The New York Herald Newspaper, December 11, 1876, Page 6

“TN MEMORIAY, nian (CONTINUED FROM THUsD PAGE. } railroad engineering, This earth is not tho place of punishmeni, but of probation, And though accidents occur here from fire and water, the benefits that accrue to us from these elements are greater thin the mischief. We shonid demand that public buildings for amusement or worship should be built with special reference to pre- Ventaccidents, Mr. Steele referred to the fact that in France, during theatrical pertormances, a troman im uniform stands on the stage ready to use the hose in case of fire. Our city authorities should be made to take similar precautions here to protect ite. Human life is the most sacred thing we have. We should dis- tard amusements of dangerous moral tendencies. A sonverted actor at Fulton street prayer meeting the otherday stated that he left the ge because he could not find Jesus there, Mr, Steele cailed attention so the appeal for sympathy and aid for the survivors At this Lime, and bade his unconverted hearers heed this call to’ repentance. CLINTON AVENUE CUURCH. Dr. Budington preached yesterday to a large con- Eregation on the “Greet Disaster and How We Are to Look upon It. His wxt was Amos li, 2 Dr. Budings | ton said that there are people who will talk of this dis- aster perhaps as a visitation from God and ascribe the accident to heaven, when it real belongs to eurth tlone, God helps those who help themselves, aud the fruits of human carclessness are too often attributed to Him. The burnin the Brooklyn Theatre Adisaster which could be directly traced to the neglt- gence of men, and its only significance 1s tbat the fe- curity of life does not utiy ifto the cal- culations of the si not sufficiently ap- the loss of by fe entai the fire would have been prevented. There was evidence in this of culpable negligence on the part of all c cerned, and it istobe feared that this negligence is not confined to any single manager, to any builder, to any architect, It is widespread. The builder of at y place of public ree fort assumes a fearful responsib . an enue open by whieh danger may the theatrical architect » est number of people some extent necessary, bat it should be subject to re- Btrictions. Wr. Badiagton also invited the charitable to-operation of his hearers in bebalf of the sufferers. THE CHURCH OF THE PiLoniMs. In tha Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, yesterday, Dr, R. 8. Storrs preached on the lesson of the burn- ing of the Brooklyn Theatre, which was the need for living in such manner as to be prepared for death at any timo, however sucdenly it might come tous In er to put thi ibe Ry iustration of the uncertaimty of a continuance of life | “on carth he gave a number of stances of its sudden the most termination by apparently causes. He then 5 horrors such as thatof the Brooklyn Theatre tn ix are in death, of the Lisbon en anda half ago, a m tng with it thousands The preacher next drew ay thquake, wherein, nearl of human beings, and ‘within five minutes leaving a great depth of | water where before there had been a grand, Fubsinntial pile of stone, — Atter__tpicturing eloquently the sorrow which must have followed the loss of so m. smoke in which 400'of Brookivn’s inhabitants had found their death, In connection with the feeling with which a vast majority of the people contemplate the suflering v lich they presume accompanies death by fire, he took occusion to soothe the minds of the nificted survivors with the assurance that it rarely bappened that all consciousness had not deported frotin the body before the actual burning began, in the almost world-wide sympathy with the afllicted of Brooklyn he saw evidence that the brotherhood and unity of man was, under Christian influences, Decom- rong ry year. We should turn from es of Tuesday last, fecling sure that we would naturaliy overestimato the pangs suf- fered by the dying. It would bo for better to consider the anguish of the survivors who had relatives lost in | the fire; of the mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers Who remained, Their anguish ‘was lasting, while the sufferings of their relatives had been buat for a mo- ment. Then there should be taken into account the sorrow!ul feelings of the multitude of those who were Rimply friends of the dead and of those who sym: | pastiined from their hearts at the loss to humanity. fo estimate the number of the latter was like trying to estimate the space in water aifected by casting Ina Hone. The ripple of sorrow, through growing less as Nt spread beyond the scene itself, was not obliterated fntil it reached the confines of those who had becomo influenced by the doctrines of Cortstisnity, Ne then made eloquent reference to those whose deeds af heroism at the Brooklyn fire were exhibited in their willingness to sacrifice themselves in their effort for the saving of others who were strangers to them, Euch instances—and there were many of them—were evidences of an educated Christian heroism. ST. ANN’S, ON THE HEIONTS. ‘The altar of St. Ann’s church, Brooklyn, was draped in black yesterday, in respect for the memory ot those who perished In the Brooklyn Theatre, and although the services had not been especially arranged tn view of that disaster yet the ordinarily solemn services of the Advent season in the Episcopal Church were of a character certainly appropriate to the occasion, The Rey. Dr. Noah Hunt Schenck, the rector of St. Ann's, preached the sarmou, taking his text from St, Luke, Xxi., 31. During his discourse the Doctor eaid:— To those who are wont to sup on horrors | do not suppose any discourse to-day would be satistactory un- less it were made up largely or entirely of the harrow- Ing incidents of the great disaster that has so recently befallen our city, 1 do not feel equal to any such ef- fort. ‘Ihe daily newspapers have given the’ incidents of the tragedy in such detail that our eyes have turned away from the siory with a sickening heart. Ihave not the ability of some editor: d other clergymen to translate the will of God with extreme facility. not stand in the pri ce of this awful calamity and tell those around me what it is that God means. Neither do I feel that at such a time as this one can discuss the subjects that .are incidental to scenes like these, For ono, I do not feel that this is a time to harrow tho fectings of those that moura by discussing or criticising the morals of the theatre, as other pulpiteers may do, but can only mourn the dreadiul occasion “when 300 souls leaped, as it were, into the presence of their Maker— some ready, I trust; some not ready, liear. The present is no time to enter into the vexed question of the evil or the good of theatre-going. The awfal and heartrending realy of this event is too great for us to dispute like centroverstalists, Our sympathies go out too strongly for those that are left to mourn to en- deavor to anticipate God’s justice or limtt His mercy. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PLYMOUTH CHURCH, At the morning agd evening services in Plymouth thurch yesterday Mr. Beccher announced that the en- tire amount collected at each service would be de- roted to the relief of needy, suffering friends of those who perished in the horrible fire, as well as those who ire now in hospital suffering from injunes received at shat time, Sufferers connected with the Bethel of the church are to be first cared for, on the principte that “charity begins at homo,’ and the balance is to be handed to Mayor Schroeder for general distribution, BENEPIT BY EYWIN. HOOTH. by an advertisement elsewhere that A It will be seen Edwin Booth gives 1 beneit for the sufferers by the Broo , on Wednesday afternoon, Decembet atth a Mr. Booth will appear a: King Riebard IL, and the entire proceeds of the per- lormance will go to the object for wnich the bonetit is ATW To tak Epiron or tuk Weratp:— Recognizing the importance of immediate reliot for the families bereaved by the late terrible disaster ia. Brooklyn the independence Dramatic Club (members Of the Twelfth regiment, N. G.), wiil, for the benefit of the sufferers, give an amateur dramatic perform- ance at the Lexington Avenue Opera House on Wednesday evening, December 27. On this occasion Mr. J. G. Johnson's drama of ‘fhe Shamrock” will ve ranroduced. with the following ca uady Mand Montravers. rah Cronice. een... . Matt Cronice rd Mont tonant Ferring jevtenant Hart ergenut Lovell Patsey L {Drom Major Brown Valent 4 . Adjutant Murphy In making this tender to the e we, as mem- ders of the National Guard, feel that every oficer and man of the First division will use every exertion to aid tn this noble work, and that the returns from our united efforts will assist in driving the wolf from the dvor of the nfllicr Un bebalf ot the club, WILLIAM H. MU ny, Adjutant Twollth regiment A neNErIT IN To tne Epiron or tin ieanp:— ‘As one of the numerous or help those who, through the appalling ealamrty av the Brooklyn Theatre, wili no doubt require aid through the ensuing winter, allow us, though the coinmns of your paper, to call the attention of ihe residents of laren and vicinity to the performance announced by the La Favorita Dramatic Association of Harlem atthe Music Hall, 136th street and Third ave: Friday evening, December 22, when Lord Lytton’s powertit drama, ‘Lady of Lyons,’ will bo prada ihe above olject. We sincerviy trust that the peuple of Harlem and viemilty wil respond with their pres. ence, A FAVORITA, SOLID SYMPATHY IN NEWARK. The heart of Newark has been touched deeply over the sorrows of the grief stricken city, and a movement ison foot to give substantial form to its sympathy. The local musicians have taken the lead in ine good work and have arranged for a benefit entertainment to take pinee on the evening of Thursday, December 21. Mr. i Kimball, proprietor of the Newark Opera House, nag freely tendered the use of his estavlishiment. The cutertainment will be in the form ot aconcert. The toilowing local tarent have vo!- Unteered their services :—Mr. Frank Gilder, Mr. Frank Drake and 8 A. Ward, pinnists; Miss Mamie A. Wam- td, Soprano; Mrs. Nellie Grashol, contr to; Mr. M. hen, violinist; Charles U. Seker, vonor; MrT. lervert Dear, base; Mr. Will M. Moore, tenor; Mr. ved. Jones, baritone; the Creseent Quartet, and others, Vt 1# probable that the bankers, mercbants and buel- x bess men will /kowise prove that they are generously | possesred of milk of human kindness '—the vir- tuc Which Vaunteth cov itseli—sweet charity, and builder. There could liances forthe | mple means of improbable | dt consider the influence of | ng | firinly in the mind the fnet that in the midst of lite we | ifcent inarble quay sunk, carry. | ay lives, be turned to the dire, neat and | that desire to | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1 MINERAL MACKENAIE'S FIGHT, firaphic Details of the Battle at Crazy Woman’s Fork. DISCOVERY OF THE INDIAN VILLAGE —-— How It Was Surprised and Destroyed. A LONG NIGHT MARCH. Brilliant and Successful Dash on the Hosti'e Camp. DESPERATION OF THE SAVAGES. Cam on Crazy Woxax’s Foru or tim Powpnr) ° | Riven, Thursday, Nov. 30, 1876. Since my last writing from Old For: Reno one arm | ofthe Powder River expedition has bad a brisk and | successful brush with hostile Indians camped ina wild and almost inaccessible canyon of the Biz Horn Moun- An accidental circumstance ied to the discov- | ery of the hostile camp, By that discovery we wore enabled to surprise its inmates, and to it we owe not tains, | only our success in routing the bond of savages who found shelter there, bat also the hves | ot a large proportion of those composing the column that operated under General Mackenzie in this fight, To our Arrapahoe and Sioux scouts tho credit of utilizing this accidental circumstance bo- longs, as Well as leading us to the village, atter they had found it, through a country with the topography of which our white guides were wholly unacquainted, Without their assistance we might have searched | months and then not found the den of the hostiles, so securely Was it concealed among the hills, LOOKING POR CRAZY HORSE, ‘On our arrival at Old Fort Reno, Saturday, Novem- bor 18, General Crook, sent out some Sioux and Arrapa- hoes to take a scout in the neighborhood of Crazy Woman’s Creek with four days’ provisions, his inten- ; tion being to move in time to meet them on their re- turn. | During their absence two parties of minors moving | outward from the Black Hills to prospect in neighbor- | ing hills arrived in our camp, and had a talk with | General Crook about the Indian trails they bau found | in thelr wanderings. From this interview the Gen- | eral concluded that Crazy Horse’s camp must be lo cated somewhere on the Rosebud. He then deter- | mined, instead of moving at once toward Crazy Woman's Fork, to await the return of the scouts. At | the appointed time thoy came, bringing with them hostile Cheyenne they had captured a little outside of Crazy Woman’s Creek. 1t was this capture which led to the discovery of the village. In going out our | Indian scouts bad left their eolaier clothes behind them, and the captive wandered into their camp. Be- Neving himself among friends, he told them that thero wero some Cheyenne lodges ina ravine on tho south | side of the mountam, near Crazy Woman’s Creek, but that the main body of the tribo had crossed the moun- tains, SPRINGING A TRAP, After obtaining all the information he possessed from the Cheyenne they covered him with their pis- | tols, held under their blankets, and said—‘Wo are white soldiers now and we want your gun; if you don’t give it up you know what willbappen.” The surprised hostile submitted and was brought to Fort Reno, where General Crook had another talk with him, His statements alter his arrival in our camp were con- fused and contradictory of his first assertions, He did not dare, nowever, to wander too far irom his first story, and in consequence of the Intelligence he brought us General Crook concluded to go at once after Crazy Horse. In pursuance of this determination we struck camp at Fort Reno at daybreak on Wednosday, and arrived at the Crazy Woman Creck late in the after- noon. Immediately orders were promulgated to pre- pare fora ten days’ march toward the Rosebud, with the pack train only, our wagons to be left where they wero until our return, We got everything ready that night for an early start, determined to take with us only such clothing as we could wear, no tents, and a small allowance of bedding, two blankets ecach—rather cool covering for such nights as we have bad of late, but still all that could be permitted with the transportation at hand. The camp Was astir far into the night preparing for the morrow’s march, but by sunrise on Thursday all was ecbanged. At daylight our pickets on the hills sur- rounding our camp saw an Indian approaching with a large white flag, which he waved above his head, Some of our enlisted Iudians went out to meet bim, aud brought him into camp, where ho was recognized as Sitting Bear, a friendly Indian sent out by Goneral Mackenzie from Red Cloud Agency to warn those still out that they must come inand give up their arms aud pontes, or the soldiers would pursue them and compel them to do so. Sitting Bear had lett Crazy Horse’s village several days beiore, and was slowly drifting back toward tho agency. The day before his arrival in our campe ascertained that the five Uhey- enne lodges which our captain had spoken of had dis- covered our approach and @t off toward Crazy Horse’s camp. They would give bim the alarm and doubdtiess set him also moving. Gen. Crook then determined to pursue the Cheyennes supposed to be camped beyond the mountains first, and ordered Geo. Mackenzie with the cavalry and Indian scouts to start as soon as pos- Bibi Meanwhile fourteen Pawnee and Shoshone scouts were put out with instructions to cross the mountain at the first pass they came to and search for tratis or signs of Indiansbeyond. Whon they discoy- ered any ovidence of the presence of the Indians they were to recross the mountain aud meet as on the South side, along which we were to travel. oN THE Maren, Wo mado only twelve miles on Thursday, and that evoning we sentcut on our sideof the mountain seven or eight Sioux and Arrapaloe scouts to search for in, dications ot the village ahead, At sunrise on Friday we resdmed our march, and by one o'clock In the af ternoon the bead of the column reached a grassy valo completely shekered in front by & semicircular range of hills. Here our Indians, most of whom travelled ahead, halted to give the cavalry time to cateh up with them. In about three-quarters of an hourthe whole command was in, the men dis. | mounted and the horses unsaddied and being led to water ata littic stream (hat wound through the val- jey. Meantime the pack train had «iso come up and was going into camp on the left just as our Indian out- posts on the hills in front comroenced to cirele round avout on their horses in a wild, excited sort of way. A moment afterward a shrill Indian yawp went ap from the farthest Indian on the hillin front This was echoed by two or three of our Indians farther down toward us and then re-echood a hundred times by our wild irreguiars scattered through the valley. Wrongiy interpreting this savage signal our cavalry captains, with nervous haste, rashed their men forward, throwing out skirmishers all along the billaida, One | company had resaddied and was at the front, mounted in less (than, three minutes from the first alarm. This. movement, commendably quick as it was, proved wholly unnecessary. The hortiles were not approaching to attack us, 9s was appre. hended, and the savage yell we heard merely indi- cated that some of the scouts we had sent out the night betore were coming in, baving discovered the location of the hostite vilinge. They had commun cated their discovery by signals from a distant hill to our outposts, and the howl we had heard was but a sboutof triumph, Bat it had a marvellous effect on our auxiliaries, too, With apromptness that would have been creditable to any regular cavalry they had caught and mounted their war ponies and were gallop wg back and forth ona litte Knoll to the right at full speed. Inquiring what was the object of ebis i mont, 1 was informed that when about to entor a fight the todiaus invariably give their ponies a preliminary canter to improve their wind, When the alarm sub. sided and the first of the scouts arrived we learned thatthe camp was some distence off far the ladian could notsay with apy degree ol accuracy, | t | | —how Indian ideas of time and distance as we view them being rather indefinite, General Mackenzie learned enough, however, to determine at once upon a nigh march, £0 as to be ready to strike the village at day- break next morning. From this tine forward extreme caution was observed, so as to guard as much as possi+ bie against alarming the village. Our pickets were gent out dismounted while we rested here, and no fires were permitted lest the smoke should betroy our presence. MOVING ON THE VILLAGE, Alter a cheeriess meal of hardtack and cold bacon, and about three hours’ rest, we started on our night march about four o'clock in the afternoon, As we emerged trom the little basin where we had been resting wo entered awildly picturesque pass in the mountains, The head of the column, at which were moving ia irreguiar form and with varied colors our Indian avxilaries, wound about the base of a steep conical hill, then moved about an eighth of a mile through a decp red sandstone cut, then clambered up the side of another hill which com- manded a full view of the entire command as it stretched out in double file behind. “What a splendid picture!’ exclaimed all who saw the advancing colamn from this point, And so it wasa pretty sight for the moment, but its form was changed and its beauty van- ished as we passed the crest of the second hill. For about a mile the land now spread out level to our view, and as we advanced “Sharp'Nose,”? one of our Arapahoes, called attention to two black specks away to tho left, Before any white man presentcould do more than barely discover their existence he told us they were the two Sioux scouts who had re- mained behind to Jearu something more about the village. About the same time that we noticed their approach they discovered our advance and guided their course so as to head us off. Ip about twenty minates they joined us and just as they reached us the pony ridden by Jackass, one of the Sioux scouts who was a little in advaneo of tho other, stumbled and fell over completely exhausted. Jackass himself, who, by the way, is a brave, bright eyed, handsome young Indian, was about as tired and hungry as the pony, and could not tell us what he had seen until after he had eaten a few mouthfuls of hard bread and bacon, THE BCOUT’S REPORT. Then, with flashing eyes and in eager haste, te said he had seen some of the ponies and counted eleven of the lodgea from a hill overlooking the village, He said we could reach the village at midnight by marching onward steadily. He could not give us any tdea, how. ever, of the size ot the village either from the num- ber of tepees he had counted or the number of horses he had seen. We coptinued our march along into the night, over jagged hills, through deep ravines, cross rapid mountain streams miry and deep, but the sky was clear and cloudless’ and the moon rose to light up our narrow and difficult pathway. Belore entering tho roughest country on our road to the camp we passed throagh a beautiful valley about half a mile wide and over three miles long, level as a race course ull the way. When we emerged from this we were obliged to movo very slowly, and the cavalrymen had to dismount at least twenty times during the night and lead their horses in single Ole, passing through ravines with which the country lying between us and the mouth of the can- yon where the camp stood was cut up and crossed in all directions, If we could bave gone in a direct line from the point whore we balted tn the afternoon to the camp the distance would not have been over ten miles bat along tho route we wero obliged to move wo must have marched over twenty mules, a march more difeult and exhausting than one covering three times the distance would have been in’a tolerably tevel country. Scouts wero kept ahead continually, and from time to time they came back to guide our movements and assure us that we were gradually approaching the village, MARCHING IN THE DARK. Shortly after midnight the moon set and lett us to grope our way in comparative darkness through a part of our road where it was almost impossible to find or follow a trail; where brush grew 60 (allas to hide tho foremost horseman trom his followers, and a stream wound its course beneath banks so steep that we could not find away to cross until we had wandered and groped a long way through the darkness. Patiently and persistently we pressed along in this way until just beforo the dawn of day, when we approachea the mouth ot the canyon, At this time we knew the village was not far off. but we knew nothing about its location or the nature of the ground hereabouts. and wo feared that any efforts to enlighten ourselves on these points, however usetul, might alarm the village and defeat our intention to surprise the hostiles. Two or three Indian scouts wore again sent forward by Lieutenant W. P. Clark, who commanded the entire detachment of scouts, to make a reconnoissance and report before the order was given to charge. Meanwhile every effort possible was made to close up the colamn, now strung out consid- erably in consequence of the number of deep cuts through which we had to pags as we approached and entered the mouth of the canyon, At this time ail our Indians were being hurriea to the front to make ready to sweep through the village, While waiting to get the column ready for action one of our scouts returned und re- ported that the bucks were having war daneesin four places in the village. He also located two or three herds of ponies and said there were tepees on both sides of theriver. With all possiblo haste Goneral Mackenzie harried his command into form, PREPARING FOR RATTLE, The Indian scouts were busy now casting off super- flaous clothing and relieving their horses otf every additional weight that threatened to cheek their speed or impair their usefulness in the field. This done they crowded forward all eager to have the foremost place, more like race horses coming to the score than warriors entering the field of battle, When the cavalry had almost all crossed the last deep cut near the moutn of the canyon General Mackenzie got everything in readi- ness for the charge. Colonel Gordon’s battalion’ was at the bead and Major Mauck’s behind, Colonel Gordon had with him ono staff oMcor, Lieu- tenant Tyler, Fourth cavalry battalion adjutant, and the following companies of cavalry :—H, Filta cavalry; Captain Jobu M, Hamili Second Lieutenant An- drus, L, Fifth cavalry; Captain A. B. Taylor, First Lientenant, &. H. Ward and Second Lieutenant H. Wheeler. H, Third cavalry; Captain H. W. Wessels and Sceond iieatenant Hammond, K, Third cavalry: Captain Gerald Ru-sell, First Licutenant 0, Biting, Second Lieutenant Dodd. M, Fourth cavalry; First Lieutenant John A. McKinney, Second Lieutenant Otis, F, Fourth cavalry; Captam Wirt Davies and Second Lieutenant J. W. Rosenquest. Major Mauck’s Second battalion was composed as follows:—First Licutenant W. ©. Miller, Fourth cavalry adjutant, Company B, Fourth cavairy; First Lieutentant Calla. han. Company D, Fourth cavalry; Captain John Lee, Second Licutehant 8. A. Mason, Company E; First Lieutenant F, L. Shoemaker, Second Lieutenant #. H, Bellas, Company I; Captain W. C. Hemphill, who had with him two young officers who voluntecred for the occasion, Second Lieutenant J. M. Jones, Fourtn arti. lery, and Second Lieutenant J, N, Allison, Second cavalry. While we rested here a moment to make ready {or the dash I dismounted, tightened my saddie girths, and, moving a little in advance of the Indians, I dis tinetly heard the drum and the war song of the hos- tiles, But the sequel showed that tsis demonstration was not gotten up in anticipation of oar approach. Possibly some venturesome miners or an unfortunate party of Snake Indians furnished the scalps that were the occasion of so much joy in the hostile Cheyenne household, The light of the rising morning star had been blazing for some time from behind a bill on our right flank daring the hurry of preparation, and now the first streak of dawn appeared, to the chagrin of our leader, Who had hoped to strike the blow in time to get his men placed as the day was breaking. But the delay was unavoidable, The column cousd not have been advanced more rapidly with any degree of satety. ADVANCING ON THE VILLAGE, At last it was ready to move. At the same moment Lieutevant Dorst, General Mackenzic's adjutant, was sent forward to Lieutenant Clark to tell bim to let loose the Indians, ana Lieutenant Jobn G. Bourke, aide-de- camp to General Crook, and a volusteer on this oeca- gion, went back to Colonel Gordon with an order to charge. We were now, though anaware of the fact, just about three-quarters of a milo trom the ne tepee, and we galloped forward with all the speed pos sible, wholly anacquainted with the ground we were entering, and not knowing What sort of a reception we should get The Indians swarmed about the field in front and ou either flank of Gen. eral Mackenzig and sta, Lieutemaata Clark ahd_ De Lany leading the Sioux and Arapahoes, Major North the Pawneeg, and Licutenant W. 8. Schuyler, and the aide-de-camp to Genera! Crook, anda volunteer algo, at the head of the yShoshones. Our only music was furnished by a Pawnee Indian who blew on a pipe a wild humming tune that rose above all other sounds and sirote the car with strange effect. It reminded me forcibly of the prolonged shriek of a steam whistle, Added to thie were the shouts of our foremost line of scouts as they dashed forward to run off the berds of ponies, Then there were a few flashes here and the in the dusk of morning, a few sharp rifle and carbine cracks, and, rising above ali other sounds, the thunder of our advancing column rosounded from the side of the cannon. THE HOSTILES ALARMED, ‘This thundering noise it was that first alarmed the hostile savages and made them cut short the wardanco and the song of victory for the grim reality of war itself, Ona big base drum, atterward found in the villoge, which they had as a present irom the great father in Washington, those already awake sounded the alarm in tho viilage and then fled through the ravines toward the hills with a rapidity born of mor- tal terror, We now found ourselves on a little plain running pearly paraliel with the village and elevated about twenty feet above the bottoin on which the lodges stoo!, The village was in a canyon running nearly east and west, the lodges, numbering nearly 200, ranging along both sides ol a clear, rapid stream, that wound along close to the base of the range of bills forming the south wall of the canyon, Tho canyon was nearly jour miles long and from about # third of a mile to a a mile wide from base to base of the hiils forming its side walls, It was marrowest at tts eastern end and sloped downward considerably from this point, at which we entered it, for two miles or more to about the beginning of the village, which was fully three- quarters of « mile Jong. North of the village the ground rose a littie, and about a third of a mile west of it the canyon terminated in a succession of flat-topped hills, cut up by ravines, which ran in every direction, The lodges were completely hidden in thick brush. The northerly wall of the canyon was an almost perpendic- war mountain, averaging some 800 to 1,000 feet in height for moro than half its length. Once after entering the canyon and before reaching the village we were obliged to cross the stream that ran through the village. Four or five dry ravines also Intercepted our way before reaching the little plain overlooking the lodges. Between this plateau and the tepeos were a Jow biuff and a red sandstone butte about thirty fect high, and nearly opposite these, about halfa mile tothe northward and a little in ad- vance, Were two single and one double red sandstone broken ridges under the shadow of the north wall, A few hundred yards west of theso, and running irregu- larly from north to south, were several deep gulches, accessible {rom the village by intersecting ravines not quite so deep. This much I deem necessary by way of description hefore attempting an account of the fight. OPENING THE BALI, By the time Co!one! Gordon’s battalion had got on aline with tho centro of tho village the hostiles, in large numbers, had taken possession of the ravines In front of us, and had also secreted themseives behind the bluffs to the left of the village, The bill on the south side of the canyon terminates abruptly near tho western end of the village, and is perhaps 500 feet high at the point where it ends. Licutenant Schuyler went with the Shoshones to this point, and, sheltered by a tew loose rocks, remained thereall day and through the night. As tho dilferent companies of the First battalion arrived on the little plain paralie! with .the village they moved toward the ravines and wero met by a heavy fire trom different points behind the brush and rocks a fow dozen yards in front. At this time the hostiles were trying to run offa herd of ponies from the plateau over the village, into which our men wero trooping, and word of their intention was taken to General Mackenzie, who sent an order to Licutenant McKinney, by Lieutenant Lawton, Fourth cavalry, to charge up toward tho ravines aud cut off the progress of the hostiles. DBATH OF M’KINNEY, Lieutenant McKinney dashed forward with his com- pany and the hostiles halted and, dropping into the ravine just ahead, waited until the company came up and then fired up, mortally wounding him and also wounding his First Sorgeant, five of bis men and his horse.’ Before falling he exclaimed to his company, “Get back out of this place; you are ambushed.’, Sabsequently he asked the doctor to tcll his mother how he died. Hoe lived about twenty minutes. As he fell the first fours of his company faltered, and General Mackenzio, beside whom I stood, about fifty yards be. hind Lieutenant McKinney’s company, seeing the break, ordered Colonel Gordon to send Captain Hamil- ton’s company, then just behind us, forward to the game position. In the charge two of Lieutenant McKinney’s men got cut off from the company and were corailed in the rocks all day, being obliged to defend themselves as best they could until nightfall. On receiving the order to advance Colonel Gordon nimself went forward with Captain Hamilton, and as they advanced the breaking company reformed under Lieutenant Otis, returned to the spot and drove the hostiles from the ravine. The pony herd was split each side getting ashare. In this second dash Lien- tenant Otis’ cap was turned about on his head by a bullet from a fleeing hostile. Both companies then sheltered themselves behind a bluff to the right. Meanwhile Captain Homphill’s company was moving forward to take a position to the left, which they wore subsequently obiiged to abandon, and Captain Taylor was ordered to charge right through tne villuge. Ho did so and had four of his horses killed. One man, named Sullivan, belonging to the other company, was killed and scatped on this dash. This was the only soldier scatped in the fight. While among the tepecs a ballet passed through the lapel of Captain Taylor's coat, just over his heart. Major Mauck’s battalion was pouring into the field meanwhile, dismounting and runpbing forward toward the west of the village and to the sheiter of some bluffs on the left that commanded the ravines west of the vilisge All this while these ravines were full of hostiles, who had the advantage of the advancing troops to the extent of being in a post- tion to fire at the approaching masses while compara- tively secure themselves. THE SCENE BY DAYLIGHT. It was still the gray dawn of morning, and tho moving figures of men and horses seen at any con- siderable distance appeared more like shadows than living things, But time sped quickly, and very oon broad daylight broke upon the busy scene, Tho engagement now became genoral, and no gpngle spectator could possibly keep a record of the ovents in progress, although concentrated in a harrow space. I candidly coniess I was wholly une- qual to the task, gspecialiy as I found it nocessary to discéver some cate for the saiety of myself and my horse, For a whilo the fro of our men was deatening, and its roar reverberated along the hillsides with thunderous sound, From the rocks ana ravines in front the hostiles answered back at first vigorously, but afterward with more cantion, and always at an animated object, Many of our troops--among which wore several recruits—wero not paying much attention to what they fired at, so long as their fire was discharged in the general direction from which the bails of the hostiles came. Indeed, it very soon became apparent to those offcers whose attention was not otherwise oc- cupled that we wero having a eid waste of ammunition on our side, This was no unimportant matter, viewed In the light in which we then contemplated the situa- ton, We wero not routing the hostiles as tastas was desirable, They had imtrenched’ themselves in tho hilis in pretty secare nooks from 500 to 1,500 yards off, and were pegging away atour troops wherever they could get ina good shot, Any one who crossed the little plateau above tho village was especially made a target of, ae I found out more thant one during tho fight. Whon the battle had proceeded for an uoar, or perhaps longer, the rapid apd wasteful firing of our recruits was checked, for General Mackenzie began to think, about this time, that bo was m for along fight, The natare of the country and the ferocity and stab- bornness with which the hostiles contested for pos- session of every ridge and rock and ravino, naturally Jed to this conclusion. Fora while Lieutenants Clark, Bourke, Lawton and Dorst were kept moving briskly from pointto point to caution company commanders that they must not permit their men to waste any ammunition. TACTICS OF THE HOSTILES. The hostiles were wasting nove, and wore con. tinualiy sbifting their position to try avd bring our men within rango of their long guns, as well as to go beyond tho range o1 our carbines, It did not take thom many minates to determine the character and Tange of out Weapons and to utilize tho discovery to the bert possible ndvantage, (noo! ibeir tricks was ingenious in its way, A purty of braves would creep 1, 1876.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. behind some projecting ledge of rock or hospitable ridge far enough to get just beyond range of our guns, and then would make a wild charge forward howling savagely to draw out our men, from whose bullets they considered themselves safe, bul whoae exposure would give them the very chance they sought. A somowhat similar plan was ‘once put into successful operation aga:nat them by Cap- tain Davis, The Captain's company war sudderly withdrawn froma bluff fronting some rocks, bebind which eight or nine hostiles were securely concealed When they saw the men break and run away from them» as they supposed, they jumped up and rao out after thom, and in their excitement, familiar as they were with the ground, forgot tor the moment that there was adeep, dry ravine justin the rear of the retreating men. Into this cut the soldiers jumped and delivered a volley at the elated savages as they advanced, killing som \d sending the rest back tothe rocks in dismay. Some of them found shelter in a cave to the right, where they were pursued and killed, every one, TAKING A MAND IN THR FIGHT. In my endeavors to watch and trace the course of action, I crossed the fleld I should say a dozen times during the firat hour of the tight, I had carried my gun in one hand from the moment of. entering the fleld, but bad not discharged itonce, 1 dismounted once during this time behind the red sandstone butt on the left, and in remounting discovered that my overcoat was considerably in the woy. Ongetting into the saddle I galloped across once more to a ridge where Frank Gruard, Baptiste, Billy Hunter and one or two other scouts and inter- preters were shooting at some bostiles on the hills to the lett, There I shed my overcoat, attached a picket rope to my bridle and crept to the crest of the bluff next to Frank Gruard, who was evidently too much interested in the work in hand to pay any attention to fresh arrivals at his side, “What are you firing at, Frank?” I inquired, Without turning to sce who spoke no opened the breech of bis gun, pressed im another cartridge and answored my inquiry in tho Sioux language. Again I asked him where the particular Indian was that he was trying to knock over, and again he replied in Sioux and kept on shooting. Then 1 reminded him that I didn’t happen to understand theIndian tongue, and should be obligedit he would answer mo in Eng- hsb, aud, suddenly recollecting himself, be laughed, and pointed toa hill about 800 yards in front, trom which bullets were coming in quick succession to the crest of the bluff we occupied. A moment after- ward some one on my left knocked over one of the In- dians on this ridge and the others crept to safer quar- ters, Frank did not get his maa that time, but he did before the battle closed, and be now rejoices in the possession of a scalp of a hostile Cheyenne, SCENE IN THR VILLAGE, + Frank and myself then rode across the fleld again to the village, and found that some of the lodges bad been set on firo already, On entering the village we found the body of asquaw, just {reshly sealped, lying near one of tho lodges, A Pawnee scout was moving off from the prostrate body, bearing with him tho dripping scalp, This unfortunate squaw had been found in the village hidden in a tepee after the troops had passed through it by Private Butler, of the Second cavalry, who told the Pawnees, many of whom were then in the village, not to kill her. Butler’s back was scarcely turned, however, before the old squaw was shot and scalped. We then walked through a portion of the vil- Jago and counted about 175 lodges, and still had not counted all. We went into several, and found in every one two or three packages of dried ment, The lodges were mostly lined on the inside to the height of two or three feet with undressed hides, and everything re- mained as if the inmates had stepped out for a few mo- ments, In some the fires were burning, and kettles of watcr stood on them, if in preparation for the morning meal. A number of the Pawnees were syste- matically going through the village and securing large quantities of plunder, Wo were both very hungry now, and Frank Gruard helped himself to some of the meat, After a basty glance through tho village we re- turned to the fleld again, where the battlo still pro- gressed with considerable animation, A DUEL. A corporal and private had just had a close fight with two hostiles at an advanced position to the right. Tho men met within a few yards of each other. At the first fire the corporal fell. Then the private fired, killing the Indian who had killed the corporal, and tho other Indian fied. I scoured through the fleld tor somo time again, and the fire stili came from twenty differ. ent points in the hills boyond. Dead horses were lying about at different points, but the men were now all dis- mounted, and the horses securely sheltered from the fire in the ravines und behind the biuffs. The killed and wounded were now being taken to the right of the fleld where Drs, Wood and Le Gardo were attending to the wants of the liviog and sheltering the dead. Mean- time the hostilos had gotten their women and children into the mountains, beyond the western end of the canyon, I came back again to the village and found o number of our Indians, some soldiers and civil em- ployés of tho expedition, golng through the lodges searching for relics, Atone point I meta soldier who told me he had just seen a silk guidon of tho Seventh cavalry. which was found in a tepee in use as a cover fora piliow. There were also found in tho village «. guard roster of Company G, Sevonth cavalry, saddles, canteons, nosebags, currycombs , and brushes, shovels and axes, marked with the letters of different companios of the Seventh cavalry, a memorandum book with a list of names of the three best marksmen at target prac- | tce in Captain Donsld Mackintosh’s company, Seventh cavalry; rosters of other companies of the Seventh; a letter written by an enlisted man of the Seventh cavalry | to ayoung lady, the letter already stamped and directed, ‘This will be forwarded, Several horses of the Seventh cavalry were found among the herdscaptured. Photo. graphs of several white men were aiso found, a gold pencil case, a silver watch, pocketbooks with sums of money, some gold pieces, the bat of First Sergeant William Allen, of Company I, Third cavalry, killed in the Rosebud fight, with the company stamp and his initials on it; an officer’s overcoat of dark blue army cloth, an officer’s rubber coat and two offi- cer’s blouses, a buckskin coat of American make, with a bullet hole fa the shoulder, and supposed to be the coat worn by Tom Custer in the Little Big Horn fignt; bullet moulds, fleld glasses, &c, INDIAN TROPHIES, Among the Indian trophics in the possession of our troops now are three beaded necklaces, ornamented with human fingers. One has depending from it ten fingers, one seven, and one shown me by Lieutenant Bourke has eight fingers strung round It, We have a belt, found in the village, full of car- tridges, with a silver plate Marked “Little Wolf,” givén this doughty chief at Washington a few years ago. We also found a pass for Roman Nose from Red Clovd, giving him permission to leave tho reservation a few days to search for lost mules. After going through the villnge the second timeT again crossed the field and took shelter with Colonel Gordon, Captain Hamilton and some other officers benind the double bluff te the right. I had some vroken-hard tack in my saddie pockets, and I found some gentlemen hero who gladly accepted the crumbs, Tt was no easy matter to arrive at or leave this point without geiting hit, still some of the solders and some orderlies were continually passing back and forth, and General Mackenzie made this point his headquarters for a while, The hostile fire came over this ledgo from three points, Bullets came in just over our heads from the crest of the mountain on the north, from a mound almost directly in front, and others fell near our feet, shot from behind some rocks on the hills to the southwest of as, A soldier who tried to leavo just after I arrived had his hat shot off. He calmly picked it up again, put it on, and as he moved slowly away looked very angry as he glanced toward tho point from which the ball came. One soldier wis lying dead on the side of the blaff just above us, soon after I arrived the order was given the men at this point to cease firing altogether, It was as well, for most of the Indians on the hills had cropt beyond range of the cavalry carbines, and were Watching their chances to pick our men off, ARRIVAL OF THE PACK TRAIN, After I had been bere halfan hour or so—indeed, 1 cannot definitely say how long, for it is noteasy to take note of timo on such occasions—Lieutenant Bourke came up and sald the pack train bad arrived, Instantly | determined to risk another crossing, for 1 was gotting very hungry, About the samo time the horses of Captain Hamilton’s company wero ordered across to water, and most of them had been taken over before | mounted my horse, When I did so and moved out into the fletd I saw a soldier just ahead of me riding one horse und leading another, This man had not gone fifty yards from the biuff before his led horso foll, hit by @ ball irom the bills, aud ho was weenie, wounded himself. Before I had crossed the feld, though going at full speed, at least a score of balls whistied past my ears. I found the pack train just camping iu the willows, near the middie of the village, and soon was ongaged io disposing of a late breakfast, It was about two o’clock now, I should judge, and the pack train had been in the canyon over two hours, but wus only just going into camp. The mules had therr packs ou for twenty-three hours, It just occurs to me that most of us had been in the saddle about the same leagth of time, As 1 arrived at the pack trate Genoral Mac- kenzie was sending out a despatch to General Crook, then over two days’ march off by the suortest route, to bring up the infantry, This looked as if Gen, eral Mackenzie expected that the, Indians would fight him from the bills until Me was reinforced My* first despateb to the HERALD was sent out about the same time that General Mackenzie sent for the in- fantry, The extreme caution exercised by the hos tiles early in the fight in the use of ammunition indi- cated either a scarcity of the article or a determination Lo save it for along battie, At first we did not know which way to interpret their action, but just after eating 1 icarned that they had left nearly ail their ammunition belind, and that considerable quantities of it were being destroyed in the lodges already set on fire. A keg of powder also exploded with a loud report in one of the burning tepees. Doabtiess this depriva- tion made them ail the more determined to make every shot tell. AN INDIAN SHARPSHOOTER, One Indian had found a secure place in the hills and played sharpshooter nearly all day with one of Sharp's long range rifles. The gun must have shot a cartridge containing about 120 grains of powder. Every time he fired the report seemed to rend the very walls of the caynon, echoing like the roar of cannon trom bill te hill. Late im tho afternoon a cheer went up from some of our boys in front and the big gun was silent thereatter. 1 subsequently heard the fellow was killed by one of Captain Davis’ men, (ut the other Indians near him got away with the gun. Gradually tho Indian fire ceased until toward sundown when it had stopped altogether, All our killed and wounded but one man, Who fell on an exposed biuil near the end ot the canyon, bad been got in before this time, aud just after suudown his body was brought in. ag twilight fell upon the scene some of our Lodiun soldiers kept popping away at hostiles, who in the cover of darkness were creeping from their biding places in the rocks; but Ido not think they fired with much effect, Numerous pickets were posted on the bills veiore nightall, for we apprehended a revewai of the fight by sundown or a little afterward, But night fell upon our battle teld, and with it came peace and silence about the hostile village. Our killed and wounded had been transferred from the north side of the field to theshelter of the vluifon the right, and here { found the extent of our loss was one olficer and five men killed and twenty-tive men and ove Indian wounded. Tne small proportion of Indians shot in the fight 1s traceable to their famiMarity with the manner of figuting of their own people and te the shrewdness with whioh they evaded fire on the fleid while fighting at times quite as well as our regu. lars. Their cbiet usciulness, bowever, consisted in their employment as scouts and in leading the first dash at the bustiles to captyre theiz ponies and demoral- ize them by showing (hem that (heir own people were arrayed against them. They cannot be disciplined to figut like white soldiers. Two of the Shoshones and one of the Sioux had horses shot under them and yet escaped unburt. During the tight Three Bears had bis horse shot under him and rode back past me mounted behind another Indian, in search oj u pony ‘on which to renew the tight. INDIAN SCALPS. In the evening 1 saw some scalps that had been taken from the lodges, and among these was the scalp of a white girl, 1 saw also a number of blank books taken from the tepces, on the leaves of which hid deen sketched the exploits of sevoral of tho Cheyenne braves, alter the manner of Sitting Bull, sketchos of Whose sanguinary career appeared in the Her- ALv last summer. After nigotiall an effort was made to count up the Indian loss, and the lowest figure at which it was placed was twenty-live Killed outright. 1 saw the Pawnves parading six scalps early iu the evening, two soldiers showed me two scalps they had secured. Frank Grouird got a scaip, Lieu- teuant Allison killed an Indian, Captain Davis’ com- pany kilied six or eight, tho Shoshones killed four, a one-eyed frontiersman with one party of our Indiana killed one and tbe Sioux and Arrapahoes killed about adozen, but did not take avy svaips. Otvers, too, were killed and severely wounded, of which n count has*been yet received, so on the whole 1 shouid say the hostiles had fuily fitty killed and mortaily wounded. THE KILLED AND WOUNDED, The fcllowing 1s a complete istof the killed and wounded on our side:— . KILLED Lieutenant John A. McKinney, commanding Com- pany M, Fourth cavalry, bbe Patrick F. Ryan, Company ‘D, Fourth cavairy. Private Joseph Mengis, Company 4, Fifth cavalry. Private Alexander Koller, Company &, Fourth cavalry. Private John Sullivan, Company B, Fourth cavairy. Private Beard, Company D, Fourth cavalry, Private Aicx.’ McFariand, Compary L, Fifth cay. alry, died on the 25th. WOUNDED. Corporal William Lyna, Company M, Fourth caw alry, hip joint fractured. Private G. H. Stickney, Company H, Fifth cavalry, flesh wound, Sergeant Daniel Cunningham, Company H, Third foot fractured. Prtvite J. E, Tallmadge, Company H, Third cavalry, flesh wound. Private Isaac Maguire, Company M, Fourth cavalry, flesh wound. Private Charl fracture of thigh. Sergeant Thomas H. Forsyth, Company M, Fourth cavalry, Hesh wound. Private James MeMabon, Gompany M, Fourth cave alry, tlesb wound. Private Charles F. Lurig, Company ¥, Fourth cay- alry, flesh wouud, thigh. Private Heory Holuen, Company H, Third cavalry, | flesh wound, shouider, . Private Patrick Reardon, Company M, Fourth cay. alry, flesh wounu, arm. Private Charles Thompson, Company F, Fourth cavalry, flesh wound, shoulder, Private E. H, lyison, Company M, Fourth cavalry, is rae L. Buck, © rivate uc! jompany E, Fourth cavalry ball lodged in thign. ’ aera fy Corporal W. H. Poole, Company I, Fourth cavalry, flesu wound, Private August Strick, Company E, Fourth cavalry, flesh wound, Private Edward Fitzgerald, Company D, Fourth cavalry, flesh wound, Corporal Jacob Schaufler, Company I, Fourth cavairy, fractured arm. Pita ) bbe nng re ar, fractured toot. rivate George Keuney, Company I, Fourth cavalr, flesh wound athe neces ny sid rivaie Danie! Stephens, Company I, Fourth cavalr, wounded jung. am 4 Aunzi, Shosuone Indian, wound-of the abdomen, Besides these there were three or four very slightly wounded by having their horses tall on them or being scratched by bullets giaucing from the rocks, A DECOY FLAG. Late in the afternoon I learned that one party of hostiles on w hill to the right showed a wifite flag three or four times during the fight, but would shoot at au exposed head afier tts exhibition just the same as ever. hen the tight was over, General Mackenzie sent out séme Indians with Roland, the Cheyenne inter- preter, to talk. With the hostiles on the hills fhey saw old Dall Knife in tue distance, and he said to them that his three sons had been kilied in the fight, and that he was willing to surrender, but the others were not, They had been told, he said, that the whites were coming to make @ treaty with them, but instead they came and fired into their viliage, consequently they could not trust the whites. A houp of their peo- ple, he suid, had been kilied in the fight, and tho rest were ready to die, During the night the hostiles camped within four miles of the viliage and in the morning they were ob- Jiged to kili Six oF seven of their ponies lor food. Tha carcasses Were found by our [ndiaus in the hills. The night was very coid und windy, and next day we were enveloped in a heayy snow storm. Atier burying pri« vate Beard on the battlefield the rest of our killed and: wounded were placed on litters, hitched at one end to mules and with the other end dragging on the ground, and we prepared to leave the canyon by noon of Sun= di Beiore starting the General sens out the inter- ers aud Indians once more to talk with the Ros. Ules, but they bad ‘a big mad” on ia the morning and bry gad would not permit them to answer our mea at Folsom, Company H, Fifth cavalry, uaa berg CHIEFS. e principal els Of the hostile village, I her been told, were Dull Kniie, Littie Wolf, Bowmen Noo, Gray Head and Old Bear, and among the 200 lodges wore forty that have been in all the receut fights with the troops. Betore leaving we burned everything in the village that our Indians did not want. There were 105 firea going in the hostile camp on Saucay morning, and io the biaze were covsamed large quantities of dried meat, Undressed skius, axes, sadules, tiawure frying pa show moccasins, strychnine in Jarge quantities, to poison wolves; the tepees and tepee poles, medicinal herbs and, indeed, ail the iares and penates of the reds, Tue destruction was compleie—nay, even are tistic. Nota pin’s worth was left unburned. We cap tured between 500 and 600 ponies Sunday evening we camped avout eight miles from the canyon on our return to the supply camp, and next morning we iearned that the infantry was on tue way to jorm us, fully convinced that ihey would soon have to take a hand in thefight, ‘They were turned back on Monday and arrived here Tuesday, the cavairy, with xed an Bact) getting back lust n n my ext leiter 1s! ave somethii tara tin ng to say avout oUF re- find that Lieutenant McKinney's death, though bh fell in uction at the head of lis compaay, as a uatdinr must ve jared to fall, 18 very genuraily regretted by the offk of the command He was a dash+ ing, brave young officer, whose manly qualities lind endeared him to bis comrades, and his deavh has east @ shadow on our victory. His body, 1 und and, is to ke forwarded to his friends, The navure of the land about the hostile viilage would have enabled our savage foes to cut the head of the coluinn to pieces If awaro of our approach, aad if we had not 80 thoroughly surprised them some ono would have to record a second edition of the Custer massacre, Had a smaller force, of whose epproucix ive - Indians had been apprised, at u LU phy te ‘abl tacked the visage, uot @ '