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Show Late From the Seat of ffar. Musician O. Sullivan of company r 1, 14th infantry, arrived last evening , from General Crook's command on i Goose creek, Wyoming, his lime of j service haviui; expired. Accompany- J ing him were Private Genson and i Texas Bob, an Iuaiau scout. They ( travelled by nit;ht through a series of prairie fires, and were four days making the trip to Fetterman. Saw no Indiana on the way. Texas Bob was the bearer of dispatches, which were safely delivered. Mr. Sullivan statos that news bad been received at Goose creek of a fight with Terry, in which the Indians got worsted, but nothing was said about Sitting Bull beiug wounded. The news was brought hy the three soldiers recently complimented by General Terry in a dispatch from St. Paul. General Crook's command were in good spirits and spoiling for a fight. Provisions were-plenly of the coarser kind. The soldiers had caught immense quantities of trout in Tonguo river, which helped their bill of fare considerably. The general health wu'j good. Orders were given to move on tho 5th towards Terry. Washakie's band of Indians bad a grand scalp dauce on the 2d instant. The general opinion of the soldiers was that Washakie's band would give General 8. Bull's command a jjood shaking up when they met in doadly array. Mr. Sullivan thinks that General Crook is the right man in the right place. He has a fully developed mountaineer style about him; does not say much and keeps his own counsel, so that little is known about what he is going to do until they get the order to do it. Around tho camp was a Bplendid grazing country, and, to use Mr. Sullivan's words was "too good a country for Indi-.n." The officers and men wliu recently left Camp Douglas wr in good fighting trim and in the best of spirits. |