Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-08-23
INDIAN NEWS.
Howard Still In Pursuit Of the
HostiIes.
Their Stock Was IN lad Condition.
Bst Thsy Recruited Il From Howard's
Pack Train.
INDIAN NEWS.

INDIAN NEWS.
Chicago, Aug. 23-Gen. Howard telc.
graphs from camp on Shot Gun creek. Us
follows:
TO General Crooh: 4,
! am operating In your department near
Henry lake. Bainbridgc. with scouts. ar.
rived last night They will hc Of material
service. The l,ostilcs are jus. now aiming
towards the Crow country.
Salt Lake, Aug 23.-ien. Howard's
force. in pursuit Of the hostile Indians,
passed Pleasant Valley. Idaho. on the Goth
ON their way south. They went as far south
on the stage road as Dry Creek stage sta.
ton. eight miles south, aud then turned
east towards the head OF Camas creek The
h"stiles had crossed the range some fifty OF
sixty miles 10 the west, aud had arrived up
the stage road on the 10Th, taking posses.
sion Of Hole in-the- Rock stage station, &c
miles south from Pleasan. Valley. The
Indians destroyed the telegraph line in that
vicinity, and stopped the stages and all
travel upon tile road, and were in the neigh
borhood OF this station three days The
Indians had been for nearly two days with.
out water when they. arrived upon the stage
line, and their stock WAS much scattered and
in bad condition. They stopped TO gathe,
all loose stock and feed the animals, usins
or destroying all grain at the station, and
destroying all property there, including
some twenty sets of harness. The Indian
LEFT Hole-in-rock station the 10Th or Goth
on the approach Of Howards going eas
or northeast, and surprised Hovard's men
who had charge Of the pack animals an,
loose stock, at daylight in the forenoon o
the 2Oth, at Lanes Mead
ows, which is about 20 miles east of DR.,
Creek stage station. The Indians got ava,
with a'out one hundred of Howard's pacI
animals, and also about thirty horses belong
ing to Montana vollen:een. Capt. Norwood
and Col. Sanford followed the Indians Will
three compsnies Of cavalry and. overlook
them about ak miles distance,
when there was skirmish in which ont
soldier was killed aud six wounded. The
wounded were taken to Pleasant VALLEY
station, when one named Samuel A Glas.
has since died. Howard has been reinforced
by Capt. Bainbridge from Ft. Hall, will
one company and about fifty Baunock In.
dians, and are at present in pursuit of tn,
hos,iles, who are supposed to be making 70
Herry's lake, which is about GO mile
northeast from the stage road
where the crossing was made. Howard,
force was camped yesterday morning OF
Shot Gun creek, which is about forty fiv
miles distant from tbs stage road. On tn
goth Howard's force was increased BY tn
arrival of Col. Miller, with about 90
infantry in wagons Howard had with hin
abou. $50 cavalry in addition to the fore
with Captain Bainbridge. While Howar
was camped at Junction, eighteen miles nortl
Of Pleasant Valley, he sent sixty men an
! some Indian scouts across the country /
Henry's lake, TO intercept the Iudian.
This command did not find the Indian
there, and returned aud passed Pleasau
Valley yesterday. on their way after How
ard. All but eight or ten Virginia CT,
> volunteers have gone home. The Indian
have not been in any hurry, or anxious I
avoid the fight. They are supposed I
, number between 400 or 500, aud seem to b
I making their way towards the Grow cour
try. on the Yellowstone.
The freight train Of Jas. Hoydcu, on ,h
Salmon nver road. is supposed to have bee
DESTROYED by the Indians. as Il number {
mules belonging 10 him have been found o
the stage road; also the mules Of auothe
train belonging N Col Shoupe. A courie
is expected from Howard to day.
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