Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-04-18
ALL THE FRONTIERS AGITATED,

The indications are that the present
year will be memorable for Indian dis
turbanees and military operations all
along the frontiers. From the Upper
Missouri to the mouth of the Gila the
savages are uneasy and threatening. Up
in northern Idaho the strongest wing Of
the Nez Perez or Pierced-nosa Indians
are rebellious in spirit and have assumed
an attitude of defiance towards the Gen
eral Government. They are firm in their
determination to not go on any rescrva-
ton, as they have been ordered to do,
and say they will stay where they are and
scalp all intruding whites. They now
occupy the fine valley OF the Wallowa,
which is surrounded by settlements. And
they even refuse to accept the Wallowa
as a reservation, their chief saying he
will go and come when and where he
pleases, and that he will not allow mis-
sionaries or government agents to inter
fere with his tribe in any form or capaci-
ty. 1t is believed coerciye measures will
be necessary in their case.
And then we have a great campaign
planned for operations against the Vel
lowstone tribes the coming summer,
under command of Col. Eugene Baker,
well-known , in connection with the
slaughter Of the Piegans, north Of Fort
Benton, couple Of years ago. Last
spring Col. Baker, then at the head Of
between four and five hundred men, was
attacked By the Souix and Arrapahoes,
about half way between Bozeman ard
the mouth of Powder river, and forced to
retreat back TO Fort Ellis, at the head Of
the Gallatin Valley A number Of his
men were killed in the attack, besides
two surveyors of y. P. Il. r. Co. All
efforts to reconcile the Yellowstone tribes
to the construction of the railroad since
then have been fruitless; they say they
will resist the construction as long
as they can fire a gun or pull bow
string, and the pending campaign may
necessarily be in the nature Of war o
extermination. The Yellowstone con
federated tribes number several thousan,
warriors, and we look for a long AM
bloody campaign against them.
And, again, the reports from Gilman
ron and Red rivers, on the Westerl
frontier of the Indian Territory, Civ
every evidence of unusual uneasines
among the savages. Those regions ar
inhabited by the Cheyenues, Arrapahoes
Kiowas and Commanches, who rang
along the healwa.e"s of the Cimarro
and Red rivers. They have kept con
paratiyely quiet since the lesson taugl
them by Gen. Sheridan in the winter {
1869 The ''dog-soldier" Cheyennes al
composed of the most fierce and relen
less Of these sayages. Several surveyor
parties have been attacked and The
members killed by them recent
This restless spirit seems 10 p1eva
among them ALL and the opinion is Sc
eral that the chief officer of the army
needed in order 10 prevent a general /
dian war down there during the comir
summer. The Seventh Cavalry has ju
started for the plains. If necessary,
further reinforcement will be speed
sent in that direction.
We now have an Indian war in pr
gress in Arizona and New Mexico, and
seems to be the aim of the War Depal
ment, in prosecuting it, to conquer
permanent peace.
1t looks very like the time is drawi
near for the pen of the historian to be s
in motion that is to write the Last Fel
Of the Red Man.