Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-06-28
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n. NEZ PIERCE OUTBREAK
ng We resume the telegraphic statement
es this alarming outbreak having given I
first portion in last weeks COURIER:
re General Howard is now at Lewisto
We but is power!ess, owing to the inadeq l;
lie military force. Troops have been orde
ne ed from a number of posts in the Depar
t. mcnt, and will soon be on the way to I
II scene. Geh. Mcdowell, commanding t
!, Division of the Pacific, has been tel
le grsphed 10 and speedy assistance deman
ed. Further and saneuinary details a
Expected hire. Gov. Chadwick has al
been applied to for arms, etc.
). SAN FRANCISCO, June 19.--At the hea
Q quarters of the Division of the Pacific
o this city, arrangements are being rapid
r effected for the concentration of troops
t the scene of the Indian outbreak in Idah,
Sliller's company from Fort Stevens an
s Miles from Fort Vancouver, are now {
3 Cellilo, en- route to Lewiston. Rodney
I company is ordered from Fort CANDY
Capt. Burton's company, at Port Towns
, end, is under orders; three companies G
!, artillery, just arrived at Port Townsen
/ from Sitka, are also ordered to the seen
OF hosti!ities. -Four companies of artil
lery in the Department of California ar
placed under orders of Gen. Howard. O
these companies. that of Capt. Sumner
!. now at the Presidio. will 60 via Redding
company /, from CamnsHa]leck, will g,
via Winnemucca; company A, LIST Cayal
ry. at Fort Bidwell, and company @, Is
Cavalry, at Fort McDermit, will proceed
to General Towards headquarters direct
In military circles, the outbreak is con-
sidered serious. The Indians are brave
and warike and we'll supplied with arms.
The total strength at he disposal of Gen
Howard, when all the troops placed under
MS orders arc concentrated, will only
reach about 500; while the strength of the
Indians is estimated by some to be close
on two thousand, though probably a more
reliable estimate reduces the number of
warriors to abou. hat that number. or at
the most, 800, A press dispatch from
Portland says that nothing has been re-
ceived from the scene of trouble up to 3
o CLOCK p. m. Gen. Toward, who is now
at Fort Lapvai, has sent tclegraphic in
strnctions TO Adjutant-General Wood toI
forward from the different posts in this
Department all the available troops with
al possible speed The steamer Califor
MIA, from Sitka, will arrive here to.mori
'ow at mignight, having on board one
hundred troops. TIL Sc will take boat on
Thursday morning for Lewiston, and
rom there proceed with all dispatch to
ne scene of the difficulty. A courier left
he Dal!es early this morning for Fort
darney. one hundred and fifty miles dis
ant, bearing orders from Gen. Howard
the officer in command of the post to
roceed at once to Lapwai. Large guam
ties OF arms, ammunition, ETC., will be
snt from the arsenal at Vancouver to
borrow morning, destined for Lapwai.
he total military force will not aggregate
our hundred troops, which Is totally in
dequate to cope with the Indians. The q
forces of chiefs, Joseph and
'hite Bird, will not exceed two hundred '
arriors, but there arc a number of dis b
'ntented tribes, who, it is gravely feared II
i'll be drawn into active hostillties. v
hose who are acquainted with the vas. II
gion of country lying west and north of %
le Bitter Root mountains, affirm that e.
ON fifteen hundred to two thousand o
arrlors can be brought into the field in r.
ort time. embracing non treaty Nez q
erces. and the Ceur d'Alene, Spokane. z
atheads, and other scattered bands. 1t Il
generally thought that the uprising was 81
eclpitated, and that there was a precon. e'
rted or well matured plan Of action on
Fart of the Indians. The scene of war "
located in Idaho Territory. 60 miles ce
I'm Lewiston, on what is known as W
mas prairie. The distance from Lewis IN
to Wallula, by river. is one hundred an
d sixty miles, which is the nearest point
lere the telegraph can be reached, The at
stance from Portland to the scene is l..
u 4oO miles. ian
SAN FRANCISCO, June 19.-The follow. er
is Portland press dispatch: A dis ha
;ch has just been received from Walla re,
lila to the effect that young man had riv
ched there from Montana, where he wa
been with band Of cattle. He re- tt
Fts having been detained for several w
rs by Indians in the Ceur d'Alene OF
untains, but he effected his escape. He ha
orts the mountains full of Indians who ba'
working down this way. The excite. Til
Mt increases, and a number of volun. nu
rs start for the upper country this eve W.
&. Two companies of cavalry left 1t
'ut noon today for Fort Lapwai. Tn. bar
element runs high. The people on the ed
er side OF Snake river ere without arm
stance, and they ere fleeing for places Go
safety. str
June 19-General Sher he
n has received from General Mcdowell. hg
san Francisco. the following dispatch the
N General Howard: will
Fort Lapwal, Washington Ter'y,) gol
June 10th, 1877. try
he Indians began by numbering Cal
lite man. They have began war u3onIte
people near Mount Idaho, and Captain mi,
~ started with two companies for :,
n. Other troops are being brou ght s.o'
ward as fast as possible. Give me the
aority for % Indian scouts. think {
shall make short work Of it. not
(Signed) HOWARD. tho
ennral McDoyell adds. I had alroad