Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-08-09

III he also sele9raphed HI. 0sg1nn0 OK
sling how many men Helena could furnish
Il and ordered Csps Fuller tomove with hi
r Oavalry to Deer Lodge-bus afterwald
!. transmitted the following:
3 DEER LODGE, n. TT
E .1oly 3l-1:30P. ~
l To Captain Fuller -
81 Suspend further movements until fur
! Isher orders. Will ask the War Depa1t
J msnt 70 sustain ". B. +. POTTS.
! Tho Secretary of War had on the 1871
,lreferred the Governors Communication
/ regsrding the Aissouls troubles to Gen
ISheEidan, and had also decided that he VA
4 not authorized to respond to the call fol
Authority to raise 500 volunteers. Tn.
latter movement he thought unnecessary
a. Gen. Sheridan is watching movement
and will no doubt have sufficient forct
at his command" On the LIST be replied
in like manner to IN additional disps tch
LOT the Governor, Judge Knowles, and
Delegate Maginnis, which recommended
raising 80 day men.
On the "a the following was received
from the Deer Lodge COMMITTEES:
To ST. Hauesr and Citizens of Helena
A courier reports that the Indians in the
Bitter Root, from their actions, mean war.
They need three hundred men mounted
and equipped for thirty days campaign.
Have raised $4,000 in Deer Lodge city,
and 200 men In Ia. couaty. Will need
$4,000. How much can you furnish, If
needed, and how many men equipped?
Response was made that the call must
come as from Missoula and would be re-.
garded, if necessary.
BANNACK AND THg DAMAGES.
A Bannack letter to the Independent
records the killing Of men on Wood
river by Bannaeks, and that the settlers
on Horse Prairie were flying to Bsnnack.
A Herald letter states that the Big Hole isl
being watched by Butte, Deer Lodge and
scouts-that escape might bel
made via Red Rock-tl,at Ten boy still
AYERS his fealty, but suspects that Of the
Nez Perces, and that not family is left
On Horse Prairie. 8. A. Wiley te!e.
,raphed on the 18th that Irvine, the half
breed. had returned from the Bitter Root
amp. where he coun ted $50 warriors al
veil armed, including . number of Snakes
md Bannacks, and that they threaten to
Kill every white met in the Big Hole. Two
Nee Perees belonging 10 Joseph's band
AVE been seen near the Boulder, asserting
hat $50 of them were on the way to the
Yellowstone via the Big Hole. 4 letter
o the Herald says 200 Indians, supposed
be Major Jim's band, are moving alopsI
be south side Of Horse Prairie, aud are
ot acting In % friendly q msnner a. oil
ore; aud as they are inspected of horse
tealiny, 1t Is suspec ed they contemplate
junction with the Nez Perces. c
NORTHERN MONTANA.
1t 10 believed that danger mcnaees Nor. e
fern Montana, from the Gros Ventre.
nd Peigans, this idea being shared bv
lhers than our Fort Benton orresoond. u
1t whose letter is published upon o,rI
lird page.
snt the following on the I'd: :
Posi- NEAR MrssouLA.
August 2, 1877.
dovcrnor:-As soon Is l can get mv|
'mmsnd here, probably the 4th, l pro-
'se to move up the Bitter Root and fieh, =,
e Ncz Pcrces, il they will stand. 1t j. &c
'-lmportant th, the passes behind the m P
'd'ns into The Big Hole be occupied a, =
&c; and IS learn from Captain Rawn| =
1t you are moving militia in that direc. -
n l have to ask that you will give in.
nctions and have such passes occupied p
soon IS possible. Please give instruc-
MS to have no negotiations whatever pc
IN the Indians, and tho men ahould
We no hesitancy whatever in shooting
"n any armed Indian they meet not|
Own 10 belong to one Of the PEACEFUL
'es. l shall b glad to receive .nv -
ormasion you can send me. f..
JOHN GIBBON.
Colonel, TIN Infantry,
IDAHO LATEST.
| Lewiston dispatch of LIST SAYS an In.
e2uaw reports the Indians At Kamiah
her tina: they were going acro,, the
'ntains by the Lo-Lo trail with their
4 and families, and when they got
n In . secure place they would return
light the soldiers; that before leaving =
n'ah they went to the friendly Indian We
p and drove of all the young squaws
them with clubs, and forced them
e like 50 many cattle; that they rob
the camp of everything they could
and al their horses of any value:
the hostiles are to be reinforced bv A..
1nGisns from the other side of the
ntains when they return. It Is now Fax
we'd By old acquaintance Of Joseph
he will put away in safety his stores
extra horses and return to Cam.s
RE, returning by Elk City or PietteIaE
which arc more easily travelled than
Lo-Lo. This trip can, with forced JAl
hes, be made in about seven dsvs.
as asserted his determination to burn
Irain on Camas Prairie. and then
'ge his plans to 60 to Wallowa.
'lSSOLUTlON.''''
Notice.
|TICE Is HEREBY GIVEN fiat r.
he copartnership heretofore existing mn,
zen the undersigned, doing busiuessI . nn1
zemHn, N. T., under the firm.nasne Oft DEF
iQTO1Y 4, wfYr CrNNy i2AY.