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Show GENERAL CROOK'S INDIAN CAMPAIGN. A correspondent of llm Denver iw.t, with (ien, Crook'n Hi g Horn expedition, write from Fort Feiter-iniiii, Feiter-iniiii, February '"ilh, that it inm-Ulnd beyond a doubt that Lhn Indiana roaming throughout tho Big Horn, Powder Uiver, and oilier region surrounding sur-rounding him Lo lo removed uanlward, and lo bu lontted in thu vicinity ol Forts Sully, rtt. Piurrn and Uioti, on tho Mi-souii rivir. Tho Indians composing Ived Cloud and Sputti d l'ail agencieri aro also to bo concflii-(rated concflii-(rated and moved in the Hamo direction, direc-tion, thus leaving Wyoming entire and lure,) portions of Montana nnd Dakota almost completely freed from their prcfteut ban, tlio presence of the red man. Aside from the laio extent ex-tent of valuable territory, which will then bo thrown open lo settlement and consciiueiit development, other and no h-M i in pur Lmt reasons uro given far this action. Stationed along the MifDi.-,iippi, much nearer to supply sup-ply points, and with tho advantages ol Almost direct rail and water transportation, trans-portation, the expeiieo of maiulnining both military poets and ugeiieics will bo reduced from ono-thirJ to one-half. one-half. Tlio entire urniy and interior machinery can bo concentrated, simpliliod, and rendered far more edit icnt ;ls well as economical. 'Ihe Big Horn expedition will con-i-l tif live batalhons of cavalry, of two companies each, and one balal-lion balal-lion ol infantry, also composed of two eompMii' s. Col. J. J. Reynolds : d'-ignaied na commander, while Gen. Cn nk n !"' accompanies, and will take tho field in person with the ollicer named. Col. T. H. titan ton is cnief nl perhaps as hue a corps of scout a as has ever been organized in nn Indian campaign especially if exjiericneo goea lor aught. Among the Iwenty-livr or thirty selected, are tuch nu n as Jules Kculiee, who has non almost a quarter of a century of service as scout, guide, etc., in the llvky Mountain country; Ben (.'lark, from Indian territory, for a long time one of Gen. Crook's principal prin-cipal scouts, and pent for by the general gen-eral (or this expedition ; Baptiolc Poirriir, a well versed French frontier-man. and for a long time scout at Furl Laramie; Speed Stayer, post ytn.io at Fort Fetterman, and Ixiuis Richard, a half breed Sioux, who was f mm on the expeditions of Generals Smith and Connor. Of the ollieers of b.itallious 1 hope to have more to say on better acquaintance. Slock to the amount of over fifteen hundred head will be required in the dilK-rent departments. Of these aluut ti-Ai hor.ius will bo required in for cavalry service, 4m) mules for the wagon train, and 300 pack mules. Jt is said that the Indians through-cut through-cut the country are fully informed in reference to Gen. Crook's movement. The entire command is to proceed in, one body to a northwesterly courne, taking in old Fort Reno and old Fort Phil kViriiev en r,.utr llfvniul this, nothing is definitely known, save tnat where Indians are ascertained to bo by the scouts, there tho command win be. |