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of them. There is considerable excitement,
but no outbreak.
Hostile Indians Threats of the Red
skins.

DEER LODGE. MONTANA, June %.
To Goresnor Potts, Helena:
/ AM in receipt of the following from P. NJ.
Dickinson, Missoula, Montana, Monday,
l :26 p. M: John Summers and Mr.. Wilkin-
son, just arrived from Corvallis, report that
Nez Perces who talks good English, came
from Lewiston, and saws that the Indians
are coming into Bitter Root. They will
come into the head of the valley and clear
it out, and if the Flat-heads don't join them
they will clean them out too. The Flat-heads
have driven all their horses out of the val
lev and the squaws and children are going
up Lolo Fork. 4 Nez Perces chief told
Major that the Nez Perces were going TO
clean out the Bitter Root Valley and the
Flat-heads.
LATER-Anthonv Claffiin left here for
Girt's Creek, about o'clock this morning,
to try and persuade the people to remain u
little longer, as John Summers was in
structed to be back at Corvallis at daylight
this morning. The whole valley is ready to
move in here to-day if they hear nothing
favorable. Henry Burkhouse moved his
family in last night.
JAS. III. MILLS, Secretary.
Governor Potts made arrangements with
Gilmer and Salisbury to forward the nee
essary arms and ammunition to MissOria
He also directed Secretary Mills to repair to
the same place forthwith and report the
situation.
Great uneasiness exists among the settlers
of Western Montana and calls are made on
the Governor for ammunition and troops.
GENERAL HOWARD AT THE FRONT.
SAN Francisco, June ga Portland
press dispatch saws Colonel Wood has Just
received the following dispatch from Gen
eral Howard, dated At the Front, June
q, 8 40 a. m. We have overtaken Joseph
who is well posted at the mouth of White
Bud Creek. Chief White is in charge of
the entire united bands Joseph is fighting
Chief. The Indians are bold and waiting
for us to engage them. Lieutenant Trum-
bull and the volunteers are at Slate Creek.
Our headquarters tonight will be at the
mouth of,White Bud Creek. Most of our
dead have been found. Seventeen have
| been buried. We rescued citizen named
Manuel who was wounded and starving.
| The rains are very troublesome, and the
roads and trails are bad. The troops are in
| the best of spirits and ready for decisive
| work.
A special correspondent of the California
Associated Press sends the following dis
| patch, dated Camp at Camas Prairie, June
| 27, 80 a. m.: We marched from Mount
| Idaho to this place Monday afternoon, dis
tance of ten miles. Yesterday General
| Howard made a reconnaissance in force
| leaving a strong guard in camp. We pro
1
| battle with the Indians, and found and
buried twenty-seyen of the dead soldiers
which leaves six bodies yet to be found
Lieutenant Theller's body was not yet found
| Those buried were in such an advanced
| stage of decomposition to be unrecogniz
| able. All the arms and equipments were
taken by the Indians, and most of the bodie:
scalped.
We found, and brought into Camp, Man
| uel, one of the settlers reported dead afte1
| the massacre on Salmon River. He il
wounded in two places, and was almos
| starved.
| The number of murders thus far ascer
tanned are: One woman, two children ant
fifteen men, in addition to thirty-thre,
| soldiers of Colonel Perry's command killed
and missing in the late fight. The details o
the murders are horrible in the extreme.
| There are several women at Mount Idaho
wives of settlers, who narrowly escaped, o
were rescued after suffering most terribl
outrages.