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Show TELEGRAPHIC . REPORTED FIGHTS. Nw from Intliun Nources llml NtltliiK Bull lias lleuu ItnUJj W lilpped.. A Sioux Squaw Sf3S It in by Too Li uud Others Haj hy Terry. I'EOM 1IELEXA, Helena, M. T., 13. The Indtpend-cut's Indtpend-cut's Bozenian, Montana, special ol August 12, says that a Sioux efjuaw hud come into the Crow camp and report a terrible battle; thai Crook had almost annihilated the Sioui and had the remainder in such a position as to force their surrender. Parlies from the Crow agency bring this news. Jt may be (really exayerattd if not entirely false. NOT CONFIRMED. Washington, 14. On inquiry at the Sioui headquarters to-duy it is ; ascertained that nothing whatever baa been received confirmatory of the I report of the Sioui squaw that a ter-rib9 ter-rib9 battle has taken place between General Crook and the Sioui Indiana and that the latter had been almost annihilated. While hopes are expressed ex-pressed that the report may prove to be true, the story is considered doubtful. inOM LARAMIE. Chicago, 14. K. Williams, assistant assist-ant adjutant general at Omaha, telegraphs tele-graphs to General Sheridan's headquarters head-quarters hero that the following has jiut bgen received by him: Fort Laramie, August 14. The report of General Terry's fight with Silling Bull is confirmed through Indiana coming into Spotted Tail agency. They report a heavy engagement, en-gagement, the defeut of the Indians with great Iocs and Silling Bull wounded. i (Signed) Towxsend. i It is proper to say that the accu racy of the intormatien contained in this dispatch, coming from the source it does, is discredited. |