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Show INCIDENTS OF THE CROOK INDIAN CAMPAIGN. j ON TllK MAi;CU. i Gen. Ciook rede at the bead of tlm coiiiMin, his loin;, blonde siito whiskers whisk-ers a i lipped iu twine, alter the man ner of an Indian s-'alp lock, or the confined, k:nky wool of the nM plmilatmn negro ol thesomii. He i a htrangn man. Singularly quiet mid reticent, he is thought cold and per-hap-t heartless by many. Certainly: his face indicates ambition, detcrmi-' nation, and ft crafty almost fox- like shrewdness. lie- probably j n nd or.it iinds the Indian onestinn . belter than any other officer of the' army, and is undoubtedly the man for this biidincsJ. One who knows him well said: "He's just liko an' Indian. He can livo on acorns and slippery elm bark" and 1 believe it.' Il tne Siuiix knew the importance of the man with two (ft- three companions compan-ions bunting in advance of the column, or preceding it some distance dis-tance with a small escort, il is not improbable that his fate might, lie the same as Cm by "a before the conclusion conclu-sion of this campaign. A DREARY COUNTRY. I have rarely seen ft more uninvit-, uninvit-, ing or a more bloak and desolato section than the country immediately north ot Fviterman. One is astonished i that its possession U a matter ol con teution between us and tho Indian-, , unless it be consuh red that it lies , between the beautiful and supposed I gold-bearing regions north, u ?rlh- west, and northeast and appro. ic:iini civilization. At Sage creek we obi lined water ouly fiom prairie veis, iherv being no running .streams and at In: sotiln and worth fork il w..s verj Mile better. What walt-r lli.re was soon became muddied by tlie two tin -u sand hore i and niule.s aecom p niy iug the comin.ind. Iu my endeavors Io procure a purer and eli-irer supply for culinary aud drinking uu:-poses I dug a hole near the bank, Mink a hard-tack (cracker) bur, aud relurmd to my I nt, c nigra tul a.i .V4 my tut I upon the practicable ear'y aeiumuhi-lion aeiumuhi-lion of a sulhciently portable quality of water. Imagine, then, my .-11 r prise, aud disgust when relnrnnn;. tin cop in hand, louud a paukrT, n Mext can packer, engaged in washing his toet in my well! 1 pardoned the offense because no greaser wax ever before guilty of such an ablution. FORT PHIL KKAUSKY. The command marched to o!d Fort Kearney, thiouh Urn most beautiful country who have yet sjen. Our route lay along and among the fast hills ol the liig i lorn rang:1, dcius, saye brush, and grease ood has in a measure gradually disapp vred and been replaced by excellent ami abundant grass. "What a nnmiiu cent grazing country !" w.i tne ex clamalion ot every one; and imbed ii is safe to predict that before many years shall elapse these Fcrdan'. hdis wni in-covered in-covered by roving In rda o! e itili- .i;ui tlgcks of sheep, and th - vjlii-y ' .otted Witc harnk-lb and farms. Approaching Piiil Ke.utnv. a , lovely sheet ot water made Us an pearance upon liie right ot our trail. It is about two miles long by one ar,,i ft half wide, and is called upon niiut maps iviiie ue Mnei, mil known to frontiersmen as L ikSniilh. It owes the former name in Kuthtr IV Srm t, tb first mi-iionaiy (o the Flalhi uds the ItlbT to a well known a,'i,ni. hiuil'-r, 1. nd baek -voo.isnian, '.' leg Small or Mo:itana, w'no, beinj; r wounded by Indians, amputated ln own leg upon its bank. The Imniei men believe Dial tins lake is ho'.i in ' les-. 1 Old Pni! Ke.wM.-y in mo.t b.-. m-tuliy m-tuliy loeatid in .1 lovely v.n.- y 3ur-roundt-d by I i fly i ill-, whom! ver.liut; remind a 11 ol the npnro ude-; to the Green MminUiih of Vennom. Since the abandoime lit til the i '.-l. a"i-r the in issacre by u.u Sioo.x u' (.Mpi. Fdtterman j. t.uiidre! men in Jj.Tnot-r, JJ'jd, Uie lups ol lios expedition are t'ne J 1 r -1 who hav-visited hav-visited it. TllK v le-St KlUIIT. Iu e.ui'.p on the Tonguo r J v r on the S'.b, w nere t!it; con: m and wa watting for mo In ban allien, they werti allark'- l fnni tiie oppo-u:o sute o: tiie nwr by the Smiix, wno wi-ie hi a ui dialodg.il and finven an.tv tiy it cavalry battalion, whirb r,,i-i'd Hie river, only two ol the tldn r, being slightly wo. itided. Join ctlieers and men of 11 l.-ree appeared l.i r p- sn i nem-e! Vfn mo-. I ni illfrnly. I Imve been uiuen .-! roeK , j indeed, by llieir IitNiavior upon tliu expedition. Kery order is ele'.'i Inl'y ami promptly ob.yul, and hardship and exposure arc i-mliii-rd wilbout a inurmur; but httlo enlim-i;i-.in i m:inife tel. Stern dul) teems their .,u.j. in m..-iik mi uii-;.f mj: oi iii' ir action. Nor i it lo Ii gie illy won I tiered ut. Th.-y tight an un-eeu ami 7'vagf) foe -if vieior.ii.m, th,.y lUe :",ers; it deleaf.l, -1W;111U iif- "yiimiiy is nol wilii Inen,, ;iu "l"1"-) doe- not siMain them: but tlicy vtii..,(( wh;U l)u cunceire tt. be duty. .y,.ri N Y Sllllm |