, 1873-05-01
THE INDIANS.
F3''t
Official ConfrE cation Of the Last
Slaughter .s5y tho hIodocs.
Additional 1rod : to Bo Sent to the
Scene : Operations.


Special Dfspatch 10 Tia Chicago Tribune.
WARRINGTON, April 3o.-OMc1a1 dispatches received
at tho War Department today give full confirmation
Of tho prean reports regarding tho latest and most ter
ribo features Of tho campaign ngainst tho Modocs.
IA aoon they were received Secretary Robson
called Upon Con. Sherman, when prolonged CONSUL
taslon cnaol dou. Sherman had previously expressed
tho hopc tint tho rreaa reports exaggerated. He
did not bceVo TINT our forces Ind been B1,rprtecds
and was inclined to donounco tho atory told In
tho morning papers, "a Sensational and untrue.
Tho result Of the consultation was decision
to concentrate. nil the available forces On
tho Pac1ao ts1opa for the support Of Con. jeff. q.
Dnyis, WHO has asBunacd command: This decision,
Aoucvor, s virtually repetition Of tito reats Of
ercctuay surrounding tho hodocs, Gen Sherman re-
marked tut there arc not troops enough under arns
2 ss II ssa aa nas
.9 surround Il withi 10000 mon. Il il pro6sbe
Capt. Jack now numbers about ono thousand mon,
including tho cavalry and artillery, tho usefulness of
va!ling ID the camp No ndlton. newa lad been M re-
ceiyed at tho Indian Bureau. general Impression
esaSdins future operations Of to sav"sss had boen
haay reached 1t known that tho succeaa of Capt.
.ts 5ash 9,' baaa viii 10 70 other band; aad
ssss rsa b it sy as &. Snsh Ss .asss, ssss
70 tho lava-bsds may havo conmnutoated not oily H.
formation to other hostile sayngca but invitations to
IF &roo aSas. e hpaeSe
IN Arizona are too remote from the Bceuo Of Gen. Gil
ss n3 f.. dfts to sa ss s n
experienced with tie majority Of tic unoviize tribes
t~Sc u e;sh S Ths explanation e
natural soniofs or Sy testips F5sir t5s
oger ] nt to ho N nss
n circles, Tho EXPRESSION Of rvgre and chsgrn
wsre sscrlaced wero wei known and Highly Fespected
through0@%t %t thq army Gen. Iorenzo Thoma the
a Sa q hs; %a an ss
affecting Interview with Gen. Sherman Gen. Thomas,
who Is On The retired lis s quite advanced in years.
cclved tho nnnoxed dispatch from aen. scho6eld:
commanding he c"mp OH the M wes t9 side f of he Law
Dods, oracrt: Capt. Thomas, Of tho Fourth Artillery,
aud p9Ety Of Warm Srrns Inatans about 70 soldiers
eamP; The p9rty lsft the es,np anoat u O'clock
rcstng. No Indians Ind been sccn sddenly tho party
wns fired upon by Indians, and compelled to retire.
r.
4th @ artillery. aud Lieut. Thoma4 bpm r Wright q tho
ston, Of ths 1t nrcry, haa not been found. It Is
supposed that they wero killed: Lieut. Geo. n. Harris
ana Acting Surgeon ?. semIg a5o seriousy.
enl!ated mon wcro killed md wounded. Az the ofaeera
and part of tho ro.naned together and fought nka
hrrocs but tho Indians secured the advantage
tho resn, RSf0n before o 0'1s ss,n ''99sssa gss:
will 10 laken TO Y1cka tomorrow. Tho bodies Of four
warriors have boon found Mt near tho OF the
battle Capt. Mendenal} reports from BnrettaV1llc,
and ia expected to join ou tho J0th The Indians
cnpy position In tho rocs about four miles south o1
their It will 30 impossible to surround them
with the forca ut route to this place. Tho cir-
cumferenco Of tho Lawn hetl1 IL about 30 miles. Gen.
Davis is expected Tomorrow. Myat 4tllet and Gen,
Davis atarto0 from Ireka for tho avabcds this rorn
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and tho presldcnt In the way Ut consultation to fu
| turo army movements.
New YonK, April 30--A Washington special says:
Tho result Of tho consultation between Gen. Sherman
md Secretary Robson will 10 the transfer Of largo
number OF troops from cast Of Tho Rocky Mountains to
| n,inAto the Motoca.
| TORONTO, Ont, April a0.-A dispatch from Fort
Garry {Afanobn) BayB: Information has beon
ceiYed from trustworthy source to tho effect that
American Traders having poisoned Little Knife
mud Sitting BILL sioux Uhiefs at Cypress Hill, $50 miles
from Fort Garry in the British Territory, tho Sioux
fell tho po8t aud lnasaacrod all tho Americans and
| haf-brcetH IN the vicinity.
Tho TFinnobnK0oa--Enlso Rumofs.
| PARSONS, Kas., April 3o-Euoch HoaR, supern-
tcndent Of 1ndIan Affairs passed down the road to-
| day with delegation Of Winnebago Indians from
Wisconsin, who go to select homie IN tue western
part Of the Inlnn Territory for their tribe, Which
| numbers about 900 persons.
ToPEkA, April 3o.-Full adviccs from tho Southwest
loavo no room to doubt that tho recent stories Of
Indian outragca In TINT locality pure inventions.
There no losto troublesome Indians within LOG
| miles Of tho outer1nost settlements.