Show crooks official report of his gatei fight right with the indians the following is the official ac act t count of general crooks hat aate elight with the lu indiana diani dated camp near owl creek dakota territory sep bep sepe forwarded to 0 general Sherl Sher dans idana headquarters at ai chicago cM arched marched from heart river passing d a great many trails of inu ind indiana lans labs going down dow fiall all ali the different streams we crossed be tweda he art river and this poin point i apparent 5 a re nil nii ny wo working rodg their way in hy ta awards ow ards th the different agencies al although though some bome of the trails tralis seemed fresh our an animals were nob not in h a condition to tb pursue them themi from the north T fork pork of the grand river I 1 sent captain tal in mills of the ad Cay cavalry alry airy wl with men mounted on our T t hor horses sesto to go ia in advance t to 0 dea deadwood to procure supplies of provisions on the evening of thesta near slime buttes herisco ho disco heredia hostile village of thirty odd lod iod lodges and lay by them that nig hta d the next morning attacked the them by surprise da g the village sonie songe some bome provisions and a number bf ponies and killed some of the indians among the indians was the chief died from bib his wounds aften after surrendering to ulf us our own casualties were wore slight but among union them was 0 3rd cavalry wo wounded seriously and leg since amputated in n the village were found besides great quantities of meat and ammunition an army guidon portions of and bon mon commissioned noncommissioned uniforms and other indications that the indians of this MV village Illa lila gehad had participated in the custen ouster massacre our main column got up about noon that day and lind was shortly after attacked by a cons considerable id erable body bodi of bf indians who the w said belonged to the tho village of crazy was camped somewhere between their village 6 and the little missouri river niver this attack was wag undoubtedly made mad emder funder the supposition that captain mills mille command had Tec received elved elvea reinforcements the prisoners further stated that most of the hostile indians were now going into info the agencies with the exception of crazy cravy honse horse and sitting bull with etli their immediate followers crazy horse intended ti to renia renja remain idl iii near neau the headwaters of the little LIM 8 missouri and about 0 one ne half of sitting bitting Bull ja bandy numbering bering from fron k sixty to olle one hundred lodges had gone north of the twe yel Yellowstone hiie wl hile illethe the remainder of that thit ba band U i d with some tin eln ans ang ein arcs ra dil ill gatis and un capa tins as lad had had gone id lii the vicinity of in antelope delope butte buttis s there to fatten their ponies aid and nid ta the rees bees and others ph place 66 great reliance in th sta tue tub menta ments from other evidence which I 1 have these indian with sli jil ting bull wiil will amount probably to tb three or br iad I 1 iode 1 r lode eddei at and dj in aily liik my opinion CA can arv mtv VR epis easily 4 I 1 N bla bia struck ru by general terry a co coia cola 16 M muni 1 junr o ag in lilt g march marching ipg 13 91 or derand undeen den det cover covet our pur their P uly conform ed in every particular ris itea d dy tel tei telegraphed inobe ou bu wha 1 ia beety diat hard ardi argi marcu ardt lere ere fr iau ia lyu U river mleta b ja ofil rib riu no hage have particle I 1 of a vod tod the bhe rea ten ter the ei time me we were L aren drenched ched by cold rd made very b eavy heavy A great eatn daany ny of avem e anin I 1 eave gave av out and had bad fo to bey ber abandoned 60 IT tife tige others are now in su such buch ch a adix con edition that the greater number of them will not nov lye lae able to resume the campaign until alther a reasonable rest 1 I iker to haye have about horses hones preferably the half dredd lidies li oies ores raffled rafted ou on the la itara Iiara ra irlie V 0 in at he 4 of Ie leri Ieti river verano anu and acclimated tout hia hla ca country WV K L intend to tp carry put the programmer 1 mentioned edin in ni my las dispatch afa via mia fart fore LL shall shail remain an fn n the vicinity hoc noC of deadwood antil til arrival df wagon tra train in 0 01 1 i u lab signed geo gro J ft 11 f g ae ir t L T T |