The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-07-07
INDIAN STATUS SINCE OUR
III 8,@ LAST ISSUE.

EtA,%4 LAST ISSUE.
Mails arrived from Mt. Idaho and
spokane on Friday eve. From the
former place We received the following:
MenvT IDAHo5 A. M. June 20 1877.
LGx. AND: - The mail leaves right
away have waited till last hour
hoping e. have some items of news from
the command to give you. Several
men Game In Last night from headquar.
tiers on SALMON river. The troops are
near the id chimney above the mouth
'of White Diro' and are 500 strong with
tho, volunteers. The Indians were in
plain view on the opposite side of tho
river. Gen. ao ward was making pre-.
Parations to Dress. We learn that com.
gnuoication has b%,en opened between
headquarters and Slate Greek by way
the old trail back fr,,m the river. All
fs qaiet about town and on the prairie.
MI. Thomas was :axes tod yesterday for
driving of horses asd is now in jail.
'(This ooatsaaiets ,the dispatch sent
from Lapvai Thursday eve and pub
'Iished in our last;issue, En- The peo-
!plsat Elk City are consiGer,b bly, alarmed
snd tho families ere making prepare.
lions to come out. rhAg ,aee building .
'o'sck house for protection.
In haste,
L.. GROWN:
We'further learn BY this arrival, that
when Gen. Howard raised the Ameri-
'cao'dag in his camp on Salmoa ri liver,
tho 'lodians on tho opposite side Gai. ed
's'red blanket aaA liovited the ttsool7s
asross. We also 'iesru that IGcore,,
1lsQpstsr and three etAer men s.est. out
Es0 Mt. Idaho to recosaoiter n.o4kiar.,
glass aud bis baud on Clearwater. They
found tho band had moved back from :.
tho river TO Geo. Dempster'e place aud ~
had much stock there, that they had -.
Plundered not only Deupster's place IL
but also Jerome's, Silverwocd's add s.;
Walls, that - these scouts attempted M
to approach Lookiug.glass' camp, the La n
Indians motiosel them to go back, "
.ths they would net have a talk With :. ,,
them, that - near a. could be estimated -
this camp had about 40 men ia It aad >;
most Of them with arms. jacobs 500 ~
reported to Frank Evarra that some Of ~ =,
Looking.glass' bad who were camped :,
s. miles above Kama had crossed Cam. ~
al 'Praiiie in the night to join Joseph,
add thatA few Of the Kamias had joioed
Lookiug.glasa. -,
from private letter to Father Cataido Y
dated Haugmau Greek, Juse rs, 10 y.
lears that Pee Pia. Mox. Mox and Three ~
Feathers say thsyAo not stay away from DC
che reservation OFT Of disregard for the "a
command If tho Agent, but there is so ~
much excitement among the whites that MI
they think they had better remain there Al
till the sxcitamast subsidies, that when 80
it goes down tAey will come back! Ae'
Iatsr reports Gay that the two mscder.
ers Of Ritohis, and Hus-H us. Kute eaa- =
not b found anywhere in that section,
that tho Spokanes have left the CaGas
ground On Haagmaa Creek and gone
homo Saturday morsang. Mr.. Red6eld, on
whose seaE,on 10 Kama Agency, ia A
fornel 10 that II Of Looking. glass tic
baad bad gone to tho hostiles a. reported di
BY jim La1yer, many of the Lapwai di
Indians had sone to Kama thinking to ca
DO safsr there, thst the Agent had sent |.
for them to return, .aad they were AZ. IA
pscted Saturday night. That James po
Reuben had left Hewsxd's command On G.
Friday morn and had reached the Az N,
ency aud reported tbe command attenpt- in
ing 70 ret rope aeross Salmon river "a
for fsrryisg purposes, that many Of the vi
Iadians vees in ight on the opposite "
aide, that he counted 81 in ono circle, II