, 1870-02-03
THE INDIAN COUNTRY.
Bear Chief and His Band slaugh-
tered.
souo Account OF the BiRcAtcct
Nation.
The shostoIe and Bannock indians.
The Big Horn Exploring Expeditions.


The 4IE Hc1u Exploring Exposition.
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tFKoN ouh eFLcIAL ooa2EsfofoxfLl
oxtHAs Jan. 81.
TIE cher topic OF interest In tho Wes: =: the
present ro1 ent 10 the late 1naiau ngat by sna
n. o1a nj Ger Colonel Balera COMMAND In Aon-
,apa
The couexptea engaged in the expedition were
CoupAtS g, Secol Urlseo States CAyai1y. Seneca
n Marion. t.su,a1u: CoMpany F, Sc 3and CaEasy,
q. q @. Rot,.,op. Captain; Company 8, Second
C.rx,.y. EnEad Bat. Captstn: Couaes1y l. Sec |
ard c.vals1. Iesis Thompson, Captain; aud ore
cornary Of tbs Thirteenth U3i1eo STATES In
fanT.
TIE cACsI OF 1HI EXPEDITION,
Esr1y ls4t iii, m old mau rAred N2leoub
Cat {, who lyed on the Benton Rad, VIA mus.
orre,t IN cold tl,od by p.rfy Of BIack(ees Ia.
aleo,. t1a.ke nau tqu2w r:r lie, aud was On
tetua Of ttunacv NiIn the Ind1ua He ID repre-
recteu =. = uoer, ind1,tlous 1zoche man, who |
,ock every OF per unity 10 lesye ard ocfsiend the
/, 3.a1.. By est OF .hom he VIII much beloved |
=. d respected. Some OF tho 1nd!A1s under Bear |
Chez pecap offended At CiAfke, and neteftpIrea
10 dttrroy eim. Tue cause OF tne!r anger IL not
l. oap, bQ: Il no.s ely oliera ed IN eo1e t,tlnr
c;ycuure.ce, Be- tpai q It nay, tho Iad:ar, enc
p,rat rooe up 10 his noase csl!ed Clarke cat and
shot bin ce1a
The natter vas ium.d,a.e,y repnr.ed to the
military coz msnder, Who made dilixeuJ inquiry
u. 10 . h. committed tho murder. Meantime tho
case vas reported 10 tns ausnosiues 1t Waa1i:g-
I, D. aud tn+ telegraph tore Tho name Of tic mfr
der. d uau Ill over the d Ion.
Eta..e hss s,x.sr living in Minnesota, vho Is
married 10 gentleman VINO vat prominent
Ga e.ai III too late esr, and who Il now Al lona.
e1ttal citizen o! The ate. wneu sna LADY heard
Of Fer ptpttef 4 dcs;p rue besouzn. Tue Eoter1-
ent 10 ferret out tho uusdefefa snd bring them
to put tshmens. The enthottttea directed tbs H.
dl,n agents to mako every ct0fs 70 discover the
| aqllrr Indispp, snd Genera 6ully was soon ID
po.sessioa Of the murderer nsue4 The Black
I (sos ~ete DOW calIed npon to give up tue bad In
d.ans but tnu rbey saiIed or Neglected to do uaul
1ar r1vc1nn eEt, ascertstnrg that they would not
ptcdncs them. Instructed the military Commander
10 hold the whole trbe responsible for tho murder
! Of ClArke. Trele were soue further negotiations
| bu1 nothing COLD b done whAn the casa once
n orp ent back to Washington for nDzl ogderI.
| The authorities. after full confederation. de-
ternaoed 10 punish the t11oe.
1 rH1 Hxrzn1r1oN.
Colonel Baker was directed 70 pfepaIe his COM
Hsnd for = Two onsha' scout, and b. In reAdt-
ue.a 10 march IN tue blaekfeetH COUNTY BY the
1sr Of JaruarY. Colonel Batter IL . graduate OF rho
Military Academy at Vert Point snd va,
appointed secoId L,eutenan. OF the Second
d -reo a,es Dragons, JAY ], 1ss7. He WAS
promoted 10 Fir4t Lieutenant and appointed
CAptatn Ia tre Flsrt Urited StA1es EkyslII, tanu.
NJ, ls, lBee He se1ved through the war, With hla
rtsint u, ~htch WE engaged IN the hstt.es ol
u Nnlia1tau,g. Gaite.' MIL, Ke1lys Ford. Upper
vt;lr. &c tyttulH, Tt1,autpor1, Falling Waters
| Todnis TAs eyp, Cod BARBER, Tfevtlan Station
sanf neld, Wocdstock, cedar Greek, D!nEidd!.
| C1ptt uou-s, Fsye Farke, Rice d A1top, and ap
pon IT =. sno = ~ t1eyettcd Msjoe aud L.euten
ant Coot II ic tho regular army, for gallant mt
nettsos1oas cor ducr- At1er the var he went
With LII n eLv TO tue Weat. WheFt It mas btcl
eresged u tic Int IN wan, At oWyhee River
, Idsho. Dec. 48, 1853; STEMS Mountatn, Oregon
: JQ1 -. 1.67: SLrtr Late, Oregon, Sept. 3 1851
Pit, K..~., Cxl,fortls. Seet, 96, 1861. In 1866
co,ol o. Bsker MAS pIonnsed to the Sccond uuiIs
, States Cavalry, and lolred that regimen: in Nc
. rembcr 1stt lie x.s rem, BY General saer1dar
). to cot uAso Fott EIF, which Is at the head q
Galla,tu Valley, reat the 1own cf DczGan, Noe
= tafs rtfHtaI5. B"znau Is 1,7oo miles vest {
!. Duaha. By Inc Union P&clnc Railroad AID COZ
!, | f1nJ + e,aVep.
- cpl1t {; Bsktr made haste to concentrate h
- counaI g. raft OF which vas serving II Damon
:. CITY, Mon,ann, ard ess,J in January set cut ft
a | Fort saas, which In Oh the Sun River. and Ror
go m,ls 3 or-n Of Ellts. Al the time the exped
ton n arrhed the thesmonlstsr stood belo~ xe1
Ana Tie snow S2f 10 many paceo over three lei
deep. When they sr1.ved Al Snav Ia not fnoH
tut tney left there January IL. The BlAckfe
" rarpe through al Northwestern Montana, II
- Eere p,o4 ed TO b somewhere near the Te,,
he ri, CT hen co.ooel Baksr,A column marched tro
~ Fort SHAW, Tue exact place OF the patt1e Ia q
,i' VI Rseb, sus Is vas fought ZONE shere near Il
~ Teron R,ver, about 100 miles yes. Of Fort BeEto
o. when post II On the Missouri, no7th Of Fo
ne snsw neatly ITO mites.
Herr Cnter. the warrior who6s baud VAS st
q. n,.sao. /. ukn oi no great dlsupcton Ia {
W. Btsc,tcct ratlou. ue u tald to bare had aba