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Show not great enough to prevent any but the immediate relatives of the hostages from again joining the hostile camp. On the 16th of November a new expedition, under General Crook, started from Fort Rettermau to again follow up Crazy Horse. On tho 25th of that month a detached camp of Cheyennes was struck by a por-tion of his troops under General Mackenzie, on the west fork of the Pow-der River. which resulted in the corn~letde estructionof the village. and the loss to the Indians of all their pbnies and camp equipage. Fh'e ex: p.e dition then went down the Belle Fourche, and about the 1st of Jau-nary returned to the cantonment, near Old Fort Reno. On the 16th of December, five Sioux chiefs from the hostile camp on Tongue River,followed at a distance by twenty or thirty other Indians, approached theTongueRiver post bearing the white flag; but while pass-ing the camp of Crow scouts the five leaders were surrounded by twelve of their old enemies and instantly killed, whereupon their companions fled. The Crows were forthwith disarmed, and twelve of their horses, with other gifts, were immediately dispatched to the friends and rela tives of those who had been killed. These nresents were acoomnaoied by assurauees that IIO while inm hat1 taker; part ill the outrap: Tho I~~diantsh,o ugh nt first inclined to ~ I J I I t~hCo gm~~iue~lestshoefs o pro-tcstationh, have siuve e x ~ ~ r c ~tbswn lr lul l belief that the tn~orldw ere in no way r&ponsible for t6e &air, and report their errand to Lave been to return some stolen horses. After the surrender of October 27. Colonel Miles continued his oaera-tions npai~~sSti tting llull. Tly acl;diug three colnpa~~ienso rth o; the Blisdoori and thrt:o u t h~r s~ outllh, rrwecn the Mu8ele Shell lr~iclt l ~ aD ry Fork of the ~Iirsouri. anel {bur more to operate oa the Dry Fork, he I succeed~d on the 18th of December in striking tho hoatila camp near the hean1 of' the Red Water, Sicring Bull harinp erossc~l the blissouri near Wolf Point. Tho lu(liaus nerc driven aouth across the Yelltw-stone, and escaped with the loss of all their ponies and camp equipage. The next move was made by Colonel Miles on the camp of six hun-dred lodges, under Crazy Horse, in the valley of the Tongue River. They were found below Suioide or Hanging Woman's Creek, and after skirmishes on the lst, 3d, and 7th of January, 1877, and a five-hours' engagement on the 8th, were driven from their position, but, owing to worn-out army trains, could not be followed. . On the 7th of May, Colo-nel Miles surprised and attacked a village of fifty lodges, under Lame Deer, near the mouth of the Rosebud. The village was well supplied with ponies, camp equipage, and dried meat; all of which were cap-tured. In July following, raids were made by members of Lame Deer's band on settlers, snrveying parties, and wagon trains in the vicinity of the Belle Fourche and the bouudary.liue of Wyoming. On the 11th January, 1877, information was rwived from Inspector Walsh, commanding the detachment of mounted police at Cypress Hills, Canada, that one hundred and nine lodges of American Sioux had crossed the Canadian boundary near Wood Mountain, and were camped on the British side, and that they declared themselves to be desirous of peace aud to have no intention of returning to the United States to carry on war. Later the number was reported to have been increased to over two hundred lodges, and they had been joined by Sitting Bull. On the 20th of June, 1877, the honorable Privy Council of Canada, with the approval of the governor-general, officially notified the United States Government of the presence of these Indians within the British Posses-sions, stating that owing to tbeir destitute condition permits for the pprchase of limited quantities of ammunition had been granted the |
