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Show I SB lr l;n r ON TllF. VKLLOWSTOXi:. The following from the Yellowstone expedition will be read with interest: Musscl.-hell Kiver, August 10. The abundant preparation which the Yellowstone Yel-lowstone expedition made lor resistance resist-ance of Indians has been fully justified. justi-fied. The prediction of Bloody Knife that we should meet with savages in the vicinity of Tongue river has proved prov-ed correct. Indians were discovered for the first time about August 1st, watching our movement-! and prowling prowl-ing around the camp at night. No overt act look place, however, until August 4. Cieneral Custer, with Bloody Knife and a squadron of cav-nlry, cav-nlry, "had been detailed by General ' Stanley to go on and to look up the road. ' Having got about ten miles ahead they halted and picketed their horses in a wood by the river, to wait for the train. Two hours afterward six Indians appeared on the place and made demonstrations toward their camp. Dismounted skirmishers were thrown out and horses saddled. The. Indians were easily driven ofli but 11 roved to be a decoy of a large partv in the neighborhood, waiting in ambush for the cavalry. Finding that the ruse failed, the Indians, to the number of three hundred, boldly rode out and advanced on a grove occupied by the cavalry. General Gen-eral Custer had only one squadron of eighty men under command of Cant. Mavlen, one ofthe troops commanded bv Lieutenant Custer, and another by Lieutenant Van Turn. The men were again dismounted ar.d extended their hue in a semi-circle around the cavalrv, who had the river at their backs." Kapid firing was kept up at a distance of 400 yards. While t lius engaged with Custer's front another partv of Indians crawled along behind, be-hind, under the river bank and tried to stampede Wis horses, but were I j frustrated.- The Indians tired the j I grass in several places, but it failed to ; burn. The cavalry of General Custer deferred a charge, hoping that the main command would soon come up , and a-si-t in capturing the Indians. A tier three bonis lighting his am-muniti.-!i g-iVii out. He then charged the Indians, win, pj-eeipitately lied, dropping many of their CqLii"iuents. Alter retreating several miles iLc took (olheliad Lands. One man wounded woun-ded in an arm, and one horse wounded. woun-ded. Ion ned the extent of General Custer's loss. While the Sjght was going on several Indians left .the v.ar party in search of stragglers. Coming Com-ing upon Dr. llonsinger, veterinary surgeon, and Balarain, cavalry sutler, sut-ler, who were less than a mile from llu.' t..:'."jU), they killed them and took their l-ca'.nl valuables. Private Pri-vate John Ball, of Our .-.s'.-alry, while out hunting, met a siuaLi fa-e. In this light two Indians were kiUea and several ponies. On the 6lh of August, four days after the light at I..eue Ji'iver.'we came iixm the site of a ivoeui Indian village. Stanley directed Cuer 10 i.ike id- y.nvalry. tin mlxTmg 4-a men. lo foiUv puuL-h I no Indh.i;. Utisler. jii ilic night of the th. tailcl. ,md .it sundown sun-down on the '.'th. after a niaixli oi -10 ni;l:. arrived at a place where the hkiu.-; l;.'A cre-sul the river twenty-four twenty-four ht.il-. U-eV'Te. taking over their miilies Oil ratU. A.-'y,1 day he at-umiip'" at-umiip'" to cns u"' t-.'CVMne. whieh'at rj iH'int is ';Y-V:U?L; WML" The cunvnt w.i.- : viil and deep to swiml.oivses aiki men. -U'cattempt 10 cross wasabandv.md thr wain V1 and ivite. At evening hit e.-nq'' TTac d:seoveid by the I:Hti;;ns. Net! morning, t'ne ltth. at daylht. he was atuicke-l by about eight hun-uvd Indian-. Firing wa? returned for two or three hour.-, both panic- using treo as a cover. A party of "'A' induns then ca-fscil the river, above and below be-low our camp, and emleavourcJ to gain the blulis in the rear. Our men were di-uiouuud and posted uii the binds and rc--civtd them bravely. Tiio Indians, behind ridge?. koiU up are until General Custer uItrid a cuarge. Our men then mounted pur-u-.d : them boldly for eight miles. Jut at ll'i- time a train came un ai-d opciieJ ou tlx Indian across me river with art-llcrv. -V fav hots du-pcrscd tuc-m ar.d cildcd the tight. 'I his batue. v-i -h '.---ok within tu o.' 13:.: Hem i-" u. ii.n.e one. Gcnl Cus'.er and Ad:uuuc Kcicliard Lud their hore shot under lim ; Lieut. Brazen w as badly shut in the ilnj'n : private Tuuie, wj.5 kiiil. ajid iweni-y -:" i'.:e --ldicr wei-e slightly wunukd. We h.id four ht-rse knltii. |