The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-24
waAf THE INDIANS HAVE BEEN ABOUT.

SALT LAKE CITY, August 90, 1877.
General Towards force in pursuit OF the hostile In.
dams passed Pleasant Valley, IDAHO on tho l0h nst
on their way south. They went as far tho stage
road as Dry Creek stage station, eight miles south,
then turned to the eastward toward the head OF Canal
Creek. The hostile Indians had crossed the range
como city sixty miles to the westward and had ar.
rived upon tho stage road the 10th mss, taking
possession OF the Hole in the.Rock stage station
twenty six miles south from Pleasant Valley The In
dams destroyed the telegraph line In that vicinity and
stopped the stages and oil travel upon the road Tho
Indians were IN the neghbOrhood OF this station for
three days. They had been for nearly two days with
out water when they arrived upon the stage line and
thor stock Was SO much scattered and bad condi
don that they stopped 10 gather all tho loose stock
aud 10 leed the animals, using or destroy ing all tho
grain al tho station, and also destroying all tho
property there. Including some twenty sets OF
harness The Indians lett Hoic.n- the. Rock station
the 10th or 20tb the approach Of General How
ard, going east or northwest, and surprised General
Howard's who had charge Of the pack animals
and loose stock at daylight on tho morning Of the
2olh, ut Camas Meadows, about twenty miles east OF
the Dry Creek stage station; stampeded about one
hundred PACK ANIMALS and also thirty horses be-
longing to the Montana volunteers
AcAvALRY sKIRMisH
Captain Norwood and Colonel SANFORD followed the
Indians with three companies Of cavalry and overlook
them abou; six miles distant, when there was a sLir-
msh in which, ono soldier was KILLED and six
wounded Tho wounded soldiers were taken 70
Pleasant Valley station, whore one OF them, named
Samuel A. Glass, has since died.
General Howard has been reinforced by Captain
Banbridgc from Fort Hall, with company and
nifty Bannock Indians and Is at present IN pur
smt of tho hostiIes, who supposed to
be making for Henry's Lake, which is about
sixty miles northeast from tho stage road
where the crossing was made General Towards
force was campod yesterday morning on Shotgun
Creek, which Is about iorty-nvc miles distant from
the stage road. On the Goth General Towards force
was Increased BY tho arrival OF Colonel Miller with
about two hundred and ninety infantry, in wagons.
G. neral Howard had with i'm about TWO hundred and
fifty cavalry in addition to tho force with Captain
cambridge
While General Howard was camped at the junction,
eighteen miles north Of Pleasant Valley he sent sixty
men and sumo Indian scouts the country to
Henrys Lake to intercept the Indians. Tho command
did not find any Indians there, and returned and
passed Pleasant Valley yesterday thoir way alter
General Howard. All but eight ten OF the Virginia
City volunteers have gone home tine Indians have
not boon In any hurry or anxious 70 AVOID a light
They are supposed to number between four
aud FIVE hundred, and seem to DO making their
way toward the Crow country, on the Yellowstone.
WAGON TRAIN CAPTURED
wagon train OF James Hayden, on tho Salmon
River road, Is supposed to have been destroyed by
Indians, as number OF mules belonging to him have
been found on thc stage road, also mules OF another
train belonging to Colonel shoupc.
courier is expected from General Howard to-day