The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-07-19
THE IDAHO INDIAN WAR.
La,es, from the Scene of Hosnli,ies

Walla Walla, July 1S.-The Indians
have killed three men and one girl on
Cow creek. Old Salt, a Spokane chief,
believes that so of his warriors have
gone to join Joseph, and they are now
beyond his control.
Col. Green, with his column, has
reached Little Salmon river from the
south.
A messenger from Smookhalla and
Spokane Jerry, non-treaty chiefs, an
nounces that they desire to remain
friendly and go on a reservation, pro-
vided one is set apart for them and
food furnished for the winter.
Portland, July 1S.-G. b. K~uykendall,
of the Simcoe Indian reservation, de-
MES that any Indians have left the
reservation to go on the war.path, and
states that Chief Moses is now going
around among the Indians urging them
to refrain from hostilities. There is
no inclination visible among the In
dams to break the peace.
Major Connoyer, agent at Umatilla
reservation, writes that, in addition to
the 500 Indians previously on the
reservation 200 r%enegades came in to
settle. Indians friendly to the settlers
are not allowed to leave the reserva-
ton without a permit. The CayuseS
are mostly well off, but the Walla
Wallas and Umatillas are very poor,
and being debarred from leaving the
reservation to gather roots and berries,
are somewhat uneasy about their pros
poets, Connoyer says if the Indian
trouble does not end shortly, he pro-
poses to buy beef for the needy mes at
his own expense, trusting to the Gov
eminent so repay him.
Thomas and 10 of the Indians on
Snake river are reported as DESTROYS of
going on the reservation, but were told
they could not. Connoyer expressed
regret that they should be s 10 misin-
formed, as it will be likely to induce
them to join the hostiles.
A special dispatch from n prominent
merchant at Umatilla, dated July 18th,
says Agent Connoyer is raising a breeze
with our Columbia river Indians. A
delegation of five came in tonight from
the mountains, where they had gone
for berries and game, and said Como
yer had sent unners to them, who told
them that if they did not come Oh the
reservation he would send soldiers and
have them h~andcuffed. They were
much excited and had ridden from the
mountains that day, and were ordered
by their tribe, of about fifty men, to
have a talk with us and come to some
opinion. We told them Connoyer had
to obey orders from Washington, which
we supposed was to have them go on
the reservation until the war was over.
They said they had shookum (good
heart) for us here; that their fathers
had lived and died here, and they hated
Connoyer and his Indians. After a
long talk they said that on Sunday all
of them would come back and live on
their ground across the Columbia, but
would not go on the reservation as they
were not Umatilla Indians, but be-
longed to Smohalla's band, and they
would behave themselves and be good
Indians if let alone by Connoyer. All
we want is for him to let them go until
the Indians now on the w%ar-path are
whipped, and not by any arbitrary
action force those whom he has never
had on his reservation, to take up arms
against us. Three of the delegates
were here thirteen years ago and have
lived here ever since and no agent has
undertaken to force them on the re-
serve, and to try and do it now, when
our soldiers cannot hold their own east
of us, is bad policy, and endangers our
lives and property; whereas, if at
tempted after we have whipped the
Indians, there would be no trouble or
danger to us.