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Show I.IMiltll, otooii. AHer (lie Ite.liUlnx- i I.nrK Ntipply lit' Arm ntul Allium. iiiliou ICNlrojd. Chicago, 25. Tho following lelo-grani lelo-grani wua recuiviRl at General Sheridan's Sheri-dan's headquarters this morning: Kurt ileno, March 22d, 187b I cut louse (rum tho waun train on the 1 7th iiihlant. Scouicd Tongue and Rosebud rivers until Biitielitd there wern no Indians upon them, then Mimk aenma the country towards I'owdcr river. General Reynolds willi a part of tho command, waa pushed forward on lh trail leading lo tho villago of Crazy Horso, near the mouth of Little 1'ovvdor river. This In) attacked and dcHlroyed on thn 17fh, finding it a perfect magazine of ammunition ami war materials and general aupplya. Crazy Home had with him iho northern Cheycimes and Minnecoiiioen, probably in all one half ol the Indians of the reservation. reserva-tion. . Every evidence waa found to prove that these Indians aro in copartnership co-partnership with thono at tho Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies, and that the proceeds of their raids upon llio belllements had been taken to these agencies and a supply brought out in return. In this connection I would urgently recoinmeud tho immediate im-mediate transfer of tho Indians of thuic agencies to thoMissouri, I am niui.-ued that it Bitting Bull ia on this Hido of tho Yellowstone that he is camped at the mouth of Powder river. llavo had terribly severe weather during our absence from tho I wagon trains. It haa snowed everyday every-day but ono and the mercurial ther-i ther-i mometer on several occasions failed j to regialur. (Signed) Gto. CitooK, Brig. C!en. |