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Show Tne correspondent of r.n n. Ttmtt with(i--ueral Cnok,5e1.1'1l''0lL: Miys ol the lilit ot tne 17lli, it,w"" ' s.o,,r prov-t tb-mselve.s the b btiituig IndiaiH H,l evr tinl ab(j Ilea ten on one rmg lliey rt-tuvii. behind be-hind auollie.-, ho that we v.vi., pelletl lo ketp fullownin tliem n., e-tpoeiiig our line all tm time. in', log Irom their pomes, ilu-ir boirt were generally a Utile Iihi uign. At leant oO warnoid und 1(h) ot their ponicH lay doad along the ridgen The number of woiin.le.1 uinliarrai if the Indian eliiel. lln hml im-i ol the killed and all ot tin- Injun-' strapped strap-ped to horses und carried -'it. 1'bi; Sioux thiiii broke and ran t' a north westerly ilireetion, b l""'iUi all their ellorts the hiit'k's anu vVowa took o scalps, i -'"nil vlioi. reai n.., CrtKik that ll" i"1'""! village was tie-sor tie-sor luii, m-' lie I'ninedi .tely K,i,t (.'apt. ''"kerfioii, ot tlio statl, to t nu. ..aicli. Tina wiw done v. i v reju-t-Mnily. Tho command ,i,e,"i .,,uih-wiird .,,uih-wiird ouch morn, Silling Hud cim-hi , :o cover ti.e retreat ot his women und eliililrmi, which wns rapMiv iiirniij-plishetl, iiirniij-plishetl, Mu t,v, hop.d to oe.u ( Yook in upon lighi, but tin: command slept on the field ol butilo. uur ,mi liuinitiuii was Itidni;, tun ralinns nearly ont. Tne huiians could ll(i then be Kiirpiied, no it w.m deeiiied Ui rely nn our Im-e, ol Huppin g n mt reeuperatw. Wen. Crook in now satml'icd 1 1 ml. inn Sinus can and will tinhl. 'J'hey aie belter armed than Ins own Koidiers. (M the buirr it iniiittbn unid that brayiT men never dit etl tin enemy. 'I hey would cbaign the Sioux to llm cule ol bell had they btien allowed. |