The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1868-08-14
THE INDIAN KxCITEMENr.

The invasion of the Indians which
has caused such excitement at Diamond
City, and concerning which we spoke in
our last issue, is more extensive than AZ
first supposed. Mr.. Miller, of the finn
of Hall * Miller, informs us that the
same party which drove off all the stock
in the upper portion of Confed6rate
Gulch on Sunday night, made thCir sp--
pcarancc in Thompson's Gulch but =
rev lIOOrs previous TO their desc &c Oh
Diamond. The miners retreated % E.a-
gle City where they raised forces and
started in pursuit of the Indians. The
indians seemed to mediate the caI.ture
of the place by flank movement, bat
meeting with a show of determined re-
sistance on the part of the whites, Te-
treated in the direction of Diamond
City. 4 half breed who found one OF
the moccasins of the rec-devil bard de-
clared the Indians to be Bloods. The
savages had cut off all communication
between Diamond City and Thompsnu's
Gulch. and it is thought that Mr. Stubbs
who drives the stage between those
places was killed on Sunday. Mr. NIL
ler was compelled to return from Tboin,l -
son by a route other than that usually
travelled. But not only on the east. bat
on the west side of the Missouri the In
dians seem TO have been operating. On
Sunday night Mr.. p. :. Bradbury, the
Lincoln Gulch expressman, lost a large
amount of stock, some forty or 6fty
head as nearly as We could ascertain,
which is supposed to have been driven
off by Indians. This stock was taken
from point on the road between hare
and Lincoln, probably in the vicinity oi
Canyon Creek. During yesterday Capt
Dusold and Mr.. Metcalf, the committee
appointed by the meeting at Diamond
for the purpose of soliciting aid from
the citizens of Helena, were using evary
effort to secure proper arms for the de-
fence of their fellow citizens across the
river.
The Territorial arsenal was found 10
contain nothing except inferior weapons
and hence the requests made of our citi-
zens for breech loading rifles About q
dozen of these were secured. Mr.. Met
cali returned to Diamond yesterday al
ternoon. With him he bore a commission
from Gen. Howie, appointing c. p, Head
Colonel of the Sd Regiment of the 1st
Military District, with authority TO raise
men sufficient for the full protection u
the. citizens. Z. Barron, Esq, left for
Fort Shaw at 3 o'clock yesterday morn
ing, for the purpose of making
prope. representations concerniDr
the ,efenceless condition of the
citizens of Diamond and vicinity, and
for the purpose of asking assistance
aud protection of the commanding Off
Ger of the post. The arrival of the Dia-
mond coach, last night, brought infor-
nation that ten head of stage stock
were stolen by the Indians from the
mouth of Confederate Gulch, night be-
fore last. We also learn from private
letter received by gentleman of this
CITY. that four horses were taken by In
dams from a house in the very heart of
Diamond City, ON Sunday night. II is
also believed that indians were seen
skulking in the outskirts of the town
night before last.
soun Valley, a short distance below
the Upper Ferry, has been robbed of all
the stock he had 4 meeting of the citi-
zens of Diamond was held yesterday
morning. for the purpose OF making
for an active Indian cam
paign. Committees sent TO Thompson's,
Cave, Magpie, Whites and Avalanche
Gulches. and to tho Missouri Valley,
have probably been able TO raise nu-
merous recruits in that locality, who
will Join their friends in Diamond. II
is supposed that well armed cavalry
Iorce of between one and two hundred
men left Diamond last night IN pursuit
Of the savages. upon whom, II over
taken, they will bc Unspariug ot their
revenge.