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Show 1XDIAXS. IVm-oTal Bciiro Commission Silting Hull's Itruves Cliew-iii- Kuivliiile A Fight Expected. Ex-pected. Cheyenno, 31. Tho Indian commission com-mission did not leave this morning, as they intended last night. They have been engaged here today perfecting a plan of operations upon which to proceed on their arrival at the agencies. agen-cies. They leave to morrow morning. morn-ing. Iu their consultation to day a feeling of perlcct unanimity prevailed among the members, aud appearances indicate hurmonious action in the performance of their duties. A courier who left the camp of Crook and Terry on the 20th, at the mouth of lovder river, arrived at Fetterman to-night. The command was then on the trail, which was estimated esti-mated at 10,000 ponies. Camp fires indicate seven distinct bands. There is reason to believo the Indians are almost destitute of food, and traces left in the deserted camps indicate that they are reduced to the extremity of eating rawhides for tood. All the Snake allies have gono home, the Crows remaining. General Crook fully expects to strike Sitting Bull in a tew days. IXDIAN3 ATTACKING MINERS. . Omaha, 31. A. A. Jones, agent of Clark's pony express at Deadwood city, arrived at Sidney this morning. He says the Indians raided the road between Custer and Deadwood on the 20th, and killed Western Smith, a minister, and three miners named Ike Brown, Folins and Mason, carrying ofi their Block. On the 22d they made a raid on a party five miles south of Custer city, and killed Jas. tidd, Samuel Wallace, Jacob YVeilly and Thompson. The Indians are supposed to be northern Sioux from the hostile camp, on the road to the iceucies. Joues says the country is full of Indians. There is no truth in the statement of Deadwood being cor-raled. cor-raled. Chicago, 31. Inter-Ocean1 3 Yankton: Yank-ton: The steamer W'csUrn brings returning re-turning Black Killers, who give the startling intelligence that some hundreds hun-dreds of Silting Bull's Indians have arrived in the Black Hills and ore raiding on the settlements. Between tho ISth and 21st of August eleven men wero killed in the vicinity o Kaoid city and Crook city. Tlieii names, so far as known, are given as Charles Hailer, Sioux city; Isaac Brown, Yankton; George Jones and Mr. Eeckart, Colorado; Charles Mul-berger, Mul-berger, M. Smith, Mr. IUterson and four unknown. They were picked oil singly. The steamer Nellie Feck, with six companies of the Eleventh infantry, left here to-night for the Cheyenne agency. |