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Show LATEST DISPATCHES. GENERAL. Tho Squaw Story a Hoax rool ami Terry ISuve I uilcil nuil are Following tlie ludiuu Truil. LooHing For a FizUt. Sows Fro m Sitltufr tin II He is Auxious lo Ma Lee Fence. Ton ThousuuJ Frightened UarrioiN iu the Ficlti, Kusl-liui; Kusl-liui; Cor .Ucui uud Sculps. St. Paul, 18. Captain Colliua of the Seventh infantry arrived at Bismarck Bis-marck from Fort Bu ford last night. He fails to confirm the squaw re-norls re-norls of the recent battle between the Indiaus and Terry's forces. Scouts from Terry 's colli m n , two days out, arrived at Buford on Monday Mon-day evening. Couriers who arrived at tho supply depot at the mouth ot Rosebud on the 11th instant, report that Terry's command met the head of General Crook's command early on tho 10th. Crook's men were following follow-ing a large Indian trail in the direc tion of Fowder river, Un a Bhort consultation of Generals Terry and Crook the commands wero united and proceeded on the trail Crook was following. Tho Fifth infantry was detached from 'Larry's column aud ordered back to the stockade with urders to take -10,000 rations, embark on the steamer -tar West and patrol the Yellowstone river as iar as the mouth of Powder river, and ascertain whether the Indians had succeeded in crossing the Yellowstone, it not, they are to prevent them. In the meantime mean-time Terry will comedown on them with the combined commands and force a battle. It is not positively known whether the Indians are on Tongue river or Powder river. Five hundred Crows volunteered to join General Terry. They were at once rationed and forwarded to him. They will be sent down the north side of the river wilh General Miles' command, the Fifth infantry. A Bismarck special to the Pioneer Press saya the steamer Eur 'est was fired into a few miles below Fort Buford on Tuesday by a party of fifty Indians without material harm. Armed Indians recently ran of! a herd of -100 beef cattle from the Black Ililis, killing all but one. A number of horses have also heeu run oft". The boys killed one Indian, and his head was preserved in alcohol and will be sent to Washington when an opportunity presents. Grey-Eagle's Grey-Eagle's scalp, taken by Dave Campe ' bell, was sent to the Bismarck Tribun by steamer Josephine. Medicine Cloud and his party belonging to the 1 Fort Peck agency, by whom Major Mitchell, Indian agent at Fort Peck, sent to Sitting Bull a message on May 22 last, has returned to the agency. The message sent by Major Mitchell to Sitting Bull was to the ehVct that he desired him to come and visit Fort Peck, hoping such a step would result in his retiring upon the reservation and ceasing from hostilities hos-tilities against the whites. Sitting Bull replied July :27th: "Tell him 1 am commg before long to his post to trade. Tell him 1 did not commence the war; I am getting old; that I did uot want to light, but the whites rush on me aud I am compelled to defend niysell; that but for the soldiers sol-diers stationed on Rosebud, I, with my peonle, would h'ave been there before; "that if I was assured of the protection of the great fatuei I would go to Fort Peck for the purpose of making peace. 1 and the other chiefs want the Black Hills abandoned aband-oned and we will make peace." Medicine Cloud numbers tlie boa -tiles as consisting of Brules, Uncapa-pas, Uncapa-pas, Teton3, Mmneconjas, Sarasacs, Ogallalas, Cheyenncs and Biackfeet; of the latter but thirty lodges. ile says he does not remember the names of many of the leading chiefs. Four Horns and Black Moon are (Jncapa-pas. (Jncapa-pas. Each nation has two or three chiefs present, and they all insist that they did not intend to fight the whites, but the Santas commenced the trouble. Some years ago the whites crowded them hick, bo thsy took it up. He says also that there are no Yanklouies now with them. He estimates the hoetiles as consisting consist-ing ol from 8,0u) to 10,000 fighting men. Tne Sarasacs aud Cheyenne are the most numerous. Tiiero are no white men cooperating with them, l'hey have plenty of guns and pistols. He thinks ttiey get ammunition from a place called "The Burning Jrouuus," beyond the Black Hills. They captured many horses during the fight and but few mules. Tuc Blackfeet Indians made many pres ents, consisting oi uursei, eic, 10 me warriors, in order lo induce them to retire from the conflict, but alter accepting ac-cepting the offering tbo request was not allowed. They watch continually for whites, not intending to attack them, but to light hard in their own defense. They are living entirely on meat, which they find it hard to pro cure, owing to the close proximity of whites. Tne hostile camp is now on Tongue river, south of tho Yellowstone, Yellow-stone, one and a half day's ride. The Indians are in a constant state ol alarm. There i3 no sleep in their camp. In the fight of the Little Big Horn the total number of Indiana killed was thirty-one, and his estimate of our loss corresponds with what has heretofore been published. Ho saw rive dead Indiana in the camp drcsseJ in citizenu clothes. The horses sacrificed sac-rificed around the tent wero tho prop erty of the dead men and wero killed in accordance with their religion. Tnu letter concludes: "While! arn writing a large party of hostile Indians In-dians just arrived upon tho opposite bank of tho river, including tho soiib nf the chiefs Four Horns aud Black Moon, and are now engaged in telegraphing tele-graphing across tho river by signs to Indiana on this side, but what their object is has not yot transpired." sioriE Tr.oortf. Sioux City, Iowa, 18. 0 tho seven companies of the Klcvcnth infantry ordered to points on tho Upper Missouri river from Texas, two companies, com-panies, under Captain Sanderson, arrived hero to day and wont went by tho Dakota Southern, Tho other will follow closely. Tho Indians abovo are quiet, nnd no trouble is anticipated now. |