1.8 NISTORY TEFONE INTEIVIRWING LIM, Avon Our Oun Correspondent, Forr Aumaitam Livcouy, Dakota, July 12.— Borring the dust, the trip from Clilcugo to this polnt, 3,000 miles up the Missourl, ia n delight- ful one, evon In this hot month of Juty. I came, howerver, all the way by rnil, and take this early opportuuity to say that via the Milwaukeo & 8t. Taul, the Lake Buperior & Misalsaippl, sud the NorthernPacificRallronds,lsnot only thequlckest but the most cowfortable route to the Black Hills aud tho * Injun country,” If a follow wants golit or cxeitement. Notwithstanding a winter of unczamplod severity, In which many secttons of the Northern Pacifle were given up entirely ta tho embracoof vhe Storm-King, I find, totny, the roadbed o splendid condition. On the :mwm divislon we madle speed of 40 miles an our. . This much by way of Introduction snd com- pliment. The all-absorbing tople from 8t Paul to Bismarck, on the train oud at the stations, was that of THR INDIAK WAR AND OUSTER'S MASSACRE. The people bave heant all the particulars; - In fact, the people ulong the Nortlcrn Paclile west of Brainerd aro Just o little scnsitive upon the qtication of Indian outbreaks anyhow. Ior the | last four years they have nanually had o good big scaro on thelr own nccount, haviug on two occaslons resorted to 8t. Paul and Minneapolls mllitia for protectlon. You sce, it I8 tho custom in the suminer time for the Indians up here to gather blucberries and bring them (nto the set- tlementa for snle or barter. And us regularly a8 ton or adozen Indians come .Into Dratnord, Detroit, Glyddon, or Morchead to sell berries, 0 beging a “scare.” Remembering the bloady Bloux massacres of Mankato aud New Ulin, the people nre perhaps justified fn respecting mon’s Hirst law; but when one louks at the poor, mis- crable dovilsus they lonnge around tho depots and stores, contempt ought to take the place of feur, for a more desplsablo race of semi-lumans cannot well bo imagined than thoss Minnesots aboriginal brutes, In anticipation of RECRUITS (GOING FORWARD TO OB, TERRY, cvery station Letween 8t. Taul aud Blsmarck was crowded with an enger populace. No troops, however, wera along, and go the cager populace had to feast iLs eyes upon tho' sane guinary form of your correspondent, who, by the way of joko. wus genersily polnted out by tho conductors as * Standing Bull, the great chlef of the Indinn Peace Comminslon,' Thero I8 nothing nddltlonnl from the front to what you have already roceived by telegraph, I huve not had time as yet to see any of Rono's wounded men, but shall do o to-rhorrow, Re- inforcements audl 16 tons of ammunlton will leave herofor Terry on Saturday morning. I learn, howover, from most relinble duta, that ol the Apency warriors between here und Benton have gone mway, undoubtedly to Join Sitting Bull and Ms vietori- ous warrlors. At Blsmarck, to-day, a rumor waa ¢freulated that OId Sltting Bull, on Oya- Inlln Chief, had boen killed fu tho Custer fight, This {8 o mistake, ns I have since learned that the old Chiot, who has of luts yenrs beon friend- 1y ta the whites, was ut Fort Seward. on tho day of tho Custer massacre. T Linve also learned al- moat n cumplete v LISTORY OF TEIS LOSTILE WARRIOR, BITTING 3 BULL. o fs a Teton-Sloux and only 25 years of uge. Cupt. McQarry, of the steamor Benton, tells me he has known Bitting Bull about the Upper Migsourl trading-posts for many years, ilis {)rhl:l of barteringe plwe was at Fort Pock, hough of Inte years he and his hand have fols lowed the bulfalo north on the Bourds and Pem- Lina Rivers, and have bartered thuir robes aud tongues for guns aud nminunition with the French half-breeds of Manitoba, Sitting Bull waa nconvert and friond of Fauther Do Smet, who taught him to read and write French, o his alwnys seorned tolearn Englsh, but is o falr French scholnr. luthe Dakots langungo lia 18 ulso vorsed, and dechared to ben grenter orator thun Littlo Phersant, Chlef of the Yank- tonnats, Cupt. McGhury says he knows that Sitting Bull bns read the French history of Napoloon's wars, and belloyes that he hus modeled his generalship after tho little Corel- can Corporal, 8itting Bull has never necepted anovertire of peace, the report that hogave In ks adhesfon Lo Sully to the contrary not- withstanding. e hns always been AN UNIELENTING AND VINDICTIVE BAVAGE— 1o the Amerleants what Schumyl was to the ltus- slan. * Father Dy Smot kopt™ the Teton-8lonx fram the war-path until 1863, He then left the Uppor Missourt, and Bltting Bull beecame a Chlef. No organized ¢ffort was madeto army the Bloux mutlon sgainst the whites untfl” after the Minnesotas massacres of 1863, when the Stoux werg driven west of the Missourd [nto the bad lands and mountains of Dakota, Sitting Bull nspired to tho leadership, but Red Cloud, Spot- ted Tail, Littlo’ Phicasuit, mud the Ogallta Sit. ting Bull Cluets rupudm{ml Lim. From that tlme ho has been u maleontent, und at war with tha Chiofs of tha Bloux nation, o ho hay by his persunatve arts of oratry seduced many hundreda of tholr younys braves into his ruuks, T Is alvo LARGALY REINFORCED DY YOUNO DRAVRY from the Crees und Aesiuibolns of Manitobu. Every summer for five years he hos heen up north among these © tribes, and uow they are focking to bls standard. It these reports are to be helteved, und 1 have no yenson to ?uv»lhm them, when he noxt makes n staml ugainet the Federal troops he will lnve in the neighborliood of i,o(ll warrlors, cvery ono armed ‘with ropeatinf-rilles, A great deal Is expected from Sitting Bull's Inabillty to take care of the wounded alrewdy on his.hands, and which fs o sucred duty umong the Indlns, If he has nob sent his woumled north among his_ Manitoba friends, he will do 80 heforo he hozards another fight. The telographle report of Capt. Stuiith, who hrought teno's wounded down, that Terry had found tho blers of ulng Chlefs killad i’ the ongyru- ment with Custer fa u mistake, They wero the remalins of sub-chlcfs and braves killed by Cus- ter when he was with Stanley (n I871. The Hloux custom Iy to ('urr{ off thele dewl hraves to g secluded valley, and, after the customary wonurning perlod has explied, to lay out the dead braves on n }unm)rm high enough to b Dbeyond the reach o} wolvea or coyotus, Putocion, T CUSTER MASSACRE, PURTUER DETAIL OF TUD TRRRINLE AVPAIR. Vorrespondence New York Tribume, Caxe ar Tum Mount or Tz Bio loux July 8.—On Tuesday, June 97, clonds of sinoke hung dn frout of ua, The command bustened onand goon eutered a besutlful plan over 8 mftes long; on tho east wasa line of lufls; on the west was the Little Big Iorn with blufts be- yond {t. Two tepees wers still standing, and inthem lay nine Indian chlefs, with thelr dend horscs close by, As we auvauced Lundreds sud hundreds of topes poles could be counted, Bullulo robes, cooking uteusils, <luthing, wnd tools of all kinds bad beon abandoned in hot huste, There was no thne to peer about and take notes, ‘Fliere might bo seri- ous work tor us to do The shadow of a great calunity lad already fullen upon us, ~ As wo drew rein for a moment wo notieed suine United States regulation sad- Al of the now pabtens Boww ouo pleked upa |- 'Tho Indlans woro kopt at bay until Blood-atatned glove—it had been worn by Yates. And eloag hy wers the riddled clothes of Porter and Stargls, A moment more and we were nghast with horror, Two hundred of our eaval- rymen lay dead fn the ravines and on the blufls on the right bank of the river, Bradley had goue to the front and counted thom, snd now hrought us the nowa, Tho Crow acunts lind not fed to um " It was tho awfal truth, Faces paled, eyes pofstened, teoth were st THB NRSCUE, An advance was now ordered. At cvery stop we found tokens of the dreadtul enmage. - Hero was brave Mclntosh;. hers lay Isalah, our negro- seouty ‘close by, Charley Roynolds, the chief seout, had bravely met his fate; and here, close togethor, wero the hodies of our cavalry- men and their horses, As wo were supping on these horrors and asking ourselvos whetbier uny one had heen left to deseribe the fate of the reglment, Lients, Wallaco and Ilall drew near oud Informed us that the survivors of seven compunies under Reno and Bentcon were In- trenched on tho east biufl of the rdge at the end of tho plain, on the right bunk of the river, “Where Is Custer £ cried a dozen volees. * Ho teft us Sunday ‘morning with five com- pl:mk'g‘ und we-have heand nothing from bim alnge. * Our commander, with u small cscort, forded the stream, nud m\lhu': tho almost perpendicu- Tar bluis, fnlnul Reno’s force. Ho was grected with cheer upon cheer. Btout-heurted soldlors why had not flinchied in the hour of peril now wept lke ehilldren, und _smlles returned to tho wan faces of tho Wounded mon, The Indlaus hud retreated when they sawour lne of fofantry nmzlr‘um:h!ng. ‘We had resecucd these despalriug suidiers, , RENO'S DRFEAT AND RESCUR, Now we lad thno to hear the story of thg Dbattle, Cen. Ouster's reghnent hod Inarched 48 miles without lunvlu;it o saddle. Buddenly the Indian village was discovered on a plain 8 miles Tong. It was on Bunday morning; Custer could not walt, although the'vdds wers five to one, Ie ordered Beuteen to mako a detour to the left with threo compauies, and fnstructed him togo ns far as he could futo the Indian cwnp, Lle lolt one compun& Mehougall's, to proteet the packs, With tho other cght companfes he {roucd o As he npln‘mmm tho high bluffs surroundl; the plain where the village was situnt ho divided hia force. Reno, with three compa- nlus,—b‘runuh’sl Moyland’s, and MclIntosl's, wua directed to advance, ford the Little Dig 1Lorn, and enter the southern end of the village: Custer himself with flve companfes—~Yatcs', Keoglt's, Tom Custer's, Bmith's, and Calhoun’s —irched around the blufls nung‘ the village on the right bank of tho stroam. 1lia plan of battle waus very simple, Whilo Reno wvus at~ tneking the villago from thesontd, his ownforea would ussault the Indlans on the flank and fn therear. It woa o shirowd plan, but ho overrat- ed the endurance of his soldiers; they were falnt and weary; they had been In tho saddlo twenty-four hours, Rono advanced nlmlfi the plain, mnnt!nF with no opposition until he reached o littls grove, Here his line was attacked. 1o immodi- ately deployed his skirmishers and distounted. The borses wer led into the wood and the cay- alrymen engaged the enemy, The Indlans np- peired In fmmense numbers. They attacked ilm fereely in front, and at the snme thne turn- cd his loft flank and cum&lpllml Lis force to re- treat” into the woods. The Indisus followed i hordes and drove tho foreo boefore thewm. to the river. The blufls on the oppusito sido were steop and high, but the water fn the river wns low. Tho Indians, flushed with success, rushed upon ourmen und n haud-to-hund _confllet en- sued, Hero McIntosh was shot. Hodgson was shot midwuy in the strenn, and foll_before he could reach the opposite bank, Dr, Wolf ¢ oss- od {n safety, but wns killed ou the bluffs, The rest of the conumund fought thelr way uB tho helghts, with the Indians in hot pursult. Death seemed to stare every man in the foce, when suddenly Benteon caine to the rescue. Benteen with Lis thres compuaies had gono to the left, according to Custer's nstructions, 1lo soon becane convineed that further progress In thut directlon wis fmpossible, aud he turned back to jolu the muin body. As he neared the piuin he recelyed Custer's: 1nst order—to hurry up tho pucka. Satisfying himsel! toat they were nm.mmhlng safely under McDougal, hio resumed s marels, ~ Buddunly he caught uh:ht of Reno's men rushing up the blufls, with tha [udians on il sldes of them. Ile dashed to the right, churged up the Llufls, drove back tho Indfans, and saved his des) nlrlng comriles ‘x?l’;l‘ :lc?Lll;. i [¢] and then the command begun to intrench ftsalt o the top of the blufl THB DEATIL 0¥ OUSTBI. Meanwhile where was Cuater! 1le had gone around the blulls and had attempted to ford the river at the northern end of the village. The Indlaug wers massed fn his front sod on his flunks, The whole commund dismounted and mudo 2 determined rusistance, which checked momentarily the onset of the Indians, Then Custer urdered a retreot, his force dividing In | order to tako advantuge of two ravines on the Jeft flank. The enomy had wlready appeared in largu foree on the rigitt and closed” the door of . cacape In that direction’ At the headof the u| poer ravine Callioun’s company was apparontly thrown vut nsskirmishersto defend thy entrance, ere thelr bodles were found after the battle; the ekirmish lines were clearly marked by the ruw of the sluing with heapa of empty cartridge shells; Calhoun and Cylttenden wore In thelr rluccs—ln advance of the files, The Indinns, haflled for u moment, immediately flanked the .| force on_tha Joft, rushed up snother ravine which Jed into the main one, aml attacked Keogh's compan‘y;. That gallunt Irlsh aflcer fell surrounded by his soldiers. Retreat was cut off fromn this raving, and tho soldlers were then killed of one by one Mcanwhile, the ecldlers In the other ravine bad Dbeen sublected to & severe fire, The Hne of retreut led through a decp gully, ut tho mouth of which twenty-cight men were killed. Thoy lougm dusperately, but tho Indinns bad surrounded them, and thére was no vicnpe, - Capt. Brith fought bis way toa peak, where last stund was made, They must” have known that thelr hour bad come.” Iero were Custer nnd Lis brother, Adjutant Couk, Capt. Yates, Licut. Rlley, Capt. Smith, and o fow soldiors. Muking ramparts of thelr fallen Lordes, they fought to the end. Hero thelr bodies were found. Custer himsel{ scemed to be sleeplng; bis attitude wes natural, bls cx- prussion weet and serene. ‘There wis only one surylvor—a Crow scout, Ho crossed the river, dashed futo the village, selzed 0 horse, covered hinaclt with @ Bloux Dblanket, mud eseaped. From hls account it is safo to catlinate the force of the Tudiang at ,000 warrlors, und thelr loss In battle at many hundreds. VLIGNT OF TII INDIANS, Bonteen and Reno strongthoned thelr position Quring the night aud awalted tho attack of the Tudlans, It was made at daybreak, and was re- sumed at Intervals durbyg the day. In the even- Ing Qlhbon'sgotumn appeared in the distanco,nnd the Indlung retreated 1o great haste, shandonin, the village anda lufigc quantity of provislona and nmuunition, Two u}'a werespent by tha troops on the battle-ficld. "Tho dead were “burled, and hurso litters wero conatructed for the trunspor- tatlen of the wounded 1o the supply steamer, The trovos wers in- no condition ta follow the Audfang, and u retreut was ordered to the mouth of the Bl Ifory, after the ammunition and stores In the vitlngo hud heen dustroyed, ACCOUKT OF TILH PIGUT UY A $COUT, Correspundence New York Timas. CAMP OX TNE YELLOWSTONE, NrAL POWDRR Tuvin, duly 4.~I wend you usively a steno- Fraphie report of the statemcnt made to us by Hily Cross, o half-breed scout und {nterpreter, e talks very good English, but sometimes Lls cxoresslons we unlque, [ 1{1\'0 his stutoment verbatim, This wis our fivet positive Informa- tlon of the fight. The statement of Cross was us follows:; Correpondent—Give nea littla account of this g, When wua 1t this fight commenced? Heout—taturday ubout 1'0'clock, Correnpondent—And It lasted nntt] night, did 1ty Beout—Vos, and tien eommonced again Sunday . Ileftubout 4 o'clock, One of tha Ries. ovortuok iy yosterday ut Tongue River; told mw {t was Eolng on yot, Currespundent—Tow far ap tho Nig llorn?t Scont—"T'wenty-tve miles from the wouth, o Crow interpreter told me It was about 25 wiles, Correapondent—Ma), Keno und (en, Caster wore i1 commuid, and Gea, Custr was on’ this sldu of the Big toen, Beouit—Tho firvt duy wu saw tho Indlune Reno touk three cowpanics on the other sida of the rivor und chuarsod right fn, - L'::xr;cupun —id e como up to thelr big camp Scout—Yes, air; tha Indfans, women, and chile dren, and horeos, were all thers, (:uluu;xmndum—l)ld tyey kuow tho troups were coming Scout—No, not unti) they charged righy In. T way with Maj, lteno, gelse Uudrr;mymnlunl—l)ld Ma). Reuo cross aftor- winls Heot—Yeat wo foupht them a conplo of hours afterward, — Tho Indisns charged right In whers wo were, wid drove us on thivalde of “the river where Custer waa. Wo forded the river, Afier wp got o1 Lblw slde the Indians camo avor—all came over. “Phwre was whoro thy fought Custor, After fighte lug n couple of hours Maj, Reno full back on Cus- ter's colimu, Bamo woldlors got killed on the other nlde, bat 1o oficors, Aftur Reno camo back across, the troops wudo thole staud o the rlver. ‘The Tndlane then attacked Cuater ou the lower #lde, betwoen him and the Yellowstone, Al went betwoen him and the Yellawstone, uur{m,m\dum-uuw far ol did they wako thelr crossing Beout—Ahout 2 miles down the river. Currespoudent—What kiud of couutry was It boe tween the autl Qon, Custery scout—Uad lauds; very rough, Thon the Ine dlang cumo up towsrds Cdstor, - Back of tho cuvul- £y the conntry Is lovel, Tha country on the north- Wasterly afda i lerel, Had lands both above and below_Cuetor, but guod country on the opposita aldg, The Indlane had to go 2 mifes bolow to croa:, and then movoed up and atiacked him. Correanondent—When that fight commoneed, n whatshapo was th cavatry? ° Scaut—0On n high butte. "U:r:refi\u;ndn\b—llu\vdlll the lndlans approach int butto Scout—-On both sfdea; that ls abont & half a mile from the river, Correspandent—Didebe fight diemgunted? cout—Yoa, afr, eanalry commicnco tho B The Indlane commenced tha fight. "I'he cavalry had thelr horsos up on the bulte, The oght insted right there all the timo, We went about five miles to try Lo get somo water, ore woa good water thore, and the Tndinns cut ma oft. ‘The Indians mot usup whero the water was, Thero wero about forty-five of them. Lo. foro 1 went for the watar ] wns up on the same tidga whaero Custer was. I was In the Aght mysclt, avd all theso Indlans [meaning those who eamo with hint], We had been Oghting about iwo houra cfore we want for water, These men ware with meall the time, 1 saw # numbar of officer kiiled, ufioar’tepomlenl—whu was the first oMee? you saw o Scout—Llont. Ilodgnon. e waa aboat 60 yards from the river. 1saw hin. and he woa shot right In the head. The Iudians were right up close to him when ho was shot. Corrospondent—\Yho waa tho next officor you saw Scont—Tlont. McIntosh, 1 guoss he was about half a mile lwu{. I don't know whether he wan killed. I didn't go up to him. The soldlers of his company told me ho was killod. Cotrespondent—ihat companies did Rena havo? Scont—Compnnies G, F, A were in Reno's column. The noxt oflicer Firat Lioutenant fu K comvany. e had gray hair, and wos Adjatant. Tdidu’'t sea him kilied, bit the boys in A company old me. [This oficce was probably Lisat, Do Tudio.} "he soldiers told me Gen, Custor was 1 didn't soc. killed. [IIcre anothar scout wos Intorproted to say that a § "’fi. it told ‘him- that Custor wos killod down {n tho botiom. . Bcont—I saw Dr. DoWolf, while with Custer's command, aftor tiey had Jolnod, That fs all I hoard that was kitled. Correspondent—Ifow do {ou know that Gerard and Charloy leynolda wore killed? Heout—T v;{ th ware killod tho first day we wora attacked in on tho camp [meaning tho aitack on fhe eamp], About ten scouts wore with Maj, Teno when ho mado his first charge, Wo miss alx- taon scouts, Correspondent—Were none capturod? * Beout—No, #ir; nono taken prisoners. T only waw two Ltees that wora scalpe. Correapondent—How many soldlers did ybu seo killed on tho ather slde? 2 Stout—~I saw thres on the othor slde and scven on thiy slde, right cloas to tho river.. I supposa they beolong to Renu's command. Correapondent—What men were killed afterward, when Iteno joined Gen, Custor? Beout—I don’t know how many men were killod with Custor. The pack-mules wora about 4 milog n{)‘ tha river to Custar, with ono company, French's, Then the pack-mules went down and joinod Cus- ter, 'Two Crow Indians started yesterdaysfrom tha Roscbud to Inforn Gen. Terry, “and th?‘}lmlmbl got thore aboat sundown. Aaj. Reno didn't sen: nuy scouts down to Gen, Terry, I thought the steamboat wua ot the mouth of the Blg Horn, That wos about 25 miles. There woro no scouts run down to the bottom ot that time. Charloy Ray- nolds jolnod our command at the mouth of Tongie River, Gen, Gibbon was down at the mouth of tho nu* orn. _Gon. Custer left us with his command at Tongae River, Carrespondent—Where Ja Gen, Crook? +_Scout—\eo don't know where, or hear from Gen. r00 Correspondent—How man; k)fl%l were thero? Scout—Thero were about 800 ot 000 Jodges.. The Unkapapaa, Ogallatlas, Sans-arca, Minneconjous, Cheyennes, in all Sve tribea, Correapondent—Did thoy expect the troops? Beout—I don't think thoy wore expactiug these troops. Wo didn't sec-any Indians befora that. ucl:ln;mpondam-uow long bad you followed tha 1 Scout—To followod the trall abont throe days. The Indinns had been, lying in that camp obout o weok. Thoy had buen killing lots of buitalo, and were drying'the meat. I guess the Indlsns wora going to stay there as long na tha troops, Qorreepondent--Did Maj. lleno charge right through tlio camp? Scout—ilo got within about 400 yardsof tho lodges, When ho made the charge, ho dido’t ride right Into the lodges. _Tho Indisns got away witha Kood many horses, We ran ofl about thirty head of mules and ponles. Tho Indions startod a fire in tho woods, und this stampeded the cuvalry horscs which had been tiod fn the woads, #o Reud fonght on foot. Onoof the scoute says ho waw Custer's +horso, and no Custee on him. "Whan the fire was started moat of ourhorwos startod and want fnto the Indian camp, Correspondout—low far from tho river did tho fght cummence? Beont~-Tteno commenced dghting about 000 yards from tho river, and then rotrentod to this ulde, fol- lowod by the Indians, someof whom crussed thora and otliers crossed below nbout 2 mies to whero Custor was, Iano lust most of hia horaes. Correspondant—How many Indlans killed? Heont—I killed two myself sud took thaelr blan. kets, 1 killod thom on the vther slde. Correspondent~Ifow worg the Indlans armed? Scout—Woll armed;; they used rifles, carbines, ond sama bows and arrown, Corroapondent—Iow mnn{)l Bcout—1 think thero was about 1,000 Indlans at- tackod Runo, Correspondent~—DId you eso Liont, 1odgson killed? Beout—Tlodgron's horse got ahot crossiug the tiver, and Hodgson was killed ubout 100 yards from the river. Iodyson'a horse was shot rlght tn the middle of the stream, nad ho was whot immo- dintely after croeslug und burled there, Hodgson, by tho 1o+ of his horso, got xeparatod from hin company, und the Indlans cut him down. ~Onoa In- dinn cut himn with a sword, f Correspondent—iow wide fs the river thorol Scout—The I!lgh IHosn is about sy wide s tho Powder River at thiv point [about 50 yards], Tho ‘water iw about bullb uufi. Ct:{rt;lpfludulll— Id tho pack-traln join Gon. uster = Scout—Al) the companies with the pack-train wero on the hills when I left, about 4 o'clock Sun- day afternvon. 1t fa all bad Junde around thero, ‘Thoy can't get water without: roln[‘l souie wllod. Custer was not killed when 1 Jeft, but this othor Aacout told mo that Cnstor, and ltono, and Var- num were killed on Monday, Soma of tho suldlors wid him, Another scont Just arrived was Intorproted to sny: M1 Jeft Monday about 10 o’cluck, Thoy Wero flgmln% Sunday night and early Monday mornlug. hey commented about suurlee, Tho Indians commenced the attack. I ‘skinued out’ becauso it was gotting too hot. The traops were out of water, They didn't try to uot down to Fct water, The scout ! Bloody Knifo? was killed fn thu firat day’s Aght.”” ‘There were five_tribes reported us angaged in the action—the Uuknpntn.-. Ognllallog, Sans- Arcs, Minneeonjous, and Cheyenn es: ———— INDIAN ATROCITIES, LOHKORS OF TILE RECENT CONFLICTA, Latter 10 New York Iiarald from Gitbon's Command. A survey of tha Custer battle-flaid {s horrible In the extreme, All but Custer himeclf are brutally mutilated. e fa stripped only. Capt. Keogh had Juft nround his neck an Agnus Del, suspended by a pold chaln, and had not, cvi- dunug’. Leon inutiluted further ufter the dlscov- ul’* of this. t 1s siclening to look at the bodles alfllp]md‘ Here o hand gone, here a foot ora head, ghast): gashes cut in wll parts of tlio body, syes gouge out, noses and eary cut off,nd sliul)s crushed In. Letter io Ueratd from Crook'e Communil. On the morning followlng the mzrht uf Rosoe- bud EN11s], us the column was moving from the placo of bivouae, there suddenly arose nmon, the red allles o singular exciteinent. Ono of «them had ridden up to o dark object lylng bestde the atrean and sat and gazed at {6, aid after uthers Lud Joined hiin, they il chintted as wild- ly together as the South’ American monkeys when they‘dlscover the propiuguity of o snake. After gestures and yells they dismounted and brandfshed kulves. Approaching them, Ibe- held Iyhyz on the fresh, dewy grads, under the rentlo shudow of o stooplng willow, the most orrible object that could uweot the vye. A dusky human form, nude aad bloud-besueared, wus writhing under the knives of the muer- cllesa victord, This object was s Sloux who, in the latter part of thy fight, had been wounded by a Buake, sealped, and left for dead. I tearing the tuft of ruvon halr from his head a portion of the bhone, fractured with a stroke of this tomahawlk, had cluug to tho flesh, und the Dratu wos 1aid bare. Aud Jynt. in_tho moruing the savage was sthl ullde, ‘and hearing the teamp of horses aud belleving his tribs” had sbeaten thu whites, he crawled out of the gully in which ke lay and called, Mime! (wnwr' to a Crow who had passed, and wlho e undoubtedly thought was a Bloux. The Crow turnd, aud bis fuce kindled with a fearful joy, Bix shots were fired {uto the prostrate figure. ‘The head and Nwbs wero seyered from the hmllv, and the fieah hacked and the boucs hewn until'there was nothiug about it recognizable us Luniun. Infumles too shamoful and disgusting or recond completed the xlmstl{ climax of horror, It was un {llustration of the flendlsh foracity of all tho Platna Indians toward thefr foes, The Bloux practice even more refined bar- burities, torturing thefr victima jn the most ex- guisite manuner, und making them wnore dread- ul by deferring, by overy art In thelr power, the ‘ weleume relfef of death. Letter to New York Times from Crook’s Comuand, One of our dead, the Quartermuater-Sergeant of Company L, Third Cuvalry, having but one wmors munth to serve, had ‘been hacked {nto small pleces, which were carefully gatliered by usua saddle-blaket, Another dead soldice was found with @ bowlo-knifo buried Into his skull up to the hilt, Tho halanca of ovur slain heroos wera recovered untouched, the Sfoux having had no ocegslon to approazh them, But our lidiang, o, were burbarous, I obseryved lying on the eld of buttlo the trunk of w her- culenn Sfoux, who when allve must have stood between 6and 7 feet high, His heud was miss- fng, s legs were cut off at the kuces, hig urms ot the clbowd. But, mutilated as 1t was, this dgantic corpee stlll seemed to ridiculo the slender-bulle pale-face Iudfan wur Ls terrible. During the progress of tho buttlo [had for the Jookiug down on Liui. BATURDAY. JULY 15, I870—TWELVE PAGUS. Arst thne tn my 1fo ocenston to witness how In- dians sealp thelr Iallen foe, and it 18 quite Im- posaiblo £ relata how quick It fs done, A war- ior, atruck by tho dendly bullot, drops from his horse. The yietor in rapid cotirso ritns townard hisvietinl, Thedoclle warhorsostops; dismount- fng and remounting are performed i no time, the victor warrior touching the ground with one oot ouly, the other leg resting still on the swl- dle. A grip for the scalp, u flsh of the knife or tomalinwik, and a jerk. ‘Plio wargor fs remount- o, an unearthly warery is ustered, and o bloody sealp of Jon, ){‘t Dinck talr fastened to the Tance and ralsed high sbove the victor's head tells that oiie more redskin has gope to tho lappy hunting ground, 5 i ———— THE BLACK HILLS. Rosy Accounts nf Mining Operatlonss Jack Hills Ploneer (Dead Wood FVipn Juna 2t urlng the week we paased a half day among tha mincrs, that we might giveourreaders some 1den of what is belng done [y the plaver diggings. The first mon wo et were Moasrs, Flourman & Riley, who own and_operate No. 11, below dis- goverty on Dend Wool, These gantlemen hought this cltin recontly, rnymg for the samne #3,000; have only been runnlng onasct of shuices tivo weoka ave taken out $1,400in_ that time. Right on bed-rock, in theerock, they have struck oue of the hest defined and richest quartz lodea yot discovored. Mr. Flourman nas hud eighteen years experiency In mining, and thinks there is not a claim on Dead Wood but what will pay well when properly opened. £ Wo_passcd fram Na. 11 to the fanous No. 2, owned and operated by Mesars, V. P. Whecler & Co, They run two set of stulee-boxes day nnd nights have heen running about fifty daya, and llurlu& that thne lLave taken out” about 840,000, Mr. Wheeler 1s n thoroughly practical miner, mul‘}uu studfed the placer-diggings of the Dend Wood country thumuglm } says very few of the clalms are bélng worked wopuly; thinks thero {8 not o elalm on Dead Wood bt what will pay Inrgely when properly opened; saya Llio great want fs capltal and experfence to oporate them; thinks that next yoar there will be 810 taken out whero there s 81 this, Our noxt stop was at Gaysville, Ilars wo met Mr. Will Gay, who, with lis brother, owna and uperates No. 4 above discovery. Mr. Gy sn{u heplacer-digpings will not bo exhnusted lore In ten years, whila tho quartz leads enfold n wealth suclhi na tha world has not bieretoforo sceut lika Mr, Wiiceler, pays the great want §s capital, and that our people are too Impatlent for results, . T. Hoifman owns No. 8 on Black Tall Clnim, opened Inst weelc; took out over $1,000 insix daya; took put 14 vunces last Baturday in gix hourd; runs but one st of sluices. Messrs, Feurstol & Chavoun own No, 8, on Bobtall, which has been worked since February, ‘Thoy recently hought it, and it ls paylng froin £18 to 820 pur day to the man, o On Whito Wood aud Gold Run alarge amount of work Is haluge dong, but not ono “clalo fn twenty 18 yet open. “Unclo Dlek "—wo know no othier rinme for him—has just got hia clalm, No. 28, White Wood, open to the pny streak. The day we were thore, from one pan g took 41 conts, and yet not down to bid-rock. Not one mine In ten will be open on Wiilte Wood this season; many think that i the :fifl' to the clnims on this stream will pay mu r than Dead Wood. Rich diggings have beon discovered durluF the ‘week on False Bottom, about 8 infles from hera. Mr. B, Brown showed us onc unfigct welghlng 80 cents, uad o fine prospect taken from one an, 4 feot above bad-rock, un dlnwvur{; there Run been quite 4 stampede to that Tocality, Mauy minera think thers are ‘some claims on the creek that will rival tho ricliest on Dead Wood when developed. At durl Iast night wo were told of still another discovery made about 80 tniles from here, which, if true, will rival tho richest minos over dscovered fn Montana. —— A Female Blondine Hugalo Erprees, ‘The Signorina Mn!rin s?!nmmm, on the aftor- noan of tho Oth, necomplished a feat which no femalo had over bafore essnyed. This was no less un undertaklng than the crossing of the torgo of Ninzara on a tight rope, strotched {m- modfately over tho point whero tha raplds boil most furluusly, a couple of hundred fect beyond the rallromd suspension bridge. At the polnt sclected for the exhibition, the sxme at which he famnous Blondin, ploncer of funambulism at Niagara, stretched his second rope, the gorge Is something more thun 800 feet across, and tho hanks about’ 200 feet Above the acoth- fug water. It 18 one of the wildest, most troubled parts of the river, Ins closures hnd been formed by rough boand fences ut efther end of the rape on both the Amoriean and Cannda aldes, und an adwnfssion fuo wus charged, but on the Douminfon side an unruly mob tumbled down the fence and defled the toll-colleetor, On the hither side quite a lurfu uumber of speetators, both in carlages and on foot, who el galued adinisslon by piy- ing thelr honest feo of entrance, wore nesoms bled, but many preferrod to viow the novel and stnr{lluz spectacle from the bridge, This gt bo: considored hardly the fair thing, dn consfderation of the fact that the Slgnorina hud been to nn oxpenfs of 23640 for her rope and uy-ropes alone. Tha rope, wo may mentlon, {n 34 inches in dlameter, of the best Munilla, and wolghs nearly & ton. It s held taul by 1,400 pounds of “guy-ropes. There hns never been i rope beter “stretelied scrosa the Niug- ara. Tho: sur does mnot excoed 20 fock altogethier, and its own weight, together with a purfect notwork of guyas at clther side, holds it “ateady almost ns abent rod of fron. The Blgnorini started :{nn her “ pertlous '|0urnuy romptly at tho advertlsed time, 4 ofclock, a rlmn too soon for the afternoon traln from this clty. When those who wont down by that train arrived (nsldo the Inclosure, thoy saw n glisten- Ing figure far out upon **tho stmight and nar- row way," and, with steady, measurcd steps, Erogruulng_ The lady was attired with green usking, tichts of the “color nuturc gives the cutiela of the Cuncasfan race, o tunfe of scarlet, and shining green badice, Ter head wus coveror 1ts luxuriant growith of flowing brown “hair, Bands ot cither slde of the river played inspiriting musle, but evc:[v cyo was fast fixod npon tho form of tho daring worman, Who was now passing up the uscent to the farlher shore, A few mmore sucends of fn: tensc interest, at least £o thoso who ware look- erg-on, and shé atood upon tho shinlng shors of Her Mafesty’s dominfon. The accompllshment of hier passagze was the signal for applauso from both banks und the bridge, Then they waited, probably ton minutos. - At the oxplration of that tima the Bignorina n_appesrcd, bal- ance-pole In hand, and, siepplug firmly upon the rope, began the returm fuurncy4 - 1fany as- pirlng reporters auticlpated an opportunity for distinguishing themselves In tragedy, they were doomed to'serlous disappolntment, for the Slgnorina Speltering liad ‘nd idea whatever of taking o tumble for thelr bonefit. Steadf- ly sho cams buck ncross the long line, stopping ut tho centro to rest upon ono knee, then aguin stepplng forward with measured ond steady tread, When withina fuw rods of tho finul festinatlon, shio stooit Immovable for a moment in statticsquo posa whilo an enterpris- In‘g iphotographer secured hor presentment, ‘Then sho truversed tho romulning distance, until safo again on terrw flema, angl thus the rexhibl- tlon of tho dny was closed. The Signorinn Speltertul {8 23 yeurs of age, dark, with an es~ sentlully Italian cast of countonance, -square - Dbutlt, and probably turning 150 pounds, Hor {features are quite regular, licr exprossion Jotel- gent, her manner engaging, From the time shic was 8 years old slie hnd continuully prac- ticod upon the tight ropo and slack wire, the latter exercise giving her complete mastery of her oquitibrlum, ————— . Renvon and Ghosts, Fyom Jleine's Pictures of Trurel, D\mnti the night T passod ut” Goslar & very extravrdinary thing happened to me,. Even now Leannot think of 1t withont horror, 1am by nature no cowand, but I liwve s terrible fear of ghosts, What Is feart Doces it come fromn the understwnding or from the tomperauent! This wag n questivn which I frequently discussed Wwith. Dr, 8aul Ascher when wo aceldentally met nt the Cafe Royal in Berlln, where I used to dine. 1o nlways malntatued that we feared o thing becapse wo recognize It on, rational ggrounds ns foarful. Only the reason, he sald, Wwas un_wctlve power, tot the temperament. While I ate and dmnk to m{ heart’s con- tont, the Doctor domonsteated to me the ad- vantages of reason. ‘Towards tho cond of this demonstration he used to look at his watch and nlwui'u cnded with * Reoson i the highost principlol” Teasont Whenever I hear the word 1 seem to sce beforo me Dr, Sanl Asclier with his_ubstract legs, with his long coat of transcondental gray, aned with his stern, frecz- i face, which would have done for a tal'o of it lu s book of Fcomctrr. The man wos an fuearnate stralght Mie. In his determinato matter-of-factness thy poor man hud phil phlzed syerything noble out of life,~all sun- shines all Dellety, every flower, and thero re- mained nothing for hint hut the cool, inatter- of-fact prave. o u spectal apite sgolust the Apollo Belviders und Christianity, and ho had even Euhlmwd pamphlet against. the latter (o show how unrcasonable aud untenable 1t was, To return, howsver, to Goalar, - **The highest quucl plo Iy rcunn," sald I, soothingly, to myself, ns I went to bed. But ft was no usu us the clock ceased striking 14, and tho atllincss of death relgned In the house, I wsuddenly seetncd to hiear In the passage outside my room a shuflling und sllding ua of the tottering steps of an old mun. Then lhul!l)ul‘n‘\ulllul, and the decoased Dr, Suul Auscher walked stowly In, A cold fever thrilled e through bone and marrow; I trembled ko an wspon feaf, aud ll‘m‘ulfi dared look et the vlantow, Ko was Just the same s ever. tha snmo long coat of transcendental Aama_ abatract I s, and the sma ....n‘f,'::?:.& P fuce, only the Iatier was n sbade ellower formerly, and the mouth, which Krmxurl thuy two anglas of 2214 degrees, wos pluehed g the clrcles of the eyes had w Targer rudlyy, tering and supporting himself “on g Spany| mne\m Tic used to o, he came up Lo me maldin g friondly way, with his . uaual I “Don't be afrald nor belleve that Tawn g b 1t 18 a trick of fancy 1€ you bellove that yyy n."' onl mrv ghont. Whnt'ts n ghiost 1 (ilyq M“ dofinftion’ of it. Be so good na to vlcduee(' tno tho conditions of the posalblliLy of u g, - In what rolation should such o plienoinen, stand to tha roason! Tha reason, a8y tho 1t son.” Tero tho Ehnsl&rwedul fln an ang), :T of ~reason, clfed Kant's % Critiqug "t P - Reason, second “pu dislston, second ook, . third "™ sel tho distinctlon botweon Phenomeng Noumenn; then he constructed tho hypothes, feal belfot fu ghosts, piled one sylloglany on an. other, and eoncluded with the Togleal Proaf thyy thera is absolutely no auch thivg na p Khost, Meanwhile the cold sweat conrsed down back and my teeth clattered likce cantancty, From ahcer agony of soul I noddod unconitipy. al asaent to overy sentence fn which the han. tom doctor proved the “absurdity of feariny rhoats; nnd he pursucd hils demonstration witl auch ardor that nt last, tn n motnent of Abatrgo. tlon, instead of his gold watzh he drew frum b, fob a handful of warms, and obsorving lilg mi,. taka, ho hastily mqlnccd theim with o grotesqug look of disquict. ™ The renson fs the ilglegt 1 EI hgru the clock struck one, nud tho Bhost vag. hed. s — Duslness-Hours In England nnd Awmorlen,- There nre fow facts In the business ilfo ot Amerien which .strike an Englishman niorg forclbly than the absorbing character of eaih man’s pursuits and the soverlty of the Inhor ! which 'he subfects himsclf, ~ In London thy. tradesmen can searcely bo antd to have oM. menced tho business of the day before 8 g, . the nnlr exceptlons belng those who minlster [ the oarly breakfast wants of the communit, The merchaiit s rrely at his offlce before 10 1q the morning, and the clorks und secrotarl In the Governiment establishinents are not ag thejr posts much boforc 11 m m. The Amoung. of work accomplished by the two Tt unmed” classes 15 futermipted by n fro- quent -gosslp,” the Y‘emunl of n mewshaer and a prolonged lunch, and nearly all quit thojh deske for tho day at 4 p. m. The Amordean €me Blu&u, on tho other hand, fa oftcn at his offica y 8 8. ., mauy tradesmen open thelr atoros gy Gor7 o m,, und during a long day the attentlon to duty is Incessant, unl{ oroken by Dalf o hour allotted to Tunch. Perhups there is 1og much work done on_one sidu and t0o lttle gy the othar. In Ahcrica we press into the twone ty-four hours as “much acvere labor s thy hue 1an frane can bear; in England men do s 1. tlc ns they posalbly can, S 3y pereonal expcrience of the rubllc affi 48 not great,'but Iaccepted a poattion in the fy. dllnu()flso lum_ylun xrlx)on&m “)lulr‘lugl u\x:_: tena of the Becrotaryship by the Duke of Argyl) tlxg s h?‘:‘t\m warl \\"u'n'd:a‘uci I K}' i n entering upon my dutics' T inquiredat what hour 1 filé tba cxpected to buq]zruum\t. ‘The Assistant Scerétary. turned to the senior clerk of the department, and aaked him at what hour Ae usually came, “Ob e replied “olbout 10—an casy. 10—any iul!-pul. 10, “@Qoud,” Trefolued, T will bo hers ot halfs past 10, Tl next day I was ut my post. Not roul had wirived | ere 18 an. oifice for lg mesgenizers, as they are called, th each carrhilory of whicti thero aro ‘six - in the Indin Ofice, T asked the head messenger, an old inan of 6y when the clerks might be expeeted. 5ir,? hq answerod, “mq raraly come hofore 11 o'clock, and often Inter.”. Suro cnough, it was o quar- tor puat 11 beforo tliey begun to drop hi. To changa thelr conts, nrrango thofr papers, and lnwruhmfn matutiual, clvilities occupled the timo until noon. Then'the work Yegan,—Lrof, 5i in Galazy for August, e — Tho Coal-Mines of Englund, It appeara from the report of the Ing, Mines recontly submftted to the British Par. Nament that fast year was, desplto the peneral ulngmnkm of trade, one of unusnal wctivity, to judgo by the _oxtent ofsthe yield, i toflery ratfons; The total produca of coal etor of wng 134,800,485 tons, an fucroaso of six and o half wnillions of tons over tho output in 1874, Thera waa an Inerease also In the produco of Iroustoug nud sholes, and decrcase . In the one ftem of fireclay only, As the demand was on all hands reported fo bu small, it muat bo cvident’ ‘that the.additional oute put overstocked the market, No vxplanas tlon of the canss of the larger output [a given fn tho report; but the. clreumstanco Iy probnbly to be accounted for b{ tha openlug up of new works which were begun In the prosperous times three years ago. Coal owners who then commenced to sink, and have since reached the coal-beds, soum to hava thoopht 16 better to ga on working, even though they gained little or no Frum., rathier than run the risk of tempos rarily sbandoufug undertukings tu which o good doal'of m'pll.nl wus sunk, Tho number of tona of coul ratsed In North and Enst Lancashive In 1575 wus 8,801,187; In West Lancashire, 948,014, or upward’ altogether of seventeen willitons—two milllons tnore. thra_tho - totsl ilcld of ' Yorkshire, which . was 15,500,000, ‘rom the same returne we learn that In the gregato 535,846 persons are omployed fn and” about. the inines, 127,017 under “ground, and 103,283, including 6,504 women, above und, “Tlicra hns béen na Alminution in the- number of desaths roport: The tolal number of accldents was 937, as co pared with 808 in the previous year, nnd 1,214 deatha followed from those- uceldents, agalnst 1,050 for 1874. "Death was caused in 238+ cases from explosions of five-dawmp, fu 458 from falla of roof or.sldes In_ the workings, 172 from newi~ denta {n shafts, 227 from: casualties of ‘various kinds. under ground, and 08 from cnse ualtics ahove ground. 'There are 4,501 mincs, ond thodeaths nro Inthe proportion of nora than three to overy mine, and ‘oue In every 430 persous omployed, . —— . A Catholie Blshap In the Itallan Befinte, hapateh to London Times, + Roxe, Juna 23.—Considerable sensation o created |u the Tribuncs of the Benato this aftere noon by the unusual fihl of a Bishop of the Rowman Catholie Chureh tn full mcc.rdullu! habit, almugnmnnfi the Scuators and votlug with them,” The Riehit Rey. Senator was Monslznore di Giacomo, Bishop of Pledimoute Alife, In the Neapolitan torvitory. Ilo was created 'Senator shortly aftor the lllrgm.lon of Nu'plon on the recomniendation of Count Cavour, tit Ling never takeu part in tho deliberations of the Houso sluce the Copltal wos removed from Turin to Florence. Lolsthe firat of the Eplscopal Benators who has tuken his geat [n the Housa sluce toma became the Capltal. On entertug, ho was Informed by the officlals thut he must have made a mistake, but on quietly answering, Lo thelr great lll?lr‘LlE, that hs was & Senator, he wos ushered forwurd with ull possitle defer~ once. At thuclose of the sitling, tho Dishop talked with Elfnur Manciul, tha Minlstor of Grace and Jugtice, with Bignor Nicoters, tha Minister of the Interior, and with some of the Benators. ow tho Indlans Get Arms and Ammunltions - Noston, Jlersitd, % An army officer i the Lig Torn expedition ‘wrote n Jetter to a friend fn this clt'y o fuw days Fdor tothe alaughter of Custer’s comnmaut, rom which we are rcrmlucd to cupy as followas I think this will bo u very long and verytires gome eampnign, 1 doubt if wo weo our posts lllifli" bufore fall, it then, The scarcity of water adds much to our difllenltles, and I think ths country generally uiuch worse thau Arlzona, tho only growth for ‘miles helng the Irrepressible cactus, The Indlans are very strong i humbera and splondidly armed, and they boast that they can aud will “clean out’ anything the United States can send nfinlnu them. ” Bpotted 'Fuil rotenda to be frisudly, und on thy strougth of L ho goes to Cheyenne, buys L3000 rounds of ammunition, und returna to the ny nni/ with . ‘The followlng day o fresh party of Tudiaus start out fully uf&u pped, OF tho wisdom of ullowing this protecding | say nothing, Ifo was {n Chu{- enino When we wore there on our murch up, Ha plcka up all tho information he can got concorn- g our movements, und furwands ft to his friends. 1€ this sort of thing coutinucs, you can Judgo how auccessfulavy aliall be," e C——e Money Spent for Drink In Liverpool, The Liverpool Mereury states that a borough maglstrate s mada & rongh aaleulation of the smuunt of mouey speut upon drink in Liverpool lmr weok and per year, Ho polnts out that bere aro 1,240 public-houses whers drink ls gold, uud B0 wlicre foud ls sold lu addition to drink. This latter number does not fncnde lotela or ecating-houses, O theso 509 housca he holds that atleast a third=namoly, 170—ar0 dr{uking-houscs pure and sfuple, 116 udds this nutuber to the 1,240 which vend nuthlnibu\ drink; making the total number of drinking. houees 1,410 Ho contines his calculations ty these, and makes the followlnp estimate ol thelr weekly rwug;hx ‘F'en at £300, £22,0005 20 at £130, £3000; 80 at £100, £3,0007 60 at 47 £3,750; 100 at £0,000; 400 at #50, £10,000 ot 240, 212 ut £30, £0,000; 200 50, 4,000 100 at. '£10, £1,000; 100 ut £7, £106 —makln&n grand total pmweck of £31,450, The weekly “total, multipiled by the number of weeks fn tho yoar, Elvuu au annual expenditure of 42,851,400, which he considers under yather than over the mark. ‘The memorlal of the Jato Willlam B. Astor erecled in Trinity Church by Lis sons, Wil be I thu shape of a roredus, compascd of Caon eton sn colored marbles. The cust of the roredow wil by in the uslghborbood of 000 be . 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